After Nearly 50 Years In The Depths Of Space, Voyager 1 Still Sends Messages That Take 23 Hours To Reach Earth
It traverses the ocean of stars that lies beyond our solar system, both the oldest spacecraft still in…
Scientists are deep-freezing koala eggs and sperm to protect the species from extinction
Scientists in Australia are deep-freezing koala eggs and sperm as a “genetic backup” to save the wild population…
Scientists Finally Solve a 50-Year Mystery Hidden in Solid Nitrogen
Researchers have resolved a decades-old question about the structure of γ-N2 by combining diffraction, spectroscopy, and computer modeling.…
Astronomers detect sugar in interstellar space for the first time
Astronomers have detected a natural sugar found in raspberries in clouds of interstellar dust and gas near the…
New evidence undermines our theories of the universe
New observations appear to have undermined our leading theories of the universe — so claims Kansas State University computer…
Protein Design’s AI Revolution: Inside David Baker’s “Communal Brain”
185 former and current Baker lab members gathered at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm to celebrate the 2024…
The 1st of 10,000 ‘missing’ black holes in the Omega Centauri star cluster has been found
The first of 10,000 missing black holes in the Omega Centauri globular cluster has been found thanks to…
World’s first superconducting quantum heat engine offers path to larger quantum computers
image: Artistic impression of a superconducting quantum heat engine. view more Credit: Heikka Valja / Aalto University A…
‘Gus’ the T rex fetches record (US)$50.1 million at auction
A Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton nicknamed “Gus” sold for (US)$50.1 million at Sotheby’s in New York, making it the…
AI’s black box problem: discovering physics we don’t understand – Physics World
AI’s black box problem: discovering physics we don’t understand – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more…
We tend to assume Earth is a rare cosmic fluke, but a full analysis of NASA’s Kepler data found at least 300 million rocky, habitable-zone planets around Sun-like stars in the Milky Way alone — and that is the conservative count
NASA’s Kepler mission did not detect 300 million temperate rocky planets. It observed a narrow field of stars,…
1st-ever X-rays in space offer hope for possible patients headed to the moon
A miniature X-ray machine is set to transform astronauts’ health prospects following a successful test in orbit. As…