Space & Physics

Sols 4295-4296: A Martian Moon and Planet Earth

Sols 4295-4296: A Martian Moon and Planet Earth

SIN Sep 6, 2024 0 14

Earth planning date: Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024 Today’s two-sol plan contains the ...

NASA Selects Langley Research Center Support Contractor

NASA Selects Langley Research Center Support Contractor

SIN Sep 6, 2024 0 18

NASA has awarded the Center, Operations Maintenance, and Engineering II contract...

New Hardware for Future Artemis Moon Missions Arrive at NASA Kennedy

New Hardware for Future Artemis Moon Missions Arrive at...

SIN Sep 6, 2024 0 21

From across the Atlantic Ocean and through the Gulf of Mexico, two ships converg...

Can we spot every incoming asteroid before they hit Earth?

Can we spot every incoming asteroid before they hit Earth?

SIN Sep 5, 2024 0 26

News of the asteroid 2024 RW1 impacting near the Philippines may have come as a ...

The Atlantic has been suspiciously quiet this hurricane season

The Atlantic has been suspiciously quiet this hurricane...

SIN Sep 5, 2024 0 29

The forecasts predicted an extreme storm season in the Atlantic, but so far ther...

Join the Eclipsing Binary Patrol and Spot Rare Stellar Pairs!

Join the Eclipsing Binary Patrol and Spot Rare Stellar ...

SIN Sep 5, 2024 0 18

Eclipsing binaries are special pairs of stars that cross in front of one another...

Ames Wind Tunnel

Ames Wind Tunnel

SIN Sep 5, 2024 0 22

Construction of the Ames wind tunnel and its original 40- by 80-foot test sectio...

NASA to Support DARPA Robotic Satellite Servicing Program

NASA to Support DARPA Robotic Satellite Servicing Program

SIN Sep 5, 2024 0 16

NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have signed an in...

NASA’s Hubble, MAVEN Help Solve the Mystery of Mars’ Escaping Water

NASA’s Hubble, MAVEN Help Solve the Mystery of Mars’ Es...

SIN Sep 5, 2024 0 23

Mars was once a very wet planet as is evident in its surface geological features...

NASA’s Boeing Starliner Mission Landing Criteria, Timeline

NASA’s Boeing Starliner Mission Landing Criteria, Timel...

SIN Sep 5, 2024 0 18

As NASA and Boeing prepare to return the company’s Starliner spacecraft uncrewed...

A note from the executive editor on New Scientist Live

A note from the executive editor on New Scientist Live

SIN Sep 5, 2024 0 28

There's just over a month to go before the world's greatest festival of ideas an...

NASA Tunnel Generates Decades of Icy Aircraft Safety Data

NASA Tunnel Generates Decades of Icy Aircraft Safety Data

SIN Sep 5, 2024 0 19

On Sept. 13, 1944, researchers subjected a Bell P-39L Airacobra to frigid temper...

Google breakthrough paves way for large-scale quantum computers

Google breakthrough paves way for large-scale quantum c...

SIN Sep 5, 2024 0 26

Google has built a quantum computer that makes fewer errors as it is scaled up, ...

Artemis IV: Gateway Gadget Fuels Deep Space Dining

Artemis IV: Gateway Gadget Fuels Deep Space Dining

SIN Sep 5, 2024 0 21

Learn about the handy device NASA is developing to help astronauts rehydrate the...

Sol 4294: Return to McDonald Pass

Sol 4294: Return to McDonald Pass

SIN Sep 5, 2024 0 29

Earth planning date: Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024 Curiosity has returned to “McDonald ...

Sols 4291-4293: Fairview Dome, the Sequel

Sols 4291-4293: Fairview Dome, the Sequel

SIN Sep 5, 2024 0 23

Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 30, 2024 Our backwards drive to “McDonald Pass...

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