Rahul Rao
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New York, NY, United States
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Half the World Cooks With Toxic Solid Fuels — But That Could Change
Around half of the world cooks with solid fuels, which can harm human health. But sustainable, healthier methods are on the way. → Read More
This Asteroid Launcher simulator lets you destroy your hometown — or anywhere else
Asteroid Launcher, a new web app that gives asteroid impact fanatics a shot at answering some of their questions on what an asteroid crash would be like. → Read More
New space arms race could hinder exploration efforts
Exploration advocates want to put the brakes on a developing orbital arms race. → Read More
Webb Telescope finds carbon dioxide in a hot Jupiter atmosphere — and it could aid the search for alien life
WASP-39b, a distant gas giant "hot Jupiter," shows signs of water vapor and carbon dioxide, helping Webb scientists hone in on how to find them on smaller planets. → Read More
Here's how scientists spotted a 9th target for NASA's Lucy asteroid mission
Thanks to 26 teams of observers, spotting a star blink out showed that asteroid Polymele has a moon. → Read More
The moon's strange warm pits may be the most pleasant place for astronauts
New research suggests that strange pits on the moon may be reliably temperate. → Read More
This beautiful math equation could herald a quantum computing breakthrough
The Fibonacci sequence may unleash the potential of nascent quantum computers. → Read More
'Hot robots' may be necessary for future nuclear space missions
These robots could boldly go where no man has gone before - and survived. → Read More
Large Hadron Collider physicists find new particles in old data
These new kinds of quarks have an apt name: strange particles. → Read More
Hubble Space Telescope shows 5,000 ancient galaxies sparkling like confetti
Thousands of distant galaxies in different shapes and sizes glow in infrared light in a newly released image from the Hubble Space Telescope. → Read More
NASA's Lucy mission adds 9th asteroid to its list of attractions
The asteroid still doesn't have a name, and it likely won't for a while. → Read More
China's search for alien life turns up something suspicious — but there's a catch
Rumblings of mysterious signals from outer space are going around — but how much stock should you put in them? → Read More
Stellar pair may have formed when wandering star stumbled too close to another
While examining the stellar nursery L483, astronomers found a binary star system that may have formed when a wandering star fell into the gravity of its partner. → Read More
Boeing’s Starliner lands in the desert — and brings NASA one step closer to a key strategic goal
Starliner’s path to success has been turbulent. → Read More
A potential new meteor shower from shattered comet has scientists excited
The tau Herculids shower may be about to make its first appearance in our sky. → Read More
Future moon astronauts using water ice may rely on ancient lunar volcanoes
The discovery could be important for future human lunar missions. → Read More
The first congressional hearing on UFOs in 50 years shows America’s interest in aliens will never fade
Analyzing UFOs, importantly, shouldn’t automatically mean assuming aliens or dimensional travelers. → Read More
Inside the FBI's secret Einstein file: Flying saucers and Soviet conspiracies
The FBI conducted dubious research on the physicist's past, and internal memos in the file hint at the agency's master plan for the famed scientist. → Read More
Why so much solar activity? Sun may be outpacing predictions.
Before the new solar cycle began, scientists predicted the sun would be about as active as last cycle, which peaked in 2016, but it's too early to know whether the recent spurt of solar flares and storms will blow that forecast away. → Read More
Icy Europa's mysterious double ridges may hint at hidden pockets of water
A ridge etched into the ice sheet of Greenland provides an unexpected hint that plentiful pockets of water may be trapped just underneath the surface of Jupiter's ice-covered moon Europa. → Read More