Conventional crystals are materials in which atoms arrange themselves in repeating spatial patterns. Time crystals, on the other hand, are phases of matter characterized by repeating motions over time ...

Atom-thick layers of molybdenum disulfide are ideally suited for radiation-resistant spacecraft electronics, researchers in China have confirmed. In a study published in Nature, Peng Zhou and ...

Researchers have detected measurable traces left in the upper atmosphere when a rocket stage burns up, finding about ten times more lithium atoms than normal at around 96 kilometres, roughly 20 hours ...

The study highlights how letting rocket debris burn up in the atmosphere is not a consequence-free approach to orbital ...

Atoms measure roughly 0.1 nanometers across, a scale so small that scientists spent more than six decades developing ...

Some stars don’t just shine; they also manufacture the raw ingredients of future worlds.

Space is tough on materials. Radiation, UV light, atomic oxygen and sharp temperature swings can degrade metals, polymers and coatings over time. This article looks at the current ways researchers are ...

Space is unforgiving to electronics. Beyond Earth’s protective magnetic field, satellites are bombarded by ...

Charged helium nanodroplets stored in an ion trap for a full minute, 10,000x longer than before, open breakthrough possibilities in nanocalorimetry and nanoscale research.

On February 19, 2025, a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster fell back toward Earth, its fiery descent slicing across Europe's night sky.

Perovskite solar cells operated for months in low Earth orbit and tolerated radiation equivalent to decades in space, marking the most comprehensive orbital test of the technology.