The pursuit of better drugs through orbital space crystals
In The Andromeda Strain, Michael Crichton wrote about killer alien space crystals that are (spoiler alert) ultimately stymied by Earth’s ...
Read more It’s Looking More Likely NASA Will Fly the Artemis II Mission
Late Saturday night, technicians at Kennedy Space Center in Florida moved the core stage for NASA’s second Space Launch System ...
Read more Space science is under threat from the anti-DEI purge
The space science community has long prided itself on its ability to inspire and move people of all backgrounds, but ...
Read more NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission prepares to help bring the Starliner astronauts home
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission was originally scheduled to launch Wednesday evening from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A, before NASA ...
Read more Trump’s Plan for Elon Musk to Bring the ‘Stranded’ Astronauts Home ASAP Is a Headache for NASA
For reasons that were not immediately clear, SpaceX founder Elon Musk took to his social media site X on Tuesday ...
Read more You Have NASA to Thank for Wireless Headphones and Vaccuum Cleaners
Many people see space exploration as a waste of resources. Of course, one can respond to this objection by advocating ...
Read more NASA Wants to Explore the Icy Moons of Jupiter and Saturn With Autonomous Robots
Europa’s orbit is an ellipse, and the satellite’s shape is affected by Jupiter’s gravity, becoming deformed when it passes closer ...
Read more Elon Musk Calls Out NASA’s Moon Ambitions: ‘We’re Going Straight to Mars’
Although SpaceX founder Elon Musk is known for outspokenness and controversial comments on his social media site X, he has ...
Read more How NASA Might Change Under Donald Trump
Although the details remain in flux, the transition team reviewing NASA and its activities has begun to draft potential executive ...
Read more The Universe Is Teeming With Complex Organic Molecules
Asteroids are less pristine than comets, having often endured heating and the effects of liquid water. But these effects can ...
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