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Scientists claim giant balloon could soon lift paying passengers to space’s edge
Read More: Scientists claim giant balloon could soon lift paying passengers to space’s edgeWithin a few years, high-paying tourists may trade rocket engines for helium as companies race to float passengers to the…
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Scientists stunned by cosmic object shining brighter than physics allows
Read More: Scientists stunned by cosmic object shining brighter than physics allowsA tiny, dense stellar corpse in a nearby galaxy is pumping out so much energy that, on paper, it should…
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China unveils ultra-precise lunar clock that bends with Einstein’s relativity
Read More: China unveils ultra-precise lunar clock that bends with Einstein’s relativityChina has quietly solved a problem that only becomes obvious once you try to live and work off-world: clocks on…
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Scientists reveal what the looming geomagnetic flip could do to Earth
Read More: Scientists reveal what the looming geomagnetic flip could do to EarthEarth’s magnetic field is quietly, steadily changing, and the shift is no longer just an abstract concern for geophysicists. As…
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NASA and DOE team up to build nuclear reactor for permanent moon base
Read More: NASA and DOE team up to build nuclear reactor for permanent moon baseThe United States is moving from concept art to hardware in its push for a permanent foothold on the Moon,…
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‘I’ve never seen anything move like that’: Astronaut’s chilling claim
Read More: ‘I’ve never seen anything move like that’: Astronaut’s chilling claimFrom the earliest days of human spaceflight, astronauts have described moments when something outside the window did not behave the…
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Our broken universe model might work only if space is a bizarre sticky fluid
Read More: Our broken universe model might work only if space is a bizarre sticky fluidCosmologists are quietly confronting a possibility that would have sounded absurd a generation ago: the standard picture of a smooth,…
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Planet 9 mystery deepens: epic discovery or cosmic illusion?
Read More: Planet 9 mystery deepens: epic discovery or cosmic illusion?Planet 9 sits at the edge of scientific imagination, promising either an epic expansion of the Solar System or a…
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Scientists say the universe’s terrifying finale could hit shockingly soon
Read More: Scientists say the universe’s terrifying finale could hit shockingly soonThe Universe has long been cast as effectively immortal, coasting into a cold, dark eternity so distant that it might…
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These ‘blindness’ genes were once a 100% curse, and scientists were wrong
Read More: These ‘blindness’ genes were once a 100% curse, and scientists were wrongFor decades, a genetic test that turned up a mutation linked to inherited blindness was treated as a verdict, not…
