As future Artemis astronauts explore the moon, a new high-tech backpack will assist their mapping as they step into the unknown. NASA does have high-definition lunar maps of the surface, from orbit,… [+3012 chars]
image: Artist Impression of a superconducting chipview more Credit: TU Delft Associate professor Mazhar Ali and his research group at TU Delft have discovered one-way superconductivity without mag… [+9765 chars]
Jupiter is known for being a giant planet made of gas, but many people on Twitter have learned just how fast it rotates and they can't quite believe it. Dr. James O'Donoghue (@physicsJ) a planetary… [+3811 chars]
NASA has selected three investigation teams to join the agencys Geospace Dynamics Constellation (GDC) mission science team in studying Earths upper atmosphere, as well as five additional investigatio… [+2142 chars]
image: Although quantum theory is probabilistic and in general permits different results for a measurement (left-hand figure), independent observers monitoring the same system see the same result (ri… [+10896 chars]
Jupiter is known for being a giant planet made of gas, but many people on Twitter have learned just how fast it rotates and they can't quite believe it. Dr. James O'Donoghue (@physicsJ) a planetary… [+3811 chars]
For Star Wars fans, the streaking stars seen from the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon as it jumps to hyperspace is a canonical image. But what would a pilot actually see if she could accelerate in a… [+6312 chars]
The first solar eclipse of the year will arrive this week, coinciding with the second new moon of April called the Black Moon. On Saturday 30 April a partial solar eclipse will be visible over parts… [+1807 chars]
The sun is moving into the hyperactive phase of its roughly 11-year cycle when sunspots, solar flares and all other sorts of tumultuous heliocentric happenings become more common. Case in point: A vo… [+1883 chars]
Crew Dragon Endeavour docked to the International Space Station during Axiom-1. Credit: NASA Edinburgh, 27 April 2022. – Axiom-1, the first all-private astronaut mission to the International Space S… [+1247 chars]
"And I know this because some of them have told me this." Sound Off One firebrand ex-astronaut is again assailing Russia amid the countrys invasion of neighboring Ukraine and this time, hes targete… [+2068 chars]
An untouched, almost pure argon deposit that has been left since the formation of the Earth is set to help physicists gather better insight into the universe. The Urania Project facility in southwes… [+4494 chars]