Tag: space
Trump’s nomination for NASA leader boasts business and commercial spaceflight experience...
Wendy Whitman Cobb, Air University
Jared Isaacman, billionaire, CEO and nominee to become the next NASA administrator, faced questions...
Radioisotope generators − inside the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft
Benjamin Roulston, Clarkson University
Powering spacecraft with solar energy may not seem like a challenge, given how intense the...
Mission possible − parastronaut programs can make space travel more inclusive...
Jesse Rhoades, University of North Dakota and Rebecca Rhoades, University of North Dakota
Humans will likely set foot on...
Colliding plasma ejections from the Sun generate huge geomagnetic storms −...
Shirsh Lata Soni, University of Michigan
The Sun periodically ejects huge bubbles of plasma from its surface that contain...
Microgravity in space may cause cancer − but on Earth, mimicking...
Sai Deepika Reddy Yaram, West Virginia University and Soumya Srivastava, West Virginia University
As space travel gains traction and...
How do you create a workplace that people want to work...
Radostina Purvanova, Drake University and Alanah Mitchell, Drake University
It’s been five years since the pandemic lockdowns of 2020...
CubeSats, the tiniest of satellites, are changing the way we explore...
Mustafa Aksoy, University at Albany, State University of New York
Most CubeSats weigh less than a bowling ball, and...
Exploding stars are rare but emit torrents of radiation − if...
Chris Impey, University of Arizona
Stars like the Sun are remarkably constant. They vary in brightness by only 0.1%...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s ‘God Squad’ pits energy vs. endangered species, but it’s a...
Dan Salas, University of Illinois Chicago
There’s a well-worn debate in U.S. politics that goes something like this: Would...
