Discovery: Mercury has a 15-kilometer-thick diamond layer Ruth Arteaga. · August 3, 2024 Despite being the closest planet to the Sun, Mercury is not the hottest planet in the solar system.
MIT researchers develop hydrogen fuel from soda cans, seawater and caffeine Joshua Falcón. · July 26, 2024 An innovative source of clean energy could be found in everyday items such as used soda cans, coffee grounds and seawater.
Scientists discover that “dark oxygen” is produced on the abyssal seafloor Isbel Lázaro. · July 25, 2024 The study identified that polymetallic nodules could play a crucial role in the generation of oxygen through seawater electrolysis, a process that has not…
Water molecules discovered in lunar sample from China’s Chang’e-5 probe Ruth Arteaga. · July 24, 2024 The discovered mineral contains six crystalline water molecules, representing 41% of its total mass.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 suffered rare Starlink deployment failure Ruth Arteaga. · July 14, 2024 This failure ended a streak of 335 successful SpaceX launches, showing the first major failure since 2016.
Organic bodies floating in Titan’s lakes identified Ruth Arteaga. · July 7, 2024 Titan's atmosphere is so dense that a human with wings could fly and glide through its clouds.
SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn: First-Ever Commercial Spacewalk on the Horizon Ruth Arteaga. · July 7, 2024 Polaris Dawn will include the first invasive measurement of cerebrospinal fluid pressure in space, performed by Scott Poteet.
NASA seeks to create space habitats with fungi Ruth Arteaga. · July 5, 2024 Habitats could be "grown" using dormant fungi, which, with the addition of water, would grow to form fully functional refuges.
Last mirror segment of the world’s largest telescope delivered Ruth Arteaga. · July 2, 2024 The ELT's M1 mirror, composed of 798 hexagonal segments, will capture millions of times more light than the human eye.
Pioneer! China is the first to bring samples from the moon to Earth Ruth Arteaga. · June 27, 2024 China is the first country to bring back to Earth rock samples from the dark side of the Moon, a region never explored before.