After a three-year hiatus, the world's most powerful particle accelerator is back in business and already breaking records. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) — which is operated by the European Cou… [+2303 chars]
Harbour seals may sound different than expected from their body size. Is this ability related to their vocal talents or is it the result of an anatomical adaptation? An international team of research… [+2018 chars]
Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have detected two rocky alien worlds orbiting a nearby M dwarf star known as HD 260655. The newly found exoplanets are larger an… [+3464 chars]
An aerial view of the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams on the campus of Michigan State University.Credit: Facility for Rare Isotope Beams One of nuclear physicists top wishes is about to come true. A… [+7979 chars]
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) and the European Southern Observatory have announced a press conference for May 12 on groundbreaking Milky Way results. Despite no other details having been shared a… [+2436 chars]
Welcome back to This Week in Space! After a hiatus, we’re pleased to once again bring you our Friday morning digest of all things space-related. Let’s start with NASA news. Mission: Unstoppable NAS… [+9561 chars]
Alas, NASAs SOFIA flying telescope will stop operations later in 2022, after the agency and its partners re-examined the program. But why? Photo: Michael Rausch There are some aircraft that are ext… [+3599 chars]
Scientists have worked out how the piezoionic effect works in hydrogels, an advance that could further the application of ionic skins to prosthetic arms or robot hands. Scientists have worked out h… [+3734 chars]
Researchers from the University of Stuttgart have developed a new, reliable method of coating 3D printed lenses with anti-reflective coatings. Dubbed low-temperature thermal atomic layer deposition … [+5343 chars]
