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NASA and ESA scientists advance hibernation research for Mars astronauts
4+ hour, 2+ min ago (619+ words) Global teams study animal hibernation and metabolic control to cut food, radiation and health risks on multi‑year deep space missions Humanity is attempting to extend its reach beyond the Moon to Mars. Long-term space travel is deadly to human…...
KARI unveils first damaged Nuriho 75-ton engine from test explosion
10+ hour, 8+ min ago (216+ words) The actual 75-ton-class engine, a core component of the Korean launch vehicle “Nuriho,” that exploded during a combustion test will be publicly unveiled for the first time. Visitors will be able to see firsthand the engine damaged by the impact…...
CAB team detects cosmic sugars in molecular cloud, supporting extraterrestrial origin of terrestrial sugars
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (516+ words) Erythrulose discovered in Milky Way cloud G+0.693−0.027 suggests massive delivery to early Earth Sugars have been detected in an interstellar molecular cloud. The finding adds weight to the idea that sugars found on Earth may have originated in space. A…...
CUNY ASRC Recreates Extreme Black Hole Physics in the Lab
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (424+ words) The theory of extracting energy from a black hole, proposed more than 50 years ago, has now been realized in the laboratory. This achievement opens the way to studying extreme physical phenomena around black holes in lab settings and is expected…...
[Space Bird 2] GIST Laser Communication Sends Cat Video 31 Million km from Earth
6+ day, 8+ hour ago (447+ words) NASA’s asteroid probe ’Psyche’ successfully transmitted a cat video from outer space about 31 million km away from Earth in 2023. It was made possible by a communication technology that uses lasers instead of conventional radio waves. Laser communication is a technology…...
[Space Bud 2] KAI builds satellites and explains how they move like the human body
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (404+ words) Child space reporters learn satellite structure with KAI and design next-generation mission concepts “It’s easier to understand satellites if you think of them like the human body.” On June 19, twenty Child Space Reporters gathered at the Dong-A Ilbo Chungjeong-ro building…...
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS forms around star over twice as old as the Sun
1+ week, 2+ day ago (319+ words) Comet 3I/ATLAS likely formed near a star more than twice as old as the Sun An international team led by Cyrille Opitom, a researcher at the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom, carried out a precise analysis of the…...
POSTECH captures room-temperature single quantum light sources on a probe tip
1+ week, 2+ day ago (205+ words) TENT platform actively tunes brightness and energy of single quantum dots in liquid at the nanoscale A Korean research team has developed a platform that can capture single quantum light sources, a key foundation of next-generation quantum science and technology,…...
[Science Video] Blue Origin powers lunar base with 26-meter solar tower
1+ week, 4+ day ago (183+ words) Power Tower mounted on Blue Moon MK1 will supply continuous electricity from Moon’s polar sunlight region starting around late 2026 Blue Origin has successfully tested the deployment of its lunar solar power system. Blue Origin, the U.S. space company founded by Amazon…...
[Seize the Future] World's Largest Camera Begins Full Operation at Vera Rubin Observatory to Probe Dark Matter
1+ week, 6+ day ago (316+ words) [Editor's note] This corner introduces new episodes from the YouTube channel 'Seize'. 'Seize' is Dong-A Science's new media channel that produces science videos for future generations. The Vera Rubin Observatory, located at an altitude of 2,700 m on the slopes of…...