Mercury has a 10-mile-thick layer of diamonds under its surface
Mercury does not look like a world built for extravagance. It is small, battered, sun-scorched and gray. Yet…
The Material Science Behind A Spacecraft’s Impact Armor
Aerospace engineers have to consider numerous factors when designing a spacecraft, but one that comes up more and…
Dante’s Inferno may have predicted planetary impact physics centuries before modern science
New research suggests Dante Alighieri’s Inferno may have done more than shape literary history — it may also…
James Webb telescope zooms in on a black hole that could reveal the truth about ‘little red dots’
A unique, X-ray-spewing black hole may help to confirm the enigmatic identity of “little red dots,” a curious…
NASA Fires Up Record-Breaking Plasma Thruster for Future Mars Missions
NASA has fired up a record-breaking lithium plasma thruster that could transform future missions to Mars. The powerful…
Why ion engines barely push harder than a sheet of paper and how that whisper of thrust is quietly rewriting the economics of deep space exploration
The most powerful gridded ion engine NASA has ever flown produces thrust measured in millinewtons at kilowatt-scale power.…
NASA Is Set To Begin Training With A Prototype Of Blue Origin’s Crew Moon Lander
NASA Following the success of its Artemis II…
Here’s When and Where to Watch!
In mid-May, skywatchers will have an extraordinary opportunity to witness the Milky Way’s glowing core in all its…
Your Ultimate Travel Guide To The 2026 Total Solar Eclipse
Total solar eclipse of April 8th 2024 with the sun peaking from behind the moon creating. a diamond…
Watch Out, SpaceX—NASA Is Already Training on Blue Origin’s Moon Lander Prototype
As the U.S. races to beat China to a crewed Moon landing, SpaceX and Blue Origin are locked…
Rocket Lab To Buy Motiv Space For $40M, Adding Robotics, Solar Drives
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Why SpaceX thinks it’s worth nearly $2 trillion
Image: SpaceX Sometime this year, SpaceX will officially hit the public market as what is the largest IPO…