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US military picks 3 companies to test nuclear propulsion above low-Earth orbitThe Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has picked three big space companies for the first phase of a larger project to test nuclear propulsion above low Earth orbit by 2025.
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How do fax machines work?The first fax machine used telegraph lines and was patented 33 years before Alexander Graham Bell's famous first phone call.
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'Vigorous' magnetic field oddity spotted over South AtlanticEuropean satellites are investigating the development of two distinct weak points within the South Atlantic Anomaly of Earth's magnetic field.
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DARPA's hypersonic 'Glide Breaker' could blast missile threats out of the skyAerojet Rocketdyne will develop "enabling technologies" for DARPA's Glide Breaker program under a newly announced contract, which is worth up to $19.6 million.
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DARPA scraps XS-1 military space plane project after Boeing drops outBoeing has withdrawn from Experimental Spaceplane, a U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) program designed to increase the nation's access to space.
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World's First 'Living Machine' Created Using Frog Cells and Artificial IntelligenceScientists used computer algorithms to "evolve" an organism that's made of 100% frog DNA — but it isn't a frog.
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Could Elon Musk's Starship Threaten Alien Life?Opinion Elon Musk's bold plan to send a crewed Starship to Mars and beyond has potential dire consequences for alien life.
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Why You Shouldn't Worry About China’s New 'Hypersonic' Nuclear Death MachineChina already had the power to kill you with nukes. This doesn't change anything, but it could fan the flames of an arms race.
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Skywatcher Captures Rare Image of Mysterious X-37B Military Space PlaneWe still don't know what the X-37B is doing up there, however.
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