Daily Archives: Mar 14, 2026
The Science Behind the XM7 Rifle That’s Changing Military Firearms
When military small arms are involved, the argument is seldom won with one shot. Is extra firepower worth added weight? Can a new round actually revolutionize the game? The U.S. Army's XM7 rifle, star of the Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) program, is testing conventional wisdom about range, killing...
The Fastest Interstellar Object: 7 Things Scientists Have Learned
"Seeing it's like catching a glimpse of a rifle bullet for one thousandth of a second," explained David Jewitt of UCLA, describing the brief passage of an object now designated as 3I/ATLAS. The third confirmed interstellar visitor is traveling through the solar system at a speed that towers over...
NASA’s New Astronaut Class Poised for Moon, Mars, and Beyond
They came to NASA's Johnson Space Center not as dreamers but as the next generation of explorers, selected from over 8,000 applicants to take the United States further into space than any previous generation. The ten newly selected astronaut candidates four men and six women will learn to fly...
