To Free Stuck Cargo Ship, Engineers Will Blow Up Baltimore Bridge
The enormous Dali container ship has been stuck in Baltimore since it hit and destroyed the Francis Scott Key bridge way back in March. The ship lost power and careered…
How Did Water Escape From Venus? A New Study May Have Solved the Mystery
Around 4.5 billion years ago, Earth and Venus were born in the midst of a chaotic star system. With the neighboring worlds being of the same size and similar structure,…
This Is the Elite Group of Spacecraft That Have Carried NASA Astronauts
Photo: NASA On July 20, 1969, NASA astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. became the first to land on the surface of the Moon. Advertisement The Apollo 11…
Satellite Rediscovered in Space After Being Lost for 25 Years
In our top stories this week, reporter Passant Rabie describes the rediscovery of a satellite lost in the 1990s and why we sometimes lose sight of our orbital property. Researchers…
China Launches Mission to Return First Samples From Moon’s Elusive Far Side
A Chinese probe is on its way to the far side of the Moon to collect samples and drop them off at Earth in what would be a historic first.…
Indoor Climbing Gyms Might Be Chock Full of Toxic Rubber Additives, Study Finds
Climbing gyms might be teeming with toxic rubber particles, recent research suggests. The study found high levels of rubber additives in the air and dust of two climbing gyms, likely…
Wild Orangutan Observed Using First Aid on a Wound in a Scientific First
Humans aren’t the only primates with a medicine cabinet, it seems. In a new paper published today, scientists document a male orangutan named Rakus using a plant with known medicinal…
Safety Issues With NASA’s Moon Capsule Pose ‘Significant Risks’ to Artemis 2 Crew, Report Finds
As NASA prepares to send astronauts to the Moon as part of the upcoming Artemis 2 mission, the space agency still needs to resolve a few lingering issues with its…
NASA’s Solar Sail Makes First Contact From Space Before Stretching Its Enormous Wings
An artist’s concept of the Solar Sail mission in orbit. Illustration: NASA Nearly a week after launching to space, a microwave-sized cubesat phoned home for the first time as it…
Missing Satellite Found After 25 Years of Being Lost in Space
An experimental satellite that launched in 1974 disappeared from ground-based sensors in the 1990s, only to be found again this week. Some defunct satellites or debris can often go missing…