NASA’s 19 citizen-science selections include a galaxy project you can already join
Overlap Zoo uses backlit galaxies to study dust. Other selected proposals still need development, data or location-specifi...
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A five-millimetre jump shows why robot muscle and scaffold must be designed together
ETH’s biohybrid actuators gain movement through co-designed tissue and structure. Nutrient supply and biological variabili...
Artemis III’s short stack is ready for the next kind of ground test
NASA’s assembly images lead toward a core-stage tanking exercise. The mission described by the agency tests docking before...
Webb’s N159 image shows a stellar nursery at several stages at once
Infrared colours separate ionized gas, molecules and dense filaments. The nearby galaxy offers a comparison with less chem...
Virgin Galactic names Apeiron while its commercial return remains in 2027
The transfer to Spaceport America starts another phase of preparation. A captive-carry flight does not demonstrate a power...
Vulcan’s next flight would give Amazon Leo its largest satellite batch yet
Amazon targets November 13, pending range approval. The mission combines revised booster nozzles with a low-orbit version...
Pinal turns protein descriptions into candidates; the laboratory still decides what works
The researchers combine a large language model with experimental checks. A generated sequence and a useful biological func...
The Lycurgus Cup’s colour trick has a modern recipe, without solving every Roman mystery
A Sheffield technician has reproduced the red-green effect in workable glass. The sculpture shows why the direction of lig...
Perseverance finds the Mars dust that keeps clinging to spacesuit materials
Years of observations reveal persistent fine particles on calibration samples. The findings inform contamination control,...