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Elon Musk Updates Timeline for Starship to Finally Launch to Space

Starship 24 shows off what just one of its engines can do. Video screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET It's been over…

2 years ago

Green Comet Likely to Be Visible to Naked Eye Won’t Be Back for 50,000 Years

Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) as observed from Mount Fuji, Japan. SpaceWeatherGallery.com/Akihiro Yamazaki The new year is just over a week…

2 years ago

First Ever Honeybee Vaccine Approved to Target Deadly Global Disease

The vaccine targets American Foulbrood, a deadly disease caused by a bacteria known as Paenibacillus larvae. Getty Images/NurPhoto The US…

2 years ago

China’s First Mars Rover May Have Run Into Trouble on the Dusty Planet

Hello, Zhurong rover and Tianwen-1 lander. This selfie came from a remote camera set on the surface of Mars. CNSA…

2 years ago

Grim 2022 US Climate Report Details $165 Billion in Disaster Costs

NOAA's GOES-16 satellite captured this view of Hurricane Ian south of Florida on Sept. 26, 2022. CIRA/RAMMB/NOAA Extreme weather and…

2 years ago

What Is a ‘Bomb Cyclone’? Here’s Why It’s So Brutal

Record rains, brought on by a series of atmospheric river storms, hit the Central Coast and Santa Barbara County, causing…

2 years ago

Astronomers Have Unveiled Our Galaxy’s Farthest Frontier

Our Milky Way's center is normally hidden from standard, optical telescopes due to clouds of dust and gas. But the Spitzer…

2 years ago

NASA Moon Camera Illuminates Secret Details of Shadowy Crater

ShadowCam is a hypersensitive camera designed to see into shadowy areas of the moon, like the interior of Shackleton crater…

2 years ago

A Comet, ‘Ring of Fire’ Eclipse and Many Meteors: What to See in the Sky in 2023

Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) as observed from Mount Fuji, Japan. SpaceWeatherGallery.com/Akihiro Yamazaki For skywatchers, one of the headline attractions of…

2 years ago

Astronomers Might’ve Found the Edge of Our Galaxy

Our Milky Way's center is normally hidden from standard, optical telescopes due to clouds of dust and gas. But the Spitzer…

2 years ago