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Thu, 22 Jun 2017 06:30:13 GMT
ESA to start the construction of space telescope network
The European Space Agency’s PLATO mission hunting for habitable exoplanets has been given the green light to move from blueprint into construction.…
Wed, 21 Jun 2017 23:41:23 GMT
Grab your camping gear and prepare for August 21
America will witness, for the first time in 99 years, a total solar eclipse stretching from coast to coast on August 21.…
Tue, 20 Jun 2017 23:51:46 GMT
Researchers explore 3D imaging using drones
Video Drones can perform three-dimensional imaging of objects through walls using Wi-Fi, a team of researchers demonstrated for the first time.…
Tue, 20 Jun 2017 23:02:41 GMT
Dr Katie Mack explains the SkyHopper cubesat project to El Reg
A couple of years after it was first conceived, a Melbourne University-led infrared astronomy cubesat proposal called SkyHopper is gathering momentum.…
Tue, 20 Jun 2017 07:58:11 GMT
Verily joins Novartis and the European Investment Fund
Venture capital group Medicxi has announced a $300m late-stage life sciences fund that is backed by Novartis, the European Investment Fund (EIF) and Verily Life Sciences, the healthcare division of Google's holding company Alphabet.…
Tue, 20 Jun 2017 00:22:42 GMT
Fifty possible planets later, we're a step closer to a possible vacation Earth
NASA’s Kepler space telescope has finished cataloging possible planets in the direction of the Cygnus constellation.…
Mon, 19 Jun 2017 11:24:13 GMT
Papr app lets you rate academic papers - and maybe find your ideal postdoc
Boffins have created an app that lets users rate academic preprints and find people with similar academic tastes - and hope to use the results to spot trends in academic publishing.…
Mon, 19 Jun 2017 07:30:05 GMT
'Making Humans a Multi-Planetary Species' plan details how to get 1m humans to Mars
Elon Musk has published his blueprint for “Making Humans a Multi-Planetary Species” by establishing a self-sufficient city on Mars.…
Sat, 17 Jun 2017 07:09:12 GMT
So where is our Sol's sibling?
Nearly all stars, including our Sun, are born from hot, dense molecular clouds and come in pairs, according to a paper to be published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.…
Fri, 16 Jun 2017 19:57:34 GMT
What could go wrong?
In 1991, Sony launched the world’s first commercial lithium-ion battery... and since then the design hasn’t changed all that much.…
Fri, 16 Jun 2017 06:39:07 GMT
Literally spooky action at a distance
Pairs of entangled photons created on a satellite orbiting Earth have survived the long, perilous trip from space to ground stations. Crucially, they are still linked despite being picked up by receivers over 1,200km (745mi) apart – the longest link ever seen before.…
Wed, 14 Jun 2017 08:29:31 GMT
Patients frolicking by virtual beach felt less pain in the chair
Wearing a virtual-reality headset in the dentist's chair could make you more relaxed, a new study suggests.…
Wed, 14 Jun 2017 06:57:14 GMT
Tape drive due to shut down in 2018 as 1.4 kbps link becomes too skinny
Voyager 1 has just ticked off another milestone: on Tuesday it reached 138 astronomical units from Earth, or about 20,600,000,000km from the planet on which you're (presumably!) reading this story.…
Wed, 14 Jun 2017 00:10:55 GMT
The regeneration process continues to baffle boffins
A flatworm sent to the International Space Station has sprouted two heads, an anomaly that never happens in the wild, according to a paper published in the journal Regeneration.…
Mon, 12 Jun 2017 22:46:40 GMT
Minerals found in Mars rocks strengthen case for past life-friendly conditions
The Martian rock samples dug up by NASA's Curiosity robotic rover show that there is a wide diversity of minerals, allowing scientists to piece together the planet's past.…
Sat, 10 Jun 2017 10:29:11 GMT
Scientists fork reality, sorta
A team of researchers has created the largest virtual model of our universe, complete with billions of galaxies, to probe the effects of dark energy and dark matter.…
Sat, 10 Jun 2017 07:19:06 GMT
...or maybe not. Opinion is divided
Updated The mystery of the "Wow!" signal, a radio burst recorded from outer space in the 1970s, may been solved. Or not. Not everyone is convinced.…
Fri, 09 Jun 2017 14:27:10 GMT
Boffins claim fluorescent dyes could help detect fake booze
Think you know your Bell's from your Balvenie? Your Jim Beam from your Jameson? Well, if a team of German researchers have their way, an artificial tongue might have you licked.…
Fri, 09 Jun 2017 12:14:06 GMT
Three US teams clash in one far-out Robot Wars episode
Three citizen teams in the United States will get to fire deep-space satellites from NASA's newest rocket, Space Launch System, as part of the agency's Cube Quest Challenge.…
Fri, 09 Jun 2017 05:33:04 GMT
Noble gas found on 67P by Euro probe Rosetta
Scientists working on the European Space Agency’s Rosetta probe mission have found xenon on Comet 67P – a discovery that introduces a link between the cosmic rock and Earth for the first time.…
Thu, 08 Jun 2017 05:37:08 GMT
That's 100,000 years older than the last fossil find
Pics It's a double-whammy discovery for fossil enthusiasts this week. Two groups of scientists have reportedly found the world's oldest known remains of Homo sapiens – and a really old mushroom.…
Thu, 08 Jun 2017 02:56:08 GMT
Boris and the Chocolate Factory, with murder, extortion, bootlegging, bribery on the side
US law enforcement agencies on Wednesday unsealed charges against a large-scale Russian criminal syndicate, laying charges against 33 individuals with some pretty startling sidelines.…
Wed, 07 Jun 2017 06:29:13 GMT
Czech boffins say source of Tunguska event has new asteroid-sized bits to watch
The regular and often-unspectacular Taurid meteor shower has a dangerous side, with Czech boffins warning it's a likely source of dangerous debris.…
Tue, 06 Jun 2017 13:04:35 GMT
Cruel mistress science throws astroboffins a curveball
WASP-67 b and HAT-P-38 b are two far-flung exoplanets orbiting near-identical stars at similar distances. Their size and temperatures are also pretty close. So, naturally, astronomers thought that their atmospheres wouldn't be too far apart. They were wrong.…
Tue, 06 Jun 2017 07:03:14 GMT
Colossus suffers cosmic tanning session from hell
Astronomers have discovered KELT‑9b – the hottest giant exoplanet yet seen. It is twice the size of Jupiter, has a dayside temperature of 4,600 Kelvin, and is being stripped by ultraviolet radiation from its star, KELT‑9.…
Tue, 06 Jun 2017 05:28:11 GMT
Quick, let the Daily Mail know – add the Red Planet to cereal, cheese, tea, joy and other crazy carcinogens you must avoid
Aspiring astronauts might want to think twice before going to Mars, as scientists estimate that the risk of cancer doubles for long-term missions outside Earth’s magnetic field.…
Tue, 06 Jun 2017 02:27:13 GMT
GSLV Mk III pits new entrant into the orbital workhorse biz
India has successfully launched its GSLV Mark III heavy-lift rocket on schedule, leaving explosion-watchers disappointed.…
Mon, 05 Jun 2017 15:08:55 GMT
Where's my self-driving plane? Nowhere, it's a feasibility study*
It's the fear of anyone who watches Snakes on a Plane and books a flight – what if your plane crashes? Now take a deep breath and imagine that you're travelling on a plane or rocketship with no pilot. A new NASA research project hopes to find ways to certify unmanned autonomous aircraft systems for safety.…
Mon, 05 Jun 2017 05:04:14 GMT
Strontium release dogged by normal boring clouds that blocked boffins' view
NASA's attempts to make red and green clouds have been thwarted by Mother Nature.…
Fri, 02 Jun 2017 23:43:43 GMT
ISS crew Thomas Pesquet and Oleg Novitski come home
The crew of the International Space Station is down to three after European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitski landed rather uncomfortably in the wilds of Kazakhstan.…
Fri, 02 Jun 2017 20:05:34 GMT
It's easier to mine than uraninite ore, too
Scientists have discovered bizarre evidence in the US state of Wyoming – that bacteria hidden deep within the Earth's crust secrete uranium.…
Fri, 02 Jun 2017 12:26:52 GMT
Carrion parenting
A pair of gay Dutch vultures in a long-term relationship have become parents.…
Fri, 02 Jun 2017 05:58:13 GMT
Chemical analysis of Gale Crater finds Martian lakes were a lot like ours
Mars' Gale Crater was once home to a body of water “that offered favorable conditions for microbial life” thanks to stratification that meant different parts of the lake offered different conditions.…
Thu, 01 Jun 2017 07:02:13 GMT
Twin-fuselage, six-engined satellite-slinger has wider wings than the Spruce Goose
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has shown off the “Stratolaunch”, a colossal aircraft he hopes can soon help to hoist satellites into low earth orbit.…
Thu, 01 Jun 2017 06:03:06 GMT
Evidence could uncover how oceans formed on Earth
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured evidence that shows that parts of the Moon may be coated in thin bits of frost, and it could help scientists unlock the mystery of how water ended up on Earth.…
Wed, 31 May 2017 22:20:13 GMT
It's all in the name of medicine, they say
A group of scientists has focused the world’s most powerful X‑ray beam on a molecule to test out the Linac Coherent Light Source at the US Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.…
Wed, 31 May 2017 15:10:39 GMT
Contextualising Jeremy Corbyn's improving numbers
I hate to say I told you so but, tell a lie, I told you so. As the election campaign heads into the home straight, could the unthinkable be on the cards? Could Theresa May, who started some four weeks ago with what was widely regarded as an unassailable lead, be on the verge of losing?…
Wed, 31 May 2017 13:02:08 GMT
Space weather announcement, forecast: SCORCHIO
Breaking with the recent focus on flinging probes and bots at our planetary neighbours, around July next year NASA will set the controls for the heart of the Sun.…
Wed, 31 May 2017 07:25:13 GMT
Chinese and Australian crews peer into the abyss and find weird things looking back
Scientific expeditions into the deep, deep ocean are like buses: none for ages, then suddenly along come two at once!…
Wed, 31 May 2017 02:58:12 GMT
GSLV Mk III to test itself on a 3,136kg sat, plans for 8,000kg payloads real soon now
The Indian Space Research Organisation has set June 5 as the next milestone in the country's ambitions to build a heavy-lift rocket.…
Wed, 31 May 2017 01:44:17 GMT
If they know where it comes from and how fast it's going: America defends against itself
In a show of strength aimed at ever-belligerent North Korea, America has shot down what it calls a “simulated ICBM” with an intercept missile.…
Wed, 31 May 2017 00:23:53 GMT
Enceladus might have been knocked over by an asteroid
Enceladus, Saturn’s watery moon, may have been tipped on its axis after being battered with an asteroid, new evidence reveals.…
Tue, 30 May 2017 22:36:38 GMT
Einstein's Theory of General Relativity lasts another day
Physicists in the US have found evidence that event horizons around black holes do exist, reinforcing Einstein’s theory of General Relativity.…
Fri, 26 May 2017 14:11:05 GMT
Firm: Not what he was saying before we sacked him
A fired SpaceX worker has accused the company of leaning on its employees to forge test records for parts destined for NASA.…
Fri, 26 May 2017 12:41:12 GMT
Astroboffin-in-training makes dating breakthrough
Astroboffins have figured out a new way of dating planets and meteorites by counting individual atoms in rock samples snatched from the depths of space.…
Fri, 26 May 2017 06:36:54 GMT
Special error correction techniques work around degrading drives' dying cells
Japan's Takeuchi Lab has proposed a “value-aware” solid state drive that it says can recognise images faster than rivals, while also extending drives' working life.…
Thu, 25 May 2017 23:45:05 GMT
Sadly no black monolith found
Scientists were expecting a lot of new data from the Juno space probe orbiting Jupiter, and they haven't been disappointed. The most massive planet in the Solar System is turning out to have a lot of surprises.…
Thu, 25 May 2017 20:12:15 GMT
Star formation rate is a hundred times faster than our Milky Way
A team of astronomers has stumbled across a new kind of galaxy that may be the missing piece of the puzzle regarding how ancient galaxies grew to such massive sizes.…
Thu, 25 May 2017 07:00:09 GMT
Boeing to build 'Phantom Express' on heir to Space Shuttle's main engine
The United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has commissioned Boeing to build a spaceplane capable of 10 launches in 10 days.…
Thu, 25 May 2017 06:00:12 GMT
16 Psyche mission takes a great leap forward
NASA has come up with a cunning plan that will allow it to shave four years of flight time off its mission to the biggest chunk of visible iron in the Solar System, and will use souped-up solar power to get there.…
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