This tangled web called "SNR 0454-67.2.", is a supernova remnant. It was made when a massive star exploded and it threw its constituent material into space and it created this messy web that we saw in...

Circular saws are a commonly used tool when it comes to the engineering department. They can be used to cut plastic, wood, and metal, all depending on the blade you choose. While using a circular...

As NASA engineers have found out, space travel can make your genes turn on and off. Almost as soon as an astronaut gets into space, their gene expression looks like fireworks in the night sky. This still...

Flying motorcycles are now real! In fact, the Dubai police are using them to train! The hoverbike weighs 253 pounds and it's max speed is 60 mile per hour! The hoverbike can safely fly up to 16 feet. The...

3-D printers are a widely used machine. Originally, the printers were used to make things out of plastic, but now 3-D printers can make lots of things in many materials.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx0Z6LplaMU https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/3d-printing-for-dummies-how-do-3d-printers-work-8668937.html 3-D...

On Nov. 26, NASA's InSight mission knew that the spacecraft had touched down on Mars. Now, the team has pinpointed InSight's exact location using images from HiRISE, a powerful camera onboard another...

Cameras are a great thing to have. They help in multiple ways. Cameras are great for solving problems. They can take pictures of objects so that engineers can figure out what is wrong. Cameras...

In our atmosphere, there lives a small group of thin seasonal electric blue clouds! Forming 50 miles above the poles(north and south) in summer, these clouds are known as noctilucent clouds. A recent...

As it turns out, exploding stars have a key ingredient for glass. Silica (silicon dioxide, SiO2) is a very common mineral found in Earth's rocks. One of those rocks, quartz, also has silica in it. Quartz...

Glass is an everyday thing that people use all the time. You might not even know it's there! Mirrors, windows, and some tables are made of glass. But how is glass made? Glass is made of liquid sand....

How is paper recycled? First, the recycle-rs take the paper and other materials from the blue bin outside your house, then they take it to a recycling plant where it is separated into types and grades. Then...

Have you ever wondered how clocks work? http://www.historyofwatch.com/clock-facts/how-clocks-works/ All clocks need a power source to act properly. Most clocks use springs as that source of power...

NASA has designed and built many spacecrafts for many purposes. But this specific spacecraft has discovered something scientists have been puzzled about: star clusters. The SOFIA has solved the mystery...

One of the world's many problems is that there's not purified water everywhere. In many places all around the world, people have difficultly getting drinkable water. Luckily, there's a solution to that:...