Following is a summary of current science news briefs. Astronaut study reveals effects of space travel on human bones A study of bone loss in 17 astronauts who flew aboard the International Space S… [+1144 chars]
Robots are capable of treading in areas inaccessible to humans, and this was proven during recently concluded tests by the German Space Agency (DLR). During the Helmholtz Future Project, Autonomous R… [+2136 chars]
Researchers observe continuous time crystal for the first time. (Artists concept.) Scientists have succeeded for the first time in realizing a time crystal that spontaneously breaks continuous time … [+2171 chars]
Our view of Mars and its unexplored terrain will only expand in the coming years. With orbiters and rovers, our understanding has improved tremendously. With human missions, it'll even get better. R… [+1961 chars]
After holding postdoctoral positions at Caltech and the University of California, Berkeley, he joined the astronomy department at the University of Washington in 1967. An avid hiker and mountain clim… [+994 chars]
ByESA/HubbleJuly 3, 2022 Galaxy CGCG 396-2, an unusual multi-armed galaxy merger that lies around 520 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Orion, as captured by the Hubble Space Teles… [+2930 chars]
Researchers at the University of Oxford have found that hawks control their flight to ensure the safest landing conditions when perching, even if it takes longer and more energy to do so. Understandi… [+3817 chars]
On June 28, NASA successfully launched the CAPSTONE project, which is the first step forward towards paving the way for the Artemis missions that will put astronauts back on the moon after a gap of 5… [+6585 chars]
ByJet Propulsion LaboratoryJuly 3, 2022 NASAs Curiosity Mars rover captured these clouds just after sunset on March 19, 2021, the 3,063rd Martian day, or sol, of the rovers mission. The image is mad… [+5359 chars]
Our sun, which has started its 11-year cycle, is in a very active phase and several reports cited that we will be witnessing frequent solar flares. Scientists have pointed out that these solar flares… [+1994 chars]
Communication is essential for animals living together in functional communities. In flocks of birds, for example, flight maneuvers and the movements of individual animals must be quickly coordinated… [+2793 chars]
As future locations to explore in our solar system go, some particularly exciting options are worlds with subsurface oceans. Places like Saturn’s moon Enceladus and Jupiter’s moon Europa are both tho… [+2573 chars]
