[ad_1] Elon Musk. Patrick Pleul – Pool / Getty Images Elon Musk is the only person who can actually reveal why Elon Musk didn’t follow in the footsteps of fellow billionaires Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos and take a quick trip to space. But Marina Koren from The Atlantic has come up with a theory … Read more
[ad_1] A view of the NASA Space Launch System inside High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building. This photo was taken on September 17 after the work platforms were retracted before the umbilical release and retraction test. Credit: NASA / Frank Michaux The swing arms of the NASA Space Launch System mobile launch tower … Read more
[ad_1] This illustration shows the NASA InSight spacecraft with its instruments deployed on the Martian surface. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech The lander cleared enough dust from a solar panel to keep its seismometer on all summer, allowing scientists to study the three biggest earthquakes they’ve seen on March. September 18, Nasathe InSight lander celebrated its … Read more
[ad_1] New 3D simulations of dinosaur movement suggest that some animals may have swung their tails to help them move, the same way we humans swing our arms. Looking at the simulated movements of a Triassic theropod, Coelophysis bauri, an interdisciplinary team of researchers suggests that side-to-side tail movements may have helped some dinosaurs regulate … Read more
[ad_1] An archaeological dig has uncovered evidence of a massive cosmic explosion around 3,600 years ago that destroyed an entire city near the Dead Sea in the Middle East. The event was larger than the famous Tunguska air explosion in Russia in 1908, with an explosion 1,000 times more powerful than the Hiroshima atomic bomb. … Read more
[ad_1] A supernova explosion may have caused a hole in the universe. ESO / SpaceEngine / L. Route There is a monstrous hole in the universe. Long ago, a star exploded with extreme force and erased everything in its path. It even swept up tiny particles of space dust – but in a surprising turn … Read more
[ad_1] A 3D microflier sits next to a common ant to show the scale. Credit: Northwestern University The size of a grain of sand, scattered microflyers could monitor air pollution, airborne disease and environmental contamination. Northwestern University engineers have added a new ability to microchips: theft. About the size of a grain of sand, the … Read more
[ad_1] Northwestern University engineers have added a new ability to microchips: theft. About the size of a grain of sand, the new flying microchip (or “microflier”) has no motor or motor. Instead, it takes flight with the wind – much like the propeller seed of a maple tree – and spins like a helicopter through … Read more
[ad_1] From Star Trek-like medical scanners to concepts for off-planet agriculture as in The extent, science fiction has often inspired real research at NASA and other space agencies. This week, researchers are gathering at a virtual conference for the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program to brainstorm and explore science-fiction-like ideas, some of which could … Read more
[ad_1] A leaf-cutter ant (Atta cephalots) uses its metal mandibles to cut a leaf. (Image credit: Vaclav Sebek / Shutterstock) What is the leaf cutter ants and dozens of college students have in common? A mouth full of metal teeth. Tiny arthropods like ants, the spiders and scorpions regularly bite, sting, or pierce hard materials … Read more