Since astronomers discovered the first exoplanets orbiting distant stars more than 30 years ago, one of the most common kinds of alien worlds that scientists have detected are ice giants. Whereas gas giants such as Jupiter and Saturn ...
The celestial highlight of the month is actually a drama that has been building all through February. The two brightest planets in our sky — Venus and Jupiter — have been slowly approaching each other.
A new study has found that the launch of NASA's Artemis 1 mega moon rocket created sound levels far more powerful than predicted. To reach that conclusion, a team of investigators studied noise levels that were recorded using five different microphones ...
NASA-developed technology that can remotely detect the tiniest motions of the body caused by basic processes necessary for life will be used by disaster relief teams in earthquake-stricken Turkey. The devices, called FINDERs, for Finding Individuals ...
SpaceX launched 51 of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit on Friday (Feb. 17), acing the first of two orbital missions the company has planned for the day. The Starlink craft rode atop a Falcon 9 rocket, which lifted off from California's ...
Russian cosmonauts will try to take pictures of the location where coolant leaked out of a Russian Progress cargo ship earlier this month when the supply freighter departs the International Space Station Friday night, as scheduled, to head for a ...
NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter flew yet again on Thursday (Feb. 16), covering more Red Planet ground than it had on a single sortie in nearly a year. The flight was the 43rd overall (opens in new tab) for the 4-pound (1.8 kilograms) Ingenuity, ...
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is still doing its job — and doing it very well. Released today, this image shows the arms of barred spiral galaxy NGC 1433 teeming with young stars that can be seen affecting the clouds of gas and dust around them ...
Researchers participating in the PHANGS collaboration, or Physics at High Angular resolution in Nearby Galaxies, are using Webb's infrared capabilities to study 19 spiral galaxies. So far, the telescope has observed five of them in ...
When optical beams, consisting of photons, travel through fibers, they cause vibrations that generate acoustic waves, consisting of phonons. The phenomenon, called Brillouin scattering, has been harnessed by researchers to optomechanically "couple" ...
Wade Phillips, who despite being 75 is still proudly known as the Son of Bum, a nod to his Stetson-sporting father, a Texas icon who brought the Houston Oilers to the cusp of a Super Bowl title in the 1970s, is a head coach again after wondering if he'd ...
The Spartans then play at Grand Canyon on Monday, Feb. 20 at 1 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. MT, at Brazell Field at GCU Ballpark, in a game unaffiliated with the tournament ... The Spartans' weekend schedule is subject to change.
The stadium's new, bright green astro-turf and black outfield help the beautiful views of the western North Carolina stretch of the Appalachian Mountains pop even more. Phoenix Municipal Stadium: Arizona State.
DURHAM - Duke wrestling concludes its regular season on Saturday when it travels to No. 16 Pittsburgh. The match is slated for noon at Fitzgerald Field House and will be broadcast on ACC Network Extra with live stats available through TrackWrestling.
TAMPA, FL – No. 13 Maryland suffered an 8-7 defeat to open the 2023 season at South Florida at the USF Baseball Stadium on Friday night. Sophomore Jacob Orr smashed his first-career home run, a grand slam, as he equaled his career-high with five RBIs.
GREENSBORO, N.C. (theacc.com) – NC State swimming and diving took charge on the fourth day of the 2023 Atlantic Coast Conference Swimming and Diving Championships at the Greensboro Aquatic Center (GAC), sweeping the first four individual events on the ...
MUNCIE, Ind. - - The Ball State gymnastics program will get its first look at the 2023 Mid-American Conference Championship floor this weekend, when it travels to Kent State for a 1 p.m. league dual Sunday. The Golden Flashes' Memorial Athletic and ...
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Auburn swim and dive collected three more medals on Friday in front of a raucous crowd in College Station as both teams moved up the leaderboard. With one day to go, the men sit second with 774.5 points and the women jumped to ...
WACO, Texas — No. 1 Oklahoma continued its undefeated start to the season with a run-rule victory in its first game at the Getterman Classic Friday in Waco. The Sooners beat Longwood 10-0 in five innings to open the four-game weekend.
ELON, N.C. – Michigan State softball returned to the diamond on Friday, Feb. 17 with a 7-0 victory over Elon at Hunt Softball Park. MSU used a pair of home runs to its advantage with freshman Mandy Esman and junior AJ Militello each hitting their first ...