Tag: space
From flying boats to secret Soviet weapons to alien visitors –...
Greg Eghigian, Penn State
On June 25, 2021, the U.S. government released a nine–page preliminary report on UFOs, or,...
The surface of Venus is cracked and moves like ice floating...
Paul K. Byrne, North Carolina State University
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
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...
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...
