Why Christina Koch’s Artemis 2 Flight Carries More Than History
“It feels like an incredible privilege and responsibility,” said Christina Koch, as NASA’s Artemis 2 mission is nearing flight, and…
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Scientists Traced the Sun’s Storm Engine to a Deep Hidden Layer
The Sun’s tantrums don’t begin where you think. The place where a new study of sunspot activity was observed gives…
Hubble Found a Tiny Comet Spinning Toward Self-Destruction
Sometimes the solar system hides its strangest behavior in old data. A fresh analysis of images taken by the Hubble…
Deep Boreholes Gain Ground in the Nuclear Waste Debate
Can a small drilled hole be used to do something that the nuclear industry has been trying to do with…
NASA’s Moon Base Shift Puts Artemis on a Higher-Stakes Path
NASA’s latest redesign of its plans for going back to the moon makes one thing clear: NASA is no longer…
NASA’s 2028 Mars Nuclear Craft Could Change Deep-Space Travel
NASA has outlined a mission called Space Reactor-1 Freedom, targeted for launch before the end of 2028, as a demonstration…
Why Vertical-Landing Jets Create 140-Decibel Shock Traps
“Only a tiny fraction of the jet’s energy is transformed into sound, but this small fraction has a major impact,”…
Jupiter’s Lightning May Dwarf Earth’s by a Millionfold
How powerful does a storm have to be before Earth’s lightning starts to look ordinary? New analysis of Jupiter’s atmosphere…
Harvard’s Solar Window Switches From Summer Power to Winter Heat
What if the same pane of solar hardware could favor electricity in July and warmth in January without a motor,…