Jay Bennett
Smithsonian Magazine
Washington, DC, United States
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Dragonfly Spacecraft to Scour the Sands of Titan for the Chemistry of Life
The NASA rotorcraft, resembling a large quadcopter drone, will fly through the orange clouds of the ocean moon in the outer solar system → Read More
Behold the Most Distant Object Ever Visited by Spacecraft
The New Horizons spacecraft has transmitted images from its New Year’s Day approach back to Earth → Read More
Warming up your car in the cold just harms the engine
The long-held notion that you should let your car idle in the cold is only true for carbureted engines. → Read More
Some of the Oldest Galaxies in the Universe Orbit the MIlky Way
Galaxies right on our cosmic doorstep likely formed at the end of the universe's Dark Ages, more than 13 billion years ago. → Read More
Quiet Boom: Meet the NASA Test Pilot Who'll Fly the Next Supersonic X-Plane
The X-59 QueSST seeks to revolutionize supersonic flight—by making it quieter. → Read More
The New Science of the Sun Will Be Astounding—And Possibly Terrifying
Parker Solar Probe, the fastest spacecraft ever that will skirt the surface of the sun, lifts off from Cape Canaveral this weekend. → Read More
The Spacecraft Engineering Required to "Touch the Sun"
Flying closer to the sun than ever before requires some of the most advanced manufacturing that humanity has ever achieved. → Read More
NASA Announces Astronauts to Fly on First SpaceX and Boeing Spacecraft
The commercial crew astronauts are slated to fly on test missions, and then to the International Space Station. → Read More
WWII P-38 Discovered Under 300 Feet of Ice in Greenland
The P-38 "Echo" is part of the Lost Squadron of aircraft that were forced to crash land in Greenland during a blizzard. → Read More
Nearly All the Dust on Mars Comes From One Rock Formation
New research helps scientists understand how Mars got so dusty. → Read More
Underground Lake of Liquid Water Detected on Mars
New evidence of water on Mars could be the best indication yet that liquid flows on the Red Planet. → Read More
New Technology Allows Ground Telescope to Take Sharper Images Than Hubble
Adaptive optics is the future of astronomy. → Read More
12 New Moons of Jupiter Discovered
The discovery brings the total number to 79. → Read More
This Flying Train Is as Wild As It Sounds
Just slap on a pair of wings and go. → Read More
So Long TNT, There's a New Explosive in Town
Bis-oxadiazole could replace TNT and other explosives in military ordinance. → Read More
Saturn's Moon Enceladus Is Spewing Complex Organic Molecules Into Space
Saturn's little moon appears more enticing for alien life every day. → Read More
German Nuclear Fusion Experiment Sets Records for Stellarator Reactor
The stellarator was largely replaced by the tokamak in the 1960s, but Germany's Wendelstein 7-X could be bringing the reactor back from the dead. → Read More
Rocket Lab to Attempt "It's Business Time" Launch Tonight
The first fully commercial launch for Rocket Lab is set to blast off. → Read More
Is a Space Force Really the Best Way to Defend Space?
The weaponization of space is inevitable, and defense strategies need to be established, but reorganizing the Pentagon for a sixth branch would be a massive, expensive, and possibly counterproductive undertaking. → Read More
NASA X-Plane Gets Closer to Electric Flight
The X-57 Maxwell is expected to fly for the first time in the next year. → Read More