SpaceX’s plans to launch its Starship-Super Heavy two-stage rocket 44 times a year from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida are facing criticism from its two main rivals, United Launch Alliance (ULA) and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin. The Starship The vehicle is the world’s largest rocket. Its two stages are SpaceX’s Super Heavy booster rocket… Read More »
Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have successfully tested a next-generation microgravity 3D printer called SpaceCAL. The tests were conducted as part of the Virgin Galactic 07 mission, a crewed sub-orbital spaceflight that launched on Monday (June 8). During the 140-second test run, SpaceCAL 3D-printed four items from a liquid plastic called PEGDA, including… Read More »
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered the closest supermassive black hole ever seen to Earth, a cosmic titan “frozen in time.” As an elusive example of an “intermediate-mass black hole,” the object could serve as a missing link in understanding the connection between stellar mass and supermassive black holes. The black hole appears… Read More »
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The first two astronauts to fly Boeing’s Starliner capsule said on Wednesday from the International Space Station that they were confident the spacecraft could return them home if the company and NASA could fix thruster problems that have kept them in space much longer than expected. “I have a… Read More »
Tampons are one of the most popular menstrual products in a growing market that now includes menstrual underwear, menstrual cups, and more. They’ve been around since the 1930s and are still essential for many, used by 80% of people who menstruate. But there’s been little research examining potential contaminants in tampons and whether they pose… Read More »
A major mystery behind one of the most common autoimmune diseases may finally be solved. Researchers at Northwestern Medicine and Brigham and Women’s Hospital say they have discovered the root cause of lupus, a disease that affects hundreds of thousands of people in the United States. Scientists have long suspected that a person’s genetics or… Read More »
Crew Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft They said Wednesday that despite a helium leak in the ship’s propulsion system and problems with its maneuvering thrusters, they were confident the capsule would carry them safely back to Earth at the end of their long stay at the International Space Station. Launched on June 5th Commander Barry “Butch” Wilmore… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft and crew have been in space for more than a month, far longer than the initially anticipated one-week stay. Due to technical issues with the vehicle, the return process has been postponed… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. The earliest known plague victims in Europe date back about 5,000 years, but it was never clear whether two cases, one in Latvia and one in Sweden, were isolated and sporadic or evidence of a… Read More »
With less than a month until the start of summer 2024, the vast majority of the U.S. population has experienced an extreme heat wave. By early July, millions of people in the western U.S. were under heat warnings or sweating from humid heat in the East. Death Valley reached a dangerous 129 degrees Fahrenheit (53.9… Read More »