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The brightest object ever observed is so far outside the range of its counterparts that the astronomers who discovered it believe it will never be surpassed. Unsurprisingly, there are big questions about how something like this could work so far from the scale we’re used to. It is known that black holes have such strong […]
NASA has shown the inside of the Orion spacecraft, on which astronauts will fly around the Moon during the Artemis 2 mission, which will launch no earlier than September 2025, Space.com reports. The team of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Kennedy Space Center in Florida is completing work on the interior of the crew cabin, including […]
February 21 may be the day when the European satellite, which has been operating since 1995, risks falling to Earth. This satellite, called European Remote Sensing 2, was launched almost three decades ago. During this time, he played a key role in collecting data about the Earth. In recent years, operators have lowered its orbit […]
Due to the onset of global warming, experts are looking for ways to make people’s lives more comfortable. One of these areas is the improvement of individualized clothing. Heat removal from the body can be organized in two ways: active and passive. But active involves bulky electrical devices for ventilation or liquid cooling. The passive […]
Scientists continue to search for clean and sustainable energy sources. One of the most promising areas in this activity is the development of technologies that will allow capturing solar energy directly in space and then transmitting it to Earth. Scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have achieved some success in this regard, having […]
Swedish astronaut Marcus Wandt, who was a member of the Axiom-3 expedition and spent more than two weeks on the International Space Station, shared an amazing video from space, where you can see a powerful thunderstorm. “Thunderstorms are a powerful and beautiful phenomenon that can be observed, including from space,” the astronaut wrote in his […]
Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus robotic spacecraft took a few selfies with the Earth shortly after its launch on February 15 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket – and we can all see them. “Intuitive Machines successfully transmitted the first images of the IM-1 mission to Earth on February 16, 2024. The images were taken shortly after […]
New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope could dramatically change our understanding of galaxy formation and dark matter by revealing a galaxy larger than the Milky Way that existed more than 11 billion years ago. The study, published in the journal Nature, showed that this ancient massive galaxy contains stars that formed 1.5 billion […]
When the OSIRIS-REx mission to the asteroid Bennu was planned, the team aimed to collect at least 60 grams of material. This was a requirement for a successful mission. According to IFLscience, it seems that OSIRIS-REx has doubled its success, as it brought home 121.6 grams (4.29 ounces), the largest sample of extraterrestrial material from […]
For the first time in history, the ability of surgeons to remotely control a surgical robot in space was tested. The tests were conducted on the ISS. Communication with the station occurs with small delays, which gives automation a special role. In the future, surgical robots should be able to perform operations on their own, […]