A pair of researchers from Universit´e Paris-Saclay, CNRS and Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR, respectively, has used math to help describe the process involved when short strands of fiber are twisted into lo… [+2795 chars]
It takes expensive tools to learn about the universe, but projects like the Very Large Array for radio astronomy in New Mexico and the Chandra X-ray Observatory, which orbits Earth, have pushed scien… [+7267 chars]
Whoa. Venus Game A new proposition from a NASA researcher suggests making Venus habitable to humans. The only catch? It suggests encasing the entire planet in a giant shell, trapping the toxic atmo… [+2063 chars]
Spanish space technology engineers are currently working on the development of a system that converts astronauts’ urine into fuel with the help of solar power. The team behind the European Space Age… [+1522 chars]
Enlarge/ A rendering of the star V Hydrae, or V Hya for short. In its death throes, the star emitted a series of expanding rings that scientists calculated are being formed every few hundred years, p… [+6258 chars]
Skip to content Gaia spotted Webb from 620,000 miles away. NASAs James Webb Space Telescope is turning out to be a photogenic spacecraft. In the three months since its launch, Webb has already sen… [+2908 chars]
With its runaway climate-change and roiling, toxic atmosphere, Venus would be a pretty unpleasant place for humans to inhabit in its current state. Its atmosphere is dense with poisonous carbon dioxi… [+7785 chars]
The ice cover surrounding Antarctica in the Southern Hemisphere slowly expands between March and October every year. During this period, the entire ice area grows by six times to become bigger than R… [+4372 chars]
Illustration of an asteroid racing towards Earth, created on July 19, 2015. (Illustration by Tobias ... [+] Roetsch/Future Publishing via Getty Images) Future Publishing via Getty Images A giant sp… [+2209 chars]
It takes expensive tools to learn about the universe, but projects like the Very Large Array for radio astronomy in New Mexico and the Chandra X-ray Observatory, which orbits Earth, have pushed scien… [+7267 chars]
29 March 2022 A new adaptive material inspired by squid skin can insulate everything from beverage cups to shipping containers. The innovation is an infrared-reflecting metallised polymer film. In … [+3677 chars]
Astronomers are studying a carbon-rich red giant star, V Hydrae that is shedding its atmosphere in slowly expanding rings, along with an hourglass shaped structure. V Hydrae, abbreviated to V Hya, is… [+3074 chars]
