NASA plans to send 3 helicopters to Mars in 2028
NASA is gearing up for one of its boldest Mars missions yet, and it’s not just about landing on the Red Planet. In 2028, the agency plans to send a nuclear-powered spacecraft carrying not one, but ...
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Rocket Lab’s First ESA Launch Highlights Growing Agency Demand And Valuation Risk
Rocket Lab (NasdaqCM:RKLB) completed its first dedicated launch for the European Space Agency, carrying the Celeste satellite navigation demonstration to orbit. The mission used the Electron rocket ...
Sperm get lost in microgravity, and it could seriously impact space travel
(Burazin/The Image Bank/Getty Images) A trip to space could very well leave human male sperm stumbling about in the dark, ...
The physics of no return: What actually happens if you get pulled into a black hole
In 1916, only a year after Albert Einstein had published his general theory of relativity, Karl Schwarzschild used mathematical calculations to show this: If sufficient mass could be placed into an ...
The JWST finds more overmassive black holes. This time in dwarf galaxies
One of the things astronomers find when they look around at galaxies is a correlation between a galaxy's mass and the mass of its supermassive black hole. Contrary to popular belief, these SMBH don't ...
Black hole mergers test the limits of general relativity
General relativity stands as one of the bedrock theories in modern physics. Its strange view of relative time and space has been confirmed by countless experimental and observational tests, from ...
New tech 3D prints rocket parts using multiple metals at once, cuts process time by weeks
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Casting, Composite and Processing Technology (Fraunhofer) have reportedly ...
Rocket Lab Successfully Launches 85th Mission and First Dedicated Launch for European Space Agency
Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or the “Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today successfully completed its first dedicated launch for the European ...
Using Catastrophic Forgetting as a Knowledge Topology Probe
I'm an undergrad with no research affiliation. I've been thinking about why LLM training is so expensive and why continuous learning remains unsolved. This post is where that thinking led — a concrete architecture proposal with a cheap falsifiable experiment at its core.The Core Idea (30 seconds) Catastrophic forgetting — when fine-tuning a model on new knowledge destroys old knowledge — is universally treated as a problem to minimize. I think it's a measurement instrument. The fo
Here are 3 reasons NASA can’t land humans on the moon again yet
For the first time since the 1970’s, NASA is sending a crew to the moon, but the astronauts won’t set foot on the surface. Here’s why the landing will have to wait.
Incredible new NASA images reveal Saturn in a new light — and it's all thanks to a telescope team-up from Webb and Hubble
Observations from the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes reveal Saturn's atmosphere and rings in the most detailed view created to date.
He suddenly couldn't speak in space. NASA astronaut says his medical scare remains a mystery.
Doctors have ruled out a heart attack four-time space flier Mike Fincke said he wasn’t choking, but everything else is still ...
NASA launching Artemis II mission in April; how to watch lift-off
NASA plans on launching its manned Artemis II exploration on a testing mission on April 1. Here's how to watch lift off.
Meet the Artemis crew in NASA’s first astronaut mission to the moon in more than a half-century
The four astronauts making NASA's next lunar leap bear little resemblance to the Apollo era. The Americans who blazed the trail to the moon more than half a century ago were white men chosen for their military test pilot experience.
NASA tracking bus-sized asteroid approaching Earth today
The rock is hurtling through our cosmic neighborhood at a zippy 23,197 miles per hour, according to the space agency.
From Moon to Mars: What Artemis II Means for the Future
Why it matters: Artemis II is a critical test mission to shake down spacecraft systems, enabling a permanent human presence on the Moon and preparing for future missions to Mars. Free-return ...
NASA's Skyfall helicopters to travel to Mars aboard '1st nuclear-powered interplanetary spacecraft'
NASA announced on March 24 that the Skyfall mission will launch before the end of 2028.
Startup reaches landmark milestone by igniting world’s first fusion rocket for faster space travel
UK-based startup Pulsar Fusion has successfully ignited the world’s first fusion rocket. The ignition of plasma in its ...
I Need To Know If These 36 Weirdly Specific Things Scream “MAGA” To You
I think Crocs are sus, but if they have Jibbitz on 'em, we're in a safe space.
If You Have A Teeny Living Space, These 26 Products Will Help You Make The Most Out Of It
These items will make your small space a big deal.