The case for life on Jupiter's moon Europa just got stronger, thanks to the detection of carbon dioxide on its surfaceNASA The prime locations within our solar system for seeking extraterrestrial life aren't planets such as Mars; rather, they are icy moons like Europa. The evidence supporting the existence of life on this watery celestial...
Credit: Brand Minds Explore the top 10 smart cities of 2023 that are revolutionizing urban living with advanced technology, seamless IoT integration, and widespread 5G connectivity. The United Nations predicts that 70% of the global population will reside in smart cities by 2050. While the definition of a smart city is not uniform, there are...
An image of a crocodile. Credit: Ray Bilcliff/ Pexels Throughout history, tales of virgin births, which involve the production of offspring without fertilization, have been shared. Examples of such stories include the birth of Mars, an ancient Roman god, Horus, an ancient Egyptian god, and Qi, a figure from ancient Chinese mythology, all of whom...
SpaceX's Starship. Credit: SpaceX Unless you have been extremely busy, you must have heard of SpaceX's Starship fully assembled test flight. Despite the fact that the test did not go as planned, there are good lessons to take from it. It is important to notice that such an event is still a landmark for humanity,...
A panel of experts thinks that Nasa should send a spacecraft to Uranus Credito: NASA Kathleen Mandt Kathleen Mandt, a planetary scientist at Johns Hopkins College's Applied Physics Research laboratory. In her Perspectives piece published in the journal Science, Kathleen Mandt highlights the scientific value of a dedicated Uranus probe. Uranus, one of the...
Credit: lifestayleasia The world of technology is everchanging and progressive. All over the world new technology comes to life. Here are some of the most relevant this year: Asteroid deflected The asteroid Dimorphos was the target for this year’s test run of a potential planetary defense system—an impact from a fridge-size spacecraft that successfully altered its orbit....
A donut-shaped magnetic confinement device called a tokamak is one of the leading designs for a working fusion power generator, with many such experiments running worldwide. Credit: Christopher Roux, EUROfusion Consortium, CC BY Our society faces the grand difficulty of offering sustainable, secure, and affordable forms of generating energy while trying to reduce CO2 emissions to net...
Orion passed a mere 130km (80 miles) from the lunar surface at closest approach. Credit: Nasa The US space agency's Orion capsule is coming home The spacecraft performed a significant engine burn on Monday in the vicinity of the Moon, giving it an orbit that will result in a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday. It...
A composite image from the 8 November 2022 total lunar eclipse showing the moon in various stages throughout the night. (Andrew McCarthy) We have seen some great pictures from the total lunar eclipse recently. But this one might top them all. Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy produced this incredible composite photo, showing the Moon in different eclipse phases throughout...
An artist's impression of the LOFTID aeroshell. Credit: NASA just recently turned one sci-fi technology into reality by crashing a spacecraft into one asteroid with its Dual Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission. Now, the space company aims to test a large inflatable aeroshell that can one day be used to deploy massive payloads on Mars...
