The Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator, or LOFTID, spacecraft is pictured after its…
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Investigating the contribution of gamma-ray blazar flares to neutrino flux
The data is for 129 blazars (97 FSRQs, 26 BL Lac objects, and 6 BCUs) for…
Webb reveals new features in heart of Milky Way
The full view of the James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) instrument reveals a 50…
Using recovery capsules to prevent loss of data from balloon-based telescopes
(a) Close-up of a DRS in flight configuration. The closed-cell foam shell surrounding the DRS can…
‘Teenage galaxies’ are unusually hot, glowing with unexpected elements
Light from 23 distant galaxies, identified with red rectangles in the Hubble Space Telescope image at…
Australians vote on name for home-made moon rover
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Australians began voting Monday on a name for the country’s first home-made…
Progress in Starship test launch, but ship and booster explode
SpaceX’s Starship rocket launches from Starbase during its second test flight in Boca Chica, Texas, on…
SpaceX launches its giant new rocket but a pair of explosions ends the second test flight
SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship launches for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, Saturday,…
SpaceX poised for second launch of mega Starship rocket
by Timothy A. CLARY SpaceX’s Starship rocket is unstacked from the booster as it sits on…
Salt glaciers, primordial atmosphere, and the new frontiers of astrobiology
A view of Mercury’s north polar chaotic terrain (Borealis Chaos) and the Raditladi and Eminescu craters…