Breakthrough Thermal Insulator Surpasses Nature
Researchers have engineered a new material that is an extreme thermal insulator, is exceptionally stiff, and can be…
Will any U.N. ‘sustainable development goals’ be met by 2030? : NPR
By any standards, it was an eye-popping to-do list. No poverty. Zero hunger. Quality education for all. Gender…
Europe’s new spacesuit still needs work, French ISS astronaut says: ‘We are at the very beginning of its journey’
Europe’s prototype spacesuit aboard the International Space Station (ISS) still needs some work after European Space Agency astronaut…
Potential dark matter detection gives scientists hope for study
Potential dark matter detection sparks hope in search for elusive substance Dark matter is invisible and makes up…
Pelican knocks on NOAA office door for help in Florida
A pelican in Florida was in need of help, so it knocked on NOAA’s door PANAMA CITY, Fla.…
After 30 years in hot-arid climate, Arco solar modules still deliver about half their original power
Researchers from Algeria’s Centre de Développement des Energies Renouvelables (CDER) have conducted a post-aging assessment of 30-year-old solar…
NASA Awards SpaceX Three Crew Flights to Space Station
To continue regular crew transportation to the International Space Station, NASA has awarded SpaceX three additional missions through…
Quantum Simulation Explained: Applications, Methods and Challenges
Insider Brief Quantum simulation uses quantum computers to model molecules, materials and other quantum systems that can be…
‘Carnival of the Nearly Extinct Animals’ celebrates species with song
Once upon a time, flocks of passenger pigeons were so dense they blocked the sun like…
Watch Rocket Lab launch an Earth-observing radar satellite from New Zealand tonight
Rocket Lab will launch a Japanese Earth-observing satellite to orbit tonight (Sept. 18), and you can watch the…
After surviving 70 to 80 years in the Atlantic, a 270-pound loggerhead turtle was found swimming in confused circles off the Florida Keys — she looked almost pristine on the outside, but something had left her unable to swim normally
Seven miles south of Sugarloaf Key, on a July day, a very old animal forgot which way was…
On this day in space! Sept. 18, 1977: NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft snaps stunning photo of Earth and the moon together from deep space
On Sept. 18, 1977, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft took its first photo of Earth and the moon. It…