SpaceX says early tests of its rapidly growing fleet of internet-providing satellites are yielding promising results.
Thanks to scientific research, the world knows a fair amount of information about the Moon. Humanity knows that there’s no liquid water nor air to breathe...
Venus flytraps do it, trap-jaw ants do it, and now materials scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst can do it, too—they discovered a way of...
In the infinite cosmos, planets are birthed from the swirling disc of gas and dust that form around young stars. In our own Solar System, this...
Adding noise to enhance a weak signal is a sensing phenomenon common in the animal world but unusual in manmade sensors. Now Penn State researchers have...
Small satellite launcher Rocket Lab says it has successfully flown one of its own satellites, demonstrating that the spacecraft’s design holds up in Earth orbit. It’s...
Mission proposals include analysis of sun’s atmosphere and its unseen polar regions
A study of startle displays hints at why provoked creatures have such a wide range of reactions.
The inner ring of GW Orionis: model and SPHERE observations. SPHERE image (right) with an ESO artist impression (left). Credit: ESO/L. Calçada,...
Rocket Lab’s 14th mission, “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Optical,” had a stowaway aboard. The New Zealand launch company quietly included its first fully functioning satellite...