7+ hour, 30+ min ago   (570+ words) A private spacecraft that was supposed to save NASA's sinking Swift Observatory has managed to come within nine miles of the doomed spacecraft and even snap pictures Rescue Satellite Gets Close to NASA's Doomed Telescope, Even if It Can't Save…...

38+ min ago   (752+ words) A parsec is a distance defined by parallax. Here is how astronomers use the unit to measure the space between stars and galaxies. What is a parsec? It is a unit of distance used by astronomers to describe the space…...

8+ min ago   (394+ words) Daring to leave the cosmic shore. The Downlink • Sep 04, 2026 Roman’s mission focuses on targets beyond our Solar System, but it stands to make some impressive local discoveries as well. Roman is expected to discover approximately 1,000 previously unknown moons of Jupiter,…...

58+ min ago   (346+ words) A seismic survey will be held in Dublin, Ireland in 2027 as part of efforts to characterize the subsurface and investigate Dublin's geothermal heating potential. The Geological Survey of Ireland (GSI) has announced that a seismic survey has been planned to…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (397+ words) NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is already exceeding expectations. Lofted onboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Roman was "exactly where it needed to be," said Denton Gibson, launch director of NASA's Launch…...

18+ min ago   (316+ words) Radon is a major contributor to natural radiation exposure in humans and requires reliable monitoring of its concentrations in indoor and outdoor environments. This paper presents a pulse-proportional ionization chamber with a working volume of 8 L, developed for direct measurement…...

23+ min ago   (304+ words) Home - Science - A river in the Peruvian Amazon runs hot enough to reach 86°C with no volcano nearby, and researchers found that every 1°C increase along its banks was linked to an 11% drop in local tree diversity This turns out…...

23+ min ago   (203+ words) On Wednesday, June 17, skywatchers across the United States—and parts of Canada—enjoyed a rare event: a daytime lunar occultation of Venus. A lunar occultation occurs when the Moon moves directly in front of another celestial object from our viewpoint…...

11+ hour, 43+ min ago   (638+ words) The availability of land for energy installations is dropping as the industry expands. The increasing demand for electricity is pushing solar power installations further into open waters. Floating platforms are being tested in the Dutch Sea. Utility companies are considering…...

34+ min ago   (383+ words) Embodied intelligence offers a system-level paradigm for improving the adaptability of robotic harvesting in complex horticultural environments by coupling perception, decision-making, and physical interaction. This review systematically analyzes recent advances in embodied intelligence for robotic harvesting. A search of the…...