Some 30 evenings a year, Astronomer Maarten Schmidt, 36, struggles with an electrically heated flight suit and enters the great, silvery dome of California’s Mount Palomar Observatory.

If you’re a fan of Star Trek or some other sci-fi universe, you’ve almost certainly heard of antimatter, the incredibly volatile and energetic opposite of normal matter fabled for its ...

Part two of a series on the future of space exploration. We will explore exotic methods of propulsion that could propel us to neighboring star systems and beyond. What will these future propulsion ...

A new analysis of astronomical data suggests unknown physics is at work assisting dark energy in acting almost as ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Rocket Lab has launched its workhorse Electron rocket for the third time in two weeks.

It again underlines the scientific potential of the LHC and its experiments, offering a new tool with which to explore the matter– antimatter asymmetry in the universe," says CERN Director for ...

The LHCb experiment at CERN has revealed a fundamental asymmetry in the behavior of particles called baryons. “The reason why it took longer to observe CP violation in baryons than in mesons is down ...

Nuclear rockets are the future of space propulsion, and while fission propulsion is rapidly developing, most believe fusion propulsion is still a ways off. However, a new U.K.-based company is ...

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Welcome to Edition 7.33 of the Rocket Report! Phew, what a week for Rocket Lab! The company released a bevy of announcements in conjunction with its quarterly earnings report Thursday. Rocket Lab ...

Rocket launches from Kennedy Space Center or Cape Canaveral, Florida, can typically be seen from Daytona Beach to Melbourne to Vero Beach. Watching a rocket launch while at the beach is SO Florida.