Asteroid dust may have intensified the lethal heat that killed the dinosaurs
An asteroid about 13 kilometres in diameter struck the area of the modern Yucatán Peninsula at a speed of roughly 72,000 kilometres per hour...
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Astrophysicist connects modern science with the traditions of South Africa's indigenous peoples
Before the construction of the MeerKAT and SKA-Mid radio telescopes in the Karoo region, an environmental and social assessment of the area was required...
How fungi "eat" oil: can nature clean contaminated soil on its own?
This does not mean that fungi literally consume oil as food. Their mycelium — an interconnected network of thin filaments — secretes enzymes outward that can break down molecules that are extremely resistant to most organisms...
From quantum computers to human teleportation: what can this technology actually change?
This distinction is fundamentally important. Modern quantum teleportation does not allow sending a person through space and does not convert matter into an energy stream to be reassembled at the destination...
BepiColombo begins arrival at Mercury after nearly eight years of flight
BepiColombo launched on 19 October 2018 from the Guiana Space Centre on an Ariane 5 rocket...
What Claude can do: A complete overview of one of the most popular AI assistants
The service works in a browser, as well as through desktop and mobile applications, though it is not available in all countries...
Rogue Planets: Lonely worlds wandering through the Galaxy
n 2011, a study of microlensing events led to a much larger estimate: hundreds of billions of starless planets could exist in the Milky Way.
SonicWall fixes two critical vulnerabilities that hackers are already using to attack VPNs
The issues affect SMA 1000 models 6210, 7210, and 8200v. Vulnerable versions are: 12.4.3-03453 (platform-hotfix) and earlier; 12.5.0-02835 (platform-hotfix) and earlier.
MIT study: building blocks of life could survive in the acid clouds of Venus
Without water, an acid that you would consider an aggressive solvent suddenly turns out not to be as frightening as one might think.
Mars as a second home: what humanity will need to create a colony on the Red Planet
At the heart of his analysis is not so much the idea of landing humans on Mars, but rather how to make a human presence there sustainable, safe, and economically viable...
First ocean-bearing planets may have emerged almost immediately after the Big Bang
Until recently, the prevailing view was that active planet formation began much later—roughly when the Universe had reached half its current age.․․
Smartphone learns to find hidden cameras in five seconds
Traditional ways of locating hidden cameras often prove unreliable. The usual approach involves scanning a room and looking for bright reflections from lenses...
Solar sails: How to fly in space without fuel
The authors of the study Solar Sailing – Mission Opportunities and Innovative Technology Demonstration view the solar sail precisely as a propulsion system that gains momentum from photons and therefore needs no propellant onboard.․․
Cosmonaut Harutyun Kiviryan passes pre-flight exam on ISS simulator
The session lasted eight hours and fully simulated a typical working day in orbit. In addition to routine operations, the instructors introduced off‑nominal and emergency situations according to the examination scenario...
Do white holes exist, and what does the Big Bang have to do with it?
The mathematical equations that describe black holes also theoretically allow for opposite objects—white holes․․․
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