Aeronáutica y espacio

Connexins are essential for the contribution of latent progenitors to healing after spinal cord injury

23/10/2026 - Gap junctions are important regulators of the biology of neural stem cells. Both in vertebrates with regenerative abilities and neonatal rodents, ependymal cells communicate via connexin (Cx) 43 and...

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover just shattered the all-time off-world driving record

21/10/2026 - NASA’s Perseverance rover has shattered a historic space exploration record, traveling farther across another world than any vehicle before it. Its advanced self-driving system helped it surpass...

Astronauts’ hearts just passed a surprising test for Mars

21/10/2026 - A new study tracking 13 astronauts suggests that the human heart may be surprisingly well equipped for a journey to Mars, especially with regular exercise during spaceflight. Researchers found that...

A train was delayed by a solar storm. But something didn't add up.

21/10/2026 - Scientists have cracked a 178-year-old mystery surrounding a train delayed by a solar storm, revealing that the famous incident happened in 1848 rather than 1841. The discovery rewrites the early...

Something strange is happening beneath a volcano near 2 million people

19/10/2026 - Scientists have discovered evidence of two hidden magma sources beneath Nicaragua’s Masaya volcano, where satellite observations revealed mysterious ground movements suggesting magma is shifting...

Macroscopic spin-orbit interaction through strong-field pumping of inhomogeneously aligned molecular ensemble, by Uriel Zanzuri, Sharly Fleischer, Tamar Seideman, Eldad Yahel, Amir Natan, Alon Bahabad

19/10/2026 - We study the strong-field interaction of a helical bi-chromatic pump with an anisotropic and inhomogeneous molecular system in the form of planar distribution of radially aligned molecular ensemble....

Generative steering to adapt proteins beyond native biological contexts

18/10/2026 - Proteins evolved for native biological contexts often fail when deployed in new cellular environments or therapeutic settings. We present ProVADA, a test-time framework that steers a pretrained...

Japan is launching a mission to Mars’s largest moon Phobos

16/10/2026 - The Martian Moons eXploration spacecraft, set to launch on 20 October, will bring back samples that should solve a moon mystery that has been vexing scientists for more than a century

NASA’s SpaceX launch lights up the sky with a giant glowing jellyfish

17/10/2026 - A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket created a dazzling, jellyfish-shaped glow across the eastern United States as sunlight illuminated its exhaust during an early morning launch. The mission delivered equipment...

NASA discovers hidden fires burning beneath the Amazon rainforest

17/10/2026 - El Niño is fueling a dangerous cascade of wildfires across the tropics, with the Amazon rainforest now experiencing widespread burning and scientists warning that the worst may still be ahead. NASA...

This bird flies thousands of miles, but its wings have a catch

17/10/2026 - Scientists have uncovered an unexpected trade-off in the wings of the European nightjar, a bird that migrates thousands of kilometers but sacrifices high-speed flight efficiency to hunt insects with...

Towering glacial ice cliffs may collapse in fits and starts

15/10/2026 - We still don't know for sure how the ice cliffs looming over the sea at the leading edge of some glaciers will behave as the climate warms, but satellite data offers some clues

Arctic sea ice hits another troubling low in 2026

15/10/2026 - Arctic sea ice is shrinking in both winter and summer, with satellite records revealing that the region's remaining ice is becoming thinner, younger, and more vulnerable to melting. Despite a...

NASA spots a giant patch of Moon-like rock on Earth

11/10/2026 - An astronaut aboard the International Space Station photographed a remarkable formation in Madagascar that looks surprisingly similar to the Moon’s bright highlands. Made of anorthosite, a rock...

NASA captures a stunning transformation in Australia's red outback

12/10/2026 - Australia's normally dry, rust-colored outback has erupted into a spectacular carpet of wildflowers after unusually heavy rains, potentially producing its most impressive bloom in nearly 20...

NASA astronauts splash down after 100 million miles in space

08/10/2026 - NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 astronauts have returned to Earth after 237 days in space, traveling more than 100 million miles and completing over 3,792 orbits while conducting research to prepare for...

Path Integration Promotes Flexible Navigational Decision Making

08/10/2026 - Flexible decision making depends on internal representations that capture the latent structure of a task, allowing prior knowledge to be applied in novel circumstances. Spatial navigation provides a...

Number of known species of giant waterlilies almost doubles

08/10/2026 - A new species of giant waterlily identified with the help of social media and satellite photos is just one of three discovered in the past few years

NASA is searching for hidden caves to build its first Moon base

08/10/2026 - NASA is preparing for humanity’s first Moon base with three investigations that will hunt for underground shelters, uncover hidden ice, and track dangerous conditions on the lunar surface. The...

NASA’s Webb finds signs of Mars-sized worlds smashing together

07/10/2026 - NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is giving astronomers a glimpse of the kinds of violent collisions that may have shaped our own solar system, including the giant impact thought to have created...

This mysterious hole on the Moon may open into a giant cave

05/10/2026 - NASA has selected the GIMLI project to investigate whether the Marius Hill Pit opens into a vast underground cave or lava tube. Using radar, seismic sensors, gravity measurements, and cameras,...