[ad_1] Japan’s “white stork” has taken off from the International Space Station for the last time. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) The ninth H-II transfer vehicle, or HTV-9, is released from its temporary perch at the end of the robotic arm of the space station on Tuesday, August 18 at 1:36 p.m. EDT (5:36 p.m. … Read more
[ad_1] The “heartbeat” was detected from a gas cloud. (DESY) Telescopes on Earth and in space have detected a mysterious “cosmic heartbeat” from a gas cloud in the constellation Aquilla. Scientists say the strange pulses are linked to material blown out of a black hole in a nearby star system – which sucks material from … Read more
[ad_1] Two Danish computer scientists solved a long-standing mathematical puzzle that had been dormant for decades, after researchers had failed to make substantial progress since the 1990s. The abstract problem in question is part of what is called graph theory, and specifically concerns the challenge of finding an algorithm to solve the flatness of a … Read more
[ad_1] Physicists are used to dealing with some of the strangest forms of matter and ideas in our known world, from levitating superconducting materials to the mind-blowing theory of time dilation. But even for physicists, time crystals are strange. They may seem like the hidden treasure of a retro sci-fi TV villain, or maybe fuel … Read more
[ad_1] Cold Tube Project Team, left to right: Lea Ruefenacht, Kian Wee Chen, Eric Teitelbaum, Forrest Meggers, Kipp Bradford, and Adam Rysanek. Credit: Nicholas Houchois Many people fight the summer heat by turning on the air conditioning. However, air conditioners take power and release millions of tons of carbon dioxide per day. They’re also not … Read more
[ad_1] Trichoderma reesei fungus RUT-C30 strain, which has been designed to produce high-yield enzymes. Credit: LNBR-CNPEM Researchers at the Brazilian Center for Energy and Materials Research (CNPEM) genetically modified a fungus to produce a cocktail of enzymes that break down carbohydrates in biomass, such as sugarcane waste (leaves and leaves) and bagasse, fermentable sugar for … Read more
[ad_1] The reusable X-37B spaceplane is prepared to be encapsulated in the payload fairing of an Atlas 5 rocket before a scheduled launch on May 16. Credit: US Space Force The US Army’s X-37B space plane program will remain under the direction of the Air Force for the foreseeable future and will not join other … Read more
[ad_1] But how exactly do stripes do this? Now scientists can rule out a theory, according to a new study published Tuesday in the Proceedings of the Royal Society Journal. The researchers looked into the nature of the disorienting effect of flies and ruled out the hypothesis that a common optical illusion known as the … Read more
[ad_1] An SUV-sized asteroid has passed 2,950 kilometers above Earth, the closest asteroid on record passing near our planet, NASA said Tuesday. Had it been on a collision course with Earth, the asteroid – named 2020 HQ – likely wouldn’t have caused any damage, instead disintegrating in the atmosphere, creating a fireball in the sky, … Read more
[ad_1] The booster used on Tuesday had already been used five times. SpaceX SpaceX sent another batch of Starlink broadband satellites en route to orbit of Florida on Tuesday, with a few Earth observation metal birds, and made history again. The Falcon 9 booster that Elon Musk’s space company used for carpooling had previously flown … Read more