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Elon Musk-led SpaceX's Polaris Dawn spacecraft on Tuesday launched the first-ever crew for 'all-civilian' spacewalk. The first commercial spaceflight mission with a spacewalk carries billionaire Jared Isaacman, along with three others, for…

Bengaluru: Indian space startup Pixxel has bagged a NASA contract to support Earth science research using the hyperspectral technology.  The Bengaluru-based company has become part of NASA’s $476-million commercial smallsat data acquisition…

In May of 2023, Aaron James, an electrical lineman, had the first partial face transplant to include an eye. A year after the procedure, there haven’t been signs of rejection, and there is blood flow to the donated eye. But…

When strained by earthquakes, underground networks of quartz veins can generate enough voltage to snatch gold from passing fluids, researchers report September 2 in Nature Geoscience. The findings explain how fluids carrying…

San Francisco: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Sunday said that the first uncrewed Starship mission will be launched to the Red Planet in two years when the next Earth-Mars transfer window opens. Starship is the world's most powerful…

Editor in chief Nancy Shute discusses the complexity of chronic pain, the spread of diseases and training crocs to avoid eating certain toads.

Time to eat Astronomers watched in real time as the supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy went from dim and quiet to bright and actively feeding on material, Adam Mann reported in “For the first time, scientists…

Boeing Starliner's first astronaut mission concluded on Friday night with an empty capsule landing on Earth, while test pilots Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore will remain in space until next year, as the National Aeronautics and Space…

CE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The two NASA astronauts left behind at the International Space Station following the return of Boeing's troubled capsule are Navy test pilots who have ridden out long missions before. HT Image Astronauts Butch…

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft has left the International Space Station (ISS) and is on its way back to Earth. However, its scheduled return doesn't involve the two astronauts who initially traveled to the ISS in the capsule — Sunita…

Boeing's beleaguered Starliner left the International Space Station on Friday, bound for Earth without the astronauts who rode up on the spaceship after NASA deemed the risk too great. HT Image After years of delays, Starliner…

* HT Image Starliner undocks from ISS for six-hour return trip to Earth * Boeing's Starliner faces technical issues, costing $125 million * Boeing's future in space questioned amid Starliner struggles * Astronauts'…

Extreme Climate Survey Science News is collecting reader questions about how to navigate our planet's changing climate. What do you want to know about extreme heat and how it can lead to extreme weather events? As climate…

Toxic surprises from the plastics industry — Science News, September 7, 1974 In the United States alone, more than 29 billion pounds of plastic are produced each year. An estimated 2.5 million workers are engaged in…

The vastness of space, often portrayed as a seemingly endless starry expanse, is both awe-inspiring and mysterious. One question that often comes to mind when observing the night sky is: Why is space dark? With countless stars scattered…

Boeing's problem-plagued Starliner is set to finally depart the International Space Station on Friday, returning to Earth without astronauts after NASA deemed the risk too great. HT Image The century-old aerospace giant's reputation…

A new treatment for hot flashes brought relief and a better night’s rest for women experiencing these disruptive symptoms during menopause. Two phase 3 clinical trials compared the drug elinzanetant with a placebo at two…

Extreme Climate Survey Science News is collecting reader questions about how to navigate our planet's changing climate. What do you want to know about extreme heat and how it can lead to extreme weather events? As the years…

Extreme Climate Survey Science News is collecting reader questions about how to navigate our planet's changing climate. What do you want to know about extreme heat and how it can lead to extreme weather events? And I…

Extreme Climate Survey Science News is collecting reader questions about how to navigate our planet's changing climate. What do you want to know about extreme heat and how it can lead to extreme weather events? New papers…

KOLKATA: A study led by a senior professor of IIT-Kharagpur, in collaboration with international researchers, has dismissed previous claims of a ‘severe ozone hole' in the tropical stratosphere after analysing data of 42 years. The study,…

Extreme Climate Survey Science News is collecting reader questions about how to navigate our planet's changing climate. What do you want to know about extreme heat and how it can lead to extreme weather events? Whereas…

AI Snake OilArvind Narayanan and Sayash KapoorPrinceton Univ., $24.95 A few months ago, I was working on an article about oceans across the solar system. Having read my fill about oceans of water, I turned to Google for a…

Extreme Climate Survey Science News is collecting reader questions about how to navigate our planet's changing climate. What do you want to know about extreme heat and how it can lead to extreme weather events? “We know…

There are not many animals that can mess with adult porbeagle sharks — or at least, that’s what researchers used to think. But then, in 2020, a porbeagle longer than Shaquille O’Neal is tall went missing nearly six months after it…

Extreme Climate Survey Science News is collecting reader questions about how to navigate our planet's changing climate. What do you want to know about extreme heat and how it can lead to extreme weather events? These are…

NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will launch no earlier than September 24, on the agency's SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station. The updated crew complement follows NASA's…

Could the fungus from The Last of Us that infected humans and transformed them into zombies exist in real life? The zombie fungus is real but not nearly as deadly. In the real world, Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, otherwise known as…

Mayonnaise’s texture inspires love and loathing. Either way, it’s perfect for physics experiments.  The classic condiment is useful for understanding how materials behave, not only when smeared on sandwiches or plopped in…

Extreme Climate Survey Science News is collecting reader questions about how to navigate our planet's changing climate. What do you want to know about extreme heat and how it can lead to extreme weather events? What is…