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Now we know why the latest from SpaceX Starship prototype caught fire last week. The stainless steel vehicle, known as SN11 (“Serial Number 11”), was launched in a test flight last Tuesday …

The Crew Dragon “Resilience” spacecraft approaches to dock at the International Space Station on Monday. Credit: NASA TV / Spaceflight Now On the final stretch of nearly half a year on the …

SARS-CoV-2 showed the world with devastating clarity the threat that undetected viruses can pose to global public health. SpillOver, a new web application developed by scientists at the University of California, Davis, …

What about the ingenuity of NASA’s Mars helicopter? The first plane on Mars apparently survived its first night alone on the Red Planet and you can get the latest scoop with two …

Guosong Zeng, a postdoctoral fellow in the Berkeley Laboratory Division of Chemical Sciences, at work testing an artificial photosynthesis device made from gallium nitride. Zeng, along with Berkeley Lab staff scientist Francesca …

Nine American scientists will join South Korea’s first lunar orbit mission to launch next year. The Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO) is scheduled to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in …

In mid-March, NASA Researchers announced that they had found an unknown life form hidden aboard the International Space Station. And they were fine with it. In fact, for an organization known for …

If star-jumping aliens ever visited our solar system, Saturn is probably the planet they would remember. The seven giant rings that surround its equator make Saturn the most distinct planet orbiting the …

On April 7, the restraints that have held rotor blades together since before launch are scheduled to be released. If the mission team reaches that milestone, the next few suns will involve …

(More recent) – A chunk of debris from a flaming rocket seen streaking across the Pacific Northwest sky last week crashed onto a farm in eastern Washington state, authorities said. After the …