See the grim climate graphs censored by Trump
They’re back. After a four-year hiatus during the Trump administration, the EPA announced this week the return of its Climate Change Indicators website. (The previous administration deleted many of the…
At last, we can build a Space Elevator — sort of
But before we get to that even more impossible-sounding idea, let’s stick with the basic science for a moment. If the people of your time are so used to Space…
How a smoking giant sequoia has burned since 2020
On a long, recent trudge through forest burned in California’s 2020 Castle Fire, a six-person survey crew peered at a curiosity in the distance. “We saw a little tiny smudge…
Watch a dreamy night sky timelapse from the Ariane 6 launch base
It’s not often we’re able to enjoy a full night sky’s worth of stars, but luckily the European Space Agency’s on it. The ESA posted a dreamy timelapse video of…
SpaceX successfully reuses rocket for a record 10th time to launch Starlink satellites
SpaceX is making good on its reusable rocket claims. Early Sunday morning, the tenth launch of a Falcon 9 rocket sent 60 Starlink satellites into orbit from Florida. It’s the…
See NASA’s Mars helicopter settled into its new home after a successful fifth flight
Welcome home, Ingenuity. The small helicopter that NASA sent to Mars as carry-on baggage for the Perseverance rover back in July 2020 finished what was originally supposed to be its…
Endangered ice age vultures invade home to take back what’s theirs
Around 15 California condors — one of the largest flying birds left on Earth — recently conquered a Southern California woman’s porch. The imposing, though very endangered, birds knocked over…
Hear the hum of NASA’s Mars helicopter as it takes off
The whirring sound of NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter taking flight on Mars was shared by the space agency on Friday. Amid the gusts and gales sweeping across Jezero Crater, the buzzing…
5 big COVID vaccine myths, debunked
Elvis got publicly vaccinated for polio in 1956, inspiring many Americans to protect themselves against the viral scourge. Today, the crippling disease no longer exists in the U.S. What will…
Four astronauts return to Earth in a pre-dawn SpaceX capsule splashdown
While most of the U.S. was sleeping on Saturday night into Sunday morning, four astronauts aboard the International Space Station made the journey back home. NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Michael…