NASA’s Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, has recently set new records in its mission to explore the Red Planet. Originally designed for just five flights, Ingenuity has surpassed all expectations by completing over 50 flights since its arrival with the Perseverance rover in February 2021. Ingenuity’s latest flight, conducted last week, saw the helicopter reach an altitude…
For the first time, samples from the far side of the Moon, which is never visible from Earth, have been brought back to our planet. The Chang’e 6 spacecraft’s return module landed in Inner Mongolia, China, after a 53-day mission, carrying approximately 2 kg of lunar rocks. This marks a significant milestone in space exploration…
Sergei Krikalev, a Soviet cosmonaut, found himself stranded in space for 311 days during a mission on the “Mir” space station. In total, he spent 803 days, 9 hours, and 39 minutes in space throughout his career. On December 26, 1991, while Krikalev was in space, the Soviet Union was dissolved. Due to the ensuing…
China’s glass walkways are engineering marvels, offering visitors breathtaking views from transparent paths built along the edges of mountains. These walkways are not only architectural wonders but also popular tourist attractions. One of the most notable glass walkways is the Zhangjiajie Glass Bridge in Hunan Province’s Zhangjiajie National Forest Park. This 430-meter (1,410 feet) long…
If a little tea is spilled on the table, it won’t be long before you see ants swarming around. If containers holding sweet items aren’t properly sealed, ants will quickly find their way inside. But how do ants from distant places detect sweetness and precisely locate it? Ants use two primary methods to find sweets:…
What are they? Let’s explain. Sperm bots are tiny nanorobots designed to aid individuals struggling with infertility. These spiral-shaped robots navigate through semen, much like a small snake, targeting and assisting less motile sperm. Upon locating a sperm cell, the sperm bot captures it within its spiral body, carrying it towards the egg for fertilization….
Hedy Lamarr, often hailed as “the most beautiful woman in the world,” was not only an American film star but also a brilliant electronic engineer whose innovations laid the groundwork for modern wireless communication technologies like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Lamarr, a Jewish immigrant from Nazi-occupied Austria, settled in the United States in 1938. Lamarr played…
Suspended in a small turret below a bomber flying at 10 kilometers altitude in freezing temperatures, ball turret gunners faced death every moment as they fired at enemy planes. Only 40% of those who went on these missions returned alive, the rest falling victim to enemy fire in the sky. These gunners had no parachutes…
Europa, the fourth largest of Jupiter’s 95 moons, holds a special place in our solar system. It is the sixth closest moon to Jupiter and, along with Io, Ganymede, and Callisto, was among the first moons discovered beyond Earth. These moons, known as the Galilean moons, were first observed by the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei,…
Today marks the 34th anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Telescope, back on April 24, 1990. It was sent into space aboard the Discovery space shuttle. Even today, NASA proudly celebrates its contribution to space exploration through this remarkable telescope. Located 589 kilometers above the Earth’s surface, the Hubble Telescope continues to explore the…
