Gravitational wave observatories, such as the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), are exercises in extreme sensitivity.…
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Japan’s ispace lunar lander appears to have crashed into the moon
A commercial lunar rover, developed by the private Japanese company ispace in partnership with the United Arab…
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SpaceX’s Starship launch caused a ‘mini earthquake’ and left a giant mess
Last week’s much-hyped test flight of SpaceX’s Starship, the most powerful rocket ever constructed, ended in…
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Watch SpaceX’s giant Starship rocket explode
SpaceX’s mega-rocket Starship exploded earlier today. Using a Super Heavy booster for the first time below…
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NASA’s 600-pound solar radiation tracker is plummeting to Earth tomorrow
Heads up, everyone: a 600-pound, decommissioned satellite is on track to fall from orbit on Wednesday.…
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A new satellite’s ‘plasma brake’ uses Earth’s atmosphere to avoid becoming space junk
It took eight years and the collaborative efforts of over 600 interdisciplinary undergraduate students, but Estonia’s…
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JWST takes a jab at the mystery of the universe’s expansion rate
The universe is expanding—but astronomers can’t agree how fast. And NASA’s superstar observatory, the James Webb…
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You saw the first image of a black hole. Now see it better with AI.
Astronomy sheds light on the far-off, intangible phenomena that shape our universe and everything outside it.…
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Does antimatter fall down or up? We now have a definitive answer.
Albert Einstein didn’t know about the existence of antimatter when he came up with the theory…
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A massive detector in China will try to find a supernova before it happens
Trillions of particles from distant stars and galaxies are streaming through your body every second—you just…
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This online atlas is a goldmine for amateur intelligence sleuths
In Overmatched, we take a close look at the science and technology at the heart of…
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Nature generates more data than the internet … for now
Is Earth primarily a planet of life, a world stewarded by the animals, plants, bacteria, and…
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