Scientists have demonstrated that undersea optical fibres, typically used for data communication, can be employed as a new tool to track whales, even when they are not vocalizing. This advancement, based on distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) technology, opens up the possibility of passively monitoring cetacean activity on a large scale, providing crucial data for their conservation and the study of their behaviour.
The ESA's Euclid space telescope has captured an unprecedented view of the Milky Way's center, revealing a mosaic of tens of millions of stars in extraordinary detail.… more →
Boleslaw Wyslouch has stepped down from his position as director of the Laboratory for Nuclear Science (LNS) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).… more →
New observations from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory suggest that the outer spiral arms of the Milky Way extend further than previously thought.… more →
An international team of astronomers has used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to observe the exoplanet WD 1856 b as it transited its host star, a white dwarf.… more →
NASA is recruiting participants for its next simulated deep space mission. Starting no earlier than August 2027, volunteers will live and work for one year in environments replicat… more →