Texas Is Considering a Controversial Land Swap Deal With SpaceX
In April 2023, SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket lifted off for the first time, sending chunks of debris thousands of feet across the South Texas landscape and sparking a fire in…
A Year After the Toxic Train Derailment, Is East Palestine Safe?
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Bees Are Fish Now, I Guess? Off English If there hadn’t been construction planned for the…
Surreal Photos Show Exactly Where the Earth Shifted During Turkey’s Devastating 2023 Earthquake
The earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on February 6, 2023 caused widespread devastation and killed more than 50,000 people. Now, a team of geoscientists have released striking images and…
Failed Moon Mission Carrying Human Remains Will Slam Into Earth’s Atmosphere Today
The saga of Peregrine is coming to a tragic end, with the lunar lander scheduled for reentry through Earth’s atmosphere after failing to touch down on the Moon. China’s Plan…
Space Force Purchases $25 Million ‘Fuel Truck’ for Satellites
Zipping far above Earth, it’s not exactly easy for satellites to find a corner gas station when the fuel gauge gets low. To tackle this cosmic conundrum, a Space Force-funded…
These U.S. Cities May Depopulate by 2100, Researchers Say
Many places in the Midwest and northern United States could shrink drastically by the turn of the century, according to a new study based on five climate scenarios. By the…
14,000-Year-Old Tusk Shows Mammoth’s Path to an Ice Age Campsite
A female mammoth that lived 14,000 years ago made a trek across hundreds of miles of tundra to a hunter-gatherer settlement in central Alaska, according to a team of scientists…
A First-of-Its-Kind ‘Pinpoint’ Moon Landing Could Happen This Week
We’re still reeling from last week’s Astrobotic failure, in which a catastrophic propellant leak rendered the Peregrine lunar lander incapable of completing its Moon landing mission. It’s not the outcome…
See a Newly Discovered Deep-Sea Octopus and Its Adorable Alien Children
A dorado octopus hatchling.Photo: Schmidt Ocean Institute A team of scientists working off the coast of Costa Rica have identified four previously unknown deep-sea octopus species in the vicinity of…
There’s Been a Staggering Increase in People Killed by Fungi Every Year, Study Finds
The global burden and death toll of fungi has substantially climbed over the past decade, new research finds. The study estimates that fungal infections help kill nearly 4 million people…