The planet Mars was formed, along with the rest of the solar system, about 4.6 billion years ago. But exactly how the planets formed remains a subject of debate. Currently, two theories are duking it out for the
NASA - How A Girdle Made The Moon Landing Possible
In thinking about how ASIMO was to be used, the engineers made the decision to further reduce ASIMO's size to 4 feet (122 cm) so that not only would it not be intimidating to people who were seated (or standing, for that matter), it would actually be at eye level. This height ...
As a child, listening to the ocean from a shell was exciting. WIN-Initiative/Neleman / Getty Images Do you remember trying this as a kid -- Holding one of the seashells you grabbed as a souvenir up to your ear? It seems like no matter how far away from the ocean you are, you c...
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"The first is that the battery pieces installed in the solar wings are made of a special material called superhydrophobic material," said Peng Song, deputy director designer of the Tianwen-1 probe. "Just as how a lotus leaf can let the water drops slip, such material mak...
Earthbags could be used as infill for a conventionally framed house, but typically they're more monolithic structures, meaning that the entire structure is made from the same materials throughout. Other than the bags and the barbed wire that holds the bags together, earthbag building is a natur...
Photo by NASA/Getty Images This isn't a trick question. Antimatter is exactly what you might think it is — the opposite of normal matter, of which the majority of our universe is made. At one point, scientists considered the presence of antimatter in our universe as only theoretical. ...
NASA’s 1977 Voyager mission, however, presented a golden opportunity to properly introduce humanity to anything intelligent that might be living out there. Recalling events that took place almost half his lifetime ago, the 90-year-old Drake was a leading voice on a team that had to figure ...