NASA tries Mars rover’s Mastcam to work out where MAVEN is • The Register
NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft is continuing to evade attempts by engineers to make contact as the solar conjunction nears,…
Ran submarine finds anomalous structures in Dotson Ice Shelf
An unmanned submarine mapping West Antarctica’s Dotson Ice Shelf reported strange under-ice structures, then went silent ten miles…
The International Space Station at Christmas and how to look out for it
The ISS isn’t visible every night, and sightings will only be for a few minutes when it’s overhead.…
This Glowing Bottle Holds Real Lightning, and Here’s How It Was Made
A YouTube creator has managed to turn a familiar idiom into a literal experiment. Using a particle accelerator,…
Rare Hector’s or Māui dolphin spotted in Northland prompts questions
By Penny Smith Scientists are asking people to watch out for any Māui or Hector’s dolphins spotted in…
Science history: James Webb Space Telescope launches — and promptly cracks our view of the universe — Dec. 25, 2021
Milestone: James Webb Space Telescope launches Date: Dec. 25, 2021 Where: Guiana Space Centre, Kourou, French Guiana Who:…
Atmospheric river floods High Desert, roadways on Christmas Eve. See videos
A Christmas Eve storm is bringing severe flooding, evacuations and road closures across the High Desert, prompting Gov.…
Leaked SpaceX document shows our future on the Moon — It’s much worse than we thought
If you’ve been paying attention, there has been news circulating about man’s return to the lunar surface. Although…
“Dark photon” theory, if correct, would completely upend physics
For centuries, most scientists have shared the belief that light behaves as both a wave and a particle.…
Protests in Kenya as elephants kill four people in just one week
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