It has been 50 years since the Apollo 11 landing on the Moon when humans stepped on the surface. Now, in order to commemorate the landing, NASA has shared a video which shows that the astronauts’ foo… [+1658 chars]
A new telescope, made up of two identical arrays on opposite sides of the planet, will track down sources of gravitational waves. The Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO), led by the… [+5094 chars]
The inner solar system seems to have broken the laws of physics. Over the period of years, scientists have come up with many possible explanations as to why the inner solar system spins at a slower s… [+2335 chars]
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Fifty years ago, humanity gained a powerful new tool to study our home planet. That day, July 23, 1972, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the United States Geological Surve… [+8860 chars]
Laser technology is a promising candidate for the repair and removal of space debris. Pulsed lasers are currently used to track space objects from the ground and produce small velocity changes (v) on… [+2660 chars]
Scientists have discovered a major paradox in nature: while pollution cools down the world, clean air accelerates global warming. Although the reduction of airborne fine particles, or aerosols, is go… [+2343 chars]
NASA is considering sending super-professional scientists to the International Space Station to work with commercial astronauts. The idea is nothing new, as the payload specialist NASA used to exper… [+4683 chars]
Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed the worlds first electric nanomotors made of DNA. The self-assembling structures can be activated by an electric charge to spin … [+1389 chars]
A US-EU space collaboration will, for the first time, bring out a comprehensive survey of Earth's water resources, which will help improve the understanding of climate change and its impact on life o… [+3449 chars]
Picture from Unsplash/ https://unsplash.com/@carloskenobi A micrometeorite strike caused more damage to Webbs mirror than expected. Scientists were able to adapt it to minimize the effects of the da… [+155 chars]
Asteroids are harmless space rocks that give us something to stare at when they pass by Earth. However, if they slightly deviate their angle while approaching Earth, it could often mean deadly for us… [+2266 chars]
