Google Ventures makes surprise $30 million SpaceX-era bet
The next major space company might not be building rockets It may not be launching satellites into space,…
First indication of diffuse supernova neutrino background emerges from Super-Kamiokande
The DSNB consists of neutrinos released by every core-collapse supernova since the early Universe. Unlike neutrinos detected from…
He Predicted the Dot-com Bubble Burst. Now He’s Saying SpaceX Could be a Fresh Warning Sign.
Wall Street was fascinated by the initial public offering (IPO) of Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX). Not only…
Excitons in van der Waals magnetic materials
Xu, X., Yao, W., Xiao, D. & Heinz, T. F. Spin and pseudospins in layered transition metal dichalcogenides.…
New Theory of Smallest Human: Not a Hunter, but Eater of Lizard Leftovers
Who exactly was Homo floresiensis, the strange miniature hominins that once lived on the Indonesian island of Flores?…
Bending Spacetime Reveals New Planet Hidden in Archived TESS Data
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has captured evidence of a Jupiter-like world orbiting another star, using a…
Physicists Simulated a Black Hole in a Lab. Then It Started to ‘Evaporate’. : ScienceAlert
The one thing we all ‘know’ about black holes is that nothing escapes their ineluctable grasp. That is…
A popular climate fix could accidentally trigger massive changes to global weather
As carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions continue to climb, interest in geoengineering is growing as governments, researchers, and environmental…
Neptune’s odd moon may be the only survivor of its violent past
Nereid, one of Neptune’s odder moons, may have formed right where it orbits rather than drifting in from…
In 1610, Galileo spotted a small, smooth moon circling Jupiter and wrote it down; four hundred years later, scientists confirmed it likely holds the largest ocean in the solar system, buried under ice and never once touched by sunlight
In January 1610, Galileo Galilei turned a small telescope toward Jupiter and noticed something that should not have…
SpaceX’s Next Big Business Isn’t Rockets. It’s Computer Chips.
Six months ago, SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX) was a private rocket company. Today, it is a public one worth…
Get Ready for Liftoff: Space Shuttle Endeavour’s New Exhibit Opens to the Public This Year
Space nerds, rejoice! A fully-stacked, 20-story tall space shuttle will soon be on display at a brand new…