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I noticed this while almost closing my front door at night. There is a window with evenly spaced bars/slats directly in front of the door. When the door is almost closed, this sharp striped pattern appears on the floor. The lines are evenly spaced and surprisingly crisp. Opening the door wider makes the effect change…

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On April 6, the four crewmembers of NASA‘s Artemis II mission swooped around the far side of the moon in their Orion spacecraft, disappearing from Earth’s sight and losing all contact with humanity for roughly 40 minutes. At the same time, some 250,000 miles (400,000 kilometers) away, Chris White, the mission’s lead communications officer, was…

A previously recorded slowdown in Arctic sea ice decline has ended, according to a new study, with the largest year-to-year wintertime reduction ever recorded. In a study published last summer, researchers found that melting sea ice in the Arctic had slowed down over the past 20 years, with no statistically significant decline in its extent…

(This is Part 4 of a series on what it’s like to travel near the speed of light. Read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 first.) Quick question: how many particles are around you right now? Probably a lot. But a countable lot. Work hard enough and you could get the number. And yes,…

Following its liftoff from Cape Canaveral on July 21 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) hosting the NASA-supported Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) payload is now en route to geosynchronous Earth orbit, where it will use its advanced robotics to service spacecraft. RSGS leverages in-space robotics expertise from NASA,…