ScienceSpaceflight How Small Teams at Intuitive Machines Are Solving Big Lunar Challenges Intuitive Machines CTO Tim Crain spoke to Gizmodo about the new space race and what it will take to return to the Moon. By George Dvorsky Published July 5, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherEnvironmental Justice Pollution From Epic Ohio Train Wreck Put 110 Million Americans at Risk A new study found traces of hazardous chemicals from the East Palestine disaster in 16 U.S. states. Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, Grist Published June 25, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight Scientists Propose New Way to Find Aliens: Detect Their Failing Warp Drives If an extraterrestrial warp drive collapses, we might be able to sense the resulting gravitational waves from Earth. By George Dvorsky Published June 22, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherClimate Change The Hotter It Gets, the Harder It Is to Find Your Words A new study finds that politicians tend to use shorter words in speeches on hot days. Kate Yoder, Grist Published June 17, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherEnvironmental Justice America’s Notorious ‘Cancer Alley’ Is Even More Toxic Than We Thought A new study finds levels of the carcinogen ethylene oxide that are nine times higher than those estimated by the EPA’s models. Naveena Sadasivam, Grist Published June 11, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceArchaeology Discoveries Shed Light on How Pompeii Survivors Resumed Life After the Volcanic Eruption Pompeii is often viewed as a city eternally locked in its final moments, but recent archaeological findings reveal how its few survivors got back on their feet. Steven L. Tuck, The Conversation Published June 11, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight SpaceX Launch Targets Safe Reentry of Starship Megarocket—If It Doesn’t Explode First For the upcoming fourth mission, SpaceX aims to demonstrate key capabilities of the world’s largest and most powerful rocket, including successful reentry. By George Dvorsky Published May 31, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpace Updated Formula on Alien Intelligence Suggests We Really Are Alone in the Galaxy An adjustment to the famous Drake Equation could radically refine estimates of intelligent civilizations in our galaxy. By George Dvorsky Published May 29, 2024 | Comments (0)
SciencePaleontology Three Mammoth Skeletons Discovered in Wine Cellar An Austrian winemaker found unusually large bones while renovating his wine cellar. Turns out, they were the remains of three mammoths from the Stone Age. By George Dvorsky Published May 24, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight Botched SpaceX Engine Test Results in Spectacular Fireball Yesterday's test of an upcoming Raptor engine went sideways, causing the test stand to be engulfed in flames. By George Dvorsky Updated May 24, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpace Newly Discovered Exoplanet May Have Earth-Like Temperatures, Astronomers Suggest Gliese 12 b, a Venus-sized world located just 40 light-years away, presents a promising target for studying planetary atmospheres and potential habitability. By George Dvorsky Updated May 23, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight New Close-up Video Shows the Sun’s Surface as the Hellscape We Always Imagined Europe’s Solar Orbiter has captured surreal video of the Sun’s atmosphere, revealing a slew of fascinating—and jaw dropping—stellar features. By George Dvorsky Published May 2, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherClimate Change Return-to-Office Mandates Could Get in the Way of Some Supposedly Important Corporate Goals The problem with forcing people back to the office? All the carbon emissions. Kate Yoder, Grist Published April 30, 2024 | Comments (0)
SciencePaleontology Two-Year Dig Yields Stunning Kangaroo Fossil From Deep Underground Caves An Australian team of recreational cavers and park rangers excavated a nearly complete short-faced kangaroo skeleton in Nightshade Cave. Tim Ziegler, The Conversation Published April 29, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight The Saddest and Strangest Tales of Animals in Space We've been sending animals to space for nearly 75 years, leading to critically important science and no shortage of bizarre stories. By George Dvorsky Published April 25, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpace Unistellar Odyssey Telescope Brings Powerful Simplicity to Backyard Astronomy Unistellar’s new range of telescopes offer advanced features and clear imaging, suitable for all astronomers despite their smaller size and higher price. By George Dvorsky Published April 25, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight Injury Rates at SpaceX Soar Above Industry Norms At SpaceX's manufacturing facility in Brownsville, Texas, the injury rate is more than seven times the industry average. By George Dvorsky Published April 24, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight NASA Rover Reaches Promising Place to Search for Fossilised Life on Mars While we go about our daily lives on Earth, a nuclear-powered robot the size of a small car is trundling around Mars looking for fossils. Sean McMahon, The Conversation Published April 24, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpace A Legendary Rocket’s Final Flight and More Top Space Images of the Week Batteries falling from space, an eclipse photobombed by comets, a newborn star, and more, mark another exhilarating week in space. By George Dvorsky Published April 19, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight Space Company Aims to Deliver Critical Supplies to Any Location in 90 Minutes Sierra Space's Ghost delivery platform is now in beta testing. By George Dvorsky Published April 18, 2024 | Comments (0)
