[ad_1] Volcanoes are among the most destructive and surprising phenomena on the planet. But this burning rift has done more than just destroy. They also create. In a new study, researchers in Russia report the discovery of one such creation, an unusual mineral that has never been documented by scientists: …
Read More »Two cosmonauts are taking a spacewalk today. Watch it live!
[ad_1] Two Russian cosmonauts are taking a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Wednesday (November 18) to prepare the orbiting lab for a new module, and you can watch their six-hour excursion live online. Expedition 64 of Cmdr. Sergey Ryzhikov and flight engineer Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of the Russian space …
Read More »Space: Europe’s Vega rocket that crashed may have failed due to ‘wiring error’
[ad_1] One person’s wiring mistake could have caused the European Vega rocket to crash minutes after launch, destroying two satellites worth £ 280 MILLION Mission VV17 took off from French Guiana at 01:52 GMT on November 17th It carried payloads designed to study the Earth and its upper atmosphere Aerospace …
Read More »Researchers hack a robotic vacuum cleaner to record speech remotely
[ad_1] Scientists have found that robotic vacuum cleaners could allow snoopers to hear household conversations remotely, despite not being equipped with microphones. US experts have found that they can perform a remote interception attack on a Xiaomi Roborock robot cleaner by remotely accessing its Lidar readings, which helps these cleaners …
Read More »Did a university use facial recognition to identify demonstrating students?
[ad_1] At the end of September, Mars Fernandez-Burgos, a doctoral student in counseling psychology at the University of Miami, received a one-line email from the assistant to the school’s student dean. She and eight others were asked to attend a Zoom meeting to discuss the “September 4th incident.” Fernandez-Burgos is …
Read More »The Russian spacewalk aims to prepare the International Space Station for the new module
[ad_1] Two Russian cosmonauts prepared for a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Wednesday to begin preparing the Pirs airlock and docking compartment for removal next year to make way for connecting a new lab module. The excursion, which will begin around 9:30 am EST, will also validate the …
Read More »A miniature thermometer with great potential applications
[ad_1] Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have devised a miniature superconducting thermometer capable of measuring temperatures below 1 Kelvin (minus 272.15 ° C or minus 457.87 ° F), down to 50 milliKelvin (mK ) and potentially 5 mK. It can be used to monitor the …
Read More »Video: The SpaceX capsule carrying 4 astronauts docks safely on the ISS
[ad_1] Four astronauts traveling in a new spacecraft designed by Elon Musk’s space company SpaceX docked safely at the International Space Station on Monday evening, marking the first space travel on a privately built spacecraft purchased by NASA. The astronauts will work at the space station, which orbits approximately 400 …
Read More »The human brain bears a striking resemblance to the universe
[ad_1] The complex network of neurons within our brains looks eerily similar to the cosmic network of galaxies, an Italian astrophysicist and neurosurgeon said. University of Bologna astrophysicist Franco Vazza and University of Verona neurosurgeon Alberto Feletti detailed the surprising similarities in a new article published in the journal Borders …
Read More »Astronomers want to build an Ultimately Large Telescope on the Moon
[ad_1] Astronomers want to build an Ultimately Large Telescope on the Moon. The equipment would allow scientists to see deep into the universe in a way no other telescope can, allowing people to study the very first stars in the universe, watching them light up even before galaxies were formed. …
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