Out of this world! Grimes revealed a huge new tattoo on Sunday that is inspired by aliens! (Because of course.) The singer shared a snapshot of the new white ink designed by Nusi Quero and tatted by Tweakt on Instagram, writing: “Don’t have a good pic cuz it hurts too much and I need to […]
Enlarge / This image consists of six photographs taken from the Apollo 14 Lunar Module, enhanced and stitched into a single panorama to show the landing scene, along with the location from where Alan Shepard hit two golf balls. Both astronaut’s PLSS’ (life-support backpacks) can also be seen at left. (credit: NASA / JSC / […]
Enlarge / An experimental satellite, not made of wood, that was used to test ideas for orbital junk removal. (credit: NASA) We here at Ars were somewhat surprised to stumble across a BBC headline indicating that a university-industry partnership in Japan was working on developing wooden satellites. The plan is less insane than it sounds—wood […]
Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today. Tonight’s the night: Saturn and Jupiter will appear closer in the night sky than they have in centuries, in an astronomical event called a “conjunction.” The gas giants, the solar system’s two largest planets, will […]
Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today. Tonight’s the night: Saturn and Jupiter will appear closer in the night sky than they have in centuries, in an astronomical event called a “conjunction.” The gas giants, the solar system’s two largest planets, will […]
(charge: NASA) Fifty-four decades back, NASA established the Surveyor two , an uncrewed assignment to learn more about the surface of the Moon. Regrettably, the spacecraft went into a fall en route following a collapsed course-correction burnoff, and it slammed to the lunar surface in 2.7 km per minute. However, the rocket booster utilized throughout […]
Expand / The Hayabusa2 spacecraft spies its shadow because it descended toward Ryugu to set up two little rovers. Early on Sunday afternoon, the heavens over a lush military complex in central Australia is going to probably soon be brightened by a fireball plummeting to Earth. It’ll be a showy homecoming to its sample return […]
Expand / China’s heavy lift car, the Long March 5, now beginning its liftoff using all the Chang’emails 5 assignment. On Monday, China successfully delivered the newest in its own Chang’emails on its way into the Moon. Chang’emails 5 would be the toughest to date and, even when effective, will create China only the third […]
Expand / / A OneWeb receiver. (charge: OneWeb) The UK has now entered the {} race to develop into a international satellite Internet supplier after taking charge of failed distance startup OneWeb together with Indian billionaire Sunil Bharti Mittal. Even the low-Earth-orbit-satellite operator emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Friday and will now find an […]
Expand (charge: Haitong Yu When Jason Benkoski is correct, the route to interstellar space starts in a delivery container tucked from a lab high bay from Maryland. The setup seems like something from a low-budget sci-fi movie: A single wall of this container is lined with a huge number of LEDs, an inscrutable metallic trellis […]