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A new model by a team of scientists led by Yale University suggests that the ever elusive dark matter that has so far escaped the detection of scientists may be trapped inside primordial black holes left over after the Big Bang.Continue ReadingCategory… Continue reading Is the universe’s dark matter hiding in primordial black holes?
With rovers and helicopters on Mars, multiple private crewed missions, robotic probes flying into the Sun’s atmosphere, and Captain Kirk boldly going to the final frontier, 2021 was a bumper year in space. New Atlas looks at the top stories in the Cosm… Continue reading The year in space 2021
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) hasn’t even finished unfurling itself after its December 25 launch and NASA says that its mission could already be extended beyond 10 years thanks to excess fuel for its onboard thrusters.Continue ReadingCategory: … Continue reading Extra fuel may keep James Webb Space Telescope going for over a decade
Unless you’re really into trivia about gas lanterns and the mantles that make their light so bright, you’ve probably never heard of thorium, but you may hear a lot more about it in the future. This unassuming metal could one day rival uranium as the nu… Continue reading Is thorium the future of nuclear power?
Tardigrades shot from a gun, the world’s largest offshore wind turbines, nuclear fusion records, radical new materials, and potty-trained cows … here’s a look back at some of the incredible stories science served up in 2021.Continue ReadingCategory: … Continue reading The year in science 2021
When the first astronauts reach Mars, they will be expected to carry out heavy physical tasks after many months of traveling in weightlessness without the benefits of the exercise machines or the Earthside therapists that help astronauts on the Interna… Continue reading How to keep astronauts healthy on missions to Mars
One of the most ambitious space projects since the Apollo era roared into space today as NASA’s long-delayed James Webb Space Telescope lifted off at 7:20 am EST (12:20 GMT) atop an Ariane 5 rocket from ESA’s Centre Spatial Guyanais in French Guiana.Co… Continue reading James Webb Space Telescope rockets into history
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has unveiled its latest fixed-wing drone, the Mojave, which can carry an unprecedented weapon load of up to 16 precision air-to-ground 100-lb (45-kg) AGM-114 Hellfire missiles and operate from short, rugged airstrip… Continue reading General Atomics’ new Mojave drone packs a punch of 16 Hellfire missiles
NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) X-ray space telescope has roared into orbit to start its planned two-year mission studying polarized X-rays from a variety of “extreme and mysterious” cosmic sources. On December 9, at 1:00 am EST, the s… Continue reading IXPE X-ray telescope begins two-year mission to study extreme objects
The United States Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has begun production of the country’s latest air-dropped nuclear weapon variant. The agency announced that on November 23, the B61-12 Life Extension Program First … Continue reading US begins production of its latest air-dropped nuclear munition