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Artemis II astronauts put Orion’s side hatch to the test

Artemis II NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Reid Wiseman, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen recently traveled to Lockheed Martin Space in Littleton, Colorado, where they practiced opening and closing an Orion crew module side hatch model to help demonstrate its reliability and durability during their 10-day mission around the moon. […]

NASA begins new deployable solar array tech demo on Pathfinder spacecraft

NASA recently evaluated initial flight data and imagery from Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator-4 (PTD-4), confirming proper checkout of the spacecraft’s systems including its on-board electronics as well as the payload’s support systems such as the small onboard camera. Shown above is a test image of Earth taken by the payload camera, shortly after PTD-4 reached orbit. […]

Both Harris and Trump have records on space policy. An expert examines where they differ

The next president of the United States could be the first in that office to accept a phone call from the moon and hear a woman’s voice on the line. To do so, they’ll first need to make a series of strategic space policy decisions. They’ll also need a little luck.

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Webb finds candidates for first young brown dwarfs outside the Milky Way

Near the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy roughly 200,000 light-years from Earth, lies the young star cluster NGC 602. The local environment of this cluster is a close analog of what existed in the early universe, with very low abundances of elements heavier than hydrogen and helium.

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Tracking down nuclear fission’s elusive scission neutron with a supercomputer

Nuclear fission—when the nucleus of an atom splits in two, releasing energy—may seem like a process that is fully understood. First discovered in 1939 and thoroughly studied ever since, fission is a constant factor in modern life, used in everything from nuclear medicine to power-generating nuclear reactors. However, it is a force of nature that […]

Scientists successfully increase measurement rate of Raman spectroscopy by 100-fold

Researchers Takuma Nakamura, Kazuki Hashimoto, and Takuro Ideguchi of the Institute for Photon Science and Technology at the University of Tokyo have increased by 100-fold the measurement rate of Raman spectroscopy, a common technique for measuring the “vibrational fingerprint” of molecules in order to identify them.

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A multi-level breakthrough in optical computing—a faster, more efficient, and robust memory cell

For the first time, an international cadre of electrical engineers has developed a new method for photonic in-memory computing that could make optical computing a reality in the near future.

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Superconductivity offers new insights into quantum material MnBi₂Te₄

For the first time since the discovery of the material MnBi2Te4 (MBT), researchers at the University of Twente have successfully made it behave like a superconductor. This marks an important step in understanding MBT and is significant for future technologies, such as new methods of information processing and quantum computing.

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Ultra-small spectrometer yields the power of a 1,000 times bigger device

Spectrometers are technology for reading light that date back to the era of famed 17th-century physicist Isaac Newton. They work by breaking down light waves into their different colors—or spectra—to provide information about the makeup of the objects being measured.

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BWC: Colo. officer comforts, helps child who ran away from home after experiencing mental health struggles

“I’m proud of you that you’re acknowledging how you feel and you need help. This is how we get the help,” Colorado Springs Officer Craig Johnson said

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Watch: Fla. officer testifies at daughter’s sentencing for murder after he helped coordinate her arrest

“As heartbroken as I was, I did my duty without fail,” said Tony Araujo, a 42-year law enforcement veteran currently serving at the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office

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Wine lovers are drinking the same wine that the Romans did according to grape DNA study

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Every time you take a sip of fine wine, you may very well be drinking the same wine that Roman emperors drank in ancient times. At least that’s what a new analysis of grape DNA reveals.

While wine has become more diverse in modern times, there are still several ancient […]

October 23, 2024 – Whose 2-mile-long boomerang craft flew over Phoenix on March 13, 1997?

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Three secrets revealed to three children by an apparition in a field in Fátima, Portugal

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This story is part 2 of a 2-part series about the “Miracle of the Sun” in Fátima, Portugal. In the first part, we looked at reports of what thousands of people described seeing. In this part, we’ll examine what the Fátima apparition told three children tending to sheep in a […]

Flat-Earthers going to Antarctica seeking ‘truth’ about our ‘flat’ Earth

A group of people known as “Flat Earthers” actually believe that the Earth is flat, regardless of what science – or their eyes – tell them. They’ve grown so distrustful of science that they believe that planning and executing an expedition to Antarctica will help them prove that the Earth is indeed flat as […]