O Centro de Pesquisa Ames da NASA, na Vale do Silício, Califórnia, convida a mídia a aprender mais sobre o Telescópio Espacial Nancy Grace Roman da NASA, progra…
Even if you aren't the kind of person who often looks up the latest space images, it's hard to navigate life (especially on the internet) without running into a…
When Don Yansen ’63 arrived at the MIT AgeLab for a study on technology in caregiving for older adults, he didn’t plan to launch another company. But when he h…
Pandora, a mais nova missão de exoplanetas da NASA e o primeiro satélite lançado através do programa de Pioneiros da Astrofísica da agência, está fazendo observ…
A restless Earth-facing sunspot has been firing off a barrage of powerful solar flares — and now a CME could be heading our way.…
Vaccines that turn the body’s immune system against tumors have shown promise in clinical trials, and a handful have been FDA approved for certain cancers. In m…
A sweeping analysis of thousands of animal genomes suggests that chromosomes do not evolve randomly but instead follow a limited number of irreversible “evoluti…
Galáxias são como joias cósmicas, cada uma com características, incluindo tamanho e forma, que as tornam únicas. Uma nova galeria lançada hoje pelo Observatório…
ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and NASA astronaut Anil Menon complete a spacewalk on Aug. 18, 2026.…
Oral and forehead thermometers may not accurately capture a person’s core body temperature, and the few ingestible temperature sensors on the market are so big …
Da esquerda para a direita, os engenheiros de voo da Expedição 75 Anil Menon da NASA (parcialmente obscurecido e usando o traje espacial com uma faixa vermelha …
On Aug. 25, 1997, NASA launched the Advanced Composition Explorer, or ACE satellite to study energetic particles traveling through space, including solar wind a…
When remotely operated vehicles settle on the seafloor or dig through a sand bed, they can kick up clouds of sediment that onboard cameras struggle to see throu…
Scientists may have solved the mystery of why Antarctica froze millions of years before the Arctic. Slow-moving waves deep inside Earth gradually lifted East An…
Operações de missão espacial totalmente autônomas exigem a capacidade de detectar falhas e compensá-las sem intervenção humana. Para enfrentar esse desafio e fo…
Florida-based Lonestar Data Holdings has contracted Polish startup Ares Shield to provide protection for its off-Earth data centers, in a deal worth up to $6 mi…
Many people find AI-based chatbots helpful in keeping up with news, but a study by Pattie Maes and her colleagues at the MIT Media Lab points to a big problem w…
No GPS? No problem. A team of NASA satellites are extending their stay in space after successfully proving out navigation by other means.…
During the original US missions to the moon in the 1960s and ’70s, astronauts relied on radio-frequency systems to communicate, sending grainy, low-quality ima…
A neuroscientist is challenging the idea that the brain contains a central system that actually “makes” our decisions. What we experience as choosing may instea…
Want to watch your favorite shows wherever you boldly go? From Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 4 to Silo's upcoming finale, stream and browse in safety wit…
NASA scientists found that microbes brought by astronauts could survive in cold, shadowed niches around the Moon’s South Pole, potentially complicating future s…
Don't miss the best lunar eclipse until New Year's Eve 2028. Here's when to look up to catch the deep partial lunar eclipse on Aug. 27-28.…
A major study found that adults with depression show disrupted production of new neurons in the hippocampus, potentially weakening the brain’s ability to separa…