5396 Results From "nasa"

A startup called SpinLaunch has been working to fling satellites into orbit via giant cannon for nearly a decade. Bad news: it won't work on humans.
Off-World

Company Says Giant Cannon for Shooting Satellites Into Orbit Would Be Fatal for Astronauts

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A meteor exploded over the skies of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on New Year's Day — causing a boom the equivalent of 30 tons of TNT.
Science & Energy

Pittsburgh Shaken by Exploding Meteor

By Tony Ho Tran

A massive 164-foot asteroid called 2006 QV89 has a one in 7,000 chance of bashing into the Earth on the morning of September 9, according to the ESA.
NASA

NASA: This Asteroid Will Get So Close It Could Smash Into Earth’s Satellites

By Tony Ho Tran

Just minutes after touchdown was confirmed, NASA's Perseverance rover sent back two low-resolution images of the surface of Mars.
Mars

NASA Rover Releases First Photos From the Surface of Mars

By Victor Tangermann

Ann Druyan and Sam Sagan warn of a "pervasive and growing feeling" that the human enterprise is in a death spiral. Here's where they find hope.
Future Society

The Human Family in Crisis

By Ann Druyan and Sam Sagan

NASA has been teasing that there are two yet-undiscovered Easter eggs on its Perseverance Rover. Anyone who wants to find them has until Easter to try.
Mars

NASA Says There Are Still Easter Eggs on Its Mars Rover That Nobody Has Discovered

By Dan Robitzski

The newly-appointed head of Roscosmos, the space agency in Russia, says the International Space Station (ISS) is turning into a hunk of junk.
International Space Station

Russia Says the International Space Station Is a Dangerous, Decrepit Mess

By Lonnie Lee Hood

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has shown off the latest view of the space company's Starship spacecraft — and it's enormous.
Starship

Elon Musk’s New Photo Shows Staggering Size of SpaceX’s Starship

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers may have discovered the youngest planet in our galaxy — a planet so young that it's still shrouded in its dusty, gaseous building blocks.
Off-World

Astronomers Think They Found the Youngest Planet in the Galaxy

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

ESA scientists had to raise the Swarm constellation satellites, which measure Earth's magnetic field, because they were sinking in chaotic space weather.
Off-World

Scientists Say the Sun Is Acting Up and Causing Satellites to Fall Back to Earth

By Lonnie Lee Hood

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk reveled that some of the company's internet-beaming Starlink satellites had to swerve out of the way of space debris.
SpaceX

Elon Musk Says Starlink Satellites Had to Swerve Out of the Way of Debris

By Victor Tangermann

Here's how to watch SpaceX and NASA's historic Crew-1 launch of the Crew Dragon spacecraft on Saturday evening.
NASA

Here’s How to Watch NASA’s Historic SpaceX Launch Today

By Victor Tangermann

While scouring images taken by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft of Pluto's surface, a team of astronomers made a tantalizing discovery: ice volcanoes.
Off-World

Tantalizing Discovery Hints at Possibility of Life on Pluto

By Victor Tangermann

A scientist in the UK wants to build an old growth Earth forest in a bubble on surface of Mars, and honestly? He makes a good case.
Mars

Scientist Proposes Growing a Forest Inside a Bubble on Mars

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Beijing hopes to allow tourists to visit its Tiangong space station in the next decade — but it all depends on how many people actually want to do it.
Off-World

China Says It’ll Let Tourists Pay to Vacation on Its Space Station

By Tony Ho Tran

To prevent the spread of COVID-19 across its facilities, NASA is handing out Fitbit devices to 1,000 of its employees, including 150 astronauts.
Prosthetics and Devices

NASA Is Using Fitbits to Prevent COVID Spread Among Astronauts

By Victor Tangermann

Japanese researchers say we'll probably need their newly designed Moon base with artificial gravity if humans are going to live on the Moon.
Moon

Japanese Team Invents Moon Base With Artificial Gravity

By Lonnie Lee Hood

NASA engineers managed to hide a clever message in the red and white colors of its Perseverance rover's parachute that it used to successfully land on Mars.
Mars

NASA Hid a Clever Secret Message in Its Mars Rover’s Parachute

By Victor Tangermann

scientists this week tossed eight stars against a black hole one million times the mass of the Sun in a simulated battle to see which intergalactic contender would win.
Science & Energy

Scientists Are Trying to Figure Out How to Kill Stars with Black Holes

By Lonnie Lee Hood

UK-based satellite internet company OneWeb has signed a contract with SpaceX — shortly after ditching the Russian-made Soyuz over the Ukraine invasion.
SpaceX

Satellite Company Now Launching With SpaceX After Ditching Russia

By Victor Tangermann

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AI Is Slitting the Throat of the Journalism Industry

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.

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.

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

By Frank Landymore

Readers Want Publications to Label AI-Generated Content

Readers Want Publications to Label AI-Generated Content

By Sharon Adarlo