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NASA tested a lithium-fed electric thruster at 120 kilowatts, a step toward faster deep-space and Mars missions.
NASA’s latest thruster test pushed electric propulsion to a new U.S. power level, with Mars missions in mind.
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Earth’s chemistry may have stabilized within 3 million years, with water and volatiles arriving later in a giant impact.
SpaceAncient impact with Theia may have brought water and life to EarthJoseph Shavit
New KIST composite blocks EMI and neutron radiation in a thin, flexible, 3D-printable film built for extreme environments.
SpaceUltra-thin new material shields spacecraft from electromagnetic waves and radiationJoshua Shavit
Lead scientist Rifath Shaarook with KalamSat which flew aboard a NASA Terrier Orion sounding rocket from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on June 22, 2017.
SpaceSpace Kidz India students are building satellites, turning space education into real missionsJoseph Shavit
Astronomers now know of more than 350 molecules in the spaces between and around stars.
SpacePromising biosignatures on alien worlds could take years to confirmJoshua Shavit
Greek physicists propose that microscopic wormholes could generate an effective dark energy term through topology changes.
SpaceMicroscopic wormholes may be warping reality all around usJoseph Shavit
Mars has almost no breathable oxygen. Here’s why that matters, and how NASA’s MOXIE could help future astronauts survive.
SpaceMars has air, but almost none of it can keep you aliveJoseph Shavit
Distance, light speed, biology, and time may explain why alien civilizations never meet.
SpaceAlien civilizations have not visited Earth and never will, physicist claimsJoshua Shavit
In 2019, LIGO and Virgo detected GW190521—a mysterious gravitational wave that could mark either the colossal merger of two black holes or the tantalizing possibility of a wormhole echo from another universe.
SpaceBlack hole GW190521 may be a wormhole from another universeJoseph Shavit
The picture shows the dynamic environment around the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way's center, featuring the newly discovered gas cloud G2t alongside previously known clouds G1 and G2, whose similar orbits suggest a common origin from the star system IRS16SW.
SpaceMassive binary star system may be feeding the Milky Way’s central black holeJoseph Shavit
SpaceNASA cleanroom fungus could survive a trip to Mars, raising contamination concernsJoshua Shavit
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS carries deuterium-rich water, pointing to a far colder birthplace than our solar system.
SpaceInterstellar comet 3I/ATLAS points to a far colder planetary birthplaceJoshua Shavit
Texas A&M engineers used lasers to lift and steer tiny metajets, pointing to a new path for fuel-free propulsion.
SpaceLaser-powered, ‘metajets’ could be the future of interstellar flightShy Cohen
Artist's impression of the planet Epsilon Indi Ab, with water clouds atop its ammonia-dominated atmosphere.
SpaceAstronomers find thick water-ice clouds on Jupiter-like exoplanet Epsilon Indi AbJoseph Shavit
On Oct. 25, 2020, NASA’s Curiosity rover snapped a selfie after drilling into a rock called “Mary Anning.” Years later, that sample has delivered the richest mix of organic molecules ever detected on Mars.
SpaceNASA’s Curiosity rover detects never-before-seen organic compounds on MarsJoshua Shavit
The Milky Way is a massive, spiral-shaped collection of stars, gas, and dust that houses our own solar system. Dr Karl Fiteni (inset) led the study. Photo shows the core of the Milky Way as photographed by Joseph Caruana from Dwejra Gozo
SpaceFor the first time, astronomers identify the edge of the Milky Way’s discJoshua Shavit
Physicists found evidence that hidden quark pairs in the vacuum may shape how matter forms in high-energy collisions.
SpaceFor the first time ever, scientists create particles out of empty spaceShy Cohen