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Planetary Sciences Jun 26, 2024

Detective work enables Perseverance Mars rover team to revive SHERLOC instrument

After six months of effort, an instrument that helps the Mars rover look for potential signs of ancient microbial life has come back online.

Space Exploration Jun 25, 2024

China lunar probe returns to Earth with samples

A Chinese probe carrying samples from the far side of the moon returned to Earth on Tuesday, capping a technically complex 53-day mission heralded as a world first.

Space Exploration Jun 21, 2024

Augmented reality speeds spacecraft construction at NASA Goddard

Technicians armed with advanced measuring equipment, augmented reality headsets, and QR codes virtually checked the fit of some Roman Space Telescope structures before building or moving them through facilities at NASA's ...

Space Exploration Jul 10, 2024

Gateway: The first lunar space station

An interplay of light and shadows cast the docking ports for Gateway, humanity's first space station around the moon, into sharp relief.

Planetary Sciences Jul 3, 2024

Scholars review lunar crater chronology and impact flux

Scholars reviewed the existing anchor points and construction history of lunar crater chronology. Before the return of lunar samples, the stratification of the near side of the moon was based on remote sensing data from ground-based ...

Biotechnology Jul 3, 2024

Researchers capture never-before-seen view of gene transcription

Every living cell transcribes DNA into RNA. This process begins when an enzyme called RNA polymerase (RNAP) clamps onto DNA. Within a few hundred milliseconds, the DNA double helix unwinds to form a node known as the transcription ...

Optics & Photonics Jul 2, 2024

Dual-laser approach could lower cost of high-resolution 3D printing

Researchers have developed a new two-photon polymerization technique that uses two lasers to 3D print complex high-resolution structures. The advance could make this 3D printing process less expensive, helping it find wider ...

Planetary Sciences Jun 28, 2024

Analysis of NASA InSight data suggests Mars hit by meteoroids more often than thought

NASA's Mars InSight Lander may be resting on the Red Planet in retirement, but data from the robotic explorer is still leading to seismic discoveries on Earth.

Molecular & Computational biology Jun 28, 2024

Supercomputing in the age of AI to accelerate protein structure prediction

For researchers, using high-performance computers can be a little intimidating. Understanding the best interface to use, how to make software scale, and working with huge datasets requires its own expertise.

Planetary Sciences Jun 28, 2024

New class of Mars quakes reveals daily meteorite strikes

An international team of researchers, co-led by ETH Zurich and Imperial College London, has derived the first estimate of global meteorite impacts on Mars using seismic data. Their findings indicate that between 280 to 360 ...

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