NASA tests record 120-kilowatt lithium thruster for Mars travel
Record-breaking test: NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory fired a lithium-fed thruster at 120 kilowatts, surpassing all previous ...
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New shortcut found to Mars that could cut travel time by half
Astronomers probed whether an asteroid’s path could be used to find hidden shortcuts in space. They particularly looked at ...
15 sci-fi space books to read if you loved Project Hail Mary
If Project Hail Mary left you craving more space adventures, these 15 books deliver just that.
Black hole shreds star and has moved on to another target
Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes, astronomers have found that a black hole that shredded a star ...
Black hole jets measured in real time, revealing 10,000-sun power
For the first time, scientists have measured the instantaneous mind-blowing power of jets blasting from a black hole.
Photos from space show how the Greenland Ice Sheet is changing
Photos from space show how the ice sheet in Greenland has changed as melting glaciers contribute to sea-level rise.
Europe's 1st reusable spacecraft 'Space Rider' clears key hurdles on the road to launch
Space Rider, a novel spacecraft concept from the European Space Agency, is passing key milestones in its tests and ...
NASA’s simulated Mars mission hits 200 days and reveals key insights for future space travel
NASA’s CHAPEA mission, designed to simulate the challenges of long-duration Mars exploration, has now reached a milestone, ...
A researcher says shortcut could cut Mars travel time in more than half
A round trip from Earth to Mars takes about three years. New research suggests a potential shortcut to Mars, inspired by an asteroid's orbital path, that would reduce the journey to as little as 153 ...
How you'd really die in space: What sci-fi gets right (and wrong) about extra-terrestrial expirations
The movie myth perpetuated by classics like "Total Recall" (1990) and "Mission To Mars" (2000) is that exposure to the vacuum ...
Physicists suggest extra dimensions could solve black hole paradox
New dimensional theory: Physicists propose that three extra curled-up dimensions could create a torsion field preventing black holes from fully evaporating. Solving old paradox: The model offers a ...
Black Noir Plot Hole Leaves The Boys Fans Outraged After Major Supe Twist
The Boys fans are calling foul after the latest episode killed a major supe, seemingly forgetting their powers in the process ...
A researcher may have found a shortcut to Mars as NASA eyes red planet
A researcher says he found a possible shortcut to Mars that would halve the time it takes to travel to the planet and back to less than a year.
Could This Fungus Survive on Mars? Scientists Study Space-Resistant Microbe
Scientists study whether Aspergillus calidoustus could survive Mars-like conditions, raising new concerns about microbes in space and planetary protection.
A researcher says shortcut could cut Mars travel time in more than half
A researcher says he found a possible shortcut to Mars that would shorten a roundtrip to Earth's planetary neighbor to as little as 153 days.
Here's what 6 years of driving on Mars did to the wheels on NASA's Curiosity rover (video)
A new video released by NASA/JPL documents six years of Curiosity rover's wheels while driving on Mars.
Europe’s first reusable ‘Space Rider’ moves toward orbital debut after key tests
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has produced a detailed thermal emission map of LHS ...
Show HN: Loxai.tech and Neutboom – Gen AI's frontier of individuality
Hi- I hope you’re all having a good day so far! I'm not sure where to post this but I do have two things for you guys today, related to the AI space: individuality and a new era to AI! So: - LLM wrappers are crumbling- these businesses will not survive as foundational models begin to offer the functionalities consumers have been seeking. This maybe represents a failure in interpretation of individuality as horizontal growth (these startups didn't last too long...), which brings up the
Show HN: Sfera – sliding puzzle in curved space (open-sourced)
An old game from 2017. Not sure why I never open-sourced it before.It never got much attention, but I'm still a bit proud that it explored curved-space gameplay years before Hyperbolica :)Project: https://github.com/bntre/SferaPlay online: https://bntre.github.io/Sfera/Unfortunately sound still works only in native builds (Unity audio filters are still unsupported on Web). I remember sound was supposed to be an important hook.
A researcher says shortcut could cut Mars travel time in more than half
A researcher says he found a possible shortcut to Mars that would shorten a roundtrip to Earth's planetary neighbor to as little as 153 days.