Watch SpaceX launch 60 new Starlink internet satellites into orbit today By Amy Thompson SpaceX will launch 60 Starlink satellites into orbit today (Sept. 28) and you can watch it live here.
There's no speed limit in a superfluid universe. Now we know why. By Michelle Starr Physicists have figured out how objects traveling through a superfluid can exceed a critical speed limit.
Are some black holes wormholes in disguise? Gamma-ray blasts may shed clues. By Charles Q. Choi Unusual flashes of gamma rays could reveal that what appear to be giant black holes are actually huge wormholes, a new study finds.
SpaceX pops Starship tank on purpose in explosive pressure test By Mike Wall The Starship SN7.1 tank was destroyed on purpose at SpaceX's South Texas facilities, during a pressure test designed to take the stainless-steel hardware to its bursting point.
Earth's new minimoon might be a rocket humans launched into space in the 1960s By Rafi Letzter Earth has a small new moon coming, but it might have been made by people in the 1960s. It will take closer observations to know for sure.
'Pi planet' alien world takes 3.14 days to orbit its star By Mike Wall Scientists have found an alien world that orbits its host star every 3.14 Earth days, a close approximation of the famous mathematical constant pi.
'Grand claims' of life on Venus lack evidence, skeptics say By Adam Mann A roundup of the various pushback and criticisms to the claim that there could be life on Venus
RV-size asteroid to get closer to Earth than the moon By Laura Geggel Earth will change the direction of an asteroid that's getting awfully close this week.
First experimental evidence of a new type of dark boson possibly found By Mike McRae Two experiments hunting for a whisper of a particle called a dark boson that prevents whole galaxies from flying apart recently published some contradictory results.
The four most promising worlds for alien life in the solar system By Gareth Dorrian Venus just became a serious contender. But what are the other most promising locations for extra-terrestrial life?
Is Earth-moon space the US military's new high ground? By Leonard David U.S. military officials have increasingly flagged a new role in guarding American assets and interests in Earth-moon space.
A new solar cycle just started. Here's what that means. By Meghan Bartels We're officially nine months into solar cycle 25, scientists have confirmed, and it will likely look much like its predecessor, which ran from 2008 to 2019.
Venus, once billed as Earth's twin, is a hothouse (and a tantalizing target in the search for life) By Nola Taylor Redd As Earth's twin, Venus offers much in the search for life and habitable worlds.
Countries around the world want a Space Force — but why? By Chelsea Gohd Countries around the world are following the U.S. in creating their own version of the Space Force.
SpaceX gearing up for 12-mile-high test flight with prototype of Mars-colonizing Starship By Mike Wall The next big leap for SpaceX's Mars-colonizing Starship spacecraft appears to be right around the corner.
Fate of Schrödinger's cat probably isn't in the hands of gravity, experiment finds By Mike McRae Can we blame gravity for one of quantum physics' most brain-numbing paradoxes — Schrödinger's cat?
Possible hint of life discovered on Venus By Rafi Letzter Phosphine, a chemical long thought to be a signature of life, is floating around in the clouds of Venus. How did it get there?
