Researchers have developed scalable lightsails, ultra-thin, reflective structures that use laser-driven radiation pressure to ...

IISc’s Aloke Kumar has led groundbreaking research around space habitation. In 2020, his lab developed ‘space bricks’ using ...

The March 3 launch, intended to advance Elon Musk’s ambitious plans for interplanetary travel, ended in a dramatic mid-air disintegration less than ten minutes after liftoff from Starbase, Texas.

The rocket sent debris flying from Texas where it ... and 40 planes to hold in the air for 22 minutes on average with the FAA’s Debris Responsive Area active. The federal agency also issued ...

The U.S. Air Force and Northrop Grumman have conducted a demonstration of the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM, stage-one solid rocket motor on Thursday at the company’s ...

A singing balloon experiment is a great way to learn how sound works ... Fasten the end of the balloon so the air cannot escape. Hold the balloon at the top and carefully spin it in circles. Take care ...

The REXUS sounding rocket will be launched from the European spaceport in Sweden between March 10 and 15, 2025. Once again, two ferrofluid experiments by students from the University of Stuttgart ...

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Planetary, based in Nova Scotia, partnered with Shopify and Stripe to pull 138 metric tons of carbon from the air last month. In Washington state, Ebb Carbon set up a site that can remove 100 metric ...

I’m standing in an isolated clearing at Vandenberg Air ... V rocket on the pad nearby should be cleared to launch the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM). As it soars away from the surface, up to ...