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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Fire Breaks Out at a Data Center Leased by Elon Musk’s X.

A fire broke out Thursday morning at a data center in Hillsboro, Oregon, leased by Elon Musk’s X, forcing an extended response from emergency crews, according to multiple sources who spoke to WIRED. The sources required anonymity as they aren’t authorized to speak publicly …

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Ax-4 private astronaut mission to the ISS is 'go' for its June 8 SpaceX launch.

The next private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) just completed a major milestone ahead of its upcoming launch. Houston-based company Axiom Space completed an internal Flight Readiness Review (FRR) on Wednesday (May 21) ahead of the launch of the c…

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Scientists find rare double-star system where one star orbited inside the other.

Astronomers may have discovered a rare type of binary star system, where one star used to orbit inside its partner. In the new study, astronomers investigated a pulsar known as PSR J1928+1815 located about 455 light-years from Earth. A pulsar is a kind of neutron star, a cor…

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SpaceX gets FAA approval for Flight 9 of Starship mega rocket.

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has cleared SpaceX's giant Starship rocket for its ninth-ever liftoff. The FAA announced the decision today (May 22) after taking a long look at the anomaly that occurred on Starship's most recent mission, which launched…

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Watch tile-shedding private Chinese rocket launch 6 satellites to orbit.

The Chinese company LandSpace launched its methane-powered Zhugque-2E rocket on Saturday (May 17), carrying a batch of six satellites to orbit. Zhugque-2E lifted off Saturday at 12:12 a.m. EDT (0412 GMT; 12:12 p.m. in Beijing) from Site 96 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Cen…

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NASA legend Gene Kranz returns to mission control.

Gene Kranz, who served in Apollo mission control as "White Flight," was at the head of the room when Apollo 11 landed on the moon and Apollo 13 "had a problem." He may have never said "Failure is not an option," but his record of success has ea…

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Harvard Law School bought a copy of Magna Carta for $27. Turns out, it’s actually an original.

A “copy” of Magna Carta bought decades ago by Harvard Law School for just $27.50 is now understood to be an extremely rare original from 1300, according to new research. British historians were able to verify the document’s true authenticity after an academic stumbled across…

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Ancient home shows evidence of how Pompeiians tried to shelter from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence that four people, including a child, in the ancient Roman town of Pompeii used furniture to block a bedroom door and shield themselves from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. Ultimately, the home became their final resting place, …

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SpaceX's next private astronaut launch to ISS, Ax-4, delayed to June 8.

We'll have a wait a bit longer to see the next private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) lift off. NASA announced on Wednesday (May 14) that the target launch date for Ax-4, the fourth crewed flight to the ISS by Houston-based company Axiom Space…

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Launch of Australia's 1st homegrown orbital rocket delayed indefinitely due to payload fairing issue.

We'll have to wait a bit longer for the first-ever launch of an Australian orbital rocket. Queensland-based company Gilmour Space had aimed to debut its Eris rocket today (May 15), but a problem with the vehicle's payload fairing scuttled that plan. Gilmour Space Tech…

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NASA resurrects Voyager 1 interstellar spacecraft's thrusters after 20 years.

NASA engineers have miraculously revived the Voyager 1 interstellar probe's backup thrusters — components that hadn't been used since 2004 and were long considered fully defunct. This remarkable feat became necessary because the spacecraft's primary thrusters, w…

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WHO declares polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea.

The World Health Organisation has declared a polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea and called for an "immediate" vaccination campaign. Samples of the highly infectious virus were found in two healthy children during a routine screening in Lae, a coastal city in the co…

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Scientists calculate when the universe will end it's sooner than expected.

As the story of our cosmos moves forward, stars will slowly burn out, planets will freeze over, and black holes will devour light itself. Eventually, on timescales so long humanity will never witness them, the universe will fade into darkness. But if you've ever wondered…

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Varda successfully returns 3rd space capsule from orbit.

California startup Varda Space Industries has completed its third successful space capsule return mission. Varda's W-3 reentry capsule landed in South Australia on Tuesday night (May 13), delivering a payload and data from an advanced hypersonic navigation systems test f…

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Princess Diana's Ice-Blue Cannes Dress paid tribute to a royal fashion icon 38 years ago.

Princess Diana attended the Cannes Film Festival on May 15, 1987, alongside then-husband Prince Charles. The Princess of Wales’s strapless blue tulle gown paid tribute to Princess Grace of Monaco, who had died five years prior in a 1982 car accident, and her famous role in &…

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