NASA's massive new observatory is inching ever closer to science work. Since its launch Dec. 25, 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope has been focused on deploying and aligning its complicated equip… [+2232 chars]
Finally, share your definition with a partner or the class: Whose is most accurate and why? Read the featured article, then answer the following questions: 1. The article begins: Modern civilizatio… [+1425 chars]
Imagine a computer that can think as fast as the human brain while using very little energy. That's the goal of scientists seeking to discover or develop materials that can send and process signals a… [+7376 chars]
Start-up SpinLaunch has an innovative way of demonstrating how we can send payloads into orbit without the need for chemical propellent from the get-go. Basically, spin the payload incredibly fast in… [+1697 chars]
What lies at the center of our galaxy? Decades of calculations and data point to a supermassive black hole about 4 million times more massive than our sun. But we've never seen it. That could be abou… [+3516 chars]
Shallow, dynamic subglacial water systems provide lubrication that facilitates the movement of overlying ice. Antarctica’s fast-flowing ice streams drain the ice sheet, controlling the velocity of su… [+4661 chars]
In this decade and the next, astronauts will be going to space like never before. This will include missions beyond Low Earth Orbit (LEO) for the first time in over fifty years, renewed missions to t… [+7353 chars]
A building-sized asteroid whizzed by our planet overnight into Monday (May 9) and at a very safe distance, just like all the other giant space rocks we know of. The asteroid, known officially as 467… [+2365 chars]
The path to the Emerald City might travel along the ocean's bottom. The crew of the Exploration Vessel Nautilus caught sight of a strange-looking formation while studying an area called Liliuokalani … [+1395 chars]
SpaceX still sees boots on Mars by 2030 and the rocket that will make the trip heading to orbit for the first time as soon as next month. "We should put people on the surface of Mars... in this dec… [+1529 chars]
A fateful day some 66 million years ago, a 7.5-mile-wide (12 kilometer) space rock slams into Earth, setting off a series of events that ended the age of dinosaurs. From the dinosaurs’ perspective, i… [+3315 chars]
SpinLaunch, the company testing a catapult-like system that sends payloads to space with almost no rocket propellant, has shared footage from one of its test launches. The video clip (below) shows S… [+2368 chars]
