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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has set a new pair of records after it survived its 10th close encounter with the Sun. On November 21, 2021 at 4:25 am EST (08:25 GMT), the robotic deep-space explorer came within 5.3 million miles (8.5 million km) of the Sun’… Continue reading Parker Solar Probe sets new distance and speed records on solar slingshot
A team of scientists at the University of California, Riverside is studying a species of “vulture bee” that has swapped a vegetarian diet for carrion meat by developing an extra tooth and gut bacteria similar to that found in vultures and hyenas.Contin… Continue reading Carrion-eater gut bacteria help vulture bees ditch nectar for meat
NASA has launched its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission to demonstrate a possible way to deflect asteroids that could pose a threat to the Earth sometime in the future. Today at 1:21 am EST (06:21 GMT), the robotic probe lifted off atop a… Continue reading DART spacecraft is now on its way to crash into an asteroid
After several years out of the public eye, Leonardo’s AW609 tiltrotor aircraft re-emerged as the centerpiece of the aerospace and defense company’s display at the 2021 Dubai Airshow this month. The appearance comes on the back of reports the aircraft c… Continue reading Leonardo AW609 tiltrotor surfaces in Dubai as certification looms
This month marks the 50th anniversary of Intel’s 4004 processor, the first commercially available microprocessor built on a single chip. Originally designed for a Japanese desk calculator, it helped spark the personal computer revolution.Continue Readi… Continue reading The Intel 4004, the first computer on a chip, turns 50
The Royal Air Force has set a new record by completing the first ever aircraft flight powered entirely by synthetic fuel. On November 2 in the skies over Cotswold Airport in the UK, Group Captain Peter Hackett piloted an Ikarus C42 microlight aircraft … Continue reading RAF makes world’s first flight using pure synthetic fuel
Northrop Grumman has entered into an agreement with AVL, Intuitive Machines, Lunar Outpost, and Michelin to design and build a Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) to transport astronauts on the Moon’s surface for NASA’s Artemis project.Continue ReadingCategory… Continue reading Northrop Grumman and partners to develop a new lunar rover for NASA
A new study by the Planetary Science Institute and UCLA confirms that there are areas in the lunar south polar region where frozen carbon dioxide could exist, raising hopes that there could be significant resources to support future Moon missions.Conti… Continue reading Cold traps that could contain solid CO2 confirmed on the Moon
Fifty years ago, on November 14, 1971, NASA’s robotic Mariner 9 probe went into orbit around Mars. This was not only the first time a spacecraft orbited another planet, but also one of the few early missions to avoid the infamous Curse of Mars.Continue… Continue reading Going to Mars is hard: Lessons from Mariner 9
A team of scientists at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and Florida State University’s National High Magnetic Field Laboratory have come up with a new design for a magnetic levitation-based low-gravity simulator that promises a huge increase in vol… Continue reading New low-gravity simulator design promises around 1,000 times the volume