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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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Space-borne atoms herald new tests of Einstein’s equivalence principle – Physics World
The motion of freely-falling bodies is independent of their composition. This is one of the foundations of Einstein’s Equivalence Principle (EEP), which underpins our...
Has the Lunar Gold Rush Begun? Why the First Private Moon Landing Matters
People have long dreamed of a bustling space economy stretching across the solar system. That vision came a step closer last week after a...
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off more than 500 employees – Physics World
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has announced it will reduce its permanent workforce by roughly...
Scientists ‘Astonished’ Yet Another of Saturn’s Moons May Be an Ocean World
Liquid water is a crucial prerequisite for life as we know it. When astronomers first looked out into the solar system, it seemed Earth...
Cosmic combat: delving into the battle between dark matter and modified gravity – Physics World
In the search for a cosmological model that perfectly explains our universe, most astronomers invoke the notion of dark matter. But...
Supernova Study Shows Dark Energy May Be More Complicated Than We Thought
What is the universe made of? This question has driven astronomers for hundreds of years.For the past quarter of a century, scientists have believed...
Quantum News Briefs: January 3, 2023: QuantrolOx Releases Their First Product, Quantum Edge Asparagus; U.S. Department of Energy Looks at Quantum Vortexes; 3 Quantum...
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry posted 03 Jan 2024 Quantum News Briefs: January 3rd, 2023:
QuantrolOx Releases Their First Product, Quantum...
The Biggest Space Stories of 2023 – Decrypt
Space exploration took several leaps in 2023 as countries and organizations around the world turned their attention back to the stars. In this article,...
NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission slammed by independent review panel – Physics World
The future of NASA’s next flagship mission to Mars has been put in doubt following...
NASA Tests Deep Space Communications on Six-Year Asteroid Mission – Decrypt
As humans inch closer to becoming an interplanetary species, maintaining communication with Earth is vital. On Friday, NASA and partner agency Jet Propulsion Laboratory...
NASA Tests Deep Space Communications on Six-Year Asteroid Mission – Decrypt
As humans inch closer to becoming an interplanetary species, maintaining communication with Earth is vital. On Friday, NASA and partner agency Jet Propulsion Laboratory...
Pairs of rogue planets found wandering in the Orion Nebula – Physics World
More than 500 free-floating planetary-mass objects have been discovered wandering through the Orion Nebula thanks...
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