In just two weeks, the Indian mission has made some surprising discoveries about the composition of the Moon.
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NASA’s MOXIE wraps mission with breath of fresh Martian air
Since the Perseverance rover’s landing in 2021, MOXIE has produced a cumulative 122 grams of oxygen.
NASA’s Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) successfully concluded its mission by producing oxygen on the Red Planet for the 16th and final time. Developed by a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the machine exceeded the initial expectations of its creators and has set a strong precedent for future missions aimed at human exploration of Mars.
“MOXIE’s outstanding results validate the viability of extracting oxygen from the Martian atmosphere—a crucial resource for both life-support and propellant for return missions,” stated NASA Deputy Administrator… More.
Source: NASA
Unlocking quantum potential: Harnessing high-dimensional quantum states with QDs and OAM
Quantum technology’s future rests on the exploitation of fascinating quantum mechanics concepts—such as high-dimensional quantum states. Think of these states as basic ingredients of quantum information science and quantum tech. To manipulate these states, scientists have turned to light, specifically a property called orbital angular momentum (OAM), which deals with how light twists and turns in space. Here’s a catch: making super bright single photons with OAM in a deterministic fashion has been a tough nut to crack.
Now, enter quantum dots (QDs), tiny particles with big potential. A team of researchers from Sapienza University of Rome, Paris-Saclay University, and University of Naples Federico II combined the features of OAM with those of QDs to create a bridge between two cutting-edge technologies.
Their results are published in Advanced Photonics.
Most remote galactic magnetic field found in early universe
This galaxy, named 9io9, is situated at such an immense distance that its light has traveled for over 11 billion years before reaching the Earth.
A powerful ground-based telescope has detected a magnetic field in a most distant galaxy, making it an unprecedented discovery. To date, astronomers have mostly detected and mapped magnetic fields in nearby galaxies.
This galaxy, named 9io9, however, is situated at such an immense distance that its light has traveled for over 11 billion years before reaching the Earth. This means we are observing it as it existed when the universe was a mere 2.5 billion years old.
Meet China’s new ‘Force’ gun that can move things from afar
Chinese scientists have apparently developed a new kind of magnetized coaxial gun that can generate magnetized plasma rings to move stuff at a distance without physical contact.
Chinese scientists are working on a device that uses plasma rings to move objects at a distance. Touted as possibly being used for contactless satellite recovery, delivery, or space object deflection, the team behind the program is confident the device would work in principle, the South China Morning Post.
Likened to the “Jedi” abilities of ‘Force Push’ and ‘Force Pull’ in the science fiction franchise ‘Star Wars’ (though possibly closer in concept to an actual ‘tractor beam’), the device could prove revolutionary for many industries if proven viable.
Astronomers detect new type of brightest cosmic explosion
The newly found explosion is so powerful that it produced brightness comparable to hundreds of billions of Suns.
The vast and continuously expanding nature of our universe implies that there is a high probability that our current knowledge and documentation of it represent only a small fraction of the whole picture. And there are millions of new cosmic events and objects waiting to be discovered.
Scientists have now discovered an unusual type of star explosion that is exceptionally luminous and outshines the majority of known supernovae.