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The fish will die regardless: With some Western reservoirs set to run dry, officials lift fishing limits
Fish all you want — they’re doomed either way. That’s the bleak message wildlife officials have given at a handful of reservoirs across Colorado and Oregon.Both states face stark drought forecasts, with some reservoirs expected to run dry by summer’s end. Given that...
Scientists locate source of mysterious radio signals after 20 year search: A vampire star and its victim
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.A schematic of the ASKAP J1745-5051 showing the compact white dwarf at the heart of a nest of magnetic-field lines, and a stream of matter flowing onto it from its...
China launches debut mission of Falcon 9-like rocket with no advance notice (video)
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: CCTVA partially reusable Chinese rocket just made a surprise debut.China launched its Long March 12B vehicle for the first time ever on Monday (June 1),...
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket to return to flight before year ends, CEO says
By Joey RouletteJune 2 (Reuters) - Blue Origin will return its New Glenn rocket to flight before the year ends, CEO Dave Limp said late on Monday, days after one of the rockets exploded, damaging the company's launch pad and tightening a U.S. launch bottleneck for...
Student-powered ‘moon’ rovers put to the test | Space photo of the day for June 2, 2026
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.A team navigates an obstacle course on an Earth-bound rover as part of NASA's 2026 Human Exploration Rover Challenge. | Credit: USSRC/Megan HolbrookHundreds of...
Massive boom over northeastern US was a meteor explosion as powerful as 300 tons of TNT, NASA confirms
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: CIRA/NOAA/R. Schott/American Meteor SocietyA sonic boom heard throughout the northeastern United States last week was caused by a meteor, NASA confirmed after...
Unlocking ‘the true space age’: Impulse Space raises $500 million to build out fleet of ultra-mobile spacecraft
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Impulse Space's Mira spacecraft took this selfie during one of its trips to orbit. | Credit: Impulse Space Impulse Space just got a lot more money to help finance...
Ancient coin, mysterious markings found under Notre Dame cathedral
Inside Notre Dame Cathedral's recovery from its 2019 fire to Saturday's reopening 03:54Wilting in the summer sun, a line of tourists waits to climb Notre Dame cathedral and meet its gargoyles.Four meters (13 feet) beneath them, a team of archaeologists is digging the...
Astronomers discover exoplanets with magnetic fields
By Will DunhamWASHINGTON, June 2 (Reuters) - Based on the behavior of winds on seven large and hot gas exoplanets, astronomers have obtained the strongest evidence to date that planets beyond our solar system possess magnetic fields, like Earth and five other planets...
A new exhibit shows plaster casts of Pompeii victims frozen at the time of death
POMPEII, Italy (AP) — More than 20 plaster casts of victims who died in the catastrophic volcano eruption in Pompeii went on display for the first time Thursday in a permanent exhibition.The casts, which scholars call “imprints of pain,” dramatically capture the...
Bus-sized asteroid will fly past Earth tonight mere days after being discovered. Here’s what to expect
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Asteroid 2026 EG1 will pass within 1 lunar distance of Earth. | Credit: NASA JPL, NASA/STScI/J. DePasquale/A. PaganA newly discovered bus-sized asteroid is set to...
Northrop Grumman’s 1st ‘Cygnus XL’ cargo spacecraft departs the space station
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: NASAThe first mission of Northrop Grumman's big new cargo spacecraft is nearly over.That freighter, known as Cygnus XL, left the International Space Station...
Will Artemis 2 launch toward the moon next month? Watch NASA’s mission update today
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky[embedded content]NASA will give an update about its Artemis 2 moon launch plans today (March 12), and you can watch it live.The agency will...
A mass stellar migration billions of years ago may have helped life get started on Earth
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Stars similar to our sun formed a mass migration from the center of the Milky Way, occurring approximately 4 billion to 6 billion years ago. | Credit: NAOJOur sun and...
Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket reaches orbit on 1st launch since explosive accidents last year (video)
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: Firefly AerospaceTexas-based Firefly Aerospace is celebrating today (March 11) after successfully launching its Alpha rocket for the first time in nearly a...
NASA spacecraft makes an uncontrolled plunge back to Earth
A large space probe plummeted into Earth’s atmosphere early Wednesday — years earlier than expected. And while most of the spacecraft was expected to disintegrate in a flaming blaze during reentry, a few components could have survived, according to NASA.The odds that...
1,300-pound NASA satellite re-enters Earth’s atmosphere after 14 years in space
A 1,300-pound NASA probe re-entered Earth's atmosphere on Wednesday, nearly 14 years after it was launched.The U.S. Space Force confirmed the Van Allen Probe A, which was launched in August 2012, re-entered the atmosphere at 6:37 a.m. ET on Wednesday over the eastern...
Old NASA science satellite plunges back to Earth
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An old NASA science satellite plunged uncontrolled from orbit and reentered over the Pacific on Wednesday.The U.S. Space Force said the Van Allen Probe A came in west of the Galapagos Islands.NASA expected some of the 1,323-pound...
Mosquitoes evolved to prefer human blood. The shift could reveal when and where early humans lived
Mosquitoes haven’t always had a taste for human blood — partly because the tiny yet dangerous insects have been around a lot longer than humans.Pinpointing when mosquitoes shifted their preference to human blood could provide a novel window into the spread of early...
Astrophysicists figure out what caused a super-bright supernova
WASHINGTON, March 11 (Reuters) - A supernova - the explosion marking the end of a massive star's life - is one of the brightest cosmic events, usually about a billion times more luminous than the sun. But some - a small fraction - are even brighter than that, 10 to...
The ‘invisible giant’ at the heart of our galaxy | Space photo of the day for March 11, 2026
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.A cluster of stars and gas surrounding the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, known as Sagittarius A* or Sgr A*. | Credit: ESO/D. Ribeiro for the MPE GC teamA new...
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