Transparent aluminum oxide (TAlOx), a real material despite its sci-fi name, is incredibly hard and resistant to scratches, making it perfect for protective coatings on electronics, optical sensors, and solar panels. On the…
Adam Zewe | MIT News An electrospray engine applies an electric field to a conductive liquid, generating a high-speed jet of tiny droplets that can propel a spacecraft. These miniature engines are ideal for small…
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured a breathtaking image of HH 30, a young star ejecting powerful jets of energy into space, illuminating the protoplanetary disk that may one day give…
Nick Timms, Curtin University; Phil Bland, Curtin University, and William Rickard, Curtin University In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-metre-wide asteroid 320 million…
The Blue Ghost lunar probe has captured its first images of the Moon while orbiting the Earth, the Texan company Firefly Aerospace announced this week. The photographs, published on the X social network,…
According to an announcement by Peru’s Ministry of Culture, the find consists of a pyramidal structure uncovered by the Caral Archaeological Zone under the direction of renowned archaeologist Ruth Shady. Hidden beneath dense…
An international team of astronomers, including researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), has announced the discovery of a super-Earth named HD 20794 d, an exoplanet that may harbor conditions favorable to life….
A woman from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was fined R$ 20,000 (approximately $3,408 USD) by the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama) after a video of her killing a puma…
Scientists have identified thousands of hills and mounds on Mars that contain layers of clay minerals, which formed when running water interacted with rocks nearly four billion years ago. “This research shows us…
Artificial intelligence (AI) has crossed a significant threshold, raising alarms within the scientific community. A groundbreaking study from researchers at Fudan University in China reveals that two prominent large language models (LLMs) have…