NASA’s calling it the ‘Soft-Robotic Rover with Electrodynamic Power Scavenging’ – but the concept of this aquatic rover was inspired by the squid and so the catchier ‘squid rover’ has stuck. It certainly resembles this terrestrial mollusc. The squid rover will plummet into the dark...
In May, following federal allocation of funds for the coming year, NASA announced the selection of a series of scientific instruments it would use to investigate potential life on an icy moon, along with a 2020s mission to Europa. This is one of Jupiter’s largest...
The Moon used to be thought of as a cold, dead world, but with NASA’s Apollo programme we got tantalising hints that this assumption did not reflect reality. The astronauts on those missions left mirrors on the lunar surface, which scientists on Earth bounced lasers...
Astronomers have found a pulsar in galaxy M82 that shines with the energy of 10 billion Suns, making it the brightest such object ever found. The pulsar – the collapsed, rapidly spinning remains of a star that has gone supernova – was discovered using NASA’s NuSTAR...
The first thing for making things invisible is to learn about what causes it visible in the first place. Whenever electromagnetic (EM) emission hits the surface of an object, three things can happen: it can be reflected, refracted or absorbed. Depending on the materials, this...
Aztech DSL8800GR (S) Review – Let’s face it: Unless you’re aiming for home network with the performance and complexity of NASA’s control room, you’re most likely aiming for a modem router that has all, gives all. You’re looking for ease of use and all the essential...
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