Artemis II heat shield aced its blistering reentry, ghostly underwater photo reveals
Artemis II aced its trial-by-fire reentry, despite some concerns that the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield would not hold up, a ghostly photo of the spacecraft’s...
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There are ‘reasons to be confident’ about faulty Artemis II heat shield ahead of 25,000 mph reentry, space expert Ed Macauley says
The Artemis II Orion spacecraft is expected to splash down later today (April 10) as the world waits to welcome back the mission’s record-setting crew....
There’s an issue with the Artemis II heat shield, but NASA isn’t worried. Here’s why.
The Artemis II astronauts are about to return from a record-setting trip around the moon, but is their Orion spacecraft’s heat shield safe to bring...
Scientists use ‘negative light’ to send secret messages hidden inside heat
Researchers have developed a technology to invisibly transmit information disguised as background thermal radiation. Using a phenomenon called “negative light,” they transferred 100 kilobits of...
‘We’re starting to find a lot more weirdness’: These strange animals can control their body heat
In 1774, British physician-scientist Charles Blagden received an unusual invitation from a fellow physician: to spend time in a small room that was hotter, he...
MIT designs computing component that uses waste heat ‘as a form of information’
Scientists at MIT have published a proof of concept for new analog computing components that could allow electronic devices to process data using the heat...
Grim photo captures polar bear mom and cubs resting in mud in summer heat
A bleak photograph shows a mother polar bear and her three cubs resting on bare ground and moss, their coats brown with mud. The image...