NASA's Roman Telescope Will Carry 1.35 Million Names to L2
A memory card carrying 1,350,144 names has been mounted on NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope ahead of its planned launch to an orbit about one million miles from Earth
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Playmobil's Space Sets Span Star Trek, Mars and ESA Missions
From a meter-long USS Enterprise to ESA-inspired lunar rovers and compact Mars vehicles, these 13 Playmobil sets turn space exploration into hands-on play across a wide range of ages and budgets
Coffee-Filled Soft Gripper Shows Low-Cost Robotic Handling Advance
A soft robotic gripper using a latex membrane and coffee grounds has demonstrated the ability to securely grasp fragile and irregular objects without cameras or complex sensors, offering a low-cost alternative for robotic manipulation tasks
Hybrid Quantum Interference Links Atomic and Semiconductor Photon Sources
Researchers in South Korea have directly demonstrated two-photon interference between a quantum dot and a warm cesium atomic vapor, achieving photon indistinguishability across distinct quantum hardware without active filtering or frequency conversion
