“SpaceX can now proceed with Starship Flight 10 launch operations under its current license.” SpaceX completed a six-engine static fire […]
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Rocket Report: Ariane 6 beats Vulcan to third launch; China’s first drone ship
Why is China’s heavy-lift Long March 5B able to launch only 10 Guowang satellites at a time? Wearing their orange […]
Incan numerical recordkeeping system may have been widely used
Women in STEM: Inca Edition In the late 1500s, a few decades after the khipu in this recent study was […]
Ice discs slingshot across a metal surface all on their own
VA Tech experiment was inspired by Death Valley’s mysterious “sailing stones” at Racetrack Playa. Graduate student Jack Tapocik sets up […]
Misunderstood “photophoresis” effect could loft metal sheets to exosphere
Photophoresis can generate a tiny bit of lift without any moving parts. Most people would recognize the device in the […]
Trump orders cull of regulations governing commercial rocket launches
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday directing government agencies to “eliminate or expedite” environmental reviews for commercial launch […]
Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed
“The [structural] mechanism producing these problematic outcomes is really robust and hard to resolve.” Credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images […]
OpenAI, cofounder Sam Altman to take on Neuralink with new startup
The company aims to raise $250 million from OpenAI and other investors, although the talks are at an early stage. […]
Space Force officials take secrecy to new heights ahead of key rocket launch
The Vulcan rocket checks off several important boxes for the Space Force. First, it relies entirely on US-made rocket engines. […]
RFK Jr. posted fishing pics as CDC reeled from shooting linked to vaccine disinfo
Hoalst said that, in recent months, White had begun speaking increasingly about his distrust of COVID-19 vaccines and would work […]