Physical Sciences

Quantum Astronomy Could Create Telescopes Hundreds of Kilometers Wide

Scientific American: A few years ago researchers using the radio-based Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) performed an extraordinary observation, the likes of which remains a dream for most other astronomers. The EHT team announced in April 2019 that it had successfully imaged…

SpaceX wins $2.9bn Nasa contract to land Americans on the moon

Financial Times: Elon Musk’s SpaceX is set to return American astronauts to the surface of the moon, beating rival tech billionaire Jeff Bezos to one of the most prominent prizes in the commercial space race. Nasa on Friday named SpaceX as…

Ingenuity Helicopter Successfully Makes First Flight On Mars

IEEE Spectrum: Earlier today, at about 11am Mars time, the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter successfully completed its very first flight on Mars. The little helicopter, which is about the size of a box of tissues, did exactly what it was supposed to…

There Might Be Remnants of an Ancient Planet Buried Inside Earth? Yup

Discover Magazine: Researchers are fairly certain that we gained our favorite satellite, the moon, after a planet, Theia, collided with the proto-Earth 4.5 billion years ago. What’s not certain are the details surrounding Theia’s fate. Was it a hit-and-run, or did…