It feels like we’re living in some sort of science-fiction future at the moment.
Not only has NASA has launched four astronauts on a spacecraft that’s flown to the Moon and back, but at the same time, another group of astronauts are onboard the…
Category: 7. Science
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Artemis 2 astronauts spy the Milky Way photo of the day for April 8, 2026
The Milky Way shines in a new image captured by the Artemis 2 crew. (Image credit: NASA) The Artemis 2 crew captured this majestic photo of the Milky Way through the window of their Orion spacecraft “Integrity” on April 7, less than a day…
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New Artemis II images give fresh look at our lunar neighbour
From ancient lunar lava to personal tributes, the new images released from the Artemis II space mission capture fresh perspectives of our celestial neighbour.
Yesterday (7 April), NASA released the first…
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‘It just made it even more special’: Being so far from Earth makes you appreciate our planet even more, Artemis 2 astronaut says
Traveling far from her home planet helped Artemis 2 astronaut Christina Koch appreciate it even more.
Koch and her crewmates talked with some of their International Space Station (ISS) counterparts on Tuesday (April 7), a day after Artemis 2‘s…
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Scientists Identify Liquid Metals as Vital Materials for Future Deep‑Space Missions—-Chinese Academy of Sciences
A research team led by Prof. LIU Jing from the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry (TIPC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has demonstrated how room-temperature liquid metals (LMs) can serve as critical materials for future…
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Artemis II crew heads back from Moon as NASA releases first flyby photographs
Photo taken on April 6, 2026, shows the Moon (front) and Earth seen from the Orion spacecraft. (PHOTO / NASA HANOUT VIA XINHUA) LOS ANGELES – The crew of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Artemis II mission began the…
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Did a black hole just explode? This “impossible” particle may be the evidence
In 2023, scientists detected a subatomic particle called a neutrino hitting Earth with an energy level so extreme it seemed impossible. No known cosmic process can generate that much energy. The particle carried about 100,000 times more energy…
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Quantum computers keep losing data. This breakthrough finally tracks it
Quantum computers hold enormous promise, but they are still far from dependable. Their biggest weakness is instability, which causes the information they process to quickly break down. Researchers around the world are working to solve this…
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Microplastics May Be Overcounted — Here’s Why
Microplastics are everywhere, and the numbers keep rising. Why? The obvious answer is that there are more of them — but that may not be the case. A group from the University of Michigan discovered that they were unknowingly contaminating their…
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Arboreal deer mice reveal neural roots of dexterity
But establishing the causality between corticospinal changes and increased dexterity has been a challenge, Azim says. Enter deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus). When open ecosystems gave way to forests at the end of the last ice age,…
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