Zero gravity, fully cute: New Japanese drone in space
The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency has released the first set of images and videos taken by its debut zero-gravity camera drone or "Int-Ball," the cute orb of a drone, will optimize communication between crew in space and on Earth......»»
First Look at the Makera Carvera Air
The Carvera Air may not be the biggest or most powerful CNC but if you put one of these machines on your desktop, you just might find that it’s one of your go-to tools. This fully enclosed little CNC is only slightly larger than your average d.....»»
SpaceX blasts off on 35th Space Coast launch of the year
SpaceX keeps lining them up and knocking them out with an afternoon launch from Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday......»»
White Sands propulsion team tests 3D-printed Orion engine component
When the Orion spacecraft carries the first Artemis crews to the moon and back, it will rely on the European Service Module contributed by ESA (European Space Agency) to make the journey. The service module provides electrical power generation, propu.....»»
Webb presents best evidence to date for rocky exoplanet atmosphere
Researchers using NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope may have detected an atmosphere surrounding 55 Cancri e, a rocky exoplanet 41 light-years from Earth. This is the best evidence to date for a rocky planet atmosphere outside our solar system......»»
A nebula that extends its hand into space
The Gum Nebula is an emission nebula almost 1400 light-years away. It's home to an object known as "God's Hand" among the faithful. The rest of us call it CG 4......»»
AppViewX AVX ONE provides visibility, automation and control of certificates and keys
AppViewX announced AVX ONE, a fully integrated SaaS-based CLM platform for PKI, IAM, security, DevOps, cloud, platform and application teams. AVX ONE provides enterprise scale, visibility, automation and control of certificates and keys. It enables g.....»»
Operation Anime Phase 2: New Anti-Piracy Crackdown Executed in Brazil
Brazil's Ministry of Justice and Public Security has announced a second phase of Operation Anime, an initiative to disrupt piracy of Japanese anime and Korean webtoon content. This second wave follows the first which took place close to a year ago. I.....»»
In South Africa, tiny primates could struggle to adapt to climate change
In the "sky islands" of the Soutpansberg Mountains of South Africa, two closely related species of primate jostle for space. One is the thick-tailed greater galago (Otolemur crassicaudatus), also known as a bushbaby, which is about the size of a larg.....»»
Here’s why a rich guy going to space for a second time actually matters
Polaris Dawn will be the first time that SpaceX employees have actually gone to space. Enlarge / The crew of Polaris Dawn from L to R: Anna Menon, Scott Poteet, Jared Isaacman, and Sarah Gillis. (credit: John Kraus/Polaris Progra.....»»
The quantum theory of gravitation, effective field theories and strings: Past and present
Gravity is one of four fundamental interactions. The most precise description of this force is still provided by Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, published in 1915, an entirely classical theory. This description sets gravity apart from the ot.....»»
Boeing’s Starliner Is Almost Ready to Launch a NASA Crew Into Space
Seven years behind schedule, this month Starliner will send two astronauts to space on a mission for NASA. The troubled company still has lots of catching up to do......»»
How NASA"s Roman mission will hunt for primordial black holes
Astronomers have discovered black holes ranging from a few times the sun's mass to tens of billions. Now a group of scientists has predicted that NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope could find a class of "featherweight" black holes that has so f.....»»
Why do metaphors of space help us understand time?
Expressions linking space to time are a common part of our day to day lives. You might say the morning "flew by," or that school exams are "fast approaching." Right now, you might say summer is "just around the corner," while anyone with the vaguest.....»»
Video: Using a hopping robot for asteroid exploration
One day the SpaceHopper will be deployed on space missions to explore relatively small celestial bodies such as asteroids and moons. These are thought to contain valuable mineral resources that could be of use to humankind in the future. The explorat.....»»
Hubble views a galaxy with a voracious black hole
Bright, starry spiral arms surround an active galactic center in this new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the galaxy NGC 4951......»»
Billionaire"s 2nd SpaceX trip featuring spacewalk aims for early summer launch
Billionaire Jared Issacman, who flew to space once with SpaceX, is already set for launch No. 2 in early summer......»»
Boeing Starliner crewed mission postponed until at least Friday
The first crewed launch of Boeing's Starliner spaceship will have to wait until at least Friday to give ground teams time to analyze a malfunctioning rocket valve, pushing back a high-stakes test trip to the International Space Station......»»
A triumph of galaxies in three new images from the VLT Survey Telescope
Distant galaxies, interacting galaxies, whose shape has been forged by the mutual gravitational influence, but also galaxies forming groups and clusters, kept together by gravity—they are the protagonists of three new images released by the VLT Sur.....»»
Discovery of structural specialization in myriapod ovaries
Elaborate observations reveal the structural specialization within an epithelial layer covering oocytes in the Japanese pill-millipede, Hyleoglomeris japonica, considered absent in Myriapoda. Comparing this result with previous descriptions suggested.....»»
Penske plans paint factory for special edition Ford Mustangs, Broncos
In addition to low-volume paint operations, the space may also be used for customizing show cars, modifying EV products, addressing quality holds, vehicle retrofit and prototype assembly......»»