Space & Physics

50 Years Ago: Skylab 4 Astronauts Push Past the One-Month Mark

50 Years Ago: Skylab 4 Astronauts Push Past the One-Mon...

SIN Dec 18, 2023 0 24

In December 1973, Skylab 4 astronauts Gerald P. Carr, Edward G. Gibson, and Will...

Swimming together lets fish move faster while expending less energy

Swimming together lets fish move faster while expending...

SIN Dec 18, 2023 0 43

We have always suspected that fish can make enormous energy savings by swimming ...

Everything you need to know about the way cannabis affects your brain

Everything you need to know about the way cannabis affe...

SIN Dec 18, 2023 0 24

From the relationship between cannabis and creativity to the effects of cannabis...

Dream Chaser Undergoes Testing at NASA Test Facility in Ohio

Dream Chaser Undergoes Testing at NASA Test Facility in...

SIN Dec 17, 2023 0 24

1 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) ...

Moons around Uranus may suddenly develop atmospheres in the spring

Moons around Uranus may suddenly develop atmospheres in...

SIN Dec 16, 2023 0 21

When springtime comes to Uranus's moons, the increased sunlight may cause ices o...

Research Physical Scientist Tra-My Justine Richardson

Research Physical Scientist Tra-My Justine Richardson

SIN Dec 16, 2023 0 21

“When I mentor students, their academic [talents] are a given. They’re very brig...

Life may be less chaotic than we thought, say physicists

Life may be less chaotic than we thought, say physicists

SIN Dec 16, 2023 0 25

According to a long-standing idea, life exists at the edge of chaos, meaning it ...

120th Anniversary of the First Powered, Controlled Flight

120th Anniversary of the First Powered, Controlled Flight

SIN Dec 16, 2023 0 45

In this image from Dec. 17, 1903, Orville Wright makes the first powered, contro...

Astronomers have spotted what may be the smallest stars ever seen

Astronomers have spotted what may be the smallest stars...

SIN Dec 15, 2023 0 37

The James Webb Space Telescope has found three objects about a thousand light ye...

Video inside centrifuge shows we don’t fully understand fluid physics

Video inside centrifuge shows we don’t fully understand...

SIN Dec 15, 2023 0 24

The first footage from inside a centrifuge has uncovered unexpected swirls and v...

Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser New Station Resupply Spacecraft for NASA

Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser New Station Resupply Spacec...

SIN Dec 15, 2023 0 19

NASA and Sierra Space are making progress on the first flight of the company’s D...

Material made of carbon and nitrogen is nearly as hard as diamond

Material made of carbon and nitrogen is nearly as hard ...

SIN Dec 15, 2023 0 24

Crushing carbon and nitrogen under immense pressure and heat creates the second-...

NASA Geologist Paves the Way for Building on the Moon

NASA Geologist Paves the Way for Building on the Moon

SIN Dec 15, 2023 0 32

By Jessica Barnett For many at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville...

Kennedy Space Center’s NASA Causeway Bridge Construction

Kennedy Space Center’s NASA Causeway Bridge Construction

SIN Dec 15, 2023 0 20

In this aerial view, crews with Orion Marine Construction work to complete the w...

Splitting a large AI across several devices lets you run it in private

Splitting a large AI across several devices lets you ru...

SIN Dec 15, 2023 0 26

Running your own AI locally by splitting it across multiple devices offers more ...

The biggest science news stories of 2023 as chosen by New Scientist

The biggest science news stories of 2023 as chosen by N...

SIN Dec 15, 2023 0 55

AI chatbots and an obesity treatment swept the world, temperature records tumble...

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