Video Shows NASA Astronaut Struggling to Walk After Journey Around the Moon
NASA astronaut Christina Koch posted a video a week after the Artemis 2 lunar flyby showing her stumbling on a tandem walk with her eyes closed. The clip highlights the vestibular disorientation astronauts experience when returning to Earth’s gravity after prolonged microgravity exposure. Scientists explain that the inner‑ear balance system shuts down in space, forcing the brain to rely on visual cues, which are absent in the video. The episode underscores ongoing challenges in post‑flight rehabilitation despite rigorous in‑flight exercise programs.
Physicist Proposes Dark Matter Is Made of Black Holes That Survived Dead Universes
Physicist Enrique Gaztanaga proposes that dark matter may consist of relic black holes that survived a cosmic “Big Bounce,” a hypothesized cycle of universal contraction and expansion. The study, published in Physical Review D, argues that black holes larger than roughly...
Scientists Say They’ve Tested a Way to Get to Alpha Centauri in Just 20 Years
Researchers at Texas A&M University have demonstrated a laser‑propelled micro‑device called a metajet that can move in three dimensions without physical contact. The metajet’s metasurface pattern redirects incoming light, converting photon momentum into thrust, a principle the team says can...
Astronomers Create Entire Synthetic Universe “Indistinguishable” From Our Own
Researchers from Durham, Leiden and other institutions have unveiled COLIBRE, a synthetic universe simulation that reproduces observed galaxy properties with striking fidelity. The model, run on the COSMA8 supercomputer, consumed 72 million CPU hours and for the first time includes realistic...
NASA’s Mars Rover Comes Across Formation That Looks Like the Scales of a Massive Cosmic Reptile
NASA’s Curiosity rover captured a striking polygonal rock formation that resembles the scales of a massive reptile while en route to the 32‑foot Antofagasta crater. The honeycomb‑like textures stretch across meters of terrain, prompting scientists to collect additional images and...
Trump Hires Orbital Towing Company to Build Space Interceptors
Donald Trump’s team has selected Impulse Space, a fledgling orbital‑tug firm founded by former SpaceX engineer Tom Mueller, to build the orbital layer of his “Golden Dome” missile‑defense concept. The contract pairs Impulse with Anduril Industries and a Pentagon prototype...
As Astronauts Visit the Moon, NASA Insider Says Agency Is in Shambles Behind the Scenes
Four NASA astronauts completed a lunar flyby, delivering striking images of Earth and the Moon’s far side. At the same time, the agency is grappling with a proposed 47% cut to its science directorate under the Trump administration’s 2026 budget...
Moon Astronaut Captures Shot of Earth That Lets You See Its Razor-Thin Atmosphere Perfectly
NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman captured a striking image titled “Hello, World” as Artemis 2 departed Earth on April 2. The photo uniquely displays the thin edge of Earth’s atmosphere, two faint auroras, and a zodiacal light glow, offering a fresh perspective not...
Trump Has Call With Moon Astronauts So Awkward That They May Turn Around and Disappear Into the Void of Space
NASA’s Artemis II crew became the farthest humans from Earth, orbiting 248,655 miles behind the Moon. After a 40‑minute communications blackout, the crew re‑established contact and were joined by former President Donald Trump on a live call. Trump’s brief remarks praising...
Elon Musk Secretly Shared His Number One Priority at Tesla and It Really Says It All
In a recent Washington Post interview, former Tesla president Jon McNeill disclosed that Elon Musk’s top priority at Tesla is to trim his involvement to roughly one day a week so he can devote more time to rockets. The revelation...
The Moon Astronauts Just Broke the Record for the Farthest Any Human Has Ever Traveled From Earth
Five days after launch from Kennedy Space Center, NASA’s Artemis 2 crew broke the record for the farthest distance any human has traveled from Earth, reaching 252,752 miles. The record surpasses Apollo 13’s 248,655‑mile apex set in 1970. During the lunar flyby...
The Moon Astronauts Brought Along USB Stick-Sized Living Samples of Their Own Tissue
NASA’s Artemis II crew—Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen—will carry USB‑stick‑sized organ‑on‑a‑chip samples grown from each astronaut’s bone‑marrow cells. The “functional” organ chips travel alongside the astronauts on a 10‑day lunar flyby and duplicate sets are sent to...
Scientists Intrigued by “Negative Mass Anomaly” Under Surface of Mars
NASA’s InSight lander data confirms that Mars’ day is shortening by fractions of a millisecond each year, indicating the planet is spinning faster. Researchers from Delft University of Technology propose a “negative mass anomaly” – a buoyant plume of hot...
Scan Finds Presence of Nuclear Fuel in 3I/ATLAS
Recent JWST spectroscopy of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS revealed an unexpectedly high deuterium‑to‑hydrogen ratio in its methane and water emissions. Two pre‑print papers, one submitted to Nature Astronomy and another to Nature, attribute the enrichment to formation in an ultra‑cold, metal‑poor...
Jeff Bezos’ Space Company Unveils Plans for Orbital Anti-Asteroid Defense Weapons
Blue Origin announced a Near‑Earth Object (NEO) Hunter mission concept in partnership with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, aiming to test multiple asteroid‑deflection techniques such as ion‑beam propulsion and direct kinetic impact. The plan leverages the in‑development Blue Ring spacecraft, which...