A new kind of electric motor is the cornerstone of a chain that can bend itself into multiple shapes.

High-energy accelerator beams colliding head-on have now completed the discovery of all the fundamental particles required by particle theory’s standard model. The search is on for new ones.

The above video should satisfy your daily need for rocket foom. Morpheus — a NASA testbed for vertical landing systems — did two firing tests this week that produced a fair amount of the usual fire and smoke, as you can see above. You’ll actually see two separate firings in that video. In the first [...]

We love a good space debris mystery. Hey, who doesn’t, right?  Regular readers of Universe Today know that it’s a shooting gallery out there, from meteor fireballs caught on dashboard cams to rogue space junk reentries lighting up our skies. (...)Read the rest of Did a Piece of Mir Really Land in Massachusetts? (739 words) © David [...]

Citizens of Earth, get ready for your Cassini close-up: once again the spacecraft is preparing to capture images of Saturn positioned between it and the Sun, allowing for incredible views of the ring system and its atmosphere — and also a tiny “pale blue dot” in the distance we call home. (...)Read the rest of [...]