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Black Holes Help Prove That a Special Kind of Space-Time Is Unstable
6 min read · 60 saves · May 11 · Steve Nadis · Einstein’s equations describe three canonical configurations of space-time. Now one of these three — important in the study of quantum…
If Rockets were Transparent
43 saves · May 15 · Launch to orbit in real time Fuel Burn and Staging of the Saturn V, Space Shuttle,Falcon Heavy and the Space…
NASA's Curious Universe
36 saves · Mar 30 · Micheala Sosby · Our universe is a wild and wonderful place. Join NASA astronauts, scientists and engineers on a new podcast adventure each…
Should the moon be privatized? The US says yes
5 min read · 26 saves · May 20 · Private industries have helped drop the cost of launching rockets, satellites and other equipment into space to historic lows. That…
Here’s how we could mine the moon for rocket fuel
5 min read · 23 saves · May 19 · The Artemis program is supposed to usher in a new age of lunar mining, especially for water ice. But how,…
What It’s Like to Be First to Fly a Brand New Spacecraft
2 min read · Paywall possible · 19 saves · May 25 · Robert Crippen is the only living NASA astronaut to have flown on a new spacecraft for the first time. The…
ALMA discovers massive rotating disk in early universe
3 min read · 17 saves · May 20 · In our 13.8 billion-year-old universe, most galaxies like our Milky Way form gradually, reaching their large mass relatively late. But…
Mount St. Helens
2 min read · 14 saves · May 18 · In May 1980, a satellite watched the mountain violently erupt; satellites over the next forty years watched it recover.
Jupiter’s moon Europa: New evidence of watery plumes
2 min read · 13 saves · May 13 · During a fly-by of Jupiter’s moon Europa twenty years ago, NASA’s space probe Galileo may have witnessed a plume of…
First Look: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Fully Stowed
12 saves · May 14 · Lynn Jenner · NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has been successfully folded and stowed into the same configuration it will have when loaded…