Artificial intelligence and machine learning have become ubiquitous, with applications ranging from data analysis, cybersecurity, pharmaceutical…
Space junk crashed through his roof. Who should pay to fix it? : NPR
In March 2021, mission controllers in Houston used the Canadarm2 robotic arm to release an external…
GreenCube IO-117 Announcement by AMSAT Italia
GreenCube IO-117 CubeSat Rome, April 30, 2024 – AMSAT Italia is proud to announce the acquisition…
Is the JWST Now an Interplanetary Meteorologist?
The JWST keeps one-upping itself. In the telescope’s latest act of outdoing itself, it examined a…
This week in science: biodegradable plastic, crops on Mars and deer vs. caribou
NPR’s Juana Summers talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave about biodegradable plastic,…
The Highest Observatory in the World Comes Online
The history of astronomy and observatories is full of stories about astronomers going higher and higher…
Good news from Voyager 1, which is now out past the edge of the solar system : NPR
In mid-November, Voyager 1 suffered a glitch, and it’s messages stopped making sense. But the NASA…
Two Stars in a Binary System are Very Different. It’s Because There Used to be Three
A beautiful nebula in the southern hemisphere with a binary star at it’s center seems to…
X-ray satellite XMM-Newton sees ‘space clover’ in a new light
This multiwavelength image of the Cloverleaf ORC (odd radio circle) combines visible light observations from the…
At 90, sculptor and former test pilot Ed Dwight is going to space : NPR
Ed Dwight poses for a portrait in February to promote the National Geographic documentary film The…