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Illustration of a conceptual radio telescope within a crater on the Moon. The early-stage concept is ... [+] being studied under grant funding from the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program but is not a NASA mission. Vladimir Vustyansky Space agency NASA has dished-out $5 million to seven concepts for future space exploration—and they include some…

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter unlocked its rotor blades, allowing them to spin freely, on April 7, ... [+] 2021, the 47th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. NASA/JPL-Caltech As reported a few days ago, NASA is about to make aviation history when, on Sunday, it conducts the first controlled, powered and autonomous flight on another…

Majority World/Universal Images Group via Getty Images This week marked a first in the U.S. Covid-19 pandemic — a new variant of the virus, the B.1.1.7 variant originally discovered in the U.K., officially became dominant in the U.S. It is about 50% more transmissible than the original SARS-CoV-2 virus, and is rapidly spreading in children.…

La Soufriere volcano crater panorama with tuff cone hidden in green, Saint Vincent and the ... [+] Grenadines getty Caribbean tourism has endured over a year of devastation, but is poised to recover. Cruising schedules are inching slowly back. Covid-19 vaccinations finally offer encouragement to nervous tourists who have been hesitant to get on a…

Exoplanet HD 209458b transits its star. The illuminated crescent and its colours have been ... [+] exaggerated to illustrate the light spectra that the astronomers used to identify the six molecules in its atmosphere. Mark A. Garlick / markgarlick.co & University of Warwick An exoplanet discovered back in 1999 has been revealed to have six…

Researchers at Fermilab have made a measurement that could mean that scientists have to rethink ... [+] their understanding of the rules that govern the subatomic world. Reidar Hahn/Fermilab The past half century has been relatively uneventful for scientist’s understanding of the subatomic world. Theories developed in the 1960s and early 1970s have been combined into…

Quantum gravity tries to combine Einstein’s general theory of relativity with quantum mechanics. ... [+] Quantum corrections to classical gravity are visualized as loop diagrams, as the one shown here in white. If gravitons are massive, and can be successfully created with the right properties, perhaps they could make up the missing dark matter in…

Earthshine, Earthlight or planet-shine will be visible this coming week in the early evenings in the ... [+] west just after sunset. VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Have you ever seen the crescent Moon’s ashen glow? Known also as Earthshine, Earthlight, planet-shine and—perhaps most poetically—as “the New Moon in the Old Moon’s arms,” it’s a…

These science and healthcare listmakers are inventing the future from the atom up.  Can healthtech companies increase access to medical care for people in marginalized communities? For Jesaja Brinkmann, the answer is a resounding yes. During his medical school studies, Brinkmann realized that combining healthcare and technology can help tackle some of the injustices of…

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