Alas, NASAs SOFIA flying telescope will stop operations later in 2022, after the agency and its partners re-examined the program. But why? Photo: Michael Rausch There are some aircraft that are ext… [+3599 chars]
Welcome back to This Week in Space! After a hiatus, we’re pleased to once again bring you our Friday morning digest of all things space-related. Let’s start with NASA news. Mission: Unstoppable NAS… [+9561 chars]
Researchers from the University of Stuttgart have developed a new, reliable method of coating 3D printed lenses with anti-reflective coatings. Dubbed low-temperature thermal atomic layer deposition … [+5343 chars]
Theres nothing wrong with sticking to a standard glute bridge as a way to work your lower body. But if youre looking to mix things up or want to hit a whole new set of muscles thats when you might wa… [+7939 chars]
Something deep in the heart of the Milky Way galaxy is glowing with gamma radiation, and nobody can figure out for sure what it might be. Colliding dark matter has been proposed, ruled out, and then… [+3824 chars]
A solar flare can unleash enough energy to power the whole earth for 20,000 years in just a few minutes. These solar flares are triggered by an explosive phenomenon known as magnetic reconnection, an… [+4528 chars]
NASA plans to send a crew of astronauts to the moon in 2025 armed with the exciting task of building the first-ever lunar science base. It's an ambitious dream that stems from the agency's overarchin… [+4226 chars]
More than 50 years ago, Apollo astronauts left 96 bags of their own waste on the surface of the Moon. But they didnt exactly fear getting hit with a fine for littering, as spacethe Moon includedhas b… [+1649 chars]
It’s been a big month for Perseverance. In addition to reaching Jezero Delta and breaking distance records, (per Space), it also captured the best ever recording of a solar eclipse from the surface o… [+1277 chars]
Planets Jupiter, Venus, Mars and Saturn, alongside the moon, shine above Rome at dawn, while the Chinese space station module Tianhe crosses the sky on April 27, 2022. (Image credit: Gianluca Masi/Th… [+3256 chars]
It's an eerie scene: A desolate Martian landscape, completely empty, save for the wreckage of what appears to be an alien spacecraft. And it was all captured by a tiny helicopter flying overhead. N… [+4550 chars]
After a three-year hiatus, the world's most powerful particle accelerator is back in business and already breaking records. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) — which is operated by the European Cou… [+2303 chars]
