The Vega system turned out to be a planetary desert
The 1997 film Contact, starring Jodie Foster, proved prophetic. At first glance, no planets have been discovered in the Vega system, one of the brightest stars in the Earth’s sky.…
The US military has ordered the development of powerful UV-C lasers for communications, disinfection and sensors
A group of scientists from the University of Central Florida received a $1 million grant from the US Army to develop a semiconductor ultraviolet C-band laser. This is the extreme…
India will deliver soil samples from the Moon for just $250 million – the Chandrayaan-4 mission is scheduled for 2028
At a recent event in New Delhi, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Chairman Sreedhara Somanath announced plans to bring soil samples from the lunar surface to Earth around 2028. This…
Cosmic spinner: a neutron star with a record rotation frequency of 716 Hz was discovered
Astronomers from Denmark, while observing a binary X-ray system, discovered signs of a record-breaking characteristic in the central partner – a neutron star around which the white dwarf revolves. One…
Australia launched pilot production of flexible perovskite solar panels, but efficiency was disappointing
In Australia, 15 years after the development of technology for the production of flexible solar panels from perovskite began, their pilot production began. The $4.4 million venture began operating in…
Failed stars may have their own planets, suggests “James Webb”
Brown dwarfs, or failed stars, as they are nicknamed for their inability to ignite thermonuclear combustion, remain largely unknown objects. The appearance in space of the James Webb infrared telescope…
The first photo of a black hole in the center of the Milky Way may be wrong – the Japanese have proposed their own version
Since the first image of the black hole at the center of the Milky Way was made after processing data obtained simultaneously from eight radio telescopes, it gives a somewhat…
A powder with a record level of CO2 absorption from air has been created
Today, removing any significant volumes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere (the main catalyst of the greenhouse effect) is an overwhelming task both in terms of the cost of the…
First space tests of perovskite tandem solar cells show their resistance to radiation
The European orbital experiment OOV-Cube at an altitude of 933 km showed the high resistance of thin-film tandem perovskite solar cells to radiation. In this regard, they turned out to…
Technology for recording data into existing DNA has been developed
Chinese scientists have developed a new method of storing data in DNA that could revolutionize this narrow field. A team of researchers from Peking University and three other institutions has…