Space & Physics

NASA Knows: What is Lunar Regolith? (Grades 5-8)

NASA Knows: What is Lunar Regolith? (Grades 5-8)

SIN May 22, 2025 0 31

This article is for students grades 5-8. The surface of the Moon is covered in a...

Weird planet is orbiting backwards between two stars

Weird planet is orbiting backwards between two stars

SIN May 22, 2025 0 30

After two decades of debate, research confirms that an odd binary star system ha...

The first teeth were sensory organs on the skin of ancient fish

The first teeth were sensory organs on the skin of anci...

SIN May 22, 2025 0 31

Teeth are good for chewing and biting, but they are also sensitive – and that ma...

Vagus nerve stimulation shows promise for spinal cord injury recovery

Vagus nerve stimulation shows promise for spinal cord i...

SIN May 22, 2025 0 34

People with incomplete cervical spinal cord injuries showed improvements to thei...

Another Milestone for X-59

Another Milestone for X-59

SIN May 21, 2025 0 25

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft successfully completed a critical...

How Big is Space? We Asked a NASA Expert: Episode: 61

How Big is Space? We Asked a NASA Expert: Episode: 61

SIN May 21, 2025 0 22

How big is space? Space is really big. Thinking about our solar system, let’s im...

Devil’s in Details in Selfie Taken by NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover

Devil’s in Details in Selfie Taken by NASA’s Mars Perse...

SIN May 21, 2025 0 24

The rover took the image — its fifth since landing in February 2021 — between st...

NASA-French Satellite Spots Large-Scale River Waves for First Time

NASA-French Satellite Spots Large-Scale River Waves for...

SIN May 21, 2025 0 28

In a first, researchers from NASA and Virginia Tech used satellite data to measu...

Discovery Alert: A Possible Perpendicular Planet

Discovery Alert: A Possible Perpendicular Planet

SIN May 21, 2025 0 28

The Discovery A newly discovered planetary system, informally known as 2M1510, i...

West Nile virus detected in mosquitoes in the UK for the first time

West Nile virus detected in mosquitoes in the UK for th...

SIN May 21, 2025 0 31

“Fragments” of West Nile virus have been detected in UK mosquitoes, suggesting t...

Supergiant crustaceans could live across half the deep-sea floor

Supergiant crustaceans could live across half the deep-...

SIN May 21, 2025 0 26

The enigmatic crustacean Alicella gigantea is the world’s largest amphipod, but ...

China is readying a mission to two rocky bodies in our solar system

China is readying a mission to two rocky bodies in our ...

SIN May 21, 2025 0 29

China's ambitious Tianwen-2 mission will soon be heading to two extremely differ...

Station Nation: Meet Megan Harvey, Utilization Flight Lead and Capsule Communicator

Station Nation: Meet Megan Harvey, Utilization Flight L...

SIN May 21, 2025 0 20

Megan Harvey is a utilization flight lead and capsule communicator, or capcom, i...

Tropical forest loss doubled in 2024 as wildfires rocketed

Tropical forest loss doubled in 2024 as wildfires rocketed

SIN May 21, 2025 0 25

A record 67,000 square kilometres of primary rainforest was lost from the tropic...

Supergiant crustaceans may cover more than half of the deep-sea floor

Supergiant crustaceans may cover more than half of the ...

SIN May 21, 2025 0 23

The enigmatic crustacean Alicella gigantea is the world’s largest amphipod, but ...

How the US military wants to use the world's largest aircraft

How the US military wants to use the world's largest ai...

SIN May 21, 2025 0 33

The world’s largest aircraft, called WindRunner, is being designed to carry huge...

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