Illustration of a white dwarf . Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, and G. Bacon (STScI) White dwarfs were once normal stars similar to the sun but then collapsed after exhausting all their fuel. These inters… [+3204 chars]
Astronauts might one day grow and eat genetically modified plants to ward off disease associated with long spaceflights. Researchers at the University of California, Davis, College of Engineering hav… [+2149 chars]
Researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) broke a new record by storing a qubit in a crystal for 20 milliseconds, a press statement reveals. The new record in quantum storage could help to d… [+2808 chars]
The Hubble Space Telescope caught a galaxy on camera that underlies a much larger structure, known as the Virgo Cluster. The image of spiral galaxy NGC 4571, approximately 60 million light-years fro… [+2026 chars]
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Russia will commence work on its own Mars mission following the indefinite suspension of a joint project by the European Space Agency (ESA) in the aftermath of the Ukraine invasion, Interfax news age… [+5439 chars]
Two astronauts will go on a spacewalk outside of the International Space Station Wednesday to conduct maintenance and upgrades for the orbiting laboratory. Astronauts Raja Chari of NASA and Matthias… [+3525 chars]
Last year was a big year for Linux, as the operating system (OS) played a critical role in a major achievement: the first-ever powered flight on another planet. On 19 April last year, the Ingenuity d… [+4272 chars]
Diamonds aren't just glittery, sparkly gems for jewelry. The smallest ones, only a few nanometers wide, are also crucial for drug delivery, sensors and quantum computer processors. Producing diamond … [+4890 chars]
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The Perseverance rover appears to be carrying an uninvited passenger in the form of a boulder lodged in one of its wheels. The photograph of the stone was just chosen as the Perseverance missions Ima… [+3313 chars]
A 'new' kind of ultraviolet light kills almost all microbes in a room and could help avoid another lethal pandemic, a new study shows. Researchers say 'far-UVC' light emitted from ceiling lamps can… [+9857 chars]
