Live coverage: SpaceX to launch a flight-proven Falcon booster for 600th time – Spaceflight Now
File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force…
World’s first cyclic quantum heat engine built for quantum computers
Scientists at Aalto University in Finland have built the world’s first cyclic heat engine, operating inside a superconducting…
Cash Berzolla’s Foiling Is Like Surfing on Steroids
Editor’s Note: This feature is presented by our partners at Armstrong Foils. When most people think of wing…
Why Elon Musk’s SpaceX wants to keep Starfall capsules in orbit before sending supplies back to Earth
SpaceX is developing a new spacecraft called Starfall that could keep cargo in low-Earth orbit before delivering it…
Solution to Feynman’s reverse sprinkler puzzle also applies to “silly sprinklers”
Watering your lawn in the summer can be both pragmatic and fun with so-called “silly sprinklers,” designed to…
To the moon, Mars, and beyond
As space agencies prepare to turn brief excursions into long-term stays on the moon and Mars, chemistry shifts…
Final Space Shuttle crew reunites 15 years after mission
Astronauts who flew on the Space Shuttle Program’s final mission 15 years ago this month say its legacy…
A solar eclipse is coming to Europe this summer
Somewhere on Earth, there’s a solar eclipse every 18 months or so — and the next one is…
Researchers show how early RNA-based life may have repaired its genome, providing insight into the origins of life
image: Saurja DasGupta, Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry view more Credit: (Photo by Matt Cashore/University of Notre…
Are We Missing the Universe’s “Noosignatures”?
Astrobiology has long been split into two camps: a search for “biosignatures” and a search for “intelligence.” These…
Einstein’s relativity allows time travel into the future, and we have already measured it: atomic clocks flown around Earth on aeroplanes came home showing a different time from clocks left on the ground
The first machine to carry a human-made clock measurably into the future was a scheduled passenger flight. In…
Genes follow a random switching principle, yet remain precise on average
Inside the cell nucleus, genes must be turned on and off with precision to regulate biological processes. The…