The SpaceX rocket upper stage engine failure Twenty Starlink internet satellites are stuck in a low, unviable orbit, the Federal Aviation Administration said late Thursday, a situation that will be investigated and will delay at least one and possibly two piloted flights of the company’s Falcon 9 rockets in the coming days. The accident ended… Read More »
We think of galaxies as ancient. Our galaxy, Milky WayIt was formed 13.6 billion years ago and James Webb Space Telescope allowed us to look back some of the first galaxies in the early universe. So are galaxies still being born today? This is a fun question to tackle because it gives us the opportunity… Read More »
Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, Sign up for free here. The smallest relics of the past can open windows into mysterious ways of life. Eyed needles made of bone, horn, and ivory appear in the fossil record from southern Siberia… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. A marvel of the “Dune” sci-fi film series is the survival suits worn by the desert-dwelling Fremen — “pillar suits” that convert all bodily fluids into drinkable water. Now, such technology appears on the horizon,… Read More »
SpaceX’s stalwart Falcon 9 rocket, which powers not only satellite launches but also astronauts’ journeys into orbit, suffered a rare and troubling malfunction Thursday night while trying to pull a group of internet satellites into orbit. The ordeal prompted federal regulators to ground the rocket, which has become a cornerstone of the United States and… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances, and more. Fossil chromosomes have been found in a piece of woolly mammoth skin unearthed from the permafrost in Siberia, the first of its kind, according to new research. Researchers unearthed the 52,000-year-old remains in 2018 near… Read More »
HOUSTON (AP) — Sharon Carr was frustrated. Like many people left without power after Hurricane Beryl slammed into the Texas coast earlier this week, she headed to a cooling center in Houston to escape the summer heat, even as the city’s power company warned that it could take longer than expected for everyone’s power to… Read More »
According to a report published by the United Nations, fertility rates around the world are falling faster than expected and this seems likely to lead to a decline in the world population before the end of the century. More than 60 countries and regions, including Italy, Japan, Russia and China, reached their population peaks in… Read More »
As strange as it may sound, early germ theorists could tell us a lot about modern attitudes toward climate change. While doing research for a new book on the history of emerging infections, I found many similarities between early discussions of the existence of microbes and current discussions of the existence of global warming. Both… Read More »
SAN FRANCISCO — For more than two decades, Elon Musk He focused on reaching Mars, the ultimate goal of his life, and founded the rocket company SpaceX. Over the past year, he has also been accelerating his work on what would happen if he got there. Musk, 53, has instructed SpaceX employees to study the… Read More »