In a groundbreaking achievement that could revolutionize the future of spacecraft communication, a deep space experiment aboard NASA's Psyche spacecraft has successfully beamed a message to Earth via laser from a staggering distance of 16 million kilometers, marking the farthest-ever demonstration of optical communication of this kind. This accomplishment, conducted by the Deep … [Read more...] about Earth Just Received A Laser-Beamed Message From 16 Million Kilometers Away
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The tiny Croatian island that has more than 23 kilometers of walls and looks like a fingerprint from above the air
Without reaching the Greek profusion, Croatia has 79 large islands, more than 500 smaller islets and another 642 tiny rocks covering an area of about 3,300 square kilometers. One such small island is Baljenac (or Bavljenac), located off the Dalmatian coast in the south of the country and forming part of the Šibenik archipelago. It barely has 0.14 square kilometers of … [Read more...] about The tiny Croatian island that has more than 23 kilometers of walls and looks like a fingerprint from above the air
A Bird Sets a Record For Nonstop Flight Of 13,560 Kilometers
Researchers were able to trace the 11-day 13.5k voyage from Alaska to Tasmania thanks to a GPS tag. A new record for the longest single flight by a bird has been set; a wader flew nonstop from Alaska to Tasmania. The GPS tag and solar energy device on the bar-tailed godwit allowed researchers to track its movements. According to Birdlife Tasmania, the five-month-old bird … [Read more...] about A Bird Sets a Record For Nonstop Flight Of 13,560 Kilometers