Rocket Lab launched a private radar imaging satellite to orbit tonight (March 14). An Electron vehicle carrying a single satellite for the Japan-based Earth-imaging company iQPS lifted off from Rocket Lab’s New Zealand site today at 8 p.m. EDT (0000 GMT and 1 p.m. local New Zealand time on March 15). Today’s mission, which Rocket…
SpaceX plans to send 74 satellites to orbit from central California early Saturday morning (March 15). A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Saturday on a rideshare mission called Transporter 13. Launch will occur during a 17-minute window that opens at 2:39 a.m. EDT (0639 GMT; 11:39…
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander continues to beam home incredible imagery from the surface of the moon. Blue Ghost just sent back amazing photos of last night’s “Blood Moon” total lunar eclipse from its perch in Mare Crisium, or “Sea of Crises,” a vast basin on the northeastern region of the moon’s near side….
Spiralling black holes are captured by two bronze, spherical bells that orbit each other in a giant cage University of Nottingham/Nick Dunmur Cosmic TitansDjanogly GalleryUniversity of Nottingham, UK, Closes 27 April For many, art and science are still seen as distinct approaches to understanding the world around us. While qualities like intuition or creativity are…
What do you get when you fold together the ambitions and contributions of four space station-bound astronauts from the United States, Japan and Russia? A zero-g indicator in the form of an origami crane. Minutes after arriving in Earth orbit on Friday (March 14), the members of Crew-10 — SpaceX’s 10th operational mission to the…
Nuke Image Circle, 2024 James Stanford The kaleidoscopic patterns in this artwork draw the eye towards its glowing centre. Despite its dreamy, hypnotic effect, however, the work has its roots in the terrifying reality of a nuclear bomb. Its creator, artist James Stanford, grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada, near where more than 200 above-ground…
Update for 12:15 a.m. ET on March 15: Firefly has called off the planned March 15 liftoff attempt due to an issue with the launch range. No new target date has been announced. Firefly Aerospace will launch its Alpha rocket for the sixth time ever on Saturday morning (March 15), and you can watch the…
For millennia, mathematicians have been pinning down pi Gazanfer/Getty Images Copyright: Gazanfer/Getty Images Who was the first person to calculate pi? The first person to realise that, hang on, when you divide the circumference of a circle by its diameter, you always seem to get the same number, namely slightly more than 3? We will…
Art and literature have often depicted the creation of life with big, dramatic moments — often involving electricity. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein got zapped into action. Michelangelo’s God (after six REALLY busy days) seemed to send an invisible but palpable spark into Adam’s extended finger, waking him into existence on the Sistine Chapel’s ceiling. The same…
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