Learn about miniature robots that dance automatically
byInteracting in a confined space, a swarm of “smart elements” can form automatic choreographies.picture: Courtesy of Thomas Beruitta In January 2020, a lab on…
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These are the must-watch space missions in 2021
byWhile 2020 has been a challenging year for the space industry (and everyone else) amid the coronavirus pandemic, a host of exciting missions that…
This epic space cloud sums up our goodbye for 2020
bySometimes, the universe provides the perfect way to express our feelings. A space cloud 7,500 light-years away has given us a convenient goodbye that…
The Japanese solution to the problem of space waste is the wooden satellites that would burn on return
byJapanese Researchers are working on satellite technology that would use woody components to eliminate excess Void Scrap, which allows things to burn when returned…
Satellite images show that the rivers of the United States change from blue to yellow and green
byA third of the rivers of the United States have changed dramatically over the past 36 years, turning from blue to yellow and green,…
Scientists get their first look at an asteroid sample from space
byJapanese scientists got their first look inside the sample capsule of the Hayabusa2 spacecraft containing asteroid dust from a near-Earth asteroid called Ryugu. Space.com,…
A man in the northern region says his wife is out of a coma after more than two months of hospitalization with COVID-19
byA man in the northern region is recovering from the effects of COVID-19 after spending more than two months in the hospital. Don Gilmer,…
A new astronomical cluster discovered by astronomers
byColor image of galaxy density map at 0.36 redshift from Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) from eROSITA. The white circles mark the location of the clusters…
All of the dark matter in the universe may be primordial black holes – formed from the collapse of children’s universes shortly after the Big Bang
byby Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe December 28, 2020 Small universes branching out of our universe shortly after the…
A huge radioactive jet from the early universe has been detected
bypicture: Spingola et al. Bill Saxton, NRAO / AUI / NSF. (else) When the universe was emerging a billion years old, a galaxy A…