Placeholder while article actions load The first flight of NASAs mega moon rocket faces additional delays after a string of failed fueling tests. Officials said it will be challenging to meet a lau… [+1073 chars]
MiniThis will be the first of two partial solar eclipses in 2022, as the second will occur on 25 October 2022.
Powerful radar systems have played a major role in the study of planets, moons, asteroids, and other objects in our Solar System for several decades, and now have a "unique role" to play in planetary… [+5985 chars]
Using the MeerKAT radio telescope, an international team of astronomers have detected radio flares on a nearby M dwarf star known as SCR 17463214. The finding, reported in a paper published April 7 o… [+3763 chars]
The skies of Hawaii had a marvelous show on display just a few days ago. The night skies over the island lit up by a tiny speck that resembled a 'flying whirlpool'. The spiral structure spun and spun… [+1083 chars]
The Kardashev Scale assesses a civilization based on its capacity to harness the energy of the cosmos. The higher up the scale, the better the civilization is at using the abundant energy of its surr… [+2717 chars]
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the companys Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is seen on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A during a brief static fire test ahead of NASAs SpaceX Crew-4 mission, Wednesd… [+1501 chars]
Our solar system is encased in a gigantic “magnetic tunnel” that connects two vast regions of our galaxy that seemed to be disconnected. That’s the conclusion of a recent study in the area of the mag… [+4943 chars]
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A new study from UiA shows that a network of eelgrass beds is important for maintaining the genetic diversity of fish stocks, and thereby making them more resilient against changes in the environment… [+3526 chars]
Summary: People who experience visual imagination have pupillary responses that optimize the amount of light hitting the retina and change in response to imagined items. This pupillary response does … [+7530 chars]
NASA's newly developed metal alloy will be used in aviation, and space exploration is as much as 1000-times stronger than the state-of-the-art alloys it has made in the past, the space agency said in… [+2381 chars]