Dear readers, Welcome to Quartzs newsletter on the economic possibilities of the extraterrestrial sphere. Please forward widely, and let me know what you think. This week: In the mood for Moon busin… [+7002 chars]
If man's best friend is a dog, then in the future astronauts' closest companions might well be rovers. A technique allowing astronauts in orbit to control rovers exploring planetary surfaces has been… [+5187 chars]
MIT chemists have devised a new chemical reaction that allows them to synthesize a phosphorus-containing ring, using a catalyst to add phosphorus to simple organic compounds called alkenes. Their re… [+5306 chars]
The Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is now cooled by a gaseous helium cryocooler to under 7 Kelvin. With the cooler in its final state, the Webb team is operating … [+3562 chars]
An illustration featuring mammalian herbivores (green), omnivores (purple), invertivores (yellow) and carnivores (red). Each column includes mammal species lost in the past 2.58 million years (light … [+9073 chars]
Early risers this weekend may be treated to a spectacle in the sky — the alignment of four planets and the moon, all visible to the naked eye. Venus, Mars, Saturn and Jupiter are expected to form a … [+2148 chars]
In their new research, a team of researchers from Stanford University have said that on one of Jupiter’s moons Europa, a prime candidate for life in the solar system, there might be an abundance of w… [+3261 chars]
Perseverance rover captures a unique view of a Mars solar eclipse Experiencing a solar eclipse here on Earth is amazing, but have you ever seen one from another planet? On April 2, NASA's Persevera… [+2929 chars]
Explosion animation artists concept. Researchers from Skoltech, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Howard University, the University of Chicago, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Sol… [+3717 chars]
Propelling micrometre-sized drones using light only and exerting precise control: Physicists at the University of Würzburg have succeeded at this for the first time. Their microdrones are significant… [+3734 chars]
Even more information can be gained from those pterosaur feathers. The study indicates they were fairly small, meaning that they weren't used to help the animal fly. Instead, the feathers could have … [+1242 chars]
SpaceX is preparing to launch NASAs Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station, where the astronauts will spend the next six months running a diverse selection of scientific experiments in the… [+2569 chars]
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