2+ hour, 17+ min ago  (545+ words) NASA and JPL are working hard to develop more autonomy for their Mars rovers. Both of their current rovers on Mars'MSL Curiosity and Perseverance'are partly autonomous, with Perseverance being a little more advanced. In fact, developing more autonomous navigation was…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (507+ words) This is Part 4 of a series on large extra dimensions. Read Parts 1, 2, and 3. So we did that. And we found nothing. So far, with all of our experiments around the world, we find no evidence of missing momentum, and no…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (319+ words) In this period of heightened geopolitical flux, enthusiasm for advances in planetary exploration can be dampened. But that's not stopping NASA from forging ahead in its efforts. In December, NASA took another small, incremental step towards autonomous surface rovers. In…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (723+ words) This is Part 1 of a series on large extra dimensions. I always say that one of the things that separates real science from pseudoscience is that while in both you're allowed to say whatever crazy idea pops into your mind,…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (600+ words) SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says he's making space-based artificial intelligence the "immediate focus" of a newly expanded company that not only builds rockets and satellites, but also controls xAI's generative-AI software and the X social-media platform. That's the upshot of…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (641+ words) AI faces daily criticism from people worried about its ill-effects. But the type of AI that draws this ire are Large Language Models (LLMs). There are other types of AI with specialized functions that don't make it onto the front…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (185+ words) Computer generated image of space debris objects in Earth orbit (Credit : NASA) Fernando and colleague Constantinos Charalambous from Imperial College London tested their seismic tracking method on China's Shenzhou-15 orbital module when it reentered on 2 April 2024. Measuring just over 1 metre…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (966+ words) Humans have always been fascinated with space. We frequently question whether we are alone in the universe. If not, what does intelligent life look like? And how would aliens communicate? Ever since humans learned that there are countless stars in…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (647+ words) This is Part 3 in a series on the mathematical universe hypothesis. Check out Parts 1 and 2. So which is responsible for which? Do our minds create math? Does matter create mind? How does it all work? The mathematical universe concept breaks…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (589+ words) This is Part 1 in a series on the mathematical universe hypothesis. Imagine you walk into a parking lot full of cars. You have in your pocket one single key. It's the key to your car. The same key you've always…...