Building an AntennaBuilding an Antenna

A crane lowers the 112-foot-wide (34-meter-wide) steel framework for the Deep Space Station 23 (DSS-23) reflector dish into position on Dec. 18, 2024, at the Deep Space Network's Goldstone Space Communications Complex near Barstow, California. A multi-frequency beam waveguide antenna, DSS-23 will boost the DSN's capacity and enhance NASA's deep...

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SPHEREx&s Concentric ConesSPHEREx’s Concentric Cones

NASA's SPHEREx observatory is oriented in a horizontal position, revealing all three layers of photon shields as well as the telescope. This photo was taken at BAE Systems in Boulder, Colorado, in April 2024. Short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer, SPHEREx will create a map of the...

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Geyser Season on MarsGeyser Season on Mars

Springtime in the South Polar region of Mars is a season of exciting activity. The thick coating of carbon dioxide ice that accumulated over the winter begins to sublimate (turn to vapor) as the sun rises higher in the sky and warms the ice. Sunlight penetrates through the transparent ice, and is absorbed at the base of the ice layer. The gas that...

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Deputy British prime minister Angela Rayner refused to back ‘that nonce& Prince Andrew

Angela Rayner described Prince Andrew as &that nonce& and tried to prevent him from being eligible to deputise for King Charles over his links to Jeffrey Epstein, a new book has claimed.

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At least seven dead, 19 injured as air ambulance crashes in Philadelphia

Authorities sifted through burnt-out cars and charred debris yesterday to gather clues that might explain why an air ambulance exploded as it crashed to the ground in Philadelphia, leaving no survivors on board.

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Sick and wounded palestinian children in Gaza cross through Rafa for treatment in Egypt

Fifty sick and wounded Palestin­ian children are travelling to Egypt for treatment through Gaza&s Rafah crossing, the first opening of the border since Israel captured it nearly nine months ago.

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