Did the most distant galaxy “candidates” survive JWST?
When JWST successfully launched back on Christmas day, 2021, astronomers were hoping it would unfold and operate correctly, which it resoundingly did over the next … Read more
NASA Venus mission becomes collateral damage amid budget pressures
NASA’s decision to pull the funding for the modest VERITAS mission to Venus, which was both on track and on budget, in order to accommodate … Read more
How green is your research? These scientists are cutting their carbon footprints
Astronomical observatories require vast amounts of energy to run.Credit: Getty Michael Inouye, a computational biologist at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute in Melbourne, Australia, … Read more
Human cells hacked to act like squid skin cells could unlock key to camouflage – Ars Technica
Enlarge / Certain squid have the ability to camouflage themselves by making themselves transparent and/or changing their coloration. Certain cephalopods like cuttlefish, octopuses, and squid … Read more
Did we already observe our first “blitzar”? – Ars Technica
Enlarge / The CHIME telescope has proven adept at picking up fast radio bursts. By combing through a collection of data, researchers may have discovered … Read more
Pushing fentanyl fear, Pinellas sheriff seeks thousands for drug tests
Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri wants the county to invest hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars in contactless technology to field-test suspected drugs. To him, … Read more
Leaky Soyuz spacecraft departs space station and returns to Earth in speedy landing
A Soyuz space capsule that suffered a major coolant leak in December departed the International Space Station without a crew early Tuesday (March 28) to … Read more
Astrophotography in April 2023: what to shoot in the night sky this coming month
April 2023 brings an opportunity for perhaps the ultimate shot for any astrophotographer – a total solar eclipse – but only those who are prepared … Read more
NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Unveils the Sizzling Secrets of a Distant Rocky Exoplanet
This illustration shows what the hot rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 b could look like based on this work. TRAPPIST-1 b, the innermost of seven known planets … Read more
NASA drone could find clues to life’s origin on Saturn moon Titan
The fourth in a line of groundbreaking NASA missions that could redefine how we understand life in the universe is set to launch in 2027. … Read more