Saturn Will Look Naked in the Night Sky This Weekend

A rare alignment between Earth and Saturn will make the gas giant’s rings appear so thin that they’ll be nearly invisible.

LHAASO conducts all-sky search for exploding primordial black holes

Primordial black holes (PBHs) are black holes theorized to have formed shortly after the Big Bang. Compared to black holes ...

A NASA Space Telescope Is Falling Out of the Sky. Can This Startup Save it?

In 2026, a first-of-its-kind spacecraft—launched on a rocket dropped out of a plane—will attempt to save NASA’s Swift ...
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The search to identify underground resources is often done from the sky. Here’s how that scientific magic happens

The federal government is pushing hard to pinpoint domestic sources of rare earth elements and critical minerals ...