NASA’s X-59 Aircraft Flies Supersonic for First Time
NASA’s experimental X-59 aircraft marked a major milestone Friday, June 5, when it flew faster than the speed of sound for the first time, setting the stage for demonstrating its quiet…
Basking sharks are feeding in the ocean’s “twilight zone” during their vast winter migrations, and scientists have the data to prove it
Every autumn, basking sharks the size of school buses disappear from the waters off New England and begin…
New Glenn Explosion Just Gave NASA a Headache It Doesn’t Have Time For
When Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded on the launch pad last week, it wasn’t just a blow…
S&P 500 rejects SpaceX, also blocking entry for OpenAI and Anthropic
But in its final decision, the S&P Dow Jones Indices stated that “no changes will be made to…
Google to pay SpaceX $920m per month for cloud computing
SpaceX has signed a blockbuster cloud computing agreement under which Google will pay the Elon Musk-founded rocket company…
Astronomers Make “Live” Observation of a Nearby Protoplanetary Disk’s Rotation
Ever since the first protoplanetary disk was discovered in 1984 around the star Beta Pictoris, these objects have…
Rare Black Leopard Captured on Night Patrol
A remarkable nighttime encounter has been captured in Laikipia, Kenya, showing a rare black leopard moving silently through…
Scientists find wind blowing from our Milky Way’s black hole after half-century search: ‘There it is’
After searching for 50 years, astronomers have finally discovered evidence of powerful winds blowing from Sagittarius A* (Sgr…
The Cosmic Web Like You’ve Never Seen it Before
The “cosmic web,” what we call the large-scale structure of the Universe, is a vast network of interwoven…
More Than 300 Dolphins Joined This E-Foiler for a Session in Cape Town
Pretty tough to beat this for an afternoon foil session. Photo: YouTube//Screenshot There aren’t too many things better…
Northern Lights: Aurora May Be Visible In 10 States Friday Night
Topline The northern lights are forecast to possibly make their third appearance in the northern U.S. this week,…
Superconductivity from dual-surface carriers in rhombohedral graphene
Xiao, R. et al. Density functional investigation of rhombohedral stacks of graphene: topological surface states, nonlinear dielectric response,…