George Dvorsky
‘Seven Minutes of Terror’ Await NASA Perseverance on Mars Descent
In just 57 days, NASA’s Perseverance rover will attempt a landing on Mars. Mission controllers say it’ll be “seven minutes of terror,” as this...
What We Know About the Radio Signal From Proxima Centauri
G/O Media may get a commissionThe emission appears to be a one-off event, appearing only once in the dataset. With no obvious source for...
Neanderthals Didn’t Use Their Thumbs Like Modern Humans Do
An analysis of Neanderthal hand bones suggests these extinct humans possessed thumbs better suited for power grips, as opposed to precision grips, which could...
Scientists Reflect on Arecibo’s Doomed Big Dish
I reached out to the Arecibo Observatory, the National Science Foundation, and the University of Central Florida, which manages the facility on behalf of...
NASA’s Artemis Lunar Spacesuit Is Going to Be Damned Impressive
A guiding philosophy behind Artemis is that the program will serve as a stepping stone for a crewed mission to Mars, and xEMU is...
Viking Sword Dug Up in Norway Likely Belonged to a Left-Handed Warrior
The southpaw warrior’s grave intersected with the graves of three other warriors, which might sound undignified or haphazard, but it was a burial practice...
Trillions of Rogue Planets Could Be Careening Through Our Galaxy
To date, astronomers have found only a small handful of rogue planets, as they’re notoriously difficult to detect. To “actually get a complete picture,...
What to Know About Neuralink, Elon Musk’s Brain-Computer Interface Project
Elon Musk is set to make an announcement about Neuralink, a company designing brain-computer interface technology, on Friday, August 28. It sounds like science...
A Full-Scale Replica of Blue Origin’s Lunar Lander
A team led by Blue Origin has delivered a full-scale mockup of the lunar lander that could carry NASA astronauts to the Moon in...
Does Our Sun Have a Long-Lost Twin?
The strange configuration of material in the outer reaches of our solar system has led a team of scientists to speculate that the Sun...
