The test version of a unique satellite navigation receiver has been delivered for integration testing on the Lunar Pathfinder spacecraft. The NaviMoon satnav receiver is designed to perform the farth… [+7158 chars]
The skies of Hawaii had a marvelous show on display just a few days ago. The night skies over the island lit up by a tiny speck that resembled a 'flying whirlpool'. The spiral structure spun and spun… [+1083 chars]
Axiom Space's private Ax-1 crew will ride a SpaceX spacecraft to the International Space Station in April 2022. They are (from left): pilot Larry Connor, mission specialist Mark Pathy, commander Mich… [+1014 chars]
PREVESSIN, France, April 20 (Reuters) - Scientists at Europe's physics research centre will this week fire up the 27 kilometer-long Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the machine that found the Higgs boson… [+2075 chars]
Egyptian fruit bats use echolocation during daylight hours even though they have good eyesight, according to a study by a team of researchers at Tel Aviv University. In their paper published in the j… [+864 chars]
A nearby dwarf star's emitted radio flares were detected by the advanced MeerKAT radio telescope, a space tech that is located in the Northern Cape of South Africa. Because of this, an internation… [+2458 chars]
For nearly 40 years, drugmakers have used genetically engineered cells as tiny drug factories. Such cells can be programmed to secrete compounds that yield drugs used to treat cancer and autoimmune c… [+4679 chars]
Researchers have discovered that light -- in the form of a laser -- can trigger a form of magnetism in a normally nonmagnetic material. This magnetism centers on the behavior of electrons. These suba… [+5681 chars]
Powerful radar systems have played a major role in the study of planets, moons, asteroids, and other objects in our Solar System for several decades, and now have a "unique role" to play in planetary… [+5985 chars]
Bacteria can do a lot of cool stuff. They can break down crude oil and plastic, eat metal, shrink tumors, and maybe even control robots. But for all we know about them, there is much that we dont wh… [+3017 chars]
In 2012, Yale University scientists published a study announcing the identification of a planet rich in diamonds. Called 55 Cancri e, the planet is "possibly covered in diamond, rather than water and… [+1480 chars]
While crystallization is a ubiquitous and necessary process, the microscopic picture of crystal nucleation is yet to be established. It is important to develop the tiny picture of crystal nucleation … [+1753 chars]