After the United States bought a seat on a Russian spacecraft to send a NASA astronaut to the International Space Station, Russia’s Roscosmos Space Agency chief Dmitry Rogozin claimed that American spaceflight …
Read More »Russia and China reveal plans for joint lunar space station as Moscow moves away from NASA
MOSCOW – Russia and China have agreed to build a base on or around the Moon, the latest sign of geopolitical maneuvers in space and an apparent reprimand from the United States. …
Read More »6,200-year-old DNA study of massacre victims raises more questions than answers
Around 6,200 years ago, a group of at least 41 men, women and children were brutally murdered before being thrown into a mass grave in what is now eastern Croatia. Initially, archaeologists …
Read More »A giant ice cube hints at cosmic antineutrinos
Neutrinos are the most elusive of the fundamental particles and come in three types: the electron neutrino, the muon neutrino, and the tau neutrino. Almost massless and without electrical charge, they interact …
Read More »The US Air Force is protecting itself against electromagnetic pulse attacks. Should we be concerned?
A US Air Force base in Texas has taken the first steps to protect against an electromagnetic pulse attack (EMP). But what exactly is an EMP and how big is the threat? …
Read More »SpaceX is doing its best at its South Texas starport
As part of In a federal review process for its plans in South Texas, the details of SpaceX’s proposed spaceport have been made public. They were published late last week in a …
Read More »Paleontology: fossilized remains of a dinosaur sitting in an egg nest with embryos inside
The fossilized remains of a dinosaur sitting in an egg nest, with embryos preserved inside, have been unearthed in China, a study reported. The find, a world first, is an oviraptorosaur, one …
Read More »Why were dozens of people slaughtered 6,200 years ago and buried in a Neolithic death pit?
About 6,200 years ago, 41 people in what is now Croatia were killed and buried in a mass grave, and may have been killed by members of their own community, according to …
Read More »Researchers measure the gravity exerted by a 90-milligram object
Enlarge / The experimental setup. Tobias Westphal / University of Vienna Gravity may seem like one of the most familiar forces, but it’s actually among the least understood. We know that our …
Read More »SpaceX adds more satellites to Starlink’s Internet fleet – Spaceflight Now
A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 3:13 am EST (0813 GMT) on Thursday. Credit: SpaceX Continuing a high-paced launch cadence, SpaceX delivered another batch of …
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