Artemis II aced its trial-by-fire reentry, despite some concerns that the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield would not hold up, a ghostly photo of the spacecraft’s underside taken soon after splashdown reveals. NASA‘s preliminary post-splashdown investigation indicates that Orion’s heat shield suffered minimal char loss, its ceramic tiles were uncracked, and the reflective thermal tape was…
These images, released on April 14, 2026, show two open star clusters, Trumpler 3 (left) and NGC 2353 (right). They represent a recent study from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory that shows how young Sun-like stars are dimmer in X-rays than previously thought. This latest study looked at eight clusters of stars between the ages of…
I’m one of the first people to bring up how bloated Windows has become, stuffed with features and software that no one needs or wants. However, I also have to give credit where it’s due. Over the years, using the various versions of Windows, there was always a set of apps that you’d install as…
The journey from Earth to Mars is seriously long; it’s a six- to nine-month voyage across 140 million miles of space. For our most advanced space programs, which are only now targeting a return to the moon, a trip to Mars is a daunting challenge. A new study suggests that some particularly hardy fungi could…
Microscopic fossils embedded in limestone have helped reveal the true age of Victoria’s Twelve Apostles, as 8.6 to 14m years old. The conclave of giant golden pillars is visited by 2.8 million tourists each year, a highlight for those travelling along the Great Ocean Road south-west of Melbourne. But where visitors see rocks rising out…
The confidential health records of half a million British volunteers have been offered for sale on Chinese website Alibaba, the UK government has confirmed. The data, belonging to participants in the UK Biobank project, was found for sale on three separate listings last week. The records have now been removed and it is not believed…
How do cells know when to activate or slow down their activity? A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) provides new insights by studying TORC2, an essential but still poorly understood protein complex. Using ultra-high-resolution imaging, scientists were able to observe its structure in detail for the first time. Source: Read Full Article
Following a recent update, a small warning has appeared in Bambu Studio, the slicer software that Bambu Lab forces on you if you want to use all the features of your printer. But, like most nagging tactics from companies that would rather you never venture beyond their ecosystem, there’s nothing to worry about. Bambu Studio…
Available for 27 days For 40 years scientists have been fascinated by the exclusion zone surrounding the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine. Professor Jim Smith from the University of Portsmouth is one of those scientists, a frequent visitor over the past 20 years. He joins Inside Science to explain whether the region still suffers…
April 23, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm A passage from Homer’s Iliad has been discovered inside the abdomen of a Roman-era Egyptian mummy A snippet of text from Homer’s famous epic recounting the siege of Troy was apparently placed inside this body as part of the mummification process By Adam Kovac…
