Blue Origin identifies engine issue behind New Glenn explosion – Spaceflight Now
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded on the pad at Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force…
Photons for Reach, Atoms for Entanglement: A Compound Photon-Atom Blueprint for Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing
By combining the long-range connectivity of photonic qubits with near-deterministic entanglement mediated by cavity-coupled atoms, Quantum Source’s new…
7 raccoon bites in two weeks — Galveston officials warn visitors to stop feeding wildlife
GALVESTON, Texas – If you’ve spent any time on the east end of the Galveston Seawall lately, you’ve…
Blue Origin traces origin of huge New Glenn rocket explosion to oxygen valve, CEO says
Blue Origin is close to figuring out why its New Glenn rocket went boom a few months ago.…
Drought can affect your drinking water long after the rain returns :: WRAL.com
Recent rain has eased drought conditions across much of North Carolina, but experts say the effects of months…
Environmental groups challenge FCC approval of startup’s plan to beam on-demand sunlight from space
Four environmental organizations filed a petition Thursday asking the Federal Communications Commission to reverse its approval of a…
Mercury Wave Made With 20 Vials Suspended From Springs
Photographer and former radio astronomer Marcel Clemens suspended 20 tiny vials containing slightly different masses of mercury from…
The Wildlife You’re Most Likely To Die From In A National Park
Given their millions of visits each year, fatal wildlife encounters are statistically rare in America’s national parks. But…
Something happening far below the surface of the Earth is quietly forcing airports all over the world to close their runways and repaint them, and almost no passenger has any idea why it happens.
The scene is easier to imagine than to explain. An airport shuts down one of its main runways…
Extreme haboob dust storms hit Phoenix twice this week
Dust storms that blanketed the Phoenix area in thick haze this week were among the most intense to…
Ambitious fix extends Voyager 2’s mission and could help its twin
An ambitious effort to boost an aging probe on its journey through the uncharted territory of interstellar space…
Simons Foundation Funds 12 Targeted Math and Physics Research Groups
As part of its mission to advance the frontiers of research in mathematics and the basic sciences, the…