Rocket Lab gearing up to refly Electron booster for 1st time

Rocket Lab gearing up to refly Electron booster for 1st time

Rocket Lab is taking a big step toward its first-ever rocket reflight.On Jan. 31, one of the company’s Electron rockets launched four private satellites to Earth orbit. The vehicle’s first stage then came back down for a soft ocean splashdown, and Rocket...
Hubble goes hunting for small main-belt asteroids

Hubble goes hunting for small main-belt asteroids

heic2407 — Science Release 18 April 2024 Astronomers recently used a trove of archived images taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to visually snag a largely unseen population of smaller asteroids in their tracks. The treasure hunt required pursuing 37 000...
While millions watched the eclipse, these scientists listened

While millions watched the eclipse, these scientists listened

Francisco Rivas Fuenzalida, graduate student at Purdue University captures the sounds of nature as the eclipse begins. Credit: Purdue University photo/Tom Campbell Three hours before the 2024 total solar eclipse veiled parts of Indiana, the early afternoon cacophony...