SpaceX’s latest Starship test flight ends with another explosion
SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship makes a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on Thursday. Eric Gay/AP hide caption toggle caption Eric Gay/AP Nearly…
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Intuitive Machines sends another probe to the moon, but can’t stick the landing
A view of the moon from Intuitive Machine’s Athena Lander. Intuitive Machines hide caption toggle caption Intuitive Machines A commercial lunar lander built by Intuitive…
That galaxy next door? It’s home to a monster black hole
An artists impression of a black hole flinging a hypervelocity star out of the Large Magellanic Cloud. CfA/Melissa Weiss hide caption toggle caption CfA/Melissa Weiss…
‘We’re on the moon’: The private Blue Ghost spacecraft makes a historic lunar landing
Private lunar lander Blue Ghost is seen after touching down on the moon on March 2. AP/NASA/Firefly Aerospace hide caption toggle caption AP/NASA/Firefly Aerospace A…
Is Trump preparing to cancel America’s ride back to the moon?
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, with the Orion spacecraft aboard the mobile launcher as it rolls out of the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch…
The odds of a ‘city-killer’ asteroid hitting Earth have fallen to zero
This image made available by University of Hawaii’s asteroid impact alert system shows the motion of asteroid 2024 YR4 over about one hour, Dec. 27,…