WASHINGTON The private astronauts who spent two weeks on the International Space Station in April said they tried to pack too much into their schedules while on the station, putting a strain on both … [+4058 chars]
Pasadena, CA— A team of astronomers led by University of Michigan’s Ian Roederer and including Carnegie’s Erika Holmbeck have identified the widest range of elements yet observed in a star beyond our… [+4371 chars]
SpaceX plans to launch another big batch of its Starlink internet satellites and land a rocket on a ship at sea on Friday (May 13), and you can watch the action live. A two-stage Falcon 9 rocket ca… [+2099 chars]
With Boeing's next Starliner crew capsule launch attempt fast approaching, the company is considering redesigning the capsule's propulsion valves, due to issues that have so far stopped the company f… [+2523 chars]
As the Event Horizon Telescope collected data for its remarkable new image of the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole, a legion of other telescopes including three NASA X-ray observatories in space w… [+6005 chars]
If the Battlestar Galactica universe was real and you were a Cylon living in The Colony, which is right on the edge of a black hole, what would you hear? Never mind anything that close to a black ho… [+4652 chars]
With their stretched bodies, immense wingspan and iridescent coloring, dragonflies are a unique sight. But their originality doesnt end with their looks: As one of the oldest insect species on the pl… [+5253 chars]
Titan looks suspiciously like our own planet when you observe it. However, Saturns moon and our own Earth couldnt be any more different. Where landscapes are made of silicate-based sediments on Earth… [+3073 chars]
A study led by a Monash University geologist has provided fresh evidence into the erosion of rocks on Mars by water and wind, enabling a greater understanding of when the planet may have been habitab… [+2517 chars]
Paleontologists discovered a tiny fragment that may have been from the asteroid that hit Earth 66 million years ago and killed off the dinosaurs, as revealed in a new documentary Dinosaur Apocalypse.… [+785 chars]
Over 120 million laboratory rats and mice are used worldwide each year. Many are used to study distressing conditions like cancer, arthritis and chronic pain, and nearly all spend their lives in smal… [+4623 chars]
Laser powder bed fusion, a 3D-printing technique, offers potential in the manufacturing industry, particularly when fabricating nickel-titanium shape memory alloys with complex geometries. Although t… [+5425 chars]
