This guest post was written by Danny Baker, an undergraduate student at the University of Connecticut, for an assignment in the Fall 2021 Foundations of Modern Astrophysics class taught by Professor … [+8497 chars]
An artist's depiction of superclusters in the universe. (Image credit: Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library) Paul M. Sutter is an astrophysicist at SUNY Stony Brook and the Flatiron Institute, host of… [+5510 chars]
The discoveries of exoplanets in recent years have been absolutely extraordinary, and they could relatively soon be reached by our technology. At Cape Canaveral in Florida, on April 18, 2018 at 6:51p… [+13169 chars]
Researchers have developed a low-cost gel film that can pull water from the air in even dry climates like the desert. More than a third of the worlds population lives in drylands, areas that experie… [+4203 chars]
(Left) A sketch of the experimental cell used to controllably destroy the superfluidity and image an accompanying quantum vortex tangle. The quasiparticle source (blackbody radiator, BBR) illuminates… [+4121 chars]
Scheduled to open this spring, the new attraction will showcase NASA and commercial spacecraft hardware with immersive displays, as well as a journey through space, unique launch viewing opportunitie… [+2738 chars]
<li>Costa, A., Caricchi, L. & Bagdassarov, N. S. A model for the rheology of particle-bearing suspensions and partially molten rocks. Geochemistry, Geophys. Geosystems10, 113 (2009). Article G… [+13639 chars]
Illustration of Gateway in lunar orbit with contributions from international partners. Credit: NASA Edinburgh, 30 May 2022. – U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida annou… [+1164 chars]
Researchers have succeeded in producing a coating material that can be written on using UV light and the writing erased again using oxygen. Changes to rewritable paper could help reduce paper waste i… [+3348 chars]
Boeing's Starliner capsule will get a thorough going-over now that it's back on Earth. Starliner launched on May 19, kicking off a crucial uncrewed demonstration mission to the International Space … [+4033 chars]
Solar sailing technology has been a dream of many for decades. The simple elegance of sailing on the light waves of the sun does have a dreamy aspect to it that has captured the imagination of engine… [+3345 chars]
Birds are warm-blooded, while lizards are cold-blooded. Both groups are related to dinosaurs. For this reason, paleontologists have long wondered whether these deniers had slow (cold-blooded) metabol… [+3252 chars]
