Giant space mirror approved to test sunlight on demand
Reflect Orbital’s plans to have more than 50,000 satellites reflecting sunlight back to Earth could cause huge disruption…
Life’s genetic code just discovered in asteroid samples
A sample of the asteroid Ryugu. The Japanese mission Hayabusa2 brought it back to Earth in 2020. A…
Oldest wooden tools yet unearthed found in southern Greece
Artist’s concept of a paleolithic woman producing a digging stick from a small alder tree trunk, the kind…
Why do dolls creep us out? It’s the uncanny valley effect
Why do dolls creep us out? Scientists say it might be related to the uncanny valley effect. This…
After the International Space Station, what comes next?
NASA has said the International Space Station will cease operations at the end of 2030. What will replace…
Supernova 1181 was described in an ancient Arabic poem
Many astronomers think Pa 30, a nebula in Cassiopeia (above), is the remnant of supernova 1181. A merger…