Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket reaches orbit on 1st launch since explosive accidents last year (video)
Texas-based Firefly Aerospace is celebrating today (March 11) after successfully launching its Alpha rocket for the first time…
Simulation of a Floquet non-Abelian topological insulator with photonic quantum walks
Qi, X.-L. & Zhang, S.-C. Topological insulators and superconductors. Rev. Mod. Phys. 83, 1057–1110 (2011). Article ADS Google…
Hedgehogs can hear high-frequency ultrasound – that knowledge could help save them
The hedgehog is one of Europe’s most familiar and well-loved wild mammals. Many people encounter them in gardens,…
World’s largest 1,140-lens telescope to probe the cosmic web
Construction has begun on a new telescope designed to map one of the universe’s most elusive structures, the…
Feilding, Whanganui, Upper Hutt clock up first $2m house sales
Nicola Barnett. Photo: Susan Edmunds / RNZ Feilding recently had its first $2 million house sale when a…
German Fireball’s 15 Minutes Of Fame
Sunday night, around 7:00 PM local time, a bright fireball streaked across the western German sky, exploded, and…
The 19th-century mathematical clue that led to quantum mechanics
Yet Hamilton’s reputation during his lifetime was built on work he completed much earlier. In the 1820s and…
They were just a legend – until the cameras rolled – The Mercury
They were just a legend – until the cameras rolled The MercuryDiscovery of rare animals captured on wildlife cameras…
SWOT satellite completes detailed analysis of Earth’s river systems
Rivers are never still. They rise with rain, drop in dry spells, and shift with snowmelt, dams, and…
Renewables winning the energy race – but losing the messaging battle
Clean energy investment is accelerating rapidly worldwide, but the fossil fuel industry is spending billions each year shaping…
Satellites Can Help Predict Bridge Collapses by Spotting Tiny Changes, Thanks to Scientist’s Solution
The I-35W Mississippi River Bridge after its collapse – credit, Mike Wills CC 2.0. via Flickr A University…
Black hole and neutron star mergers push the laws of physics with their odd orbits
Scientists have discovered that before black holes collide with neutron stars and merge, these extreme stellar remnants can…