ByTechnische Universitat DarmstadtJune 9, 2022 Artists rendering showing the simulation of two merging neutron stars (left) and the emerging particle tracks that can be seen in a heavy-ion collision… [+3603 chars]
Curiosity has improved space research since Sputnik 1 was inaugurated 65 years back. However, we’re only starting to scratch the exterior of what is known regarding different planetary cores in the s… [+1176 chars]
After Earth, Mars is the planet we all cant get enough of it seems. In terms of how readers respond to news about these celestial orbs, Id rank Jupiter third and Pluto (not even a planet!) fourth, … [+6592 chars]
ByMax-Planck-GesellschaftJune 9, 2022 Astronomers have finally resolved the conflict between the internal structure of the Sun as determined from solar oscillations and the structure derived from th… [+12416 chars]
WASHINGTON A delay in the launch of NASAs Psyche asteroid mission is forcing another asteroid mission hitching a ride to revise its plans. Janus, a NASA smallsat mission selected in 2019, will launc… [+5703 chars]
About 1.2 billion years ago a blue-green bacterium was engulfed by a more complex cell, transforming our planet and allowing a tremendous diversity of plant life to emerge and continue to evolve. Th… [+3696 chars]
Packing material, disposable cutlery, CD cases: Polystyrene is among the most common forms of plastic, but recycling it isn't easy and the vast majority ends up in landfills or finds its way to the o… [+3326 chars]
NASA astronaut Ed White is the first U.S. citizen to perform a spacewalk, which he did on June 3, 1965, only three months after Leonovs daring jaunt. The EVA, conducted during the Gemini 4 mission, s… [+1298 chars]
ESA's Comet Interceptor mission to visit a pristine comet or other interstellar object just starting its journey into the inner solar system has been "adopted" this week; the study phase is complete … [+5987 chars]
Enlarge/ A French startup named its rockets the Baguette-one and the Orbital-Baguette-1. 23 with 15 posters participating Welcome to Edition 4.46 of the Rocket Report! This report is coming to you … [+3576 chars]
On November 15th, 2020, NASA and SpaceX made history when a crewed spacecraftthe Crew Dragon Resiliencelifted off from American soil and delivered four astronauts to the International Space Station (… [+6380 chars]
From A Portrait of the Scientist as a Young Woman by Lindy Elkins-Tanton. Copyright © 2022 by Linda Elkins-Tanton. Reprinted by permission of William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. … [+7225 chars]