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Blue Origin assesses impact of New Glenn explosion
Blue Origin explosion could impact space race position against China 02:13The destruction of Blue Origin's unmanned New Glenn rocket in a catastrophic launchpad explosion, along with apparently severe damage to the company's only launch pad, sent shock waves through...
What is a blue moon? Everything to know before the upcoming celestial event
You’ve probably heard the phrase “once in a blue moon.” Maybe you’ve even used it to describe an occasional occurrence in your life — the frequency with which you buy a new cellphone, for example.But this weekend will bear witness to a true blue moon: the second full...
Blue Origin investigates rocket explosion as public is warned about possible wreckage washing ashore
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is assessing damage to its launch pad after a rocket exploded during a test firing, creating a giant orange fireball seen and felt for miles around.The company fueled the massive New Glenn rocket Thursday night,...
SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites from Florida just hours after Blue Origin rocket explosion (video)
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: SpaceXSpaceX has 29 new Starlink satellites in low Earth orbit today (May 29), after their launch from Florida.A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the broadband...
Building with air – how nature’s hole-filled blueprints shape manufacturing
If you break open a chicken bone, you won’t find a solid mass of white material inside. Instead, you will see a complex, spongelike network of tiny struts and pillars, and a lot of empty space.It looks fragile, yet that internal structure allows a bird’s wing to...
To travel far on cloudy days, pigeons listen to their gut
When an American battalion was trapped behind enemy lines in World War I, a pigeon delivered the coordinates that helped save the soldiers when no human messenger could. Later, pigeons carried financial news and stock prices across a 76-mile gap in Europe’s telegraph...
Blue Origin rocket explodes during ground test
A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket experienced an anomaly during a ground test known as a hotfire Thursday, the company shared on X.Video captured from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida Thursday evening appears to show a rocket exploding on its...
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket explodes in massive fireball during prelaunch test
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket successfully launches NASA's ESCAPADE Mars mission on Nov. 13, 2025. | Credit: Blue OriginBlue Origin just hit a hurdle on its way to...
What to know about Manhattanhenge, NYC’s sunset spectacle
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City residents and visitors look up at the sky to experience a phenomenon twice a year known as Manhattanhenge.The setting sun was framed by a canyon of skyscrapers Thursday as it sunk below the horizon, perfectly aligned with the Manhattan...
2 ‘Lazarus’ animals thought to be extinct for over 7,000 years found alive in New Guinea
Two marsupial species thought long extinct, until now known only from fossils, were found alive in New Guinea through a collaboration of scientists, indigenous communities and citizen scientists.The discovery of the pygmy long-fingered possum and the ring-tailed...
Did Earth life actually begin on Mars? Asteroid impacts could let microbes planet-hop, study suggests
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Billions of years ago, Mars hosted lakes, streams and perhaps even a huge ocean. | Credit: NASA/JPL-CaltechA remarkably hardy bacterium can survive pressures similar...
Scientists are trying to solve the mystery of whether global warming is speeding up. A new study says it has the answer
Is the world getting hotter, faster? It’s a big question which has been puzzling and dividing scientists for years. A new paper says it has the answer, and it’s not good news.Global warming has accelerated “significantly” over the past 10 years, meaning the world may...
Watch Japan’s 1st HTV-X cargo craft leave the International Space Station today
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: NASA[embedded content]Japan's new HTV-X cargo spacecraft will depart the International Space Station today (March 6) after a four-month stay, and you can...
Among Young Climate Scientists, a Growing Interest In Geoengineering
Fed up with a lack of action on climate change, some students are researching dimming the sun despite the pushback from other scientists.Yashas Raj and Jake Chapman are hunkered down in a basement laboratory at the University of Cambridge’s Department of Engineering —...
Rocket Lab launches mystery satellite for ‘confidential commercial customer’
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launches from New Zealand on the "Insight At Speed Is A Friend Indeed" mission on March 5, 2026. | Credit: Rocket LabRocket Lab launched...
Astronomers capture the most detailed image yet of our galaxy’s center
Scientists have captured the most complete, high-resolution map of the cold gas at the center of the Milky Way, which contains the raw material from which stars and planets are made. Information from the image could help astronomers understand the origin of our solar...
Good news for the moon: Famous asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t smash into it in 2032
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. ProctorThe James Webb Space Telescope has helped scientists determine that asteroid 2024 YR4, which previously had a 4.3% chance of...
March is a great time to spot the odd glow of zodiacal light. Here’s how to see it
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Zodiacal light shines low on the horizon after sunset. | Credit: Photo by: Alan Dyer/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesLook to the western sky around...
Making hummus on the moon? Scientists just grew chickpeas in simulated lunar dirt
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Could lunar farms be in our future?. | Credit: Getty ImagesA combination of fungi and compost could make lunar regolith more fertile and one day help astronauts grow...
No chance asteroid will slam into the moon in 2032, NASA says
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA issued a welcomed all-clear Thursday, saying there's now zero chance that asteroid 2024 YR will crash into the moon in 2032.The space agency had been predicting a 4.3% chance of a direct hit. But observations by the Webb Space...
With lunar missions looming, scientists grow chickpeas in ‘moon dirt’
WASHINGTON, March 5 (Reuters) - If the idea of lunar hummus seems far-fetched, think again. Scientists working to cultivate the field of extraterrestrial agriculture have grown chickpeas in dirt made mostly of simulated lunar soil, a step toward enabling astronauts on...
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