Try Skimming Potato-Shaped Stones on Water, Mathematicians Say
These might not look like premium skimming stones, but they’re worth a throw. Amanda Kooser/CNET The conventional wisdom for skimming (or skipping) stones on water is to find a round,…
A ‘Bomb Cyclone’ Is Threatening California. Here’s What That Means
The bomb cyclone as it moves toward the coast of California. NOAA Satellites On Wednesday and Thursday, areas of Northern and Southern California are poised to experience excessive rainfall, widespread…
NASA Considers SpaceX as Emergency Return Option for Stranded ISS Crew
NASA TV streamed a look at the Soyuz leak as it happened. NASA TV Three residents of the International Space Station are facing an uncertain future after a Russian Soyuz…
First Korean Moon Mission Delivers Devastatingly Gorgeous Views of Earth
South Korea’s Danuri luner orbiter captured a knockout view of the moon and Earth in late December 2022. KARI Hello, Earth, you’re looking beautiful. South Korea’s Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter…
2023 Quadrantids Meteor Shower Peaks in a Flurry of Fire
Astronauts on the International Space Station caught Quadrantids from orbit in 2020. NASA/Christina Koch The early months of every year have a relative dearth of meteor showers, so the Quadrantids…
Watch the Sun Unleash Intense but ‘Pretty’ Eruption That Should Miss Earth
The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory captured footage of the coronal mass ejection on Tuesday. ESA/NASA/USNRL Our closest star’s latest intense expulsion of plasma was captured by sun-watching observatories on Tuesday.…
Quadrantid meteor shower peaks as moon creates poor viewing conditions
The Quadrantid meteor shower, the first of the year and one of the best displays, was peaking Wednesday morning amid a bright moon and cloudy weather conditions. The full moon…
New Digital Telescope Takes Higher-Resolution Photos of the Heavens
Unistellar’s Equinox 2 digital telescope costs $2,499 and has better image sensors and software compared to the first-gen model. Unistellar Unistellar announced a new model in its line of smart…
Watch a Robot With Magnetic Feet and Spider-Man Powers Defy Gravity
KAIST Marvel robot team (from left) Hae-Won Park,Yong Um and Seungwoo Hong pose with the magnetic machine. KAIST Look up. What’s that creature walking across the ceiling? It’s not a…
Huge Volcanic Outburst Spotted on Jupiter Moon Io
The bright spots indicate higher temperatures in this infrared view of Jupiter moon Io as seen by the Juno spacecraft in July 2022. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/ASI/INAF/JIRAM Shortly before NASA’s Juno spacecraft made…