Monthly Archives: July 2022

Ancient Microbes May Help in Search for Life on Other Planets, Claims New Study

A team of scientists have reconstructed the condition in which the earliest organism on Earth must have existed. The reconstruction was done using light-capturing proteins in living microbes. In future studies, the scientists hoped to resurrect model rhodopsins in a laboratory using synthetic biology techniques.Read More

Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition New DLC Now Available on Microsoft Store, Steam for Pre-Orders

Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition is getting the Knights of the Mediterranean Downloadable Content (DLC) update. The makers of the game said that the new DLC will add two new civilisations, 30 new random maps, nine new minor civilisations, and two game modes. For the new DLC, gamers will have to spend an extra…

NASA Developing Swarm of Smartphone-Sized Swimming Robots to Explore Oceans on Distant Planets

In a bid to bolster its exploration of distant worlds and dig deeper for signs of life, NASA has been working to develop a swarm of cell-phone-sized swimming robots. These would be able to swim in oceans underneath the thick icy shell and possibly bring evidence of the habitability of celestial bodies. The concept named…

NASA Launches First of Three Rockets to Investigate Alpha Centauri, Study Habitable Star Conditions

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has successfully launched the first of three rockets that will be heading to the stars Alpha Centauri A and B. The X-ray Quantum Calorimeter (XQC) mission was launched on June 26 from Australia. It is the first NASA mission launched from a commercial facility outside the US. With…

BepiColombo Probe Makes Second Flyby of Mercury to Capture Intricate Geological Features

The BepiColombo mission of ESA/JAXA sent to study Mercury has successfully made its second flyby of the planet and has captured intricate images in the process. The mission, a joint project developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), has been tasked with examining the least explored planet in the…