Science
Private Lunar Lander Odysseus Takes Off for the Moon
One more attempt at the moon in a month. Early on Thursday morning, a robotic lunar lander was launched into…
NASA Telescopes Unraveling Secrets of Enigmatic Deep Space Signals
Researchers were able to focus on a dead star’s unpredictable behavior as it produced a dazzling, fleeting burst of radio…
NASA Selects Ultraviolet Astronomy Mission; Two-Year Launch Postponed
NASA has decided to create an ultraviolet observatory, but due to financial constraints, the launch will be postponed by two…
SpaceX Cancels the Starlink Satellites’ Falcon 9 Flight from Vandenberg Space Force Base
This Valentine’s Day, SpaceX was unable to continue the love of Falcon 9 flights with a launch from California. The…
Methane Fuel Problem Causes SpaceX to Postpone the Launch of its Private Intuitive Machines Moon Lander
Due to a temperature problem with the liquid methane fuel within the spacecraft, SpaceX decided to postpone the launch of…
Rare Meteorites That May Have Been Long-Lost Mercuryian Pieces Just Landed on Earth
Upon closer examination, a few meteorites that had crashed-landed outside of Berlin in late January were discovered to be among…
Important Progress is Made in Vanadium Research Toward Airborne Carbon Capture
With a “Goldilocks” degree of reactivity—neither too much nor too little—this chemical element is so visually appealing that it was…
Greenland Is Increasing In Height
Glacial isostatic rebound is the process by which Greenland is growing taller as the global ice sheets melt. The country’s…
Study Claims that the Ocean Currents Carrying Heat are Getting Closer to Collapsing
A highly sophisticated computer simulation indicates that a “cliff-like” tipping point is approaching, increasing the likelihood and proximity of an…
Was Earthly Life Discovered by the Galileo Mission?
The Galileo spacecraft was launched into space in the fall of 1989 with the goal of visiting Jupiter and its…