Engineers who measured the shape of James Webb Space Telescope's mirror segments incorporated the same ideas into a system ophthalmologists use to measure the shape of their patient’s eyes.
Dinky arms ... ouch! Not the glowing or ferocious description people were expecting about a recent dinosaur discovery!
Science has advanced so much in recent decades that it’s easy to take it for granted. Like weather forecasting, for example. Today, a five-day weather forecast is as accurate as a one-day forecast was in 1980.
What may look like acres of unflattering dirt to travelers along Broad Street, we see as soil filled with a magnitude of stories that will impact the health of the plants we're putting into The Green.
Our solar system is old. It's 4.5 billion years old, in fact. But that's not what has astronomers excited recently. A new discovery of two young asteroids is the topic of the week taking up space in the brains of scientists!