SpaceX plans to launch its massive Starship rocket early Monday in an effort to reach orbit with the spacecraft for the first time. According to SpaceX’s website, the 75-minute launch window begins at 8:15 a.m. ET, or 7:15 a.m. local time, from the company’s city of Starbase, Texas. The Federal Aviation Administration told CNBC via … Read more
The path to Jupiter’s moons, which scientists believe could harbor conditions conducive to supporting life, is long and littered with flybys of Earth. The European Space Agency (ESA) launched its Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) in April 2023, to focus on the giant’s two largest moons, Ganymede and Callisto. Juice will also collect a wealth … Read more
Sign up to see the future today. Innovations that cannot be missed from the cutting edge of science and technology. Amid heated debates over AI safety and consciousness, the Associated Press Stylebook has reminded everyone of its position on the entire “anthropomorphism” debate. “Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language … Read more
The pea crab (Pinnotheres pisum), also known as the mussel flea. This tiny animal is one of the smallest crab species (a female rarely measures more than 12 mm across) and is a parasite of mussels and some other bivalve mollusks. Mussels are a tough nut to crack: their thick shells and lightning reflexes protect … Read more
Watch it live! SpaceX Starship megarocket launches into orbit for the first time – YouTube Watch On SpaceX’s Starship megarocket will attempt to enter orbit for the first time on Monday morning (September 28), and you can watch the historic action live. Starship is scheduled to launch from SpaceX’s Starbase site in South Texas on … Read more
Quick FactsWhat it is: IC 348, a star-forming reflection nebula. Where it is: 1,000 light years away, in the constellation of Perseus. When shared: September 15, 2026. Behold: one of the largest panoramas of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) published to date. This intense and impressive image offers a remarkably detailed view of IC … Read more
Sign up to see the future, today Unmissable innovations from the cutting edge of science and technology In a 2022 study, scientists suggested there could be huge mountain ranges, on the scale of the Himalayas, formed about 500 million years ago when the supercontinent Gondwana formed in Earth’s southern hemisphere. The giant mass was once … Read more
Chinese researchers appear to have revealed a previously unknown inter-satellite refueling operation in high Earth orbit, putting the country at the forefront of a technology that could reshape the space race. In a peer-reviewed paper for the Journal of Deep Space Exploration, the team said China had “successfully provided room-temperature refueling for a high-orbit BeiDou … Read more
A team of astrophysicists has detected a radio signal coming from a planet beyond the solar system for the first time in scientific history, according to explosive new research. The development is an important step toward discovering the types of planets found deep in the galaxy and where life could be found. The team of … Read more
On September 26, 1983, a Russian Soyuz rocket exploded on the launch pad. Two cosmonauts Vladimir Titov and Gennady Strekalov were inside their Soyuz T-10-1 spacecraft atop the rocket, and barely made it out alive. Titov and Strekalov’s mission was to launch cosmonauts from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the Salyut 7 space station. … Read more