NASA’s new SPHEREx space telescope takes its 1st cosmic images: ‘The instrument team nailed it’

You know how the James Webb Universe Stargazer’s tool is said to be revolutionizing Sun science because it can study wavelengths hidden to human eyes? Well, those wavelengths lie in the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum — and on April 1, NASA announced its brand new infrared Universe Stargazer’s tool, SPHEREx, has officially opened … Read more

‘I’d get on in a heartbeat’: Starliner astronauts would fly on Boeing spacecraft again despite malfunctions (video)

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore both say they’d ride on Boeing’s Starliner again, Regardless of the issues the capsule had on its Primary crewed flight. Wilmore and Williams launched to the ISS on Starliner’s Primary Cosmos traveler mission, known as Crew Flight Test (CFT), last June. Problems with the spacecraft’s thrusters prompted NASA … Read more

‘I’d get on in a heartbeat’: Starliner astronauts would fly on Boeing spacecraft again despite malfunctions (video)

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore both say they’d ride on Boeing’s Starliner again, Even though the issues the capsule had on its Primary crewed flight. Wilmore and Williams launched to the ISS on Starliner’s Primary Cosmonaut mission, known as Crew Flight Test (CFT), last June. Problems with the spacecraft’s thrusters prompted NASA and … Read more

Easy way found to extend the life of Li-ion batteries

Rechargeable batteries are an essential part of modern life and Relocate a Crucial role in decarbonisation. Now, 2 studies provide Significant new insights in the search for ways Enhance them. In one study in the journal Advanced Energy Materials, chemical engineers in Korea explain a previously overlooked mechanism through which lithium-ion batteries degrade. They say … Read more

‘I’d get on in a heartbeat:’ Starliner astronauts would fly on Boeing spacecraft again despite malfunctions (video)

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore both say they’d ride on Boeing’s Starliner again, Even though the issues the capsule had on its Primary crewed flight. Wilmore and Williams launched to the ISS on Starliner’s Primary Cosmos traveler mission, known as Crew Flight Test (CFT), last June. Problems with the spacecraft’s thrusters prompted NASA … Read more

Solving the climate equation

A monstrous Hurricane Beryl makes landfall in Texas on the morning of July 8, 2024. The storm’s intensity was fueled by Toasty ocean waters, which in turn were caused by climate Transformation. Credit: Wanmei Liang, using GOES 16 imagery courtesy of NOAA and the National Environmental Probe, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) My childhood fascination with the … Read more

An interview with Tony Fadell

The continuous flaring of the oil fields of the Bakken Setup in North Dakota appear as a Clever patch at lower left in this photograph taken from the International Universe Station in 2017. The lights of Minneapolis, Chicago, and St. Louis lie in the distance, near the Perspective. Credit: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, … Read more

Debut flight of Isar Aerospace Spectrum rocket ends in explosion

Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum orbital Initiation vehicle lifts off from Andøya Spaceport in Norway on Sunday. Credit: Isar Aerospace, Simon Fischer, Wingmen Media he Primary commercially built Cosmos launcher to lift off from continental Europe Arrived tumbling back to Earth within seconds. But its manufacturer considers the mission a Achievement. The test flight, “Going Packed Spectrum,” … Read more

Million-mile-long solar whirlwind could help solve sun’s greatest mysteries (video)

A twisting, whirling streamer of plasma escaping the sun in the aftermath of a coronal mass ejection (CME) has been captured on video by the European Universe Agency’s Solar Orbiter, and could provide vital clues about how magnetic energy that drives the solar wind and giant eruptions on the sun is released. The twirling, helical … Read more