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NASA begins stacking rocket ahead of 2027 Artemis III astronaut launch (photos)
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: NASAThe assembly of NASA's next Artemis rocket is well underway, with the recent arrival of one of the launch vehicle's solid fuel booster sections to the...
SpaceX targets July 16 for Starship Flight 13, reveals what went wrong on previous launch
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: SpaceXSpaceX is targeting this week for the next launch of its massive Starship vehicle.Following engine tests on both Starship stages in the last two weeks —...
Astronomers discover sugar in space that’s also found in raspberries
The space between stars just got a little sweeter.Astronomers have detected a type of sugar in space that's also found in raspberries and self-tanners. The sugar, called erythrulose, lurks in what's called the interstellar medium: thin clouds of gas and dust littered...
In a sweet discovery, astronomers find sugar lurking in the space between stars
NEW YORK (AP) — The space between stars just got a little sweeter.Astronomers have detected a type of sugar in space that's also found in raspberries and self-tanners. The sugar, called erythrulose, lurks in what's called the interstellar medium: thin clouds of gas...
Extremely Large Telescope reaches a major milestone | Space photo of the day for July 13, 2026
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.ESO's Extremely Large Telescope shows off its impressive size after reaching a new milestone. | Credit: ESO/CimolaiThe Extremely Large Telescope just passed a serious...
Why is Venus hotter than Mercury, when Mercury is closer to the Sun?
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you'd like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected] is Venus the hottest planet, whereas Mercury is closer to the Sun? – Sejal M., age 7, Bangalore, IndiaWhen the...
Getting Vikram-1 to orbit: Inside Skyroot Aerospace’s coming bid to make spaceflight history
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-1 rocket is seen inside the company's Infinity Campus in Hyderabad, India. | Credit: Sumil Sudhakaran/Skyroot AerospaceHYDERABAD, India —...
China’s ‘Green Great Wall’ tames desert growth, but scientists warn the fight is not over
KUBUQI DESERT, China (AP) — For half a century, millions of workers have repeated a task across the deserts in northern China: inserting forearm-length sticks into shifting sand, first in a row, then in an intersecting line, gradually forming a grid. Then saplings are...
Archaeologists uncover 3,000-year-old tomb near Egypt’s Luxor
Archaeologists uncovered a 3,000-year-old tomb near the southern Egyptian city of Luxor, authorities said on Sunday, the latest in a series of discoveries that officials hope will boost tourism.The tomb, identified as belonging to a man named Paser, was found by a...
The Latest: Stricken cruise ship heads for the Canaries as authorities rush to identify contacts
MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities are preparing to receive a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands.Health officials plan careful evacuations of the more than 140 passengers and crew when the MV Hondius arrives in Tenerife this weekend.At least...
Spiral galaxy’s brilliant heart shines bright in a new picture from NASA’s Webb telescope
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A spiral galaxy’s brilliant heart outshines everything within sight in a new picture from NASA’s Webb Space Telescope.The image released this week depicts the Messier 77 galaxy 45 million light-years away in the Cetus, or whale,...
The charred hull of Artemis 2’s Orion | Space photo of the day for May 8, 2026
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.NASA's Artemis 2 Orion capsule sits at the Kennedy Space Center, charred from its return journey through Earth's atmosphere. | Credit: NASA/Ben SmegelskyNASA's...
What we don’t know about the hantavirus outbreak as the cruise ship nears Spanish territory
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Countries around the world are preparing to deal with the more than 140 passengers and crew members on board a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands.The vessel is expected to reach the Spanish island of Tenerife,...
Spain readies for evacuations as a hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads for the Canary Islands
MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities on Friday were preparing to receive more than 140 passengers and crew members on board a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands, where health officials have said they will perform careful evacuations.The vessel...
Six key things we learned about Pope Leo in his first year
Pope Leo XIV is marking one year since his historic election, making the transition from a low-profile cardinal to one of the most recognizable figures on the planet.His election led to something previously thought impossible: an American pope. But his pontificate has...
A bizarre ‘decapitated’ asteroid likely made the moon’s largest impact crater. NASA’s Artemis astronauts may land near the proof
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.A violent impact that carved out the moon's largest impact basin may have scattered deep lunar material near the lunar south pole — right where NASA plans to send...
A 29-pound Mars rock held NASA’s Curiosity rover hostage for 6 days
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Mars has intense radiation, furious dust storms, and temperatures that plunge as low as -200 degrees Fahrenheit (-129 degrees Celsius) — and NASA's Mars rovers...
How public health officials are tracing people who came in contact with hantavirus victims
NEW YORK (AP) — Hantaviruses do not spread easily between people, which makes health officials confident the recent outbreak on a cruise ship that has killed three people will not turn into an epidemic.But, still, they need to make sure. So health officials in several...
A new experiment deepens the mystery over gravitational constant, Big G
Scientists have announced the results of a decade-long quest to measure Newton’s gravitational constant, the force that keeps our feet on the ground and holds planets in orbit.The pursuit was more or less a bust. The most ambitious effort to date to pin down the...
Scientists say don’t forget about plants. Climate change is endangering tens of thousands of species
WASHINGTON (AP) — Global warming extinctions usually have people picturing the last polar bears or other furry critters disappearing, but the crucial and oft-overlooked world of plants is going to be decimated by climate change. Scientists predict tens of thousands of...
As measles roars back, scientists find antibodies that could offer protection
Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post.Using the blood of a 56-year-old woman vaccinated against measles, scientists have isolated a fighting force of four potent virus-blocking antibodies that...
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