The two stars in the nearby system ZTF J2130 are spiraling toward a catastrophic supernova. In the meantime, scientists are using the pair's slow orbital decay to put Einstein's theory of gravity to ...

For a long time, evolutionary biologists have thought that the genetic mutations that drive the evolution of genes and proteins are largely neutral: they're neither good nor bad, but just ordinary ...

A cinematic obsessive with the filmic palate of a starving raccoon, Rob London will watch pretty much anything once. With a mind like a steel trap, he's an endless fount of movie and TV trivia, borne ...

It has been two weeks since SpaceX’s last Starship test flight, and engineers have diagnosed issues with its heat shield, identified improvements, and developed a preliminary plan for the next time ...

The U.S. Space Force has partnered with a space engineering company to create an "orbital carrier" that can deploy smaller spacefaring vessels. The carrier, funded by the agency's strategic funding ...

Long Beach-based Orbital Operations raised an $8.8-million seed round led by Initialized Capital to build high-thrust orbital vehicles. The company was founded in 2023 by former Relativity Space ...

The recently synthesized Möbius carbon nanobelts (CNBs) have gained attention owing to their unique π-conjugation topology, which results in distinctive electronic properties with both fundamental and ...

Irvine-based small-satellite maker Terran Orbital Corp. said it has been selected by the U.S. Space Force as one of 12 companies awarded a position on the Space Test Experiments Platform contract.

Winged Canvas is an online school for illustration and a vibrant art nerd community! Dedicated to making art education accessible, they offer free live art education streams every Saturday and Sunday, ...

Winged Canvas is an online school for illustration and a vibrant art nerd community! Dedicated to making art education accessible, they offer free live art education streams every Saturday and Sunday, ...

Single-atom catalysts (SACs) comprise individual metal atoms—such as palladium (Pd), or platinum (Pt)—anchored on a high-surface-area solid support, which both isolates the metal and influences its ...

The U.S. Space Force is funding the development of a new "Orbital Carrier" spacecraft that can deploy multiple satellites when needed. The Orbital Carrier is being designed by Seattle-based company ...