As a science writer, I'm very familiar with the excitement of musing about humanity traveling to the moon -- I even find awe while writing about the tiniest lunar update. A headline like "The Moon … [+16292 chars]
Astronomers have spotted a white dwarf that miraculously survived its own thermonuclear detonation, raising questions over how and why these stars create supernovas. A white dwarf is the evolution… [+5215 chars]
To solve a long-standing puzzle about how long a neutron can "live" outside an atomic nucleus, physicists entertained a wild but testable theory positing the existence of a right-handed version of ou… [+7546 chars]
Enlarge/ The Space Launch System rocket will be back to the Vehicle Assembly Building this week. 68 with 34 posters participating The US space agency has spent a long, long time designing, developi… [+2403 chars]
Note: This article was written in part to help promote Asteroid Day on June 30, a global effort to raise awareness about the dangers and scientific importance of asteroids. Its on June 30 every year,… [+5291 chars]
The Lancet has overtaken the New England Journal of Medicine as the medical journal with the highest impact factor, according to Clarivates 2022 update to its Journal Citation Reports. And the jump w… [+4079 chars]
To solve a long-standing puzzle about how long a neutron can "live" outside an atomic nucleus, physicists entertained a wild but testable theory positing the existence of a right-handed version of ou… [+7546 chars]
Proprietary space-grade cameras are expensive, limited, and a pain to develop. Smallsat manufacturer NanoAvionics recently sidestepped any development issues and opted for something off the shelf ins… [+2949 chars]
Scientists are abuzz with anticipation for the first full-color images from the James Webb Space Telescope, the biggest and most powerful infrared space-based telescope, which will be revealed in Jul… [+9365 chars]
The U.S. military's X-37B robotic space plane is closing in on a mission-duration record. The X-37B launched to Earth orbit on May 17, 2020 on the sixth mission for the program, a flight known as … [+5251 chars]
You know you’re living in the space age when a rocket hits the moon, and the industry as a whole points to the sky and, like an angry teacher holding up a paper airplane, asks “Who launched this?!” T… [+4927 chars]
To solve a long-standing puzzle about how long a neutron can "live" outside an atomic nucleus, physicists entertained a wild but testable theory positing the existence of a right-handed version of ou… [+7546 chars]
