Rocket sprinkler launches and hovers in mid-air
The ArchiRocket Launcher by ArchiWhimsy is a playful and functional sprinkler designed for kids, though adults can enjoy it as well, especially those interested in science and engineering.
World’s largest carbon fiber rocket-building machine weighs 99 tons
Rocket Lab in the USA has begun installing a 99-tonne automated fibre placement machine to produce the world’s largest carbon composite rocket structures in Maryland.
When is an aurora not an aurora?
From University of California – Berkeley 13/12/23 The shimmering green, red and purple curtains of the northern and southern lights — the auroras — may be the best-known phenomena lighting up the nighttime sky, but the most mysterious are the mauve and white streaks called Steve and their frequent companion, a glowing green “picket fence.” […]
NASA smash spacecraft into asteroid in planetary defense test
By Charles Carter, 27/09/22 Innovators at NASA have smashed their DART spacecraft into asteroid moonlet Dimorphos in the world’s first planetary defense test of asteroid deflection. They aim to prove that humanity can change the course of future asteroids that are headed for earth to avoid disaster, by intentionally hitting them with spacecraft. The team […]