Voyager 1: NASA's longest-running spacecraft back in touch with Earth after five months of silence
NASA's longest-running spacecraft Voyager 1 is sending information back to Earth again for the first time since November.
NASA's longest-running spacecraft Voyager 1 is sending information back to Earth again for the first time since November.
Japan’s “Moon Sniper” wasn’t designed for extreme lunar temperature swings. But the spacecraft has endured three long lunar nights and keeps returning new images.
Oxidation Fascination NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has discovered rocky material that is riddled with an unusual amount of manganese, a mineral that's abundant in lakes found back on Earth. It's yet another piece of a much larger puzzle, suggesting Mars' Gale Crater, which scientists suspect to be an ancient lake bed, was teeming with life […]
Scientists are increasingly worried that the AMOC might rapidly weaken due to climate change warming water in the Atlantic - sending temperatures in Europe plunging.
Researchers find many countries unprepared for influx of new species and will be vulnerable to bites
Russia has circulated a U.N. resolution calling on all countries to take urgent action to prevent putting weapons in outer space “for all time” a week after it vetoed a U.S.-Japan resolution to stop an arms race in space. The Russian draft resolution, obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press, goes further than the U.S.-Japan proposal, not only calling for efforts to stop weapons from being deployed in outer space but for preventing “the threat or use of force in outer space,” also “for all time.” It says this should include deploying weapons “from space against Earth, and from Earth against objects in outer space.”
The far side of the moon is rugged and mysterious. It aims to visit the same area near the south pole visited by its predecessor Chang'e 4 in 2019. The intended destination is the Aitken basin, a 2,500km-wide impact crater, one of the oldest in the solar system.
Better understanding should come later this year, researchers say
Researchers and Silicon Valley are using tools powered by AI to read what had long been thought unreadable
China's Chang'e-6 robotic spacecraft blasts off, hoping to become the first mission to collect rock and soil samples from the far side of the moon. It is the next step in a tense race between NASA and China to create bases on the moon, and from there, lift off to Mars. In 2019, the mission's predecessor, Chang'e-4, became the first spacecraft to successfully land on the moon's far side.
When the BBC’s weather map this week burnished yellow, appearing to suggest a dose of Mediterranean sunshine just in time for the long weekend, viewers were aghast to find their sunbathing efforts would have to take place in a less than tropical 15C. “I think it’s very misleading,” says 43-year-old florist Vicky Laffey. “Looking at a map full of orange and yellow makes it seem like that country is in a heatwave and gives people the wrong impression.”
The launch of the uncrewed Chang’e-6 is part of China’s effort to put a human on the lunar surface by 2030
The findings could pave the way for a future with an ‘animal-centred internet’, researchers say.
Scientists fear bird flu has spread from mammals to humans for the first time, marking another step in the evolution of the deadly virus. New analysis concludes there is "strong evidence" that a Texas farm worker who tested positive for the H5N1 virus caught it from sick dairy cattle. There is growing concern about the failure of American authorities to contain the spread of the virus.
A round, celestial object that had a similar appearance to Earth could be seen in the fuzzy image.
As humans enter what has been termed the ‘third space age’, it’s private companies – not governments – leading the charge
Scientists at the State University of Milan have found a way to help astronauts keep fit on the Moon - running across a “Wall of Death” fairground attraction. When astronauts return to The Moon as part of NASA's Artemis program they will face numerous challenges - one of which will be keeping fit. Living in microgravity conditions on the Moon poses significant threats to human health, including muscle weakening, bone density loss, and circulation issues. Unlike on Earth, where running horizontally on a vertical wall is physically impossible due to gravity, the reduced lunar gravity—only 1/6th of Earth's—makes it feasible. The team recreated lunar gravitational conditions using a cylindrical structure, a "Wall of Death", rented from an amusement park. This is usually used by motorcyclists performing gravity-defying stunts. Volunteers, suspended from a telescopic arm with elastic bands, were able to run horizontally on the vertical wall at speeds of 19 to 22 km/h, simulating the experience of running on the Moon. The proposed training regimen suggests two short sessions per day, utilising the walls of circular living modules planned for lunar habitats. With further research and implementation, it promises to ensure the health and well-being of future lunar settlers as humanity ventures once more to the Moon.
Far below the ocean's surface, in the dark depths of the deep sea floor ecosystem (about 3,000 feet or 1,000 meters deep), exists an entire world of deep sea creatures that humans rarely glimpse.
“This is the first time that we have observed a wild animal applying a quite potent medicinal plant directly to a wound.”
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Scientists have observed an orangutan applying medicinal herbs to a face wound in an apparently successful attempt to heal an injury, the first time such behaviour has been recorded.Orangutans are known to learn skills from each other through observation, but the scientists said they had no record of similar behaviour in 21 years and 28,000 observation hours in the area.