5517 Results From "nasa"

New research explains the role of cloud cover in climate change. If we keep burning fossil fuels, the clouds will go away and climate change will worsen.
Climate Change

Climate Change Is Eliminating Clouds. Without Them, Earth Burns

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists at the University of Central Florida say they've figured out how to make pulses of light travel 30 times as fast as usual — or even backward.
Science & Energy

Scientists Say They Can Make Light Travel 30x Faster Than Normal

By Jon Christian

NASA’s New Space Probe Will Venture Closer to the Sun Than Any Craft Before It
Science & Energy

NASA Just Launched A New Space Probe That Will Venture Closer to the Sun Than Any Craft Before It

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: NASA Starts Tests to Prepare For Flight of “Quiet” Supersonic Jet
Advanced Transport

The Digest: NASA Starts Tests to Prepare For Flight of “Quiet” Supersonic Jet

By Kristin Houser

After a lot of trouble with backup gyroscopes on board, NASA's Hubble space telescope is back in action. And its newest snapshot is amazing.
Off-World

Hubble Takes Another Incredible Picture After Gyroscope Failure

By Victor Tangermann

In a recent radio interview, Dutch astronaut André Kuipers recalls how he accidentally ended up calling American emergency services while on board the ISS.
Off-World

An Astronaut Accidentally Dialed 911 in Space

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX just completed the first test fire of the Falcon 9 rocket that will hopefully carry the groundbreaking Crew Dragon spacecraft into space.
Crew Dragon

SpaceX Just Test Fired the Rocket That’ll Launch Its Crew Dragon

By Victor Tangermann

Under Armour is Making Spacesuits for Virgin Galactic
Off-World

Under Armour is Making Spacesuits for Virgin Galactic

By Dan Robitzski

Voyager 2 Just Entered Interstellar Space
Science & Energy

Voyager 2 Just Entered Interstellar Space

By Kristin Houser

A new 3D map of the Milky Way galaxy shows a different structure than scientists expected. It turns out the outer disk is all warped out of shape.
Off-World

The Milky Way is a Lot More Warped Than Scientists Thought

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's team at JPL just recorded the first sounds from the Martian surface ever to be heard back on Earth.
Mars

A World First: Listen to the Sounds of Mars

By Victor Tangermann

The Japanese Space Agency just announced that Hayabusa2, the same robotic probe that landed on an asteroid, will drop a bomb on it and mine the fragments.
Off-World

Japan Announces Plan to Bomb Asteroid

By Dan Robitzski

For the last 15 years, NASA and ESA scientists have found signs of methane in Mars' atmosphere. But a recent survey by an ESA orbiter didn't find any.
Mars

Scientists Thought Mars Was Covered in Methane. Now It’s Missing

By Dan Robitzski

A new genetic trick allowed researchers to use bacteria to manufacture super-strong spider silk faster than spiders do themselves.
Biology

Scientists Gene-Hacked Bacteria to Make Bullet-Proof Spider Silk

By Dan Robitzski

What happened next was weird, even by the standards of super-dense celestial objects from which not even light can escape: the black hole started to shrink.
Black Holes

A Black Hole Inhaled a Star. Then It Started to Shrink

By Jon Christian

Despite "less than 0.3% of the budget of large international projects," a team of Japanese astronomers found a tiny object at the edge of our Solar System.
Off-World

Astronomers Find Rare, Distant Space Object With $3,000 Telescope

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers at the University of Arizona found that astronauts who spent more than six months in space had fewer cells capable of fighting off leukemia.
Cancer

New Research: Space Travel Hurts Cells That Fight Cancer

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers from Caltech, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Honda say they've developed a new battery with extraordinary powers.
Science & Energy

A New Battery Could Store Ten Times the Power as Lithium-Ion

By Jon Christian

Climate change is affecting when the spring season starts, and as a result, more people are suffering from seasonal allergies, says study.
Climate Change

Climate Change May Be Giving You Seasonal Allergies

By Kristin Houser

In its most recent annual report, Roscosmos blames SpaceX — which promises to shuttle astronauts to the ISS — for its declining fortunes.
SpaceX

Russian Space Agency Roscosmos Blames SpaceX For Its Woes

By Jon Christian

Latest

AI Is Slitting the Throat of the Journalism Industry
Artificial Intelligence

AI Is Slitting the Throat of the Journalism Industry

By Victor Tangermann

Despite broadcasting a barrage of lies with its faulty AI summaries feature, Apple has yet to meaningfully address the problem.
Artificial Intelligence

Apple’s AI Is Constantly Butchering Huge News Stories Sent to Millions of Users

By Victor Tangermann

Tech startup Channel 1 released a 20 minute demo of its news channel presented by uncanny AI news anchors.
Artificial Intelligence

Channel 1 Says It’ll Use AI-Generated News Anchors

By Frank Landymore

Readers Want Publications to Label AI-Generated Content
Artificial Intelligence

Readers Want Publications to Label AI-Generated Content

By Sharon Adarlo