"Professor Goddard does not know the relation between action and reaction and the need to have something better than a vacuum against which to react. He seems to lack the basic knowledge ladled out daily in high schools."
--1921 New York Times editorial about Robert Goddard's revolutionary rocket work.

"Correction: It is now definitely established that a rocket can function in a vacuum. The 'Times' regrets the error."
NY Times, July 1969.

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No, you didn't see a solar flare during the total eclipse — but you may have seen something just as special

Fri, 04/12/2024 - 10:02am
Several media outlets have incorrectly claimed that explosive solar flares were spotted during the April 8 total solar eclipse. But there were no flares during totality, so what did people see?
Categories: Astronomy

Fallout and the Space Age: The franchise's connections and nods to the final frontier

Fri, 04/12/2024 - 9:00am
The Fallout video game franchise (now also a streaming series) is known for its unique take on the post-apocalypse, but it's also quite interested in outer space.
Categories: Astronomy

Sierra Space wants to drop cargo from orbit to anywhere on Earth in 90 minutes

Fri, 04/12/2024 - 8:00am
Sierra Space has unveiled a new "global payload delivery" system known as Ghost that is designed to drop vital payloads from orbit to anywhere on Earth's surface within 90 minutes.
Categories: Astronomy

DJI Avata 2 drone review

Fri, 04/12/2024 - 5:58am
The DJI Avata 2 offers an incredibly tantalizing FPV experience that can be as simple or as complicated to fly as you require.
Categories: Astronomy

Scientists identify origin of the 'BOAT' — the brightest cosmic blast of all time

Fri, 04/12/2024 - 5:00am
Astronomers have discovered that the BOAT, the most powerful gamma-ray burst ever detected, came from the supernova death of a massive star 2.4 million light-years away.
Categories: Astronomy

My formal 2024 solar eclipse apology

Thu, 04/11/2024 - 6:00pm
I used to be an eclipse hater, and now I'm not. That's the story.
Categories: Astronomy

Achoo! Baby star 'sneezes' tell astronomers a lot about their development

Thu, 04/11/2024 - 5:00pm
Achoo! Baby stars "sneeze" to rid themselves of excess energy during their formation process, astronomers using the ALMA telescope array have found.
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