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August 23, 2026
Wind turbines are killing bats with invisible wounds, crushing their lungs from the inside with pressure waves alone. The post Biologists who necropsied 75 bats found dead under wind turbines in…
When surveyors predicted 32 desert tortoises at a massive solar site, they missed nearly 1,000—and a microchipped juvenile that ended up in an eagle's nest. The post Surveys at the Ivanpah solar…
Special relativity allows a massive spacecraft to approach light speed but makes the required energy diverge as velocity approaches c. The post Physics says a spacecraft with mass can never reach…
This website is currently under construction. Please see the full NASA Common Research Model website for current information. CRM-HL A new version of the CRM has been developed – the high lift CRM…
MeerKAT has detected a record-breaking hydroxyl megamaser from a merging galaxy more than 8 billion light-years away, opening a new way to study the early universe. Using South Africa’s MeerKAT…
The 2018 CRM‑NLF semispan test at NASA’s NTF evaluated laminar flow across Reynolds and Mach ranges, advancing cryogenic TSP transition‑visualization methods. The post NTF Test Data appeared first…
This website is currently under construction. Please see the full NASA Common Research Model website for current information. CRM-NLF Geometry The CRM-NLF CAD geometry can be downloaded using the…
This website is currently under construction. Please see the full NASA Common Research Model website for current information. CRM-NLF The experimental test of the NASA Common Research Model with…
A 2025 proposal gives methane rain a role in assembling cell-like membranes on Titan, but every step from surface film to stable vesicle remains untested. The post Titan is the only place besides…
August 22, 2026
On August 21, 2026, Chinese state-owned satellite operator Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology (SSST), also operating as Shanghai Yuanxin Satellite Technology, closed a 7 billion yuan ($1.94…
On August 20, 2026, NASA and commercial partner Katalyst Space Technologies confirmed that the LINK servicing spacecraft was unable to perform planned docking maneuvers to raise the altitude of the…
The fitness industry's favorite target of 10,000 daily steps may be a myth—at least for older adults, who appear to gain most of mortality's benefits at a considerably lower threshold. The post A…
ESA's Mars Express probe carried out an impressive virtual 3D flyover of Schiaparelli Crater on Mars, combining topographic data and high-resolution imagery from the HRSC camera. The…
On August 20, 2026, the Satellite Industry Association (SIA) issued a statement supporting the White House’s release of the updated National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM) on National Space…
Researchers have helped unravel the mystery of why certain pairs of stars pulse with regular, long-period bursts of radio waves. The particular class of objects they observed come in pairs that…
This website is currently under construction. Please see the full NASA Common Research Model website for current information. Experimental Approach The experimental approach to a project involves…
A provisional estimate points to more than 32,000 deaths above expected levels between mid-July and August, while national data already totals 33,000 across eight countries.
This website is currently under construction. Please see the full NASA Common Research Model website for current information. Computational Approach There are numerous variables in a computational…
Denmark has quietly built an energy system where most homes don't heat themselves—they tap into a national grid of shared warmth, a model that could reshape how the world thinks about residential…
The Salter Test Flight launched at 8:31 a.m. MDT (10:31 a.m. EDT) Saturday, Aug. 22 from the agency’s balloon launch facility in Fort Sumner, marking the first successful scientific balloon flight…
For several years now, young galaxies that are already massive and evolved, uncovered in ancient layers of light by the James Webb Telescope, have been puzzling astrophysicists. Should…
The surface of Mars is home to some of the most breathtaking and awe-inspiring landscapes in the solar system. This is primarily because the Red Planet lacks several resurfacing processes that Earth…
A machine learning model decoded features of the initiator region, linked to the start of transcription in many human genes. The post AI Decodes DNA Sequence Present in 60% of…
Crocodiles may be smarter than we thought—or we may be reading too much into their stick-gathering habits near nesting birds. The post Researchers have documented mugger crocodiles and American…
A tour of Johnson Space Center in Houston shows how NASA and private industry are already working together on the future of human spaceflight.
The gap between contentment and status anxiety isn't new—but our tools for measuring ourselves against others are unprecedented. The post Thought of the day from philosopher Charles-Louis de…
Moving away from Earth means exposure to a particularly hostile radiation environment. For future lunar and Mars missions, astronauts will need protection from particles…
The document updates US space transportation guidelines for the first time since 2013, and SpaceX already promises to go further: 10,000 Starship flights a year…
Now it's the moon's turn to pull a disappearing act. After being shut out of this month's total solar eclipse, the Americas will have the best seats in the celestial house when Earth's shadow…
The mysteries of Earth's magnetic pole reversal may be revealed by the rings of a 40,000-year-old tree, one of the... The article The secrets of the poles…
