Science-fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke once wrote, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” If I were a necromancer, I’d wake ol’ Art from his dirt nap and show him the 2024 Mercedes-AMG C63 S E Performance. This smal…
Rocket Lab is about to perform its first-ever launch from U.S. soil in what will be a major step forward for the 16-year-old spaceflight company.
The upcoming mission follows 31 satellite-deployment flights from Rocket Lab’s launch facility in New Zeal…
New Zealand spaceflight company Rocket Lab is planning to catch the first-stage of one of its Electron rockets as it falls back to Earth shortly after launch on Friday.
It’s only the second time it’s attempted the feat, which involves a helicopter, a s…
When space startup Rocket Lab launches its next mission, it hopes to use a helicopter to catch the first stage booster as it falls back to Earth. And this time the company aims to hang on to the booster too. A previous attempt to pull off this…
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While for decades Mars has been the planet outside Earth that has arguably received the most attention, in recent years, planetary scientists have been setting their sites on our other neighbor: Venus. This strange planet with its hellishly high temper…
Rocket Lab has successfully launched a spy satellite to orbit for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).
Rocket Lab’s workhorse Electron rocket blasted the satellite to space from Launch Complex-1 at Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand, early on Thurs…
It wasn’t until 1957 when scientists earned special access to the molecular third dimension. After 22 years of grueling experimentation, John Kendrew of Cambridge University finally uncovered the 3D structure of a protein. It was a twisted…
What’s happening
Japan’s space agency has performed an initial analysis of samples from the 4.6-billion-year-old asteroid Ryugu.
Why it matters
The samples are some of the most primitive materials ever recovered from space and will hel…
Rocket Lab achieved a world first on Monday when its helicopter caught a rocket booster as it fell from the sky. However, moments after the catch, the booster was released and splashed down in the sea.
The company performed the feat during its There An…
As Rocket Lab makes final preparations for its ambitious attempt to catch a first-stage booster as it falls to Earth shortly after launch, the commercial spaceflight company has shared a dramatic video showing a recent practice run in which its customi…
Rocket Lab is about to make its first attempt at catching a falling booster shortly after launch.
The spaceflight company’s 26th mission — called There And Back Again — will take place at Rocket Lab’s launch facility in New Zealand and could get under…
The Large Hadron Collider outside Geneva, Switzerland.
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After more than three years of inactivity, the Large Hadron Collider located on…
It came from deep space, moving at the speed of light, and crashed into Antarctica. Deep below the ice, it met its end. It wasn’t an asteroid or alien spacecraft, but a particle that rarely interacts with matter, known as a neutrino. Though theor…
The particle detector inside the collision hall.
Fermilab
You’ve probably heard of protons, positive specks anchoring atoms. You’ve likely come acr…