From holy to sinful: 2000-year-old Caligula’s gardens discovered in Vatican by accident
Not far from the Vatican, construction workers came across a unique find — the gardens that belonged to the Roman Emperor Caligula. This historical monument, which is more than 2000 years old, is located on the banks of the Tiber.
Time passes faster on the Moon: scientists reveal the exact difference
In the new research scientists have accurately calculated how much faster time passes on the Moon compared to the Earth and the barycenter of the solar system. This information is important for future expeditions.
Second stage of Ariane 6 rocket «lights up» in Rostov — seems to be intended to be shot down by local air defense
An unusual phenomenon was spotted in the sky over Russia, which caused a strong reaction from local air defense. A video posted on Russian social media captured a round luminous object and the activity of air defense systems.
Without puncturing your finger: laser patch will tell you about your health status during diabetes
Researchers at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed an innovative laser patch that can track important health indicators through a person’s sweat. This innovation promises to be a non-invasive and effective method of health monitoring for patients with diabetes and others.
Lithium-ion batteries are a source of dangerous pollution «with everlasting chemicals», researchers say
Some lithium-ion battery manufacturing technologies use a class of chemicals called PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances). They help make batteries less prone to fire and increase their conductivity. However, they also pose great environmental and health risks.
Archaeological sensation in Peru: an ancient temple with human remains found under the sand
In northwestern Peru, archaeologists have discovered the ruins of a 5,000-year-old ceremonial temple and human remains under a sand dune. The discovery is located in the Zaña region and is part of the archaeological complex Los Paredones de la Otra Banda — Las Animas
A new home for humanity? James Webb telescope detects potentially habitable planet
Researchers analyzing data from the James Webb Telescope have determined that exoplanet LHS 1140 b may be an icy water world. Interestingly, it is potentially capable of supporting an Earth-like atmosphere and even life.
«Astronomical Photographer of the Year» 2024 — 10 most interesting photos of the contest
The «Astronomy Photographer of the Year» contest has announced the stunning 2024 winners. From fascinating «mythical monsters to dizzying distant constellations, the shortlisted candidates showcase the magnificent beauty of the sky around us. Here are this year’s stunning nominees. The finalists include photos of the sun, the aurora…
Forget air conditioning: researchers advise «cold roofs» to save from the heat
Researchers from University College London have found that applying a certain type of paint to roofs can mitigate the heat in cities.
The oldest narrative rock painting has been discovered – it is approximately 51,200 years old
Among the huge rock walls of an Indonesian island, archaeologists have discovered the oldest known example of storytelling art.
Scientists have figured out how to find dark matter — it can interact with the Earth’s ionosphere
According to new theoretical research, the Earth may be floating through dark matter like an ocean. Scientists assume that the waves of this invisible ocean, which splash against the upper layers of the planet’s atmosphere, can generate radio waves. This would help to finally to find dark matter and confirm the findings of modern science.
China’s «SpaceX» accidentally launches rocket during fire test
Fortunately, there were no casualties, and the missile landed in a mountainous area.
Imprisonment with the help of artificial memories — scientist proposes a virtual replacement for prisons
Hashem Al-Ghaili, a molecular biologist and science communicator from Yemen, knows how to relieve overcrowded prisons. He suggested creating a virtual prison in an interview with Wired.
«Ronaldo seemed fat»: a snake thought to be a male gave birth to 14 children through a «immaculate conception»
A rainbow boa constrictor (Epicrates cenchria), thought to be a male, gave birth to 14 hatchlings after almost a decade of isolation. The 13-year-old snake, named Ronaldo, had not been in contact with any other snake for at least nine years. Ronaldo was a rescued snake previously identified as a male by a veterinarian.
Researchers have created a Kirigami mechanical computer ─ it works without electricity
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a computer that uses the art of kirigami, origami art combined with cutting, to create and control 3D shapes. It is therefore a fully mechanical computer that does not require electricity to operate.
NASA astronauts on the ISS hid from the debris of a Russian satellite — it crashed
American astronauts on the International Space Station were ordered to take cover for about an hour after a Russian satellite collapsed nearby. NASA reports that on Thursday evening, American crews took refuge in their spacecraft due to the satellite’s disintegration. NASA’s instruction to take cover was a precautionary measure. An hour…
«Portal to hell — opened». OceanGate founder to lead expedition into unexplored «blue hole» in Bahamas
Guillermo Sonline founded OceanGate in 2009 — together with Stockton Rush, who died last year with four other passengers during an underwater expedition to the wreck of the Titanic.
Boeing says Starliner «mission is going well» — despite two astronauts stuck on ISS
Boeing’s first commercial spacecraft, the Starliner, remains on the International Space Station with no confirmed return date. Boeing is currently conducting damage control.
Asteroid Bennu broke away from a small ocean planet — scientists analyze samples
On September 24, 2023, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft delivered a capsule with carbon regolith to Earth, collected from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. The samples were obtained after the probe made a seven-year journey through the solar system.
SpaceX will create a spacecraft that «utilizes» the ISS in 2030
The NASA space agency has selected SpaceX to develop a spacecraft that will help the International Space Station to deorbiter in 2030. The contract is estimated at $843 million.
Gravitational waves from warp drive will help detect highly advanced civilizations — scientists are working on a method
In the 1990s, Mexican theoretical physicist Miguel Alcubierre proposed a new hypothetical type of warp drive that would allow a spacecraft to travel faster than light. It causes the fabric of space to expand in front of the ship and contract behind it. The ship would be «the warp bubble», which would protect space travelers.
China’s «Chanye-6» delivers first soil samples from the back of the Moon to Earth
The «Chanye-6» spacecraft successfully landed in Inner Mongolia, delivering the first-ever soil and rock samples from the back of the Moon to Earth.
Part of a Long March 2C rocket with toxic fuel crashes near a Chinese village
A video has appeared on the Internet showing a part of a Chinese launch vehicle falling on a settlement. Residents flee, and a thick orange cloud stretches high up from the object.
Remnants of the primary crust discovered in Australia — research will help find metal deposits
The Earth «was born» about 4.5 billion years ago. To understand its long history, scientists study the rocks and minerals that make it up. The rocks in Australia, some of the oldest on Earth, are 700 km north of the city of Perth — they are almost 4 billion years old. In a new study, scientists have found evidence of rocks of the same age south…
Meet Loki. Paleontologists identify a new species of dinosaur — a relative of Triceratops with bizarre horns
The dinosaur, which scientists nicknamed Lokiceratops rangiformis (or simply Loki), roamed the western part of North America more than 78 million years ago, when the continent was divided into several island masses.
The Earth’s inner core is slowing down — the length of the day may change
A new study confirms that the Earth’s inner core has been rotating more slowly than usual since 2010. The mysterious «reverse motion» may also lead to a change in the overall rotation of the planet, which could result in an increase in the length of the day.
«Perseverance» has found mysterious «popcorn rocks» on Mars, which indicate a powerful flow of water in the past
NASA’s Mars rover «Perseverance», which is currently operating in a new region called Bright Angel, has found further evidence of the potential presence of water in the Jezero crater in the past.
Window in the skull: scientists investigated the human brain with ultrasound during a video game
For the first time, scientists used ultrasound waves to look into the brain of a living person. The man’s brain activity was recorded while he was performing tasks outside a medical facility, including playing a video game.
«We thought it was impossible». Astronomers discover frost near the equator of Mars
Previously, it was believed that there was no water ice in this region (equivalent to the tropics on Earth), so the latest discovery should radically change the modeling of future Mars exploration missions.
SpaceX completes Starfactory at the Boca Chica Cosmodrome to produce one Starship per day
The Starbase production site is getting an expansion called Starfactory, which should help SpaceX’s plans to produce at least one megastar per day.
NASA astronaut William Anders, who took the photo «Earthrise» from the moon’s orbit in 1968, died in a plane crash
William Anders, an astronaut on the NASA «Apollo 8» mission in 1968, who took the iconic photograph «Earthrise», died in a plane crash. He was 90 years old.
SpaceX launches the world’s largest rocket, Starship, for the fourth time — both stages were able to be driven (but not without losses)
The fourth test flight of the SpaceX Starship super-heavy launch vehicle was much more successful than the previous ones — both stages completed their missions and successfully re-entered the atmosphere (although the second stage was damaged) The launch was broadcast live in the account SpaceX on X/Twitter.
The Boeing Starliner spacecraft launched for the first time with astronauts on board. But during the flight, a helium leak was discovered again
After almost 20 years of planning, development, testing and delays, the Boeing Starliner spacecraft made its first manned launch and sent astronauts to the ISS as part of the Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission. The launch of the Atlas V rocket with the Starliner capsule took place on June 5 at 17:52 Kyiv time.
SpaceX will try to re-launch Starship on June 6
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a launch license to SpaceX for the Starship Flight 4 test mission. The launch is currently scheduled for Thursday, June 6. The launch will take place from the SpaceX Starbase near Boca Chica Beach in South Texas.
DARPA and Slingshot create a system to detect satellites with hidden functions hiding among peaceful mega constellations
The number of satellites in low Earth orbit is expected to increase significantly in the coming years as more and more mega constellations become available. At the same time, this will create new opportunities for attackers to hide weapons or spy satellites among a fleet of peaceful satellites – wolves in sheep’s clothing.
Japan loses contact with «Akatsuki» — the only spacecraft connecting Earth and Venus
The $300 million spacecraft was launched in 2010, but the mission failed to enter Venus’ orbit on the first attempt due to a failure of the main engine — «Akatsuki» for five years, orbiting the Sun until it finally approached the planet.
China has landed» on the back of the Moon for the second time with the Chanye-6» spacecraft
China is currently the only country to land its spacecraft on the back of the Moon (the previous one «Chang’e-4» back in 2019).
Clothes charge your smartphone: scientists have developed a fabric that converts heat into electricity
With the development of wearable devices and the Internet of Things, a sustainable solution for powering wireless devices and sensors is becoming important. Thermoelectric generators, which convert waste heat into electricity, can be one of them. A research team led by Masakazu Nakamura of the Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST),…
Hawaiians protest the construction of seven US Space Force telescopes — «negatively affect mental, emotional and spiritual health»
Many Hawaii residents oppose plans by the U.S. Space Force to build new telescopes designed to track satellites and prevent them from colliding in orbit. The US Air Force Department has proposed building up to seven new telescopes and an optical laboratory atop Haleakala on the Hawaiian island of Maui.
SpaceX’s Starship Raptor rocket engine explodes during testing
As SpaceX was preparing for the fourth Starship flight at its facilities in Boca Chica, Texas, a Starship Raptor engine appears to have burned up at SpaceX’s rocket engine test site in McGregor, also in Texas.
Electronics for Venus exploration: Gallium nitride semiconductors tested at 500℃
Gallium nitride is touted as the next-generation semiconductor that could one day replace silicon, but research into this material is still in its infancy. Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and other US institutes decided to take the technology to the next level and tested the material at temperatures above 500℃.
Space telescope «Euclid» takes new photos in search of dark matter 2.7 billion light-years away
The «Euclid» telescope team has released five new images of the cosmos that showcase a multitude of celestial objects in unprecedented detail. The «Euclid» is called the «Dark Universe Detector» because its primary mission is to explore two of the most mysterious elements of space: dark energy and dark matter.
NASA switches on futuristic Hall engines at Psyche station — now the spacecraft is moving at 133.2 thousand km/h
NASA has turned on the electric Hall thrusters on Psyche, the spacecraft now moving smoothly toward the metal-rich celestial body of the same name in the asteroid belt beyond Mars. The agency reports that Psyche is now in «full cruise» mode, six months after its launch on October 13, 2023 on a SpaceX rocket.
From sick to healthy. Neurostartup shows eerie promo of the world’s first head transplant system
Perhaps not everyone will feel comfortable reading on, but anyway, the world’s first «head transplantation system» from BrainBridge has been unveiled and is expected to be operational within eight years. BrainBridge, a startup in the field of neuroscience and biomedical engineering, presented its almost fantastic concept in an eight-minute…
Blue Origin sends tourists into space for the first time in two years — one of the parachutes did not open
Blue Origin is back in the space tourism business. On May 19, Jeff Bezos’s space company successfully delivered six customers to the edge of space and back. The flight broke a nearly two-year hiatus from crewed missions. This was Blue Origin’s seventh human spaceflight. The NS-25 mission — a fast walk to cross the Karman line, the…
Quantum entangled photon «traveled» 35 km through the streets of Boston
Amazon and Harvard University created the «quantum network», which transmitted an entangled photon from one quantum computer to another through 35 kilometers of fiber optic cable.
Probable remnant of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft weighing 40 kg crashed on a farm in Canada
Just a month after a piece of the ISS pierced the roof of a house in FloridaWe have a new case of falling space debris. This time, no buildings were damaged, as a piece of space debris landed on the fields of a farm in Canada.
Boeing postpones «damned» Starliner mission — valve repaired, but there was a «small helium leak»
Starliner launch a week ago stopped due to a faulty oxygen valveHowever, it turned out that the spacecraft had other problems.
Monster sunspot «produced» the most powerful X8.7 flare in 11 years
The giant sunspot on the Sun, designated as AR3664, left us a parting gift, but this time without the bonus of the Aurora Borealis.
For autopilot and people: scientists propose a fourth traffic light signal
The researchers propose adding a fourth light to the traffic light — for self-driving cars. The new signal, possibly white, would signal when there are enough autonomous vehicles on the road to adjust traffic.
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