What is a Dyson sphere?

[ad_1] An artistic rendering of a Dyson sphere around a star. | Photo credit: iStock images Highlights The Dyson sphere, as it is called, is a massive superstructure that surrounds a star, capable of gathering the energy it releases The recent study probed that if a similar structure was built around a black hole instead … Read more

A new catalyst to generate hydrogen from ammonia at low temperature

[ad_1] -. Credit: Tokyo Tech The current global climate emergency and the rapid decline in our energy resources are pushing people to seek cleaner alternatives like hydrogen. When burned in the presence of oxygen, hydrogen gas generates huge amounts of energy but none of the harmful greenhouse gases, unlike fossil fuels. Unfortunately, most of the … Read more

Dragon supply freighter docks at space station with 2.4 tonnes of cargo – Spaceflight Now

[ad_1] A SpaceX Cargo Dragon capsule approaches the International Space Station on Monday. Credit: Thomas Pesquet / ESA / NASA Completing a 31-hour flight from a launch pad in Florida, a SpaceX Cargo Dragon capsule docked autonomously with the International Space Station on Monday, delivering experiments, supplies and fresh food to the complex. The automated … Read more

This is how tardigrades work, and we weren’t ready for the streak

[ad_1] Tardigrades are undoubtedly strange. Dehydrate them in glass, then shoot them with a gun, and once you rehydrate them you can still have a living creature. Their exteriors aren’t the only thing that’s difficult either, with scientists finding out last year that they also have special DNA armor proteins. But if we take a … Read more

Astrophysicist finds new mathematical solutions to old problem in astronomy

[ad_1] Bernese theoretical astrophysicist Kevin Heng has achieved a rare feat: on paper, he has found new solutions to an old mathematical problem needed to calculate light reflections from planets and moons. Now the data can be interpreted in a simple way to understand planetary atmospheres, for example. The new formulas will probably be incorporated … Read more