It’s funny how sometimes things you think are bad turn out to be good in retrospect. Like many of us, as a child I was fascinated by science of all kinds. As I got older, I became a little more focused, but that would come later. Living in a small town, there weren’t many recent … Read more
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Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Why do some planets have moons and some don’t? – Siddharth, 6, Texas On Earth, you can look up at night and see the Moon shining brightly from hundreds of … Read more
The main line A Florida family is suing NASA after a piece of debris from the International Space Station fell to Earth and blew a hole in their roof, a rare case that raises questions about who is responsible for space debris as nations, private companies and billionaires race to build the growing space economy. … Read more
Larger / Juno’s enhanced image of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot in 2018. It’s likely not the same one observed by Cassini in the 1600s. The planet Jupiter is particularly known for the so-called Great Red Spot, a swirling vortex in the gas giant’s atmosphere that has existed since at least 1831. But how it formed … Read more
It’s time to bring out the big engines. Those on the Space Coast will soon be in for a treat. Not one, but three Falcon 9 first-stage rockets that make up the Falcon Heavy are tentatively scheduled to blast off into Florida skies together this week to bring a weather satellite into orbit. It’s been … Read more
In 1974, the late Princeton University professor and space visionary Gerard O’Neill proposed the use of electromagnetic railguns to lift payloads from the moon. O’Neill suggested using “mass drivers” based on a gun model to accelerate a non-magnetic object. One application for mass drivers was to launch lunar-derived materials into lunar orbit for manufacturing in … Read more
You may be familiar with the “arrow of time,” but did you know there may be a second one? Dr. Robert Hazen, staff scientist at the Carnegie Earth and Planetary Science Laboratory in Washington, DC, thinks that a single arrow of time can be too restrictive. A second arrow, which he calls “the law of … Read more
Attorney Mica Nguyen Worthy is suing NASA on behalf of Florida homeowner Alejandro Otero and his family to recover damages after space debris struck their family home in early March, according to law firm Cranfill Sumner where Worthy is a partner. On March 8, a piece of space debris crashed into the roof of … Read more
Rarely are there any mountains so majestic as the Himalayas that rise so high in the sky that people feel like a point standing before them. But it is a lesser known fact that the Himalayas are not only scenic but also an area considered important for the study of geology. A 2023 study in … Read more