Astronaut Matthew Dominick was flying about 17,000 miles per hour above Earth when he looked out the window and saw this remarkable view. Dominick, who was sent to the space station in March as commander of the International Space Station, NASA‘S SpaceX Crew-8 mission, grabbed its camera and snapped the above photo. Taken on July … Read more
Ariane 6 will launch from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 9 July 2024. Credit: ESA – S. Corvaja Ariane 6, Europe’s new heavy lift rocket, made its maiden flight from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana at 16:00 local time on 9 July (20:00 BST, 21:00 CEST). Ariane 6 is the latest member of the … Read more
TOKYO — A bipartisan NASA bill would formally authorize several ongoing programs and direct the agency to provide reports on topics ranging from the use of the Space Launch System to maintenance of the Hubble Space Telescope. The House Committee on Science leadership released the NASA Reauthorization Act of 2024 on July 9, one day … Read more
Credit: Harrison Haines from Pexels Auroras have inspired myths and omens for millennia, but only now, with modern technology that relies on electricity, do we appreciate their true power. The same forces that cause auroras also generate currents that can damage infrastructure that carries electricity, such as pipelines. Now scientists are writing in Frontiers in … Read more
The Northern Lights, also called aurora, are a natural light show caused by the solar wind. … [+] (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Universal Images Group via Getty Images Scientists predict that interplanetary shocks that directly impact Earth’s magnetic field could damage any infrastructure that conducts electricity, according to a … Read more
Temperate exoplanet LHS 1140 b may be a world completely covered in ice (left), similar to Jupiter’s moon Europa, or an icy world with a liquid substellar ocean and a cloudy atmosphere (center). LHS 1140 b is 1.7 times the size of Earth (right) and is the most promising exoplanet in the habitable zone found … Read more
At the tiniest scales, our intuitive view of reality breaks down. It’s almost as if physics is fundamentally indecisive, a truth that becomes increasingly difficult to ignore as we zoom in on the particles that pixelate our universe. To understand it better, physicists had to come up with an entirely new framework to fit it … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. CNN — About half a billion years ago, a volcanic eruption near a shallow sea in what is now Morocco produced some of the most complete specimens ever found of trilobites, insect-like marine creatures, revealing … Read more
What happens when aging white dwarf stars merge? Observers in feudal Japan in the year 1181 had a front-row view of the superpowerful kilonova created by such a merger. Their accounts show that a rare “guest star” flared up and then disappeared. It wasn’t until 2021 that astronomers finally found the spot in the sky … Read more
Recent studies have provided detailed insight into how time flows differently on the Moon than on Earth. This is an important discovery for future lunar missions. This difference in time, however small, has important consequences for navigation, communications and activities on the Moon. Understanding Time Dilation on the Moon Since astronauts last visited the lunar … Read more