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A fragment of a centuries-old meteorite has revealed a form of solid silica that carries heat at nearly the same rate across a wide span of temperatures. 

That stability challenges one of the simplest assumptions about how solids behave, blurring…

A tiny on-chip string has been shown to pass energy from its simplest vibration into several higher ones.

Instead of leaking straight into the environment, that energy stayed inside long enough to create several signals from one device.

Cascade…

If the idea of lunar hummus seems far-fetched, think again. Scientists working to cultivate the field of extraterrestrial agriculture have grown chickpeas in dirt made mostly of simulated lunar soil, a step toward enabling astronauts on…

When NASA crashed a spacecraft into the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos in 2022, it altered both Dimorphos’ orbit around its parent asteroid, Didymos, and the two objects’ orbit around the sun, according to new research. NASA’s Jet Propulsion…

When NASA crashed a spacecraft into the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos in 2022, it altered both Dimorphos’ orbit around its parent asteroid, Didymos, and the two objects’ orbit around the sun, according to new research. NASA’s Jet Propulsion…