The four space probes on the Artemis II mission have had a quiet journey so far. Very few in-flight problems have arisen to disturb their peace of mind. Except, that is, for the bathroom. The Artemis II crew’s 16.5-foot-wide (5-foot-wide) Orion capsule has a problem related to waste management that appeared in the early hours … Read more
HOUSTON – A burning smell coming from a toilet is not something you want to hear on Earth, so when it happened to NASA’s Artemis 2 astronauts on their way to the moon – well, you can bet Mission Control was listening. By the end of Friday (April 3), according to NASA The Work of … Read more
Did the Neanderthals disappear from the earth, or are they still moving through our cells every day? A new statistical study suggests that our closest extinct cousins didn’t just die. Instead, they may have gradually mixed with the growing wave of Homo sapiens, leaving behind only a few genes. For anyone who has ever taken … Read more
Dark matter is thought to be ubiquitous, surrounding galaxies and helping to create the largest objects in the universe. But no one knows what it is made of. Now, a new theoretical study presents a unique and surprising scenario that may provide some of the missing pieces of the puzzle. Some of the dark matter … Read more
Stephen Hawking showed in the 1970s that black holes are not completely black. They slowly emit radiation and shrink over time, eventually disappearing. However, there was a problem with this explanation. If a black hole evaporates completely, what happens to all the information about the matter it has absorbed? Quantum physics says that information cannot … Read more
An international research collaboration led by the University of the Witwatersrand and Queen Mary University of London has published the most comprehensive genomic study of kidney function ever conducted in an African population, providing new information on the genetics of chronic kidney disease (CKD) across diverse African populations. Many newly identified species were common in … Read more
Newswise – Paper recently published by Nature describes the complex process of launching a nine-country collaboration in Africa to greatly advance scientists’ understanding of human genetics. This could reveal new insights into diseases such as cancer, mental illness, diabetes and heart disease, benefiting health systems around the world. The Assessing Genetic Diversity in Africa (AGENDA) … Read more
astronomers have discovered a third galaxy that does not contain dark matter, challenging conventional wisdom about the mysterious substance believed to hold galaxies together. Published in a new study available in pre-print on arXiv, this discovery of NGC 1052-DF9 adds weight to the strong theory of the “Bullet Dwarf” collision, which suggests that galaxies can … Read more
Astronomers have captured the longest gamma ray burst ever observed, a seven-hour burst of intense light from a black hole devouring a companion star. The event, called GRB 250702B, lasted about 25,000 seconds, breaking the previous record of 15,000 seconds and forcing scientists to rethink how the most powerful explosions in the universe work. Gamma … Read more
For many years, the development of artificial intelligence has followed a simple rule: make it bigger with more groups, more connections, more computing power. However, a new study suggests otherwise. Instead of going big, the study’s authors built a very small object – a quantum system with nine spins interacting with an atom – and … Read more