Scientists Thought Mars’s North Polar Ice Was 25% Dust. They Were Way Off
When NASA’s Mars Phoenix mission successfully sampled ice from the Martian arctic regions, it made astrobiological history. This…
First Animals May Have Appeared 200 Million Years Earlier than Their Oldest Fossils Suggest
The oldest undisputed animal fossils, from the Ediacaran biota, are about 574 million years old, but chemical traces…
A New Space Mission Just Captured The Northern Lights Like Never Before
A European-Chinese spacecraft has captured the full ring of the northern lights around the North Pole in ultraviolet…
Former SR-71 Engineer Talks NASA’s Blackbird Revival Program
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On a 60-acre campus in Massachusetts, 18 superconducting magnets chilled to 8 kelvin are being assembled around a chamber that will bottle plasma 6 times hotter than the sun’s core, and the cryogenic plant hit its first commissioning target
A cryogenic plant beneath a converted industrial building in Devens, Massachusetts, hit minus 445 degrees Fahrenheit on September…
Everything Is Strange: Embracing Nature’s Oddity
“My own suspicion is that the universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we…
Scientists connect cosmic fingerprints of the universe’s first stars with MEGATRON simulation
MEGATRON is a good guy!?! Well, at least to cosmologists who are using this simulation to transform (sorry,…
On this day in space! Oct. 2, 2015: The United Launch Alliance launches its 100th rocket with Atlas V flight for Mexico
On Oct. 2, 2015, the United Launch Alliance launched its 100th rocket! The United Launch Alliance (ULA) is…
Gang of eight sperm whales sink yacht after ramming boat in South Pacific
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Underwater umbrellas could protect coral reefs from heat damage | News
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Clean your plate – to reduce food loss and waste
In fact, throwing out lunchtime leftovers or wilted lettuce only adds to the mountain of discarded food decomposing…
SpaceX launches 4 astronauts to space station – YouTube
SpaceX launches 4 astronauts to space station YouTubeStation Crew Expands as NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Prepares to Depart NASA (.gov)SpaceX Just…