Day: March 13, 2025

Former Google chief Eric Schmidt takes the reins at rocket startup Relativity Space

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Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has assumed the top job at an ambitious launch startup. Schmidt, who led Google from 2001 to 2011, has been named CEO at Relativity Space, a California company that’s building a rocket to compete with SpaceX and other major players in the launch industry. Schmidt, who’s worth about $33 billion, has also made a “significant” financial investment in Relativity Space, according to The New York Times, which broke the story on Monday (March 10). Former CEO & Chairman of Google Eric Schmidt speaks at Chainlink’s…

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Tom Hanks at ‘Moonwalkers’ film premiere predicts getting busy on moon

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Tom Hanks said he knows for certain there are two things that are going to happen in the future of space exploration. One, the day will come at some point when astronauts land on the moon and are greeted by other humans just like them, signaling that we have moved from the moon being a place we just visit to it being a home. The other — well, it is probably best to hear it straight from him. “Forgive my language, but someone’s going to get knocked up,” said Hanks,…

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Navigating a Slanted River

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Explore This Section Perseverance Home Mission Overview Rover Components Mars Rock Samples Where is Perseverance? Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Mission Updates Science Overview Objectives Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Perseverance Raw Images Images Videos Audio More Resources Mars Missions Mars Sample Return Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover MAVEN Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Odyssey More Mars Missions Mars Home 2 min read Navigating a Slanted River Finessing a fractured rock: NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image showing the “Slants River” target, which fractured after being abraded by…

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The 1st full live-action ‘Lilo and Stitch’ trailer just dropped and fine, we admit it: it looks fantastic (video)

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Disney has just dropped the first full trailer for the live-action remake of “Lil & Stitch.” “Lilo and Stitch,” Disney’s animated sci-fi comedy from 2002, was a bit of a departure from traditional Disney fare, featuring a spunky six-year-old Pacific Islander main character and strange experimental alien plunked down in a beachside palm tree-filled setting. The risk has paid off as it’s become one of the studio’s most beloved features two decades later, and now we’ve got a live-action remake on the way. Now we’ve got a lively new trailer…

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Uranus Discovered 244 Years Ago

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Uranus was the first planet found with the aid of a telescope. It was discovered on March 13, 1781, by astronomer William Herschel, although he originally thought it was either a comet or a star. Herschel tried unsuccessfully to name his discovery Georgium Sidus after King George III. Instead, the planet was named for Uranus, the Greek god of the sky, as suggested by astronomer Johann Bode.

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NASA Researchers Study Coastal Wetlands, Champions of Carbon Capture

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Earth (ESD) Earth Explore Explore Earth Science Climate Change Air Quality Science in Action Multimedia Image Collections Videos Data For Researchers About Us 8 Min Read NASA Researchers Study Coastal Wetlands, Champions of Carbon Capture Florida’s coastal wetlands are a complex patchwork of ecosystem — consisting of sawgrass marshland, hardwood hammocks, freshwater swamps, and mangrove forests. Credits: NASA/ Nathan Marder Across the street from the Flamingo Visitor’s Center at the foot of Florida’s Everglades National Park, there was once a thriving mangrove population — part of the largest stand of…

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NASA Analysis Shows Unexpected Amount of Sea Level Rise in 2024

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3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Communities in coastal areas such as Florida, shown in this 1992 NASA image, are vulnerable to the effects of sea level rise, including high-tide flooding. A new agency-led analysis found a higher-than-expected rate of sea level rise in 2024, which was also the hottest year on record. NASA Last year’s increase was due to an unusual amount of ocean warming, combined with meltwater from land-based ice such as glaciers. Global sea level rose faster than expected in 2024, mostly…

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