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Major meteor shower to peak in California sky. Here’s when — and how to catch a glimpse
The Sacramento Bee· 4 days agoAs they shoot across California skies, the meteors will travel at around 44 miles per second.
Meteors from famous Halley’s Comet to peak over SC soon. Here’s when and how best to watch
The State· 4 days agoMeteors from famous Halley’s Comet to peak over SC soon. Viewers in the southern half of the U.S. might see about 30 meteors per hour under a dark sky, with no moon, when the radiant is high in the sky.
Eta Aquariid meteor shower to peak above Connecticut this weekend
The News-Times· 5 days agoThe eta Aquariid meteors are passing by the Earth this month with an anticipated peak taking place...
The age of the solar sail is arriving sooner than expected
The Hill· 2 days agoNASA has launched the latest attempt to test solar sail propulsion technology. The Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3), consisting of a CubeSat the size of a microwave oven and a solar ...
The lunar far side is wildly different from what we see. Scientists want to know why
CNN.com· 4 days agoWhen the Chang’e-4 mission landed in the Von Karman crater on January 3, 2019, China became the...
Inside ‘Dragonfly,’ NASA’s Most Exciting Mission For Decades
Forbes· 3 days agoWhat if there was a spacecraft that could land on an Earth-like world in our solar system and then...
Birders aflutter over rare blue rock thrush spotted in Oregon: Was there another?
USA Today· 5 days agoMichael Sanchez's photos of what appears to be a rare blue rock thrush recently has made him the...
Underwater superyachts? A CEO is pitching fantastical ships that can go 800 feet down and stay...
Business Insider· 5 days agoThe Migaloo M5 concept involves a 540-foot base-model submersible superyacht that could keep its...
New mission could shed light on the secrets of the moon’s ‘hidden side’
CBS 58 Milwaukee· 3 days agoIn one lunar region, Japan’s “Moon Sniper” mission has beaten the odds and survived three long,...
Chicago Museum Acquires New Specimen of Famed Archaeopteryx
US News & World Report· 1 day agoThe museum announced on Monday the acquisition of the fossil, which it said had been in the hands of a series of private collectors since being unearthed in southern Germany sometime before ...