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Kablam! Watch NASA Crush a SLS Megarocket Fuel Tank Until It Explodes (Video)

If you've ever wondered what a giant rocket fuel tank looks like after exploding, a new NASA video has you covered. In the video, which NASA released Monday (Dec. 9), engineers have purposefully exploded a test version of the Space Launch System (SLS) ...

Bad Weather Delays Blue Origin Launch of Reusable New Shepard Spacecraft

Blue Origin will have to wait at least one more day to fly its first space mission in seven months after bad weather delayed a launch attempt today (Dec. 10). The private spaceflight company founded by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos hoped to launch a suborbital ...

See Venus Near Saturn in the Night Sky This Week and Make Your (Skywatching) Season Bright!

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The Arctic saw near-record heat again in 2019. It's an ominous sign for the future of the planet

CNN

CNN

(CNN) The Arctic's snow and ice are the planet's air-conditioner, reflecting the sun's energy back into space and keeping temperatures around the North Pole cool. But a new report shows there are signs that this critical cooling system may be breaking down, ...

The X17 factor: A particle new to physics might solve the dark matter mystery

A team of scientists in Hungary recently published a paper that hints at the existence of a previously unknown subatomic particle. The team first reported finding traces of the particle in 2016, and they now report more traces in a different experiment.

Breathing new life into the rise of oxygen debate

New research strongly suggests that the distinct 'oxygenation events' that created Earth's breathable atmosphere happened spontaneously, rather than being a consequence of biological or tectonic revolutions. The University of Leeds study, published in the ...

Watch Blue Origin send its New Shepard passenger rocket to space and back

The Verge

The Verge

Update December 10th, 10:10AM ET: Blue Origin was originally supposed to launch on Tuesday, December 10th, but it decided to push the launch a day due to bad weather in the area. Check back on Wednesday, December 11th, for the next scheduled ...

Scientist to lead upcoming NASA field study of East Coast snowstorms

Snowstorms can wreak havoc across the United States, but especially on the East Coast. Snow is the least-understood form of precipitation, with major snowstorms among the most difficult weather events to forecast. Yet people rely on these forecasts to stay ...

Greenland's ice losses have septupled and are now in line with its highest sea-level scenario, scientists say

Washington Post

Washington Post

The Greenland ice sheet's losses have accelerated so fast since the 1990s it is now shedding more than seven times as much ice each year, according to 89 scientists who use satellites to study the area. The sheet's total losses nearly doubled each decade, ...

Chiton mollusk provides model for new armor design

The chiton mollusk, which is about 1 to 2 inches long, has a series of eight large plates and is ringed by a girdle of smaller, more flexible scales. The mollusk is the inspiration behind a 3D printed armor. Credit: Virginia Tech. The motivations for using biology ...