October 2024

Credit: CC0 Public Domain News coverage of the 2024 election season has often centered on how partisan division has affected our politics. …

China has some bold plans for space research and exploration that will be taking place in the coming decades. This includes doubling …

Sending an object to another star is still the stuff of science fiction. But some concrete missions could get us at least …

The arrival of spacecraft on alien worlds uses a number of different techniques from giant air bags to parachutes and small rockets. …

The source of Earth’s water is an enduring mystery that extends to exoplanets and the notion of habitability. In broad terms, Earth’s …

The researchers deposited textured platinum nanoparticles, represented by red triangles, on a silicon semiconductor, represented by the blue rectangle. Electrons, represented by …

It was 1969 that humans first set foot on the Moon. Now, over 50 years later we are setting sights on building …

The Tsimane are an indigenous population in the Bolivian Amazon. Credit: Michael Gurven A theory that’s been around for more than a …

Researchers developed a faster and more accurate method for acquiring and reconstructing high-quality 3D surface measurements. The new fringe photometric stereo method …

Neutron stars and black holes are the remnants of dead stars. They typically form as part of a supernova explosion, where the …