Watch scientists fly over the massive Antarctic crack
For years, the cracks grew. And in mid-February 2021, a new massive Antarctic iceberg was born. The British Antarctic Survey released footage last week of the grand crack left by...
Rocket Lab debuts plans for a new, larger, reusable rocket for launching satellite constellations – TechCrunch
Because news of its SPAC-fueled public market debut wasn’t enough, Rocket Lab also unveiled a new class of rocket it has in development on Monday. The launch vehicle, called Neutron,...
Space startup Gitai raises $17.1M to help build the robotic workforce of commercial space – TechCrunch
Japanese space startup Gitai has raised a $17.1 million funding round, a Series B financing for the robotics startup. This new funding will be used for hiring, as well as...
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has a hidden ‘family portrait’
In 1972, astronaut Charles Duke left a family portrait on the moon. Now, almost 50 years later, another NASA employee keeps its own family close. The Perseverance rover made its...
Astra awarded NASA launch contract for storm observation satellites – TechCrunch
Astra, the Alameda-based space launch startup that recently announced its intent to go public via a SPAC merger, has secured a contract to deliver six cube satellites to space on...
Spacecraft zooms by Venus and snaps a striking image
Why hello, Venus. NASA's Parker Solar Probe, a well-armored spacecraft that's observing the sun closer than any mission before, swung by Venus in July 2020 and snapped some opportunistic images....
Blue Origin pushes New Glenn orbital rocket’s first flight to Q4 2022 – TechCrunch
Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin published an updated timeline for the first flight of New Glenn, the orbital rocket it’s building to complement its existing New Shepard suborbital space...
Why extreme winter freezes will still happen in a warming world
Climate 101 is a Mashable series that answers provoking and salient questions about Earth’s warming climate. During the historic Texas cold, people froze to death. Even as the world warms,...
Mars’ 2 weird moons began as 1 large moon, study suggests
Mars may have had a single moon before something smashed into it, tearing it asunder into the two moons we see today. In a Monday in Nature, scientists explained how...
If God broke the laws of physics, would scientists even notice?
I still believed in God (I am now an atheist) when I heard the following question at a seminar, first posed by Einstein, and was stunned by its elegance and...