Samsung Isn’t the Only One with Lithium Ion Battery Problems. Just Ask NASA
A RoboSimian robot at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory blew up thanks to its lithium ion battery. What would happen if…
Dwarf Planets Aren’t Big News, Because Astronomy Is Doing a Great Job
As dwarf planets transition from being individual curiosities to statistical aggregates, they offer astronomers a better understanding of the solar…
What Happens When a Space Observatory Goes Rogue
Green Bank observatory has helped pave the path for other federal scientific facilities that the government will later leave behind.…
A New Generation of Astronomers Is on the Hunt for the Next Earth
Advances in radial velocity search—including a new instrument called EXPRES—could help scientists to find and weigh lots of other Earth-mass…
What Gives With So Many Hard Scientists Being Hard-Core Endurance Runners?
A surprising number of physicists and astronomers and STEM professionals compete in long, hard, miserable athletic endeavors like ultramarathons. Why?…
How a Champion Powerlifter Became an Astronaut Guinea Pig
Starting this Sunday, former Miss Figure America Jonna Ocampo and three others will spend 30 days inside a three-story building…
How Space Scientists Turn Exoplanets Into Places We Can ‘See’
A suns-set on Proxima b illuminates jutting rocks, rounded rocks, arcing rocks, and possibly some fog in the foreground. But…
Air Force: Stash These F-22s for Us? NASA: Yeah Sure We Got Room
Fitting the planes together was like Tetris, with a prettier result than your most artful video-game moves. The post Air…
Yes, Rockets Blow Up Sometimes. The NASA Team Behind OSIRIS-REx Isn’t Sweating It
Everyone knows rockets blow up. Hardly anyone expects they will. The post Yes, Rockets Blow Up Sometimes. The NASA Team…
Astronomers Don’t Think That So-Called SETI Signal Is Aliens—and Neither Should You
A group of astronomers made many, many headlines after giving a presentation about “a strong signal in the direction of…