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Archive for August 19th, 2023

‘Foundation’ space advisor on keeping Asimov’s fictional galaxy realistic (exclusive)

August 19th, 2023 by

NASA planetary scientist and “Foundation” space advisor Kevin Hand tells Space.com how the series stays rooted in as much actual science and astrophysics as possible.

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A nearby supernova could reveal the secret lives of ghostly neutrinos. Here’s how.

August 19th, 2023 by

By modeling the neutrinos from a supernova as an exotic kind of fluid moving at nearly the speed of light, researchers are searching for signs of how neutrinos can interact with each other.

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Satellites watch powerful Hurricane Hilary swirl above the Pacific Ocean (video)

August 19th, 2023 by

Satellites watched as an innocent-looking tropical depression exploded into the powerful Hurricane Hilary in just two days off the Pacific Coast of Central America.

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Bakery ‘Kochs up’ kolache to honor moon-bound Artemis astronaut

August 19th, 2023 by

NASA astronaut Christina Koch’s assignment to fly around the moon has already given launch to a tasty treat. Good Dough, a bakery in Galveston, Texas, has created the ‘Koch it to the Moon’ kolache.

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Bright cluster packed with stars shines in gorgeous new infrared image

August 19th, 2023 by

ESO’s Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) snapped a new photo of the globular cluster NGC 6723 containing hundreds of thousands of gravitationally-bound stars.

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