It is only under the microscope that the similarity of its namesake becomes apparent: the plump, round physique and the short legs are reminiscent of those of a bear. Credit: Ralph Schill Tardigrades are excellent at adjusting to severe environmental problems. Back in 2019, Ralph Schill, one professor at the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomolecular...
Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Hans Ellegren, centre, Eva Olsson, left and Thors Hans Hansson, members of the Nobel Committee for Physics announce the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics, from left to right on the screen, Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger, during a press...
The James Webb image of SMACS 0723. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI James Webb first Full-color images help astronomers make a new discovery. James Webb's discovery is yet to give us not just a new insight but also a treasure trove of data held by every image it has released. The first full-color James Webb image,...
A NASA mission to deliberately smash a spacecraft into an asteroid blasts off on Monday. After NASA deliberately crushes a car-sized spacecraft into an asteroid the following week, it´ll be up to European Space Agency's Hera mission to investigate the "crime scene" and discover the secrets of these potentially devastating space rocks. NASA's Dual Asteroid Redirection...
Credit: Thomas Pesquet / ESA NASA has "holoported" somebody to the International Space Station for the first time, demonstrating a new method for astronauts and people on Earth to interact with one another. Holoportation 101 Holoportation is the creation of Microsoft research. While the name is one portmanteau of "hologram" and "teleportation," that does not quite explain...
“Cosmic Cliffs” in the Carina Nebula Astronomers' beliefs are The famed James Webb Space Telescope, released 8 months back and orbiting the sun a million miles from Earth, has begun bringing up several questions for astronomers as its striking images flood in. Unsurprisingly, the telescope has offered some intriguing and exciting observations of the very distant universe....
The southern-central edge of the Tibetan Plateau near the border with western Nepal and the Indian state of Sikkim is pictured in this Sentinel-2A image from 1 February 2016. Credit: European Space Agency. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data [2016]/ processed by ESA ,CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO/Wikimedia Commons Closure of the Neo-Tethys Sea and the subsequent formation...
The Odyssey Ark Monitor in it's vertical orientation. Credit: Samsung After revealing the product in January at CES, Samsung has, at last, announced a launch date and price for its enormous 55-inch curved gaming monitor: the Odyssey Ark, releasing in early September; it will set you back $3,499.99. Featuring a 16:9 4K panel with a stand that...
Image of the Cartwheel Galaxy and its companion galaxies is a composite from Jame Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI). MIRI data is colored red while NIRCam data is colored blue, orange, and yellow.Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI The space telescope's powerful infrared gaze offers a new sight of just how the galaxy...
Horticulturalist Carlos Magdalena in Bolivia viewing the largest known giant water lily species (Victoria boliviana). Credit: Cesar David Salazar An artist's observations, two botanists' suspicions, and DNA tests reveal a case of mistaken identity among giant water plants. When 19th-century European botanists encountered impressive water lilies with leaves more extensive than a pingpong table, they initially...
