Earth's gravity will snag a new companion for September through November of this year as a newly discovered asteroid strays close enough to our planet to receive a special honour - a mini-moon designation.
In many ways, SpaceX's fifth orbital test flight of its heavy-lift Starship spacecraft has been a huge success. The company managed to safely catch Starship's Super Heavy booster using its "Mechazilla" tower, which features two "chopsticks" arms. Even the 165-foot spacecraft itself managed to pull off a textbook flight, taking off early Sunday morning […]
SpaceX pulled off the boldest test flight yet of its enormous Starship rocket on Sunday, catching the returning booster back at the launch pad with mechanical arms.
We finally know where (at least most of them) are with “absolute reliability.”
First Catch Elon Musk's space venture SpaceX has just pulled off the seemingly impossible. During the company's fifth Starship test flight, SpaceX successfully caught the spacecraft's Super Heavy booster using its "Mechazilla" tower, an unbelievable feat of engineering that required an immense amount of precision and experience. It's the first time the company even attempted […]
A new study shines light on a hotly contested centuries-old mystery.
SpaceX is moving forward with plans to launch the first test flight of its Starship megarocket since June from Starbase in Texas.
The world’s most powerful rocket launched on another daring test flight from the SpaceX Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas Sunday.
SpaceX achieved its main goal of catching the Super Heavy booster back at the launch site.
The world's space agencies are meeting in Milan this week as geopolitical rivalry fuels a new global race in Earth's orbit and on the moon, with heavy involvement from a private sector toiling to keep pace with Elon Musk's dominant SpaceX. The International Astronautical Congress (IAC) since 1950 has been a venue for the scientists, engineers, companies and political leaders of spacefaring nations to discuss cooperation, even in times of heightened tensions among world powers. This year's conference will put the space minds of two top rivals - the U.S. and China - under one roof.
Mother Nature gets the assist with SpaceX's successful rocket launch on Sunday, with southern Texas enjoying a ridge of high pressure and, essentially, calm conditions
The 15th century explorer was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe, Spanish DNA experts reveal
EDMONTON — Canada’s famed dinosaur hunter and one of the inspirations for the "Jurassic Park" phenomenon turned 75 earlier this year and has no plans to drop his chisel and rock hammer.
A NASA spacecraft is ready to set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa, one of the best bets for finding life beyond Earth. Europa Clipper will peer beneath the moon’s icy crust where an ocean is thought to be sloshing fairly close to the surface. Its massive solar panels make Clipper the biggest craft built by NASA to investigate another planet.
SpaceX launched its enormous Starship rocket on Sunday on its boldest test flight yet, striving to catch the returning booster back at the pad with mechanical arms.
Emerald green, royal blue, bright violet, even some red and fuchsia — they're all colours that many Albertans saw illuminate the night on Thursday as the aurora borealis became visible from many people's homes. It was part of a particularly special stint of northern lights that have been illuminating Alberta's skies over the past week, and one scientist says a light show like this is rare."Twice in one week, that's really amazing," said David Knudsen, a professor and the head of the physics and
A centuries-old mystery is about to be revealed - the origins of explorer Christopher Columbus. Spanish scientists have already used DNA analysis to confirm his remains are buried in a tomb in Seville Cathedral in Spain. Long cited by authorities as his final resting place, there had been rival claims - but now arguments over the nationality of 15th-century explorer are also set to be laid to rest.
The 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe, Spanish scientists said on Saturday, after using DNA analysis to tackle a centuries-old mystery. Many historians have questioned the traditional theory that Columbus came from Genoa, Italy. To solve the mystery researchers conducted a 22-year investigation, led by forensic expert Miguel Lorente, by testing tiny samples of remains buried in Seville Cathedral, long marked by authorities there as the last resting place of Columbus, though there had been rival claims.
Here’s the latest for Sunday, October 13: Biden tours damage by Hurricane Milton; US says it will send THAAD defense battery to Israel, along with troops; At least 60 injured in Hezbollah drone strike in Israel; SpaceX arms catch Starship rocket booster.
Research seeking to solve the mystery of the legendary explorer's birthplace will feature in a documentary.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Aviation Administration approved a license on Saturday for the launch of SpaceX's Starship 5 set for Sunday after earlier saying it did not expect to make a decision until late November. The FAA said on Saturday SpaceX had "met all safety, environmental and other licensing requirements for the suborbital test flight" for the fifth test of the Starship and has also approved the Starship 6 mission profile. The Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket are a fully reusable system designed to carry crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon and beyond.
