Why Do Rockets Perform A Rolling Motion After Launch?

Scientists learned early on how crucial the roll maneuver was to get astronauts to space, and NASA has been using it since ...

Earth Is Zipping Through a Giant Interstellar Cloud. Here’s How We Know

The solar system is now at the edge of this cloud, but the massive stockpile of cosmic stardust has left signatures on ...
ZME Science

Fruit Flies Survived Extreme 13G Hypergravity That Would Crush Most Humans

Fruit flies react strangely when gravity gets stronger. For humans, a fruit fly weighs almost nothing. Yet when scientists ...

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft buzzing Mars on its way to a rare metal asteroid

A NASA spacecraft chasing a rare metal asteroid is swinging past Mars for a gravity boost. The Psyche spacecraft will slingshot past the red planet at more than 12,000 mph Friday.
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

NASA spacecraft to swing past Mars as it chases rare metal asteroid

Named Psyche like the asteroid it’s after, the robotic explorer will slingshot past the red planet at 12,333 mph (19,848 kph) ...

Evidence In Antarctic Ice Suggests That Earth Passing Through Supernova Debris, Says Study

The researchers analysed 295 kilograms of ice extracted from the European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA).
Scientific American

Almost half of the objects in Earth's orbit is junk—and that's only the stuff we know about

Debris is a growing threat to orbital infrastructure, and it's only going to get worse as the number of launches increases ...

Wristwatch-like device enables assessment of health risks for astronauts on mission to the moon

Just a few hours before the Orion spacecraft crossed the sky en route to the moon on April 1, mechatronics engineer Rodrigo ...

Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla Explains Life In Space, Says "In Microgravity, Newton Is Always In Charge"

He concluded by stating that in space, Newton is always in charge, highlighting the strict role of physics in microgravity ...
Tech Times

What Will Future Space Suits Look Like? New NASA Designs and Innovations for Deep Space Missions

Future astronaut suits could improve mobility, safety, and durability for Moon and Mars missions using advanced NASA space ...

Tulsa Race Massacre reparations is soul-redeeming work for the US, Oklahoma civil rights lawyer says

His African American studies professor lectured about what is known today as the Tulsa Race Massacre — the days in 1921 when ...
Futurism

Visitor Approaches From the Edge of the Solar System

Comet C/2025 R3 PANSTARRS, which was only discovered last year, has been visible to stargazers in the northern hemisphere for ...