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Inside NASA’s Mysterious Rubber Room

Ever since learning about the Rubber Room and Blast Room deep below launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center I had been hopeful that I would one day get to photograph this mysterious remnant of the Apollo Program. I had seen very few photos of this room online and by talking to friends at KSC…

Space & Spaceflight Walter Scriptunas II

That North Korean Satellite Is Probably Dead

Last week North Korea launched a satellite into orbit. But now, just a few days later, New York Times is reporting that it’s probably already dead. That didn’t take long. https://gizmodo.com/north-koreas-satellite-is-out-of-control-why-this-is-v-5968007 We knew that the satellite was out of control, but now radio astronomers are saying that they aren’t seeing any signals from the satellite.…

Space & Spaceflight Leslie Horn

Did Scientists Actually Find Two Higgs Bosons?

The Higgs Boson. The “God Particle.” We found it. It’s “real science.” Story’s over right? Not exactly. An anomaly in the data kinda-sorta makes it look like there might have been two. https://gizmodo.com/did-scientists-finally-discover-the-higgs-boson-a-k-a-5922738 When scientists originally found ol’ higgy, there was a bit of a strange blip that’s still confusing: the particle was decaying into…

Physics & Chemistry Eric Limer

This Is World’s Largest Super Collider That Never Was

The Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Geneva is 17 miles (27 kilometers) long. It’s an incredible machine capable of releasing 14 TeV (Tera-electronvolts) of energy, which gave the Europeans the lead in experimental physics. But back in the early 80s, there was going to be another beast that could have obliterated the LHC’s record…

Physics & Chemistry Jesus Diaz

These Are The Last Words That Were Said On The Moon

Everyone knows the first words that were said on the moon, but what about the last? 40 years ago yesterday we left the moon for the last time, so now’s as good a time as any to ask. The answer? Well there are a few, and you can pick which one you like better. As…

Space & Spaceflight Eric Limer

This Adorable Dog Can Smell Your Diarrhea Before It Happens

Cliff, the canine Diarrhea Oracle of VU University Medical Centre, may just have the worst job in the world: sniffing out hospital patient’s infected feces. Clostridium difficile (C. diff), a potentially deadly bacterium, is a highly contagious form of infectious diarrhea. So in places like this hospital in Amsterdam, it can spread between wards fast.…

Biology Ashley Feinberg

The Secret Science In a Pint of Beer

There are two things we here at Gizmodo love unabashedly: science and beer. So, when we saw that the gang at the UK’s Institute of Physics had launched a site about the physics of beer, we just had to invite them to come for a chat. https://gizmodo.com/the-science-of-beer-bubbles-5967416 We’ve got Henry Lau and Rik Sargent (pictured…

Physics & Chemistry Brent Rose

Is There Poop on the Moon?

Everyone always talks about the wonders of space: its vastness, its complexity, and how exploring it is stretching the limits of human endeavor. Oddly, nobody ever talks about what astronauts do with their poop. Fortunately, Minute Physics and Smarter Every Day aren’t afraid to tackle such questions. In this video, they explore problems you probably…

Space & Spaceflight Jamie Condliffe

How To Watch Tonight’s Spectacular Geminid Meteor Shower

Late tonight you can catch some of the best sky watching of the year with the annual Geminids Meteor shower. Hayden Planetarium’s Joe Rao says it’s always one of the best sky shows, but this year’s shower is probably going to be especially good because the moon is at new phase. That means the moonlight…

Space & Spaceflight Leslie Horn

This Adorable New Species of Primate Actually Has a Toxic Bite

This little guy is so cute isn’t he? He’s a newly discovered slow loris—a kind of primate related to lemurs—and you can’t help but want to give him a cuddle. Don’t piss him off though, because he has a nasty toxic bite. This Kayan loris was discovered in the central-east highland area of Borneo, and…

Biology Jamie Condliffe

Here’s Video of North Korea’s Rocket Taking Off Yesterday

North Korea successfully launched a satellite into a careening, drunken, stumbling orbit yesterday. That’s probably bad news for someone or some someones, but still pretty impressive technologically. Here’s what it looked like from the North Korean control room as it happened. https://gizmodo.com/north-koreas-satellite-is-out-of-control-why-this-is-v-5968007 The rocket making a successful launch—it traveled over Japan—implies North Korea is close…

Space & Spaceflight Kyle Wagner

This Is the Biggest River Anywhere Outside Earth

This image, snapped by Cassini as it passed over Saturn’s moon Titan, shows the biggest liquid system ever found on any world other than Earth. Scientists have observed lakes and streams on Titan before, but this river is by far the largest yet: it measures over 320 kilometers in length. That’s still twenty times shorter…

Space & Spaceflight Jamie Condliffe

Track North Korea’s Terror Death Satellite Live in Space

North Korea’s satellite is wobbling out of control, and might rain down fiery death debris at any moment. Want to make sure you’re not underneath when the sky falls? Track the thing in realtime right here. https://gizmodo.com/north-koreas-satellite-is-out-of-control-why-this-is-v-5968007 As I type this, the Bright Star-3 “weather satellite” (death weapon) is over Antarctica. Tomorrow? Who knows. Washington,…

Space & Spaceflight Sam Biddle

North Korea’s Satellite Is Out of Control: Why This Is Very Bad News

After failing miserably on numerous occasions, North Korea has finally put a satellite in orbit. But according to US officials, it is now “tumbling out of control.” This is bad news, and more bad news, covered in a double layer of extra bad news. https://gizmodo.com/north-korea-says-it-just-put-a-satellite-in-space-upda-5967710 NORAD detected the launch yesterday at 7:49pm Eastern Time. The…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

The Rocket North Korea Launched Last Night Can Fly as Far as LA

North Korea’s aerospace industry can be called a lot of things—”successful” is not one of them. So far, the Hermit Kingdom has failed to put any of its first four rocket-launched payloads into orbit but it looks as though fifth time was the charm. https://gizmodo.com/north-korea-says-it-just-put-a-satellite-in-space-upda-5967710 North Korea says it put a satellite in space last…

Space & Spaceflight Andrew Tarantola

These Twin Orbiters Map the Ebb and Flow of Lunar Gravity Down to the Micron

Science has long known about the curious gravitational variations of the moon’s surface—called mascons—as evidenced by the Doppler shift of radio signals from passing spacecraft. However, researchers are now taking an unprecedented, high-fidelity look at the moon’s gravitational field thanks to a pair of washing machine-sized orbiters. The $496 million Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory…

Space & Spaceflight Andrew Tarantola

The Science of Beer Bubbles

Booze is prime territory for the appliance of science. But while we normally use biology to explain bad hangovers or chemistry to create new cocktails, there’s plenty of science lurking within your humble glass of beer, too. https://gizmodo.com/why-cheap-booze-makes-your-hangover-so-horrible-5966569 In fact, the UK’s Institute of Physics has launched a Christmas website based on beer, to help…

Physics & Chemistry Jamie Condliffe

This Trippy Gobstopper Is Actually a Map of the Moon’s Mass

When you fly two space craft around the moon for days on end, you may as well do something useful with them. So NASA created this beatifully colorful map of the moon, which shows how its mass varies over its surface. The color indicates how much mass certain parts of our rocky companion has: red…

Space & Spaceflight Jamie Condliffe

America Is Just So Beautiful at Night

NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite was able to grab this beautiful image of the United States of America at night because of a new infrared sensor on the satellite. The sensor is able to detect natural light versus man-made light at extremely high resolution. That’s how you get this perfect image of Earth at night. Wired…

Space & Spaceflight Casey Chan

Job Opportunity: How About an Exciting Career as a Professional Fart Smeller?

Hmmm, I’m getting notes of sandalwood, rosemary and a hint of boiled cabbage… We kid you not; there are people out there being paid to smell others’ farts and diagnose physical health based on their various odours. And not only that, it pays well, with reports of professional fart smellers in China being paid up…

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Inside NASA’s Mysterious Rubber Room

That North Korean Satellite Is Probably Dead

Did Scientists Actually Find Two Higgs Bosons?

This Is World’s Largest Super Collider That Never Was

These Are The Last Words That Were Said On The Moon

This Adorable Dog Can Smell Your Diarrhea Before It Happens

The Secret Science In a Pint of Beer

Is There Poop on the Moon?

How To Watch Tonight’s Spectacular Geminid Meteor Shower

This Adorable New Species of Primate Actually Has a Toxic Bite

Here’s Video of North Korea’s Rocket Taking Off Yesterday

This Is the Biggest River Anywhere Outside Earth

Track North Korea’s Terror Death Satellite Live in Space

North Korea’s Satellite Is Out of Control: Why This Is Very Bad News

The Rocket North Korea Launched Last Night Can Fly as Far as LA

These Twin Orbiters Map the Ebb and Flow of Lunar Gravity Down to the Micron

The Science of Beer Bubbles

This Trippy Gobstopper Is Actually a Map of the Moon’s Mass

America Is Just So Beautiful at Night

Job Opportunity: How About an Exciting Career as a Professional Fart Smeller?

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