The Eagle-1 satellite will be the first space-based quantum key distribution system to be developed under…
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NASA’s first successful recovery of asteroid samples may reveal information about the origins of the universe
The OSIRIS-REx capsule carrying samples from the asteroid Bennu lands in Utah on Sept. 24, 2023.…
Australian footprints are the oldest known evidence of birds from southern regions
Early birds had made it to southern polar environments by 120 million years ago, according to…
The universe is expanding faster than theory predicts—physicists are trying to explain the mismatch
The James Webb Space Telescope’s deep field image shows a universe full of sparkling galaxies. Credit:…
Scientists suspect there’s ice hiding on the moon, and a host of missions from the US and beyond are searching for it
Building a space station on the moon might seem like something out of a science fiction…
ALMA demonstrates highest resolution yet
The band-to-band (B2B) method demonstrated this time to achieve the highest resolution with ALMA. In the…
Astronomers discover a large structure that hosts at least 20 massive galaxies
JWST color-composed image of the Cosmic Vine. Credit: arXiv (2023). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2311.04867 An international team of…
Bioengineers send cardiac muscle samples into space to study heart cell biology in microgravity
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Mount Sinai’s Cardiovascular Research Institute is sending bioengineered human heart muscle cells…
Testing of citizen scientist discovery suggests it is on the boundary between comet and asteroid
Images of 2009 DQ118 (green dashed arrows) displaying a cometary tail (white arrows). Frames (a) and…
Five takeaways from a sweeping report on climate change in the US
A major U.S. government report published today describes how intensifying climate change is disrupting lives and…