US and Chinese officials will resume trade talks in London on Monday

President Donald Trump announced Friday that US and Chinese officials will meet in London on Monday to discuss trade between the two nations. The announcement comes after Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping spoke for 90 minutes on Thursday. After the phone call, the…

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Right-wing Colombian presidential candidate shot at rally.

A Colombian senator and presidential candidate was shot on Saturday in Bogotá, the government and his campaign said.  Miguel Uribe, 39, was hosting a campaign event in a public park in the Fontibon neighborhood when "armed subjects shot him in the back." His party d…

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Private Japanese spacecraft crashes into moon in 'hard landing,' ispace says.

A spacecraft from Japan attempting to make the country's first private moon landing on Thursday instead crashed into the lunar surface in a disappointing second failure for its ispace builders. The Japanese company's Resilience spacecraft aimed to make a soft touchdo…

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Elon Musk says SpaceX will decommission Dragon spacecraft after Trump threat — or not.

Elon Musk said SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft “immediately” because of threats by President Donald Trump to cancel government contracts with Musk’s businesses. But hours later, Musk said he rescinded that decision after an X user urged him to “cool o…

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Spacecraft set for a high-stakes lunar landing attempt this week took months to reach the moon.

Nearly five months ago, a SpaceX rocket launched out of Florida carrying two lunar landers. The Blue Ghost spacecraft, from Texas-based Firefly Aerospace, zoomed to the moon, and in March it became the first robotic commercial vehicle to land upright on the lunar surface. Th…

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NASA Sets Coverage for Axiom Mission 4 Launch, Arrival at Station.

NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX are targeting 8:22 a.m. EDT, Tuesday, June 10, for launch of the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, Axiom Mission 4. The mission will lift off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. T…

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Many of Dead Sea scrolls may be older than thought.

Many of the Dead Sea scrolls could be older than previously thought, with some biblical texts dating from the time of their original authors, researchers say. The first of the ancient scrolls were discovered in the caves of Qumran in the Judean desert by Bedouin shepherds in…

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Elon Musk projects SpaceX revenue of about $15.5 billion in 2025.

Elon Musk's SpaceX will record revenue of about $15.5 billion this year, the billionaire said on Tuesday, underscoring the rocket maker's growing dominance in the commercial space sector. The company's commercial revenue from space will exceed NASA's budget o…

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SpaceX Starship rocket tumbles out of control after launch.

After back-to-back explosions, SpaceX launched its mega rocket Starship again on Tuesday evening, but fell short of the main objectives when the spacecraft tumbled out of control and broke apart. The 403-foot (123-meter) rocket blasted off on its ninth demo from Starbase, Sp…

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Scientists create robots that take their first steps straight out of the 3D printer.

A team of engineers at the University of Edinburgh has unveiled a new chapter in robotics: soft, four-legged robots that can walk off a 3D printer as soon as they're made. This innovation, powered by a desktop machine called the Flex Printer, could make advanced robotic…

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Musk officially steps down from DOGE after wrapping work streamlining government.

Elon Musk is beginning the process of stepping down from his role as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The Tesla and SpaceX CEO posted on X on Wednesday night that his time as a special government employee is coming to an end and thanked President Donal…

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Virgin Galactic on track to start launching customers again in 2026

Virgin Galactic's spaceflight drought will last just about two years, if all goes according to plan. The suborbital space tourism company last went to the final frontier in June 2024, on the final flight of its VSS Unity space plane. Virgin retired Unity to focus on deve…

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SpaceX reveals why its Starship Flight 8 Ship exploded, failure traced to 'flash' in rocket's engines.

As SpaceX gears up for the ninth test flight of its super-heavy Starship launch vehicle, the company has released findings from its investigation into the explosion of the rocket's upper stage, referred to as "ship", during its eighth test flight in March. Flig…

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New moon of May 2025 leaves the night sky dark to see the summer constellations tonight.

The new moon of May occurs on May 26. Two days later the moon will make a close pass to Jupiter in the evening sky, and the summer constellations will be rising. New moons happen when the moon is directly between Earth and the sun. They share a celestial longitude (called ri…

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 162 — Lunar Landing Day.

On Episode 162 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik discuss the effort to make July 20 a national holiday called "Lunar Landing Day." If you're lucky enough to have witnessed the landing of Apollo 11 on July 20, 1969, you know what a momentous occasi…

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What time is SpaceX's Starship Flight 9 launch today ?

SpaceX aims to launch its next Starship megarocket test flight today, hoping the third time will be the charm after two failures earlier this year. But if you plan to watch the launch live, you'll need to know when to tune in and for that, space fans, we've got you …

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The CIA used a Star Wars fan site to secretly communicate with spies.

The internet has seen its fair share of weird, but a Star Wars fan site secretly run by the CIA to communicate with overseas spies might top the list. StarWarsWeb.net looked like any other 2010-era fan page, complete with lightsabers, Yoda quotes ("Like these games you…

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SpaceX cargo Dragon departs International Space Station, begins return journey to Earth.

SpaceX's 32nd robotic Dragon cargo mission undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) today (May 23), after a one-day delay due to bad weather at the splashdown site. NASA and SpaceX integrated operation teams polled "go" for undocking at 11:50 a.m. ED…

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Crypto World Bitcoin hits new record high near $112,000 as rally marches on.

Bitcoin continued its rally on Thursday, hitting a brand new record high near $112,000. It’s been a slow rally for bitcoin driven by institutional ownership and corporate adoption. Easing trade tensions between the U.S. and China and the Moody’s downgrade of U.S. sovereign de…

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China's BYD outsells Tesla in Europe for first time.

Chinese automaker BYD (002594.SZ), opens new tab sold more electric vehicles in Europe than Tesla (TSLA.O), opens new tab for the first time, according to a report by JATO Dynamics, as an aging model lineup and CEO Elon Musk's politics hurt demand for the U.S. EV maker&…

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