These mysterious exoplanets may have clouds of vaporized rock and grounds of scorching magma oceans
Clouds formed from vaporized rock could create the ultimate thermal insulation on one of the most common types…
New Horizons flew past Pluto so quickly that an encounter nine years in the making was effectively over within hours — but the data gathered during that brief passage took another 15 months to trickle home
The New Horizons encounter with Pluto was one of the strangest bargains in modern exploration. NASA spent almost…
Bison rams elderly man in Yellowstone, flinging him into the sky – BBC
Bison rams elderly man in Yellowstone, flinging him into the sky BBCMan tossed into the air by ‘agitated’ bull…
Chemistry Reveals the Origins of an Interstellar Comet
Somewhere in the Milky Way Galaxy is an old star that has lost one of its comets. By…
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…