On the morning of April 27, a small flaming meteor dashed across the sky with about thirty eyewitnesses, but many felt its boom. NASA has taken to its blog to detail the event, and the space agency … [+1178 chars]
Rocket Lab will take a shot a making history today with its attempt to catch a spent booster midair with a helicopter. This (mostly) unprecedented technique is apparently the safest and most efficien… [+2705 chars]
image: Figure showing the average sea surface salinity of the world' s seas and oceans during the period 2011-2018 / ICM-CSIC.view more Credit: Figure showing the average sea surface salinity of th… [+4129 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]
Magnetic random-access memory (MRAM) technology offers substantial potential towards next-generation universal memory architecture. However, state-of-the-art MRAMs are still fundamentally constrained… [+3599 chars]
Rocket Lab will try to notch a huge and dramatic reusability milestone today (April 29), and you can watch it live. The California-based company is scheduled to launch 34 satellites with its two-sta… [+2449 chars]
Jonathan AmosScience correspondent@BBCAmoson Twitter Image source, NASA/ESA/CSA Image caption, Webb's four instruments: NIRSpec, NIRCam, MIRI and FGS/NIRISS James Webb, astronomy's new super space… [+3850 chars]
Scratches and grooves on the Martian surface look like a huge 'fingernail' was gouging out regolith on the Red Planet, but there's a volcanic origin to these features. Specifically, scientists belie… [+2943 chars]
The moon during various phases at the beginning, middle and end of a total lunar eclipse. AFP via Getty Images With the Blood moon total lunar eclipse approaching on May 15, you may want to build … [+5141 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]
Scientists working on the logistics of sending a human mission to Mars have for long believed a small nuclear fission reactor to be the best option, a superior alternative to solar energy considering… [+9606 chars]
The Milky Way serves as a celestial pathway between two telescopes in a stunning image from Chile's Atacama Desert. The telescopes are part of La Silla Observatory, a facility of the European Southe… [+1692 chars]
