China Launched Artificial Embryos to Orbit to Find Out If We Can Have Space Babies - gizmodo.com
Human reproduction beyond Earth is no longer reserved for science fiction.
New three‑dimensional magnetic structure discovered with laser light - Phys.org
Flashes of femtosecond laser light, lasting just a few trillionths of a second, have made it possible to observe new magnetic structures for the first time. By using light as a remote control, researchers were able to switch magnetism into previously unseen t…
Carl Sagan's team considered sending a nude photograph of a man and a pregnant woman on the Voyager Golden Record, but after the controversy over the nude Pioneer plaque, the final record used a silhouette instead - Space Daily
In late 1971, after NASA approved the idea of sending a message aboard Pioneer 10, Carl Sagan was given just three weeks to prepare it. Working with astronomer Frank Drake and artist Linda Salzman Sagan, he helped create a six-by-nine-inch gold-anodized alumi…
Hydrogen puts quantum wormhole conjecture to the test - Phys.org
A new Physical Review Letters study places constraints on the ER = EPR conjecture, showing that under the authors' assumptions, the conjecture would imply possible alterations to the hyperfine structure and effective charge of the hydrogen atom—effects that h…
The International Space Station has sprung a new leak - Boing Boing
The very premium air leak in the very best Russian part of the International Space Station is back! It may well be that, much like the Little Green Men in…
Michael Collins, dubbed by the press "the loneliest man in history" while orbiting the far side of the Moon for roughly forty-seven minutes at a time, gently corrected the description — he said he felt isolated, but never lonely - Space Daily
As the command module Columbia slipped behind the Moon on the afternoon of July 20, 1969 and lost radio contact with the world, Mission Control said over the open air: “Not since Adam has any human known such solitude as Mike Collins is experiencing during th…
'Butterfly' molecule spotted at last, completing a 20-year quantum zoo hunt - Phys.org
For two decades, physicists have predicted the existence of a remarkable family of exotic molecules: giant atoms bound to ordinary atoms, with an electron so distant from its nucleus that it sculpts the pair into bizarre and diverse shapes. Reported in Physic…
Supercharging solar cells: Quantum dot-molecule hybrid states enable near-maximum efficiency - Phys.org
Solar panels have become more efficient over the years, but even the best designs still lose a large fraction of the energy they absorb. Scientists around the world have been searching for ways to capture more energy from every ray of sunlight and unlock the …
In 1995, NASA’s Galileo spacecraft sent a probe into Jupiter’s atmosphere that kept transmitting for just 58 minutes as it fell, returning the first direct readings from inside the giant planet before rising heat and pressure silenced it for good - Space Daily
On 7 December 1995, a small probe released by NASA’s Galileo spacecraft entered the atmosphere of Jupiter and transmitted data as it fell. It kept transmitting for about 58 minutes before rising heat and pressure ended the signal. In that time it returned the…