ByEuropean Space Agency (ESA)June 28, 2022 The joint European-Japanese BepiColombo mission captured this view of Mercury on June 23, 2022, as the spacecraft flew past the planet for its second of si… [+6442 chars]
Enemies of Captain America, take note. Apparently lava will punch through his mighty shield. Or at least a metal replica of it. YouTube channel PressTube tested out the lava versus shield for its ong… [+1724 chars]
Interview NASA has set late August as the launch window for its much-delayed Artemis I rocket. Already perched atop the booster is the first flight-ready European Service Module (ESM). Five more are … [+4708 chars]
In bubbling vents off the coast of Ischia, a volcanic island in the Gulf of Naples, lives a curious population of black sea urchins. For at least 30 years, they have lived in these low pH, carbon dio… [+4204 chars]
Human progress has always been dependent on the restricted resources available on Earth. However, the moon, despite its appearance as a barren rock, could be a treasure mine of rare resources importa… [+6951 chars]
Better Together As ambitious as the SWIM concept is, its intent would be to reduce risk while enhancing science. The cryobot would be connected via a communications tether to the surface-based lande… [+2714 chars]
Astronomers have noticed a massive solar eruption but are not very sure if it is headed towards the Earth, Newsweek reported. Over the past few weeks, the solar surface has had some interesting act… [+2832 chars]
Interview NASA has set late August as the launch window for its much-delayed Artemis I rocket. Already perched atop the booster is the first flight-ready European Service Module (ESM). Five more are … [+4708 chars]
High-energy neutrinos are highly fascinating subatomic particles produced when very fast charged particles collide with other particles or photons. IceCube, a renowned neutrino detector located at th… [+5300 chars]
A film just 250 nanometers or 0.00025 mm thick has given scientists a sneak peek into the ultrafast world. The film is made of transparent conducting oxides, a class of materials commonly used for s… [+2476 chars]
After months of scrutinizing photographs of the lunar surface, scientists have finally found the crash site of a forgotten rocket stage that struck the far side of the moon in March. They still do n… [+6731 chars]
A Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft successfully reboosted the International Space Station (ISS) for the first time, raising the orbiting lab to its normal operating altitude of around 250 miles abo… [+2758 chars]
