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By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Published: 01:11, 23 August 2025 | Updated: 01:12, 23 August 2025 Dust collected from an asteroid by a NASA spacecraft more than 200 million miles away from Earth contains material that is older than the sun. Scientists have analysed samples from the Bennu asteroid, which resembles the Death Star space station in the Star Wars films, …

The device operates like a 3D printer but replaces conventional heat sources with concentrated solar energy. A parabolic reflector gathers sunlight and channels it through fibre optic bundles, intensifying the light to more than 3,000 times the strength of sunlight at Earth’s surface. At the focal point, temperatures exceed 1,300°C, hot enough to melt regolith into solid, dense shapes. Tests …

Chinese scientists have unveiled a solar-powered 3D printing device that transforms lunar regolith into durable bricks, potentially changing how humans will build on the Moon. The breakthrough, detailed in Acta Astronautica, showcases a method for creating construction materials entirely from Moon dust without importing resources from Earth. How the Device Works The system, developed at the Deep Space Exploration Laboratory …

When a multimillion-dollar extraterrestrial vehicle gets stuck in soft sand or gravel — as did the Mars rover Spirit in 2009 — Earth-based engineers take over like a virtual tow truck, issuing a series of commands that move its wheels or reverse its course in a delicate, time-consuming effort to free it and continue its exploratory mission. While Spirit remained …

IN A NUTSHELL 🚀 Japanese researchers achieved a groundbreaking internet speed of 125,000 gigabytes per second, setting a new world record. 📡 The innovation relies on a new form of optical fiber that can transmit data equivalent to 19 standard fibers. 🌍 This technology allows for long-distance data transmission over 1,120 miles, significantly reducing data loss. 🔧 The breakthrough could …

QUICK FACTS What it is: A potential planet around the star HD 135344B Where it is: 440 light-years away, in the constellation Lupus When it was shared: July 21, 2025 Deep within a swirling disk of gas and dust around the star HD 135344B, a young planet appears to be sculpting intricate spiral arms around its stellar host. It is …

Chinese researchers say they’ve devised a new way to extract water from lunar soil and convert it into fuel. As detailed in a new paper published today in the journal Joule, the team found that their proposed “photothermal strategy” — essentially converting light into heat — could effectively convert carbon dioxide from extracted water into carbon monoxide, hydrogen, and oxygen …

Soil excavated from the moon could be used to produce oxygen and methane, which could be used by lunar settlers for breathing and for rocket fuel. This is the conclusion of a team of scientists from China who have found a one-step method of doing all this. Whether it is economically viable, however, is up for debate. But the Chinese …