Hobbit hip bones reveal a more human-like walk, but origins remain unclear
New research on the hip bones of the extinct human relative known as the hobbit has shown that the species walked upright in a manner more similar to modern humans than previously believed, though likely at a slower pace.
» readMIT Team Wins Top Prize in NASA Lunar Waste Recycling Challenge
A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was named the first prize winner in Phase 2 of NASA’s LunaRecycle Challenge, which sought solutions for reducing waste on Moon or deep space missions by recycling materials such as fabrics,…
» readNew Book Explores Drake Equation and the Search for Alien Life
The search for extraterrestrial intelligence was examined in a new book by astrobiologist Seven Rasmussen, who discussed the Drake equation and its implications for understanding alien civilizations.
» readTrump awards Congressional Space Medal of Honor to Artemis II crew
President Donald J. Trump presented the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen on Friday for their service during the Artemis II…
» readNASA’s Roman Telescope Set to Launch This Weekend, Promising 10 Major Cosmic Discoveries
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is scheduled to launch this weekend after more than a decade of development, offering a field of view 100 times larger than the Hubble Space Telescope.
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