PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Sometimes seemingly simple toys have some pretty cool science packed into them. You may remember when we showed you all the scientific processes that made the thirsty bird toy ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA'sHubble Space Telescope is now on duty minus one operational gyroscope. Thespace agency ...

NASA has paused science activities for the Hubble Space Telescope after one of its three gyroscopes sent faulty readings back to Earth. The space telescope, which has been delivering stunning views of ...

An image of the Hubble Space Telescope hovering in Earth's orbit. Update for Dec. 13: This post has been updated to include the most recent information from NASA. Following a string of setbacks ...

On March 15, NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory entered into safe mode, temporarily suspending science operations due to degrading performance from one of its three gyroscopes (gyros), which are ...

Scientists have developed the world’s smallest optical gyroscope — device that helps vehicles, drones, and wearable and handheld electronic devices know their orientation in three-dimensional space.

Entomologists and mechanical engineers ordinarily have little to do with one another. The first study bugs; the second design machinery. But last week the Sperry Gyroscope Co., designers of highbrow ...

WASHINGTON (voa) – Astronauts aboard the international space station say the failure of a stabilizing gyroscope is not a crisis. The orbiting outpost is now operating with the minimum number of ...

A new tiny optical gyroscope fits on the tip of your finger and could find its way into drones and spacecraft in the future. Gyroscopes are devices that help vehicles, drones, and wearable and ...

Hubble entered safe mode on April 23, but NASA reports the telescope is still in "good health." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.