The race is on to save one of NASA’s most important space telescopes from a looming 90 per cent re-entry risk. Currently trapped in a ‘death spiral’ caused by increased solar activity, the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has fallen to an altitude of 400 kilometres. To save the Swift spacecraft from a fiery crash, NASA…
India’s aspirations in space exploration are taking a major leap forward as it develops the Bharatiya Antriksh Station. The project, which seems to be heavily connected to the Gaganyaan mission, is now going beyond the conceptual phase. According to PIB reports, the space station will have five modules, of which the first module, called BAS-01,…
For many years, scientists have known more about the Moon’s surface than the depths of our planet’s oceans. The ocean bed has been one of the most unexplored areas on our planet because of its vast expanse of water. However, scientists and researchers from NASA and other institutions have now rewritten history with an incredible…
Where did our species first emerge? Fossils discovered in Morocco dating back more than 773,000 years bolster the theory that Homo sapiens originally appeared in Africa, scientists said in a study Wednesday. The oldest Homo sapien fossils, dating from over 300,000 years ago, were found at the Jebel Irhoud northwest of Marrakesh. Our cousins the…
New dinosaur fossils were discovered at the Dinosaur National Monument, leading to the first excavation there in more than 100 years, officials revealed Friday. The National Park Service said that parking lot construction was underway in September near the Quarry Exhibit Hall in the Utah side of the park when the dinosaur fossils were uncovered….
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Researchers have discovered multiple rare and new species in previously unexplored caves in Cambodia, including a flying snake and a florescent-turquoise pit viper. Those creatures were found during a multi-year biodiversity study that surveyed more than 60 limestone caves in western Cambodia’s Battambang province. The project took researchers to 10 different hills across the region…
A 600-year-old grape seed discovered in the toilet of a medieval French hospital is genetically identical to the grapes still being used to make pinot noir wine, scientists said Tuesday. The seed reveals that people in France have been cultivating this immensely popular variety of grape since at least the 1400s, the scientists said in…
The notion of a robot ‘smelling’ its way through a complex environment has captured the imagination of scientists for years, but has always come with a caveat: what if the robot loses a sensor? In a groundbreaking advance that combines biology and engineering, a new robot, inspired by the humble silkworm, is able to continue…
With only a week left until liftoff, the anticipation is building for the upcoming NASA mission, dubbed Artemis II, which is designed to send humans on a journey around the Moon for the first time in over half a century. With a target launch window of no earlier than 1 April 2026, this mission is…