Scientists Plan for Apophis’s Unnervingly Close Brush With Earth
This is radar image of a near-Earth asteroid similar to Apophis. We actually know very little about what Apophis looks like, but its pending flyby in 2029 will provide scientists…
NASA Probe Finds Tons of Oxygen Spewing From Ocean Moon
Artist’s depiction of OSAM-1 docking with a satellite.Image: NASA An ambitious NASA project designed to test satellite refueling in space, known as OSAM-1, has been discontinued after significant technical, cost,…
Weekend Science Roundup March 09, 2024
Artist’s depiction of OSAM-1 docking with a satellite.Image: NASA An ambitious NASA project designed to test satellite refueling in space, known as OSAM-1, has been discontinued after significant technical, cost,…
NASA Works to Remotely Fix Perseverance Rover on Mars
The team’s microbeef rice.Image: Yonsei University The dinner plate of the future might include some beefy rice. No, not beef and rice. Beef rice. In a new study, researchers in…
A SpaceX Booster Falls and Breaks, and More Science News of the Week
An example of what a deep brain stimulation device looks like under X-ray imaging.Photo: Hellerhoff/Wikimedia Commons Modern medicine has extended our lives and reduced suffering in all kinds of ways.…
A SpaceX Booster Falls and Breaks, and More Science News of the Week
An example of what a deep brain stimulation device looks like under X-ray imaging.Photo: Hellerhoff/Wikimedia Commons Modern medicine has extended our lives and reduced suffering in all kinds of ways.…
Voyager 1 Is Glitching Out and More Top Science News of the Week
Space is hard, as the cliché reminds us, and that was plenty clear this week, as several groups ran into trouble: NASA with its aging Voyager 1 spacecraft, AstroForge with…