Alien Stone May Be Earth’s First Evidence of Supernova Ia Explosion
A 3 gram (0.1 ounce) sample of the Hypatia stone. The researchers found a consistent pattern of 15 elements in the Hypatia stone. The pattern is completely unlike anything in…
Scientists grow plants in the land of the Moon
For the first time, scientists have grown plants in lunar soil collected by NASA’s Apollo astronauts. Scientists had no idea if anything was growing in the moon’s dirt. They wanted…
Weather looks okay for back-to-back SpaceX and ULA launches this week
Space is important to us, which is why we strive to provide you with the best coverage of industry and launches in Florida. Journalism like this takes time and resources.…
Citizen scientists help discover over 1,000 new asteroids
Enlarge / This mosaic consists of 16 different NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope datasets that were studied as part of the Asteroid Hunter citizen science project. Each of these datasets was…
New American laboratory to create versions of atoms never recorded on Earth | Particle physics
From carbon to uranium, from oxygen to iron, chemical elements are the building blocks of the world around us and of the universe at large. Now physicists hope to gain…
Former NASA executives praise Boeing’s willingness to risk commercial crew
Enlarge / Politically, the Boeing spacecraft has done a lot of work for NASA’s commercial crew program. United Launch Alliance The past few years have been quite difficult for the…
CRISPR now possible in cockroaches
Cell report methods“width=”800” height=”530″/> CRISPR cartoon in cockroaches. Credit: Shirai et al./Cell report methods Researchers have developed a CRISPR-Cas9 approach to enable gene editing in cockroaches, according to a study…
SpaceX is on the verge of breaking American launch records. Again
New York CNN Business — SpaceX had a tear in 2022, landing 18 rocket launches and two astronaut splashdowns in the first 130 days of the year alone — an…
Tonga volcano eruption, strongest in over 100 years, reaches space
The volcanic eruption that erupted near Tonga in January – which destroyed the nation and was felt by other countries along the Pacific Ocean – was one of the most…
SpaceX launches two Starlink missions in 24 hours
Two SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets performed back-to-back Starlink launches less than 24 hours apart, successfully delivering 106 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit (LEO). Originally scheduled to be a few…
