Nasa said on Thursday that the long-delayed launch of Artemis II, the first crewed flyby mission to the moon in more than 50 years, could come as soon as 1 April.
“We are on track for a launch as early as April 1, and we are working toward that…
Category: 7. Science
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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Receives $3.2M to Transform X-ray Astronomy for the Next Generation | Center for Astrophysics
Cambridge, MA (March Date, 2026) — The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has awarded the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) $3.2 million to advance the key mirror technology for the new Lynx X-ray Observatory. Once launched, Lynx will…
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Scientists crack a 20-year nuclear mystery behind the creation of gold
Gold cannot form until certain unstable atomic nuclei break apart. Exactly how those nuclear transformations unfold has long been difficult to determine. Now, nuclear physicists at the University of Tennessee (UT) report three discoveries in a…
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A football-field-size asteroid hit the North Sea and sent a 330-foot tsunami racing across Europe – The Times of India
- A football-field-size asteroid hit the North Sea and sent a 330-foot tsunami racing across Europe The Times of India
- Asteroid strike off Yorkshire sent mega-tsunami racing toward Britain, study confirm Geo News
- Did an Asteroid Hit the North Sea?…
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Failed experiment by Cambridge scientists leads to surprise drug development breakthrough
Scientists at the University of Cambridge have developed a new way to alter complex drug molecules using light rather than toxic chemicals – a discovery that could accelerate and improve how medicines are designed and made. …
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The surprising new ways bacteria spread without propellers
New research from Arizona State University shows that bacteria can travel in unexpected ways even when their usual propulsion system fails. Normally, bacteria move using flagella, slender, whip-like structures that spin to push the cells forward….
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Cambridge’s LED breakthrough reinvents drug synthesis
Scientists at the University of Cambridge have developed a new way to alter complex drug molecules using light rather than toxic chemicals – a discovery that could accelerate and improve how medicines are designed and…
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New Fossil Crocodile from Ethiopia Lived alongside Australopithecus afarensis
Paleontologists analyzing fossils from Ethiopia have described a previously unknown crocodile species that shared the landscape with a hominid species called Australopithecus afarensis. Named Crocodylus lucivenator, the formidable predator may…
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Asteroid hit North Sea: Has the 20-year mystery of Silverpit Crater in ‘world’s most dangerous sea’ finally been solved?
A long-standing scientific debate over a mysterious crater beneath the North Sea has finally been resolved. New research has confirmed that the Silverpit Crater was formed by a massive asteroid impact millions of years ago, which likely triggered…Continue Reading
