World sea surface temperatures have broken records every day for the last 12 months. Oceanographers are increasingly worried. “Not only is this a record-breaking year for ocean temperatures, but the margin that breaks them is not even close to the previous record,” said Brian McNoldy, a senior research fellow at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel… Read More »
Considered one of the best science fiction novels of all time, “Dune” continues to influence how writers, artists and inventors envision the future. Of course, there are also Denis Villeneuve’s visually stunning films “Dune: Part One” (2021) and “Dune: Part Two” (2024). But Frank Herbert’s masterpiece also helped Afrofuturist novelist Octavia Butler imagine a future… Read More »
Written by: Joe Skipper, Steve Gorman and Joey Roulette BOCA CHICA, Texas (Reuters) – SpaceX’s Starship rocket, designed to eventually send astronauts to the moon and beyond, completed nearly its entire test flight into space on its third attempt on Thursday, traveling farther than ever before, only to break up when it returned. Soil. During… Read More »
Launching a 400-foot (122-meter) rocket won’t seem like anything new for a very long time. SpaceX’s giant Starship vehicle took off for the third time today (March 14) for an ambitious test flight that has energized space fans worldwide. Starship didn’t achieve all of its goals today; For example, both the first stage booster, known… Read More »
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have detected several of the icy building blocks of life in the gas and dust orbiting two baby stars, or “protostars.” The molecules detected range from relatively simple molecules such as methane to complex compounds such as acetic acid and ethanol. Complex organic molecules (COMs) in solid, icy… Read More »
SpaceX’s Starship continued to surprise the audience on its third test flight today. On Thursday, March 14, SpaceX launched Starship for the third time from its Starbase production and launch facility near Boca Chica Beach in South Texas. Hundreds of rocket destroyers and spectators gathered along the beach to watch the test flight in which… Read More »
Astronomers using the IceCube observatory, buried deep in the ice at the south pole, have identified seven elusive and exotic “ghost particle” candidates as they pass Earth. The signals indicate that these particles are astrophysical tau neutrinos; They act as important messengers between us and powerful, high-energy celestial events. Neutrinos are chargeless, nearly massless particles… Read More »
Working as a team, three lunar rovers conducted their trials at the famous “Mars Yard” at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) ahead of their launch to the moon later this year or early next year. Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Research or DIALThe rovers are a trio of suitcase-sized robotic wheeled explorers where collaboration is the… Read More »
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas — SpaceX’s Starship megarocket, the world’s largest and most powerful rocket, reached orbital speed for the first time during its historic third test flight from South Texas on Thursday. Hundreds of Spring Break spectators, rocket launch followers and SpaceX fans gathered along the southern shores of South Padre Island and surrounding… Read More »
They have scaly, forked tongues and can measure up to 20 feet long. Pythons may also be some of the most Earth-friendly meat that can be raised on the planet. A group of researchers studied two large python species for 12 months on farms in Thailand and Vietnam, where snake meat is considered a delicacy,… Read More »