Watch: Former NASA engineer drops an egg from space without a crack

Atlanta-based startup Hermeus has developed a hybrid engine that can switch from low-speed turbojet mode to hypersonic ramjet mode during its flight. The company aims to develop the fastest-ever aircraft using its hybrid Chimera engine. With a Mach 3.3 (2,532 miles per hour), Lockheed SR-31 Blackbird is currently the fastest...

Could water-based propulsion be the future of CubeSat navigation?. A Japanese propulsion company launched its first experimental water-based thruster technology to space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare mission earlier this month, a press statement reveals. The company, called Pale Blue, installed its technology on a Sony nanosatellite. The Japanese...

In a recent breakthrough by NASA, ten sample tubes, each containing a unique piece of Martian geology, have been left on the Red Planet's surface in anticipation of further investigation here on Earth. On December 21, 2022, NASA's Perseverance rover placed the first-ever titanium tube containing an extraterrestrial rock sample...

Most people don’t know this, but Antarctica is actually an oasis for rocks that fall on Earth from space. In the last 100 years, scientists have recovered about 45,000 meteorites in this frozen continent alone. However, only a small number (around 100) of those space rocks are as heavy...

In what might be a groundbreaking moment in space industry history, a new startup plans to launch not one but two space missions this year. This might not sound like a big deal, but the company wants to go into space to find and use minerals from asteroids and other deep-space objects.

The unmanned aircraft with an air-breathing engine, can fly greater than five times the speed of sound, claim the researchers.

They consist of two blades looping together so that the tip of one blade curves back into the other.

That's no alien art form if you were just wondering.

The European Space Agency (ESA) is using a unique robotic arm to bring back Martian samples to Earth, according to a statement by the organization published on Thursday (Jan .26). “The mission to return Martian samples back to Earth will see a European 2.5 meter-long robotic arm pick up tubes...

ARC Aerosystems, a UK-based aviation startup, has unveiled its new VTOL passenger aircraft at an event in Dublin. The nine-seater model, named Linx P9, is pitched as a "cost-effective, low-carbon solution to intercity travel." The aircraft, which offers vertical take-off and landing capabilities, is touted to have the "flexibility of...

NASA is partnering with DARPA in a bid to develop a working nuclear thermal rocket by 2027. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson introduced the new project on Tuesday, January 24, during a presentation at this year's American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) SciTech Forum and Exposition in National Harbor, Maryland.

If you love science and technology then you have probably stumbled upon the videos of former NASA engineer Mark Rober. You may remember this one where he dropped an egg from space and collected it safe and intact or this one where he took five years to build a domino robot.

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has announced the development of "RaiBo," a robodog that can walk robustly even in deformable terrain like sandy beaches. The research team led by Professor Jemin Hwangbo of the Department of Mechanical Engineering created the quadrupedal robot control technology, according to...

Lazzarini, an Italian design house, unveiled their plans for a 74-meter-long superyacht powered by hydrogen fuel cells. The vessel, Plectrum, takes design cues from America's latest sailboats and features an innovative foiling system. According to Boat International, the design is inspired by the "more contemporary" America’s Cup sailboats - specifically...

Blue Origin is looking ahead to its next set of space tourism flights as investigations continue into a recent launch failure of one of its New Shepard rockets. The company is set to fly an all-female crew to suborbital space, and it will be led by Lauren Sanchez, the girlfriend of Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos, according to a report in WSJ Magazine.

The private space firm's latest mission, 'Virginia is for Launch Lovers', is the first of many it means to launch from U.S. soil.

The Hubble Space Telescope is still going strong, despite a number of recent setbacks. The iconic space observatory captured a stunning image of a region of space called Westerhout 5, also known as the Soul Nebula, as per a press statement. The region glows a fiery red due to H-alpha...

DARPA and the U.S. Air Force successfully carried out the final test of their scramjet-powered Hypersonic Airbreathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) missile, according to a press statement. The Air Force did, however, decide to finish scheduled HAWC tests, and DARPA's statement explains that "all primary objectives accomplished and program findings will...

Have you ever worried if the play between your cats was getting too rough? A new study published in Scientific Reports has investigated play and fighting in cats. Their aim was to use simple behaviors anyone could observe to work out what was play and what might lead to fights. This is important because the consequences of fights include injuries to animals and humans. At worst, you may even have to rehome one of your cats if they’re not getting along.

NASA has just revealed a stunning new image of the Chamaeleon I dark molecular cloud captured by its state-of-the-art $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope. The molecular cloud is located roughly 630 light-years away, and the new image provides evidence of ices made out of a wide range of elements, a NASA blog post reveals.