SPACE.com: Yesterday’s launch of South Korea’s Naro-1 rocket failed when the rocket’s second-stage solid-fuel booster exploded 137 seconds after liftoff. Based on the Russian Angara rocket, Naro-1 is designed to carry South Korean payloads into space. The launch attempt was the second for a Naro-1. The first attempt, which took place last August, also ended in failure.
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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