Breaking the Martian Sound Barrier
Ingenuity, the Mars helicopter, which performed the first controlled, powered flight on another planet, was an excellent demonstration…
NASA’s Psyche Mission Says Goodbye to Mars and Heads for its Metal-Rich Target
NASA’s Psyche mission is on its way to a unique target: the metal-rich asteroid 16 Pysche. The mission…
Scientists find a hidden route to the moon that saves fuel
A lot of time and effort goes into planning routes for space missions. Researchers look for the most…
The Global Energy Crisis Is Driving Countries Back To Coal
Five years ago, over 40 countries pledged to scale back and phase down unabated coal power at the…
NASA-developed AI Could Help Track Harmful Algae
NASA scientists have developed an artificial intelligence tool to take on a longstanding challenge in ocean waters. In…
Watch Deep-Sea Creatures Feed on a Whale That’s Been Dead for Over 20 Years
One whale’s unfortunate death can be an entire ecosystem’s blessing, recent research shows. A large international team of…
Hubble Marks 36th Anniversary with Image of Trifid Nebula
NASA celebrated Hubble’s 36th anniversary with a new image of the Trifid Nebula, a star-forming region it first…
NASA’s Psyche Mission Just Blew Past Mars. It Picked Up More Than Speed
A NASA probe is currently en route to a metal-rich asteroid that may be the leftover core of…
A Physical Warp Drive Was Supposed to Be Impossible. Then These Scientists Found a Loophole.
In a surprising paper from 2021, scientists Alexey Bobrick and Gianni Martire suggested that they’d nailed down a…
Light-Matter Particles Could Revolutionize AI Computing
In this illustration, light is coupled into a nanoscale cavity and interacts with an atomically thin material, creating…
More David Attenborough and less Karl Marx would be good for the left – The Irish Times
Is it possible to be both left-wing and serious about climate action? The evidence is mixed. In the…
Where did Neptune’s mysterious moon Nereid come from?
Neptune’s moon Nereid might be the only satellite surviving from the planet’s original system, researchers report in a…