Traveling in winter comes with its own crop of different must-have items that you should have before your trip. Here are some ...

Millions of people have watched Echo, the U.S. balloon satellite, as it crosses the sky. And most of them have noticed that it twinkles like a star and also brightens and dims slowly in a way that no ...

NASA has had a long connection with gold and its unique color. In 1996, the Mars Global Surveyor was launched into space carrying a gold-plated telescope mirror designed to map the topography of Mars.

Armstrong’s pressurized spacesuit, measuring nearly 5 feet 7 inches tall, featured anodized aluminum gauges and valves. (Detail) Dan Winters On the 49th anniversary ...

Tucson-based researchers have won two of the 12 awards NASA gives annually to turn science-fiction concepts into reality. UA astronomy professor Christopher Walker wants to build a 10-meter suborbital ...

If you want to build semiconductors at home, it seems like the best place to start might be to find a used scanning electron microscope on eBay. At least that’s how [Peter Bosch] kicked off his ...

If you want to build semiconductors at home, it seems like the best place to start might be to find a used scanning electron microscope on eBay. At least that’s how [Peter Bosch] kicked off his ...

Abstract: This report summarizes the radiation damage and the light transmission efficiency studies done on air core light guides with three different types of reflective material: two types of ...

If you can't get your hands on a pair of solar eclipse glasses, experts say there are still ways to enjoy the event safely. There are also unsafe alternatives, including wearing your normal sunglasses ...

JANE LEW, W.Va. (WBOY) — The April 8 solar eclipse is fast approaching and with all the excitement, officials with the Central Appalachian Astronomy Club want to alert the public to the dangers of ...