NASA is set to launch four astronauts on Artemis II, a 10-day crewed mission around the moon marking humanity's farthest spaceflight in 54 years and a critical step toward lunar surface landing before China.
Researchers from Texas A&M, NASA, and Purdue developed algorithms for managing spacecraft traffic around NASA's planned Gateway lunar station, establishing orbital 'rules of the road' for safe operations in the moon's gravitational environment.
Research on mouse heart cells from the International Space Station reveals cardiac muscle function remains unaffected by zero gravity, suggesting astronauts can safely undertake longer missions to the Moon and Mars.
University of Basel researchers developed Bonsai, a software tool that visualizes high-dimensional biological datasets as branching trees, enabling clearer pattern recognition and discovery of hidden cellular relationships.
Colombia presenciará un eclipse lunar parcial que cubrirá el 94% de la Luna entre el 27 y 28 de agosto. El Observatorio Astronómico ITM ofrece observación gratuita con telescopios y expertos en Medellín.
NASA is developing a hybrid observatory combining an orbital starshade with ground-based telescopes to directly image rocky exoplanets within 20 light-years of Earth, potentially detecting biosignatures of extraterrestrial life.
MIT scientists discovered evidence of a powerful magnetic field in the earliest solar system material, suggesting magnetism played a crucial role alongside gravity in forming the sun and planets 4.6 billion years ago.
Researchers successfully tested an electrically-ignited rocket thruster using ammonium dinitramide fuel without preheated catalysts, enabling room-temperature ignition. The innovation eliminates long warmup times but faces challenges with high power demand and combustion instability.
Investigadora de la Universidad de Michigan destaca que levantarse a la misma hora diariamente es más importante que la duración del sueño para mantener ciclos circadianos saludables y prevenir depresión.
Investigadores caracterizaron el OP313, un blázar de muy alta energía situado a 8.000 millones de años luz, utilizando telescopios en Canarias. El hallazgo permite estudiar la luz de fondo extragaláctica y los procesos en agujeros negros supermasivos.
NASA research reveals how the sun's galactic journey through cold interstellar clouds and its superflare-filled youth may have driven Earth's ancient climate shifts and enabled life's emergence.
NASA research reveals how the sun's galactic journey and superflare-filled youth, combined with atmospheric nitrous oxide, shaped Earth's ancient climate despite the sun being 30% dimmer 3 billion years ago.
A partial lunar eclipse will be visible Aug. 27-28 across North and South America, western Europe, and Africa, with 93-96% of the moon entering Earth's shadow and turning coppery red.
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches Aug. 30 after a decade of development, ahead of schedule and under budget. The week features multiple international rocket launches including SpaceX Starlink missions and ESA's weather satellite.
NIST researchers have developed larger superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors by using magnetic rails to optimize current flow, simplifying fabrication while dramatically reducing false signals and improving sensitivity to faint photons.
Un nuevo estudio reinterpreta estructuras geológicas venusianas como posibles restos de océanos antiguos que cubrieron hasta el 90% del planeta hace mil millones de años, basándose en patrones de fracturas poligonales similares a sedimentos marinos terrestres.
Un ingeniero de datos turco-estadounidense utiliza algoritmos de IA para revolucionar el diagnóstico médico, transformando historiales de 129 millones de pacientes en decisiones clínicas más precisas, especialmente en áreas rurales.
A near-total lunar eclipse will occur on August 27, 2026, visible from multiple regions including Colorado, Houston, UK, and Europe. Early risers in affected areas will have the opportunity to observe this celestial event.
Police discovered the body of Karen Solomon, who was being sought in connection with the killing of her police officer husband. The discovery concludes a search that began following the officer's death.
Eclipse lunar parcial de grande intensidade ocorrerá na noite de 27 para 28 de agosto, obscurecendo 96,2% da Lua e sendo visível em todo o Brasil sem necessidade de proteção especial.
Um eclipse lunar parcial ocorrerá na quinta-feira, encobrindo 96% da Lua com a sombra da Terra. O fenômeno será visível em várias cidades brasileiras, incluindo Recife, Olinda e Belém.
A cocaine bust at Penn State has highlighted drug use on campuses, but research indicates alcohol poses a greater health risk to college students than illicit drugs.
Researchers demonstrated vacuum-fluctuation-enhanced superconductivity in NbSe2 material for the first time, using engineered quantum vacuum effects to strengthen superconducting properties in ultrathin materials.
La Unión Astronómica Internacional nombró oficialmente al asteroide 20786 como San Sebastián en reconocimiento a la trayectoria científica de Irina San Sebastián, astrónoma graduada de la UNLP.
Pesquisadores da NASA e Universidade de Copenhague descobriram que a fermentação de proteínas em microgravidade causa problemas gastrointestinais severos em astronautas, com potencial para desencadear alterações de humor e danos renais.
