NASA says it will isolate volunteers from the outside world for a year
science There might also be a downside For those growing sick of Earth’s geopolitics, NASA is looking for…
A world just 25 light-years away sits in the narrow zone where liquid water could exist on its surface — and astronomers at UC Irvine have now revised its mass down to just 2.3 times Earth’s, making it look less like a gas-shrouded mini-Neptune and more like solid ground.
A planet just 25 light-years away, already known to sit in the narrow band where liquid water could…
Tiny forests popping up across Sydney as part of effort to restore urban tree canopy
Tiny forests are starting to spring up in small land plots in Sydney’s suburbs as locals look to…
Chinese satellite manufacturer Hongqing raises $191 million
HELSINKI — Hongqing Technology, the satellite manufacturing affiliate of launch firm Landspace, has secured one of the largest…
Suffolk farmers and NFU debate return of beavers to county
Suffolk Wildlife Trust are exploring the possibility of reintroducing the species through the Eastern Region Beaver Advisory Group.…
NASA launches robotic mission to save telescope falling back to Earth | Space News
A three-armed spacecraft rockets into orbit to rescue a NASA telescope that’s in danger of crashing back to…
US scientists turn dead EV battery waste into high-performing new battery
With millions of electric vehicle batteries nearing the end of their use, researchers have found a way to…
Videos: A Lunar Mars Rover, Floating Robots, and More
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics.…
Spacecraft launches to rescue NASA telescope before it crashes back to Earth | US News
A spacecraft has blasted into orbit on a mission to rescue a NASA telescope that is at risk…
Britain’s oldest avocet spotted at West Midlands nature reserve
By the 1840s, the species had disappeared as a breeding bird in Britain after widespread drainage of wetlands…
Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope solves the mystery of a planet that survived its Sun’s death |
A white dwarf is usually thought of as the quiet remnant left behind after a star has exhausted…
Hunting the tardigrade: one small step in sequencing DNA of all life on Earth | Biology
Witek Morek is closely inspecting an old brick-and-flint wall on the Cambridgeshire campus of the Wellcome Sanger Institute.…