Space & Physics

A ‘FURST’ of its Kind: Sounding Rocket Mission to Study...

By Jessica Barnett  From Earth, one might be tempted to view the Sun as a unique...

Regina Caputo Charts the Future of High-Energy Astrophy...

Research astrophysicist Regina Caputo puzzles out how the universe works by stud...

Astro Campers SCoPE Out New Worlds

Teachers at Smokey Mountain Elementary School have collaborated with the NASA Sc...

NASA Hosts Astronaut Don Pettit Prelaunch Interviews

NASA astronaut Don Pettit is available for limited interview opportunities begin...

The surprising wall pattern that could keep buildings c...

A zigzag design can maximise how much heat walls radiate into space, while minim...

The Antarctic’s polar vortex could be about to split in...

A split in the southern vortex – not seen since 2002 – could lead to sudden warm...

How Einstein was both right and wrong about gravitation...

A century ago, Albert Einstein suggested that the universe might contain ripples...

Hubble Spotlights a Supernova

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the galaxy LEDA 857074, loca...

NASA to Launch 8 Scientific Balloons From New Mexico

NASA’s Scientific Balloon Program has kicked off its annual fall balloon campaig...

NASA Tests Deployment of Roman Space Telescope’s ‘Visor’

The “visor” for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope recently completed seve...

The International Space Station’s “window to the world”

The cupola is a small module designed for the observation of operations outside ...

We now know how kestrels stay perfectly still while hov...

Two nankeen kestrels have been filmed flying in a wind tunnel to learn how the r...

NASA Mission Concludes After Years of Successful Astero...

Engineers on NASA’s NEOWISE (Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explor...

NASA Aircraft Gathers 150 Hours of Data to Better Under...

Operating internationally over several countries this summer, NASA’S C-20A aircr...

Existing quantum devices could be used to disrupt the s...

Commercially available quantum technology could let stock traders coordinate dec...

Record-breaking drill core reaches 1.2 kilometres into ...

A scientific drilling ship has burrowed further into Earth’s mantle than ever be...

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