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The new image of NGC 2264, also known as the “Christmas Tree,” is a cluster of young stars between one and five million years old in the Milky Way at a distance of about 2,500 light-years from Earth. This was reported by the NASA press service. The stars in NGC 2264 are both smaller and […]
China’s third test mission of a reusable robotic spacecraft continues to generate speculation, sending half a dozen small objects into orbit that intrigued amateur observers have tentatively called “wings.” The experimental orbiter, called Shenlong (Chinese for “divine dragon”), was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Thursday, December 14, on a Long March 2F […]
The discovery has important implications for the treatment of herpes simplex virus, as well as many other viruses that replicate in the cell nucleus, such as HIV and hepatitis. Scientists can now develop more effective drugs because they better understand the mechanism of the virus’s attack on cells and the immune system’s work against the […]
NASA has sent a video of a cat to Earth using a laser from deep space, Space.com reports. In the ultra-high resolution video, you can see Tatters, a ginger cat, running after the dot of a laser pointer. The video was sent as part of the Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment. DSOC technology allows […]
On Tuesday, December 19, Blue Origin successfully completed its 24th mission and first in more than 15 months. The launch was carried out after a series of delays, the flight lasted 10 minutes. The first stage, as planned, landed near the launch pad, and the capsule reached the Karman line, returned to Earth and made […]
The US has created a new type of bio-robot that can accelerate the healing of cuts on neural tissues. This was reported by Extremetech. This means that in the future it will be possible to treat severed nerves with tiny biological robots that will deliver drugs in all directions of the cut. This type of […]
In the world of robotics, the speed of development of 3D printing technologies is growing every year. Researchers at ETH Zurich, together with Inkbit, have proposed a new technology that allows printing robots with bones, tendons, and ligaments using new strong and flexible polymers. The advantages of slow polymer Previously, 3D printing was limited to […]
Swiss engineers have tested the technology of controlling a robotic third arm using breathing on 61 volunteers. Responding to the movements of the diaphragm, the robotic arm moved back and forth, and the subjects were able to perform simple tasks, such as pointing to the desired item on the table. In the future, the direction […]
The growing activity of the Sun, which is already affecting radio communications on Earth, will cause the NEOWISE space telescope to burn up in the atmosphere of our planet. The reason for this is the heating and expansion of the atmosphere from solar activity, which leads to faster deceleration of objects in orbit. NEOWISE is […]
This week, NASA reached an important milestone. The two newest vehicles have spent 1000 Martian days on Mars. What is known The Perseverance rover and the Ingenuity unmanned aerial vehicle landed on the surface of the Red Planet on February 18, 2021. December 13, 2023 marked the 1000th Martian day (sol) on Mars for them. […]