Astronomy
How the James Webb Space Telescope is helping size up tiny dwarf planets
Stunning Antarctic Sea Creatures Discovered after Iceberg Breaks Away
A calving iceberg exposed a region that never before had been seen by human eyes, revealing a vibrant, thriving ecosystem
Into the deep (field) with ESA's Euclid 'dark universe' telescope: Space photo of the day
Why I'm going to New Brunswick, Canada, to see next week's 'sunrise' solar eclipse
Europe is Considering a Metal Asteroid Mission of its Own
The European Space Agency is considering a mission to a metal-rich asteroid. The target is Kleopatra, an M-type asteroid with two moons. These asteroids are relatively common, but they're difficult to observe because they're in the middle and outer regions of the main asteroid belt.
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Next month NASA's Lucy probe will visit an asteroid that's been waiting 150 million years to say hello
Blue Ghost Watches the Lunar Sunset, Signalling the End of its Mission
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost 1 has completed its brief lunar mission. The lander spent two weeks conducting operations on the surface of the Moon before witnessing its final sunset as the Sun dipped below the horizon. This sunset marked the end of the mission, as Blue Ghost lacks the capability to maintain warmth during the freezing cold lunar night. Despite its short operational period, the lander accomplished its objectives, successfully testing all ten NASA payloads, gathering valuable data, and transmitting the findings back to Earth.
Why it would be utter madness to stop funding mRNA vaccine technology
Why it would be utter madness to stop funding mRNA vaccine technology
New research on 'Death Star' that looks like a cosmic pinwheel reduces gamma-ray burst threat to Earth
Hegseth Orders Elimination of Pentagon Climate Planning but Wants Extreme Weather Preparation
The Defense secretary aims to purge climate work from the Pentagon. But critics say his carve-out for weather resiliency misses the point
Walking Shouldn’t Be So Dangerous in the U.S.
About 20 people die every day in the U.S. after being hit by a car. To make walking safer, we need a big cultural shift in how we view pedestrian safety
Saturn's rings will 'disappear' this weekend. Here's why this phenomenon happens in cycles
Good News. The Death Star Isn't Pointed Towards Us
It’s ok, Darth Vader hasn’t got our humble planet in his sights! No this Death Star is a binary system where both stars are locked into an orbit which will lead to their collision, unleashing a powerful gamma-ray burst when they do. The object, WR104 is otherwise known as the ‘Pinwheel Star’ due to the presence of a spiral of dust engulfing the system. Recent observations have accurately measured the orientation of the stars and thankfully they’re not pointed at the Earth. When they do eventually collide, it’ll be someone else’s problem.
Can Earth’s Rotation Be a Power Source? Physicists Debate Bold New Idea
Experiments suggest an unusual magnetic material could help harness energy from Earth’s rotation. But not everyone is convinced
Bizarre fossil may have been an entirely new type of life
Bizarre fossil may have been an entirely new type of life
Introducing the new ESA's hyper performance computing
The high-performance computing (HPC) environment will be available for scientific research and technological development activities, supporting all ESA programmes as well as the researchers and small- and medium-enterprises from Member States.
