Wafer-thin light sail could help us reach another star sooner
A mission to the sun’s closest neighbouring star, Alpha Centauri, could be made faster thanks to a tiny light sail punctured with billions of tiny holes Source link...
A mission to the sun’s closest neighbouring star, Alpha Centauri, could be made faster thanks to a tiny light sail punctured with billions of tiny holes Source link...
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JWST Images Freezing Giant Exoplanet 12 Light-Years AwayThe Jupiter-like world Epsilon Indi Ab is one of the coldest—and closest—exoplanets that astronomers have ever seenBy Davide Castelvecchi & Nature magazineThe exoplanet Epsilon Indi Ab. Blue scalelike features are visible in the...
How to See Stars, Satellites, and More in the Daytime SkyIt’s possible to see celestial objects during the day, but it’s not always easyBy Phil Plait It seems pretty obvious that you can’t see any stars in the daytime.If you...
Hackers could view someone’s computer screen by picking up signals from the HDMI cableg-stockstudio/Getty Images Hackers can intercept electromagnetic radiation leaking from the cable between your monitor and computer and decode what you are seeing on screen with the help...
Honeybees Wing-Slap Ants That Try to Invade Their HiveJapanese honeybees use their wings to slap back ants trying to invade their hiveBy Gennaro TommaA Japanese honeybee uses its wing to slap a way an ant attempting to invade its hive....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh3L2DywJBE A robot that peels vegetables in the same way that people do demonstrates a level of dexterity that could help move delicate objects along a manufacturing line. Prototype robots are often tasked with peeling vegetables to test their ability...
A start-up is inoculating tree seedlings with wild fungiFunga A million trees and counting have been inoculated with native fungi by a US start-up aiming to make the trees grow faster and store more carbon. Outside researchers say this could...
The message of Nine Minds is that there is no such thing as a single neurodiverse experienceVincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters Nine MindsDaniel Tammet (Wellcome Collection) How do you see inside the mind of someone else, how they really experience the world?...
DnA/Design and Architecture This epic image (pictured above) shows an inventive reincarnation of an abandoned Chinese quarry as an open-air library. Enclosed bookshelves line the stone, and concrete stairs have been installed to connect the different levels and stone platforms...