Nuclear-powered heater keeps spacecraft alive through lunar night
Firefly Aerospace will send a nuclear-powered heating technology to the Moon in 2028, testing whether spacecraft can survive…
MIT physicists discover electrons rebuilding like ice inside a quantum material
A glass of ice water offers a familiar example of two phases existing at the same time. The…
Photographer Captures Dramatic Moment Goslings Take 25 Foot Leap Of Faith From Nest
Every spring at the Julia Butler Hansen Refuge for the Columbian White-Tailed Deer, newborn goslings follow their parents’…
A mission to stop a space observatory from falling to Earth has failed. Here’s what happens next
A satellite called LINK that recently launched to boost the orbit of a falling space observatory won’t be…
Why is NZ spending far more on responding to climate disasters than on reducing future risk?
New Zealand is not on track to adapt to growing climate risks, nor is it cutting emissions quickly…
NASA mission to save its sinking space telescope fails
A mission to prevent a NASA space telescope from coming to a fiery demise in Earth’s atmosphere has…
IBM’s Modular Quantum Cryogenics Solves Space, Not Scaling
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Endangered Mexican alligator lizards allegedly found in suitcase at Tokyo airport
Vice-president of K2 Security Screening Group Keith Jeffries said profit motives often drive unusual smuggling schemes. “If there’s…
A mother’s age can shape her offspring without changing their DNA
A mother’s age can influence the physical traits and behavior of her offspring in humans and across many…
Why is NZ spending far more on responding to climate disasters than on reducing future risk?
New Zealand is not on track to adapt to growing climate risks, nor is it cutting emissions quickly…
Space, the next frontier in NZ and global fight against wildfires
Soon entire constellations of satellites dedicated to spotting wildfires will be circling the earthA local data scientist is…
What Quantum Computing Can Do for Humanity — and South Chicago
Sitting in a swivel chair in a hotel conference room, Victor Peng stares out the window at the…