Here’s what happens when a beam of subatomic particles hits you in the face
What would happen if you stuck your body inside a particle accelerator? The scenario seems like the start of a bad Marvel comic, but it happens to shed light on...
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter poses for glamor shot on the Mars surface
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter successfully deployed onto the surface of Mars Saturday, its travel buddy the Perseverance rover capturing it posing triumphantly on the first Martian flight field. The Mars helicopter,...
Yes, Godzilla could take Kong in a fight — we have science to prove it
The 2021 film “Godzilla vs. Kong” pits the two most iconic movie monsters of all time against each other. And fans are now picking sides. Even the most fantastical creatures...
NASA recorded two ‘sizeable quakes’ on Mars
Mars isn't dead. NASA announced on Thursday that its InSight lander, which probes for geological activity on Mars, recently recorded "two strong, clear quakes" in the same region where the...
Gaze at these planets and sky phenomena in April 2021
Some months bring exquisite meteor showers. Others bring planets and unique stars. Here are NASA's new skywatching suggestions for April 2021: On April 6, look to the southeast at dawn...
See where NASA zapped this odd Martian rock with a laser
On day 37 of its Martian mission (known as "sol 37"), the Perseverance rover zapped a curious, holey rock with a laser 10 times. It wasn't for sport. The laser...
NASA SBIR march 21 – TechCrunch
NASA’s SBIR program regularly doles out cash to promising small businesses and research programs, and the lists of awardees is always interesting to sift through. Here are a dozen companies...
What if you’re living in a simulation, but there’s no computer?
Swedish Philosopher Nick Bostrom’s simulation argument says we might be living in a computer-generated reality. Maybe he’s right. There currently exists no known method by which we could investigate the...
Trippy nebula captured in brilliant new Hubble image
About 2,000 light years from Earth are the brilliant remnants of the explosive death of a star, called a supernova. And NASA just released an incredibly detailed look at it....
What’s solar geoengineering… and why is it controversial?
A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine tackles a controversial question: Is solar geoengineering – an approach designed to cool the Earth by reflecting sunlight...