George Dvorsky

11/9/21

NASA Delays Moon Landing to 2025, Blames Jeff Bezos and Congress

The Artemis lunar landing was supposed to happen in 2024, but recent litigation and other factors had made that…

11/9/21

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Is Getting Absolutely Clobbered by Dust

Dust grains traveling in excess of 7,000 miles per hour are now smashing into the probe around once every 15…

11/8/21

Space Force Detects Mystery Object in Orbit Alongside Chinese Satellite

They’re calling it an “apogee kick motor,” but the object’s true identity and purpose remain unknown.

11/5/21

Unlucky Delays Mean ISS Astronauts Could Return to Earth Before Their Replacements Arrive

Ongoing launch delays are forcing NASA and SpaceX to get creative with their scheduling.

11/5/21

With Hubble Stuck in Safe Mode, NASA Tinkers With Its Storied Space Telescope

An instrument not used since 2010 was turned on in an attempt to source the problem.

11/4/21

Child Skull of Enigmatic Ancient Human Found in South African Cave

Scientists are struggling to understand how the 250,000-year-old fossil ended up in such a remote, hard-to-reach…

11/3/21

Australia Plans to Kill Thousands of Feral Horses—But Scientists Say It Isn't Enough

Experts warn that Kosciuszko National Park in New South Wales won’t recover from environmental destruction and…

11/2/21

Planetary Scientists Recreate Arrakis From <i>Dune,</i> and It Really Is a Hellhole

Planetary Scientists Recreate Arrakis From Dune, and It Really Is a Hellhole

Climate models suggest a fictional planet like Arrakis would be habitable, but just barely.

11/2/21

The Hubble Space Telescope Is in Safe Mode for the Third Time This Year

The telescope’s science instruments appear to be fine, but normal operations have been suspended.

11/1/21

Archaeologists Cast Doubt on ‘Oldest’ Evidence of Humans in the Americas

30,000-year-old stone tools found in a Mexican cave aren’t actually stone tools, argues a group of archaeologists.

11/1/21

Rare Roman Statues Found Beneath Medieval Church in England

Fragments belonging to a remarkable hexagonal glass Roman jug were also uncovered.

10/29/21

Award-Winning Ecology Photos Remind Us That Nature Is Awesome—and Complicated

Winning images from this year’s Capturing Ecology contest include a spider with a taste for bumblebees and a gull…

10/29/21

Red-Hot ‘Lava Bomb’ Careening Down Volcanic Slope Looks Like It Came Straight From Hell

The 3-foot-wide chunk of molten rock was about 1,650 degrees F when it sped away from Cumbre Vieja volcano on La…

10/28/21

Scientists Just Need to Follow These 7 Steps to Prove Aliens Exist

Under a proposed NASA framework, scientists would use a tiered scale to validate claims of life beyond Earth.

10/28/21

Humanity's Ancestor Could Get a New Name: 'Homo Bodoensis'

Only time will tell if the new name will gain traction in the scientific community and if the reassigning of old…

10/27/21

SpaceX Claims to Have Fixed Its Leaky Toilet Ahead of Upcoming Launch

The malfunctioning toilet caused urine to spill onto fans and reach beneath the floor of the Crew Dragon capsule.

10/26/21

Helicopters, Trained Dogs, and 44 Tons of Poison Not Enough to Keep Rats Off Protected Island

A historic effort to extinguish invasive rats on the ecologically sensitive island may not have worked as planned.