The SciencesJune 8, 2012
Faster-Than-Light Neutrinos Aren't
The same lab that first reported the shocking results last year, which could have upended modern physics, now reports that neutrinos "respect the cosmic speed limit"
Stories by Clara Moskowitz
Clara Moskowitz is a senior editor at Scientific American, where she covers astronomy, space, physics and mathematics. She has been at Scientific American for a decade; previously she worked at Space.com. Moskowitz has reported live from rocket launches, space shuttle liftoffs and landings, suborbital spaceflight training, mountaintop observatories, and more. She has a bachelor's degree in astronomy and physics from Wesleyan University and a graduate degree in science communication from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Space & PhysicsMay 22, 2012
SpaceX Rocket Launch Vindicates Commercial Spaceflight
The company's Falcon 9 liftoff this morning represents the potential of a new era in U.S. spaceflight, the White House science adviser says
May 22, 2012
Science Fiction Is Barely Ahead of Space Exploration Reality
Science fiction writers will always, by definition, be one step ahead of engineers, and interstellar travel and time travel still elude them
The SciencesMay 1, 2012
New "Beauty Baryon" Particle Discovered at Large Hadron Collider
It's just the second new particle to be discovered at the atom smasher where physicists also seek the elusive Higgs boson particle
Space & PhysicsApril 27, 2012
Leonard Nimoy to Shuttle Enterprise: "Live Long and Prosper" in NYC
The "Star Trek" actor was on hand when the shuttle Enterprise flew in atop a jumbo jet Friday and explained the show's influence on the shuttle's name
Space & PhysicsMarch 2, 2012
Earth Formed from Diverse Meteorite Mix
A match of silicon isotopes in terrestrial and lunar rock samples is revealing more about how both bodies really formed
Space & PhysicsJanuary 10, 2012
Biggest Map Yet of Universe's Invisible Dark Matter Unveiled
Scientists hope that by plotting out the distribution of dark matter throughout space, they will come closer to understanding what it is
Space & PhysicsNovember 9, 2011
Russian Engineers Race to Save Troubled Mars Moon Probe
Phobos-Grunt appears to be stuck in Earth orbit. In two weeks, if its thrusters aren't restarted, the spacecraft will be lost completely
Space & PhysicsSeptember 27, 2011
NASA Pinpoints Pacific Ocean Grave of Fallen UARS Satellite
The defunct Upper Atmospheric Research Satellite (UARS) reentered the atmosphere at 12:01 A.M. Eastern time (0401 GMT) on Saturday, falling into the Pacific at 14.1 degrees south latitude and 189.8 degrees east longitude
July 19, 2011
Last Shuttle Astronauts Bid Historic Farewell to Space Station
Atlantis is on its way home for a final landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida
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