Decades-old problem in classical geometry solved: First compact pair of bonnets found

For over 150 years, a rule of thumb dating back to the French mathematician Pierre Ossian Bonnet has been accepted in surface ...
BGR

Scientists Detected Water On The Surface Of An Asteroid For The First Time

Data from a retired NASA spacecraft has helped scientists detect water on an asteroid's surface for the first time ever. The discovery is highlighted in a new study featured in The Planetary Science ...
Cleveland.com

Private lander puts U.S. back on moon surface for first time in over 50 years

The final few hours before touchdown were loaded with extra stress when the lander’s laser navigation system failed. The company’s flight control team had to press an experimental NASA laser system ...
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NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has long been breaking new ground – but this recent development is a real first

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Scientific American

First Commercial Moon Landing Returns U.S. to Lunar Surface

For the first time since 1972 a spacecraft launched from the U.S. has landed softly on the surface of the moon. And, for the first time ever, this successful extraterrestrial landing was achieved by a ...
USA Today

An astronaut is landing on the moon. For the first time, it won't be an American

WASHINGTON – Two days after the distinctly American eclipse, President Joe Biden announced that on the next visit to our closest celestial neighbor − the moon − the U.S. will be accompanied by one of ...
Road & Track

115 Years of Brick and Pavement: How the Famed Indy 500 Track Surface Has Survived the Test of Time

As just about anyone who's ever watched the Indianapolis 500 knows, a single-yard-wide set of the track's original brick surface sits exposed at the start/finish line of the famed Indianapolis Motor ...