NASA is planning to bring rocks from Mars to Earth. The space agency has asked for the public’s opinion on its plan to retrieve samples that Perseverance has gathered. It’s a monumental moment in our… [+2608 chars]
In the pursuit of becoming another private space company with a reusable rocket, Rocket Lab has successfully caught the first stage of its Electron rocket mid-air using a helicopter -- a feat that ha… [+2295 chars]
ByNorth Carolina State UniversityMay 4, 2022 Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a faster, less expensive technique for producing hindered amines a class of chemicals used … [+5170 chars]
Cold-survival strategies in animals. Species (tan circles) can utilize one of three axes (migration, torpor or cold resistance) to facilitate survival in freezing environments. Species may utilize ju… [+5686 chars]
Ahead of the Artemis missions that will send humans back to the moon, scientists at NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center received samples of the lunar surface that were preserved in a freezer at the age… [+3558 chars]
Using a helicopter to catch a falling rocket is such a complex task that Peter Beck likens it to a "supersonic ballet." Rocket Lab, the company that Beck founded, partially pulled off the feat Tuesd… [+2222 chars]
Skip to content The nation is stepping up its planetary defense program. The China National Space Administration (CNSA) will attempt to redirect the orbit of an asteroid by slamming a spacecraft in… [+3622 chars]
Scientists from the Graduate School of Engineering Science at Osaka University have shown how silicon nanoparticles can become trapped inside the vortices that form inside superfluid helium. This wor… [+3063 chars]
It has shown that even a relatively weak jet from a supermassive black hole can clear the nuclear region of the galaxy of its gas, indicating that they may be playing an essential role in the evoluti… [+4291 chars]
May 4 2022Reviewed by Alex Smith Pulsars are the magnetically charged remnants of a shattered neutron star that spin at speeds ranging from one to hundreds of rotations per second. The X-Ray wavelen… [+3667 chars]
A new study has found the distribution of females in 33 species of Australian rodents affects the evolution of testes size of males in these social species. The research, just published in Biology L… [+2755 chars]
When a star explodes and dies in a supernova, it takes on a new life of sorts. Pulsars are the extremely rapidly rotating objects left over after massive stars have exhausted their fuel supply. They… [+5802 chars]
