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Reviving an almost century-old hypothesis, a new study led by Rajendra Gupta at the University of Ottawa based on data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) suggests that the universe may be twice as old as previously thought.Continue ReadingCateg… Continue reading ‘Tired light’ might make the universe twice as old as we thought
As the question of how to make a laser fusion reactor practical rises, scientists at the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) have come up with a way for fusion lasers to essentially manufacture their own fuel pellets.Continu… Continue reading Laser fusion reactors could make their own fuel pellets in a flash
After over three decades of effort, the United States has destroyed the last of its chemical weapon stockpile that once consisted of 30,000 tonnes of deadly chemical agents in explosive munitions and storage containers.Continue ReadingCategory: Militar… Continue reading World slightly safer as US destroys last of its Cold War chemical weapons
China has stolen a march on the rest of the world in the new Space Race with the successful launch of the first space rocket powered by liquid methane and oxygen. Aerospace company LandSpace’s Suzaku-2 Yao booster successfully lifted off from the Jiuqu… Continue reading China claims world-first with methane-powered space launch
In a move worthy of an old-school mad scientist, Naval Group has handed over to the French Navy a “Frankensub” made by stitching together the back half of one nuclear attack submarine with the front half of another.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, T… Continue reading It’s alive! French Navy takes delivery of nuclear ‘Frankensub’
BAE Systems has won a US$37-million contract from the US Department of Defense to design the Next Generation Evolved SeaSparrow Missile Launch System (NGELS), which would give warships without a vertical launch missile system a similar capability.Conti… Continue reading BAE Systems to design next-gen missile launch system for US Navy
In a preview of tomorrow’s robotic battlefield, the Estonian Military Academy has completed what is billed as a comprehensive first-of-its-kind autonomy trial of Uncrewed Ground Vehicles (UGV) from 11 international developers from nine countries.Contin… Continue reading Estonia hosts field trials of autonomous military robots
More than 12 years after the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami that cost Japan 20,000 lives, the cleanup continues. The International Atomic Energy Commission (IAEA) has formally approved Japan’s plan to release treated radioactive water from the damaged F… Continue reading Nuclear agency okays radioactive water release from Fukushima
After 27 years and 117 missions, ESA’s heavy-lift Ariane 5 rocket has launched into retirement. On July 5, 2023 at 22:00 GMT, Flight VA261 successfully lifted off from the Centre Spatial Guyanais (CSG) in French Guiana, to carry the Deutsches Zentrum f… Continue reading Ariane 5 lifts off into history with final space launch
Scientists using quasars as cosmic clocks have observed that when the universe was just a billion years old, time ran five times slower, helping to confirm Einstein’s general theory of relativity and the expansion of the universe.Continue ReadingCatego… Continue reading Cosmic clocks show that time passed more slowly in the ancient universe