New York Times: Ares is the rocket designed to launch NASA’s Orion capsule and its four crew on missions to the Moon. Both vehicles are part of NASA’s Constellation program. Under President Obama’s new plan for NASA, Orion will remain under development and Ares will be scrapped. Despite what appears to be the rocket’s imminent cancellation, Constellation’s managers have started an accelerated program of tests for the rocket.
The finding that the Saturnian moon may host layers of icy slush instead of a global ocean could change how planetary scientists think about other icy moons as well.
Modeling the shapes of tree branches, neurons, and blood vessels is a thorny problem, but researchers have just discovered that much of the math has already been done.
January 29, 2026 12:52 PM
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