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An article in Nature Communications, Emergent Sasaki-Einstein geometry, and AdS/CFT,  by researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, and MIT, USA, looks at quantum gravity to include a macroscopic and microscopic description…

In a research paper recently published in Space: Science & Technology, Qi Li from Beijing Institute of Spacecraft System Engineering studied aerodynamic characteristics of two types of Mars Ascent Vehicles (MAV). Those with slender…

After long-duration spaceflight, structural connectivity changes happen in the brain. While reported by astronauts that spent long stints on the International Space Station (ISS), a study published in Frontiers in Neural Circuits analyzes…

On March 1, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will launch GOES-T, the third satellite in the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites R series, and you can watch it on NASA TV. Part of a series of…

Scientists from the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe and the University of Minnesota created a new type of optical element to improve the performance of telescopes studying radiation from the Big Bang.…

While mapping radio waves in the Universe, a team discovered something unusual that releases a giant burst of energy 3x an hour—and it's unlike anything astronomers have seen before. They think it might be a neutron star or a white…

Just over 2,537 light-years away shines the Andromeda Galaxy. It is the closest large galaxy to us and has a bright bar structure at its center, making it a "barred spiral galaxy." Astronomers have found an intermediate-mass black hole…

Astronauts use a load plate to install the extravehicular experimental load in the space station. The loading happens in a hazardous environment. In a research paper recently published in Space: Science & Technology, Dr. Sun from the…

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is on its way, completing the intricate process of unfolding as it travels. The telescope’s sun shield and primary mirror were folded origami-style to fit into the Ariane rocket, its taxi into space. The…

A team of astrophysicists suggests that all black holes were created instantly after the Big Bang and account for all dark matter. Researchers from the University of Miami, Yale University, and the European Space Agency believe black holes…