Annual power ranking of US launch companies finds a shake-up at the bottom
Once again, we're back with our annual power ranking of US launch companies. 2024 was the third year Ars compiled a list of the most accomplished rocket companies in the United States with the goal of ...
Hidden 'shapes' within plasma beams may boost next-generation space rockets
Go faster, farther, more efficiently. That's the goal driving spacecraft propulsion engineers like Chen Cui, a new assistant ...
Why the ‘race for space’ has only just begun
On May 2, 1945, just a few days before World War II ended and two days after Adolf Hitler committed suicide, Nazi scientist ...
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Waiting until age 70 to claim Social Security gets you a lot more money. Here’s why so few people do it.
When Tom retired in 2015 at age 62 from a career in the energy-conservation industry, he waited a year until he claimed Social Security. “I decided to get the money early. You never know what’ ...
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Sounds of the 70s with Bob Harris
Bob remembers John Lennon for his 'Best of the Test'.
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory Evapotranspiration Algorithms
This organization will contain the evapotranspiration remote sensing algorithms developed at NASA Jet Propulsion laboratory for the ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station ...
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Ingenuity on Mars: The story needs to be told
This was the first powered flight on Mars. Scientists from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and other agencies involved in working on this project succeed in creating a flying platform ...
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Spring Has Sprung on Mars: The Red Planet Comes Alive!
JPL research scientist Serina Diniega shares how Mars recently celebrated a new year, a milestone that happens every 687 Earth days, ushering in spring in its northern hemisphere. This season of ...
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NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab is developing robots to gather data beneath Antarctica’s ice shelves
At NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, engineers are developing robots that can spend months gathering data beneath the massive ice shelves of the Antarctic. Ice shelves form where land meets sea and ...
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114-feet rotor sails make Sohar Max world’s largest ship with wind propulsion
A 400,000-dwt very large ore carrier (VLOC) named Sohar Max has become the largest vessel to receive wind propulsion technology to date, as five rotor sails were installed on this. Anemoi Marine ...
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24 Discontinued '70s and '80s Foods That We'll Never Stop Craving
Once a beloved treat of the 70s and 80s, Pudding Pops were a freezer aisle favorite that blended the creamy texture of pudding with the chill of a popsicle. Originally launched by Jell-O ...
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Antimatter rockets could make interstellar travel a reality with 300x more powerful propulsion
Moreover, the specific impulse from antimatter engines could theoretically reach a whopping 20 million meters per second, which the researchers say could make "interstellar propulsion a goal ...