Tag: space
535 new fast radio bursts help answer deep questions about the...
Emmanuel Fonseca, West Virginia University
On June 9, 2021, my colleagues and I announced the discovery of 535 fast...
When will the first baby be born in space?
Chris Impey, University of Arizona
When the first baby is born off-Earth, it will be a milestone as momentous...
Supermoon! Red blood lunar eclipse! It’s all happening at once, but...
Shannon Schmoll, Michigan State University
The first lunar eclipse of 2021 is going to happen during the early hours...
Warp drives: Physicists give chances of faster-than-light space travel a boost
Mario Borunda, Oklahoma State University
The closest star to Earth is Proxima Centauri. It is about 4.25 light-years away,...
Space Force sounds like a joke thanks to pop culture –...
Wendy Whitman Cobb, US Air Force School of Advanced Air and Space Studies
The U.S. Space Force has a...
Bringing Mars rocks back to Earth: On Feb. 18, Perseverance Rover...
Jim Bell, Arizona State University
Editor’s note: On Feb. 18, NASA’s Mars 2020 mission arrived at the red planet...
Could a human enter a black hole to study it?
Leo Rodriguez, Grinnell College and Shanshan Rodriguez, Grinnell College
Curious Kids is a series for...
What you need to know about this year’s winter solstice and...
William Teets, Vanderbilt University
Editor’s note: Dr. William Teets is the director of Vanderbilt University’s Dyer Observatory. In this interview, he explains what does and...
EXPLORING NATURE
Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had...
Celeste Kidd, University of California, Berkeley
I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s...
