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NASA demands new designs for cost-hit Mars Sample Return mission – Physics World
NASA is seeking alternative designs for its Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission, which is meant to bring back soil and rocks gathered by the...
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Doubts Grow About the Biosignature Approach to Alien-Hunting | Quanta Magazine
IntroductionIn 2020, scientists detected a gas called phosphine in the atmosphere of an Earth-size rocky planet. Knowing of no way that phosphine could be...
Water observed on asteroids for the first time – Physics World
The first direct observation of water on the surface of an asteroid has been made using an airborne near-infrared telescope. Water was detected on...
Metalens images dim nebula, galaxies shaped like pool noodles and surfboards – Physics World
To describe Federico Capasso at Harvard University as a prolific researcher is an understatement and...
Metalens images dim nebula, galaxies shaped like pool noodles and surfboards – Physics World
To describe Federico Capasso at Harvard University as a prolific researcher is an understatement and...
Clashing Cosmic Numbers Challenge Our Best Theory of the Universe | Quanta Magazine
IntroductionIn the early 2000s, it seemed that cosmologists had solved the largest and most complex puzzle of all: how the universe works.
“There was this...
Clashing Cosmic Numbers Challenge Our Best Theory of the Universe | Quanta Magazine
IntroductionIn the early 2000s, it seemed that cosmologists had solved the largest and most complex puzzle of all: how the universe works.
“There was this...
The 10 quirkiest stories from the world of physics in 2023 – Physics World
From the fastest woman to run across the US to the mechanics of dancing peanuts,...
In case you missed it: the 10 most popular physics stories of 2023 – Physics World
Physics isn’t a popularity contest, but the 10 most read articles published on the Physics...
New Clues for What Will Happen When the Sun Eats the Earth | Quanta Magazine
IntroductionEarth’s fate rests on a coin flip.
In 5 billion years, our sun will balloon into a red giant star. Whether Earth survives is an...
Brain–computer interface that allowed a paralysed man to walk is the Physics World 2023 Breakthrough of the Year – Physics World
Spinal cord injury can disconnect communication between the brain and the region of the spinal...
Extra-Long Blasts Challenge Our Theories of Cosmic Cataclysms | Quanta Magazine
IntroductionOn December 11, 2021, a beam of gamma rays — the most energetic form of light — slammed into NASA’s Swift satellite. Within 120...
Physics World reveals its top 10 Breakthroughs of the Year for 2023 – Physics World
Physics World is delighted to announce its top 10 Breakthroughs of the Year for 2023, which ranges from research in astronomy...
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