NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter, which revolutionized powered flight on Mars, is transitioning to a new role after a crash ended its flight capabilities. Despite suffering rotor […]
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European Space Agency Launches Satellites for ‘Solar Eclipses on Demand’
The first breakthrough study has just more than doubled the number of known “dark comets”-those mysterious, shadowy creatures of our solar system displaying both asteroid-like […]
Webb Telescope Confirms Accelerated Universe Expansion, Bolsters Hubble Tension Mystery
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed the universe is expanding at a rate that is about 8% faster than theoretical models suggest mystery that […]
SpaceX Launches 23 Starlink Satellites, Expands Direct-to-Cell Services
Space X launched 23 Starlink satellites early Sunday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in yet another milestone of its ambitious satellite internet program. The […]
SpaceX Reaches Milestone with 350th Mission Using Reusable Falcon 9 Booster
SpaceX achieved another major milestone in reusable spaceflight on Wednesday evening when it launched its 350th mission, this time using a flight-proven Falcon 9 rocket […]
SpaceX Sets New Rocket-Reuse Record with Falcon 9 Launch
SpaceX is set to break its own rocket-reuse record, with one of its Falcon 9 rockets scheduled to launch for a record 24th time. The […]
How Does the Mystery Mollusk, Bathydevius caudactylus, Move Through the Ocean?
For more than two decades, deep-sea researchers have been observing an elusive, glowing creature they’ve only known as the “mystery mollusk.” Between 2000 and 2021, […]
How are NASA’s SWIM Robots Designed to Explore Europa’s Ocean?
NASA is pushing ahead with plans to explore Jupiter’s moon of Europa by engineering small underwater robots that would travel into the subsurface ocean in […]
How Has the HPV Vaccine Impacted Cervical Cancer Deaths in the US?
A new study puts a number on it: a steep decline in cervical cancer deaths in young women in the U.S., which may be the […]
How Did Astronomers Capture the First Detailed Image of a Distant Star?
Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer, astronomers have now obtained the first-ever detailed image of a star outside our Milky Way: WOH […]