Earth teaser has fans buzzing after it seemed to confirm something unexpected, we’re maybe getting new types of alien life in the series. This ...

SpaceX’s Starship-Super Heavy rocket stands at Pad 2 at Starbase prior to the Starship Flight 14 mission. Image: SpaceX SpaceX is poised to send its Starship-Super Heavy rocket to orbit for the first ...

SpaceX’s Starship-Super Heavy rocket lifts off from Pad 2 at Starbase, Texas, to begin the Starship Flight 14 mission. Image: SpaceX With thirteen suborbital test flights behind them, SpaceX engineers ...

On May 22, 2026, the Pentagon released a second batch of previously classified photos and videos showing what appear to be unexplained flying objects. These file dumps were the culmination of a ...

On a film set, the primary, camera-ready version of a car is called the hero vehicle. It doesn’t necessarily mean the movie’s hero is going to drive it. But in Aliens, she did. The M577 Armored ...

Science fiction suggests that life on other planets, if it exists, is likely far more advanced than life on Earth. A recent study suggests otherwise. This new study, led by Chris Doughty, a professor ...

A small seabird weighing barely as much as a smartphone spends its life chasing daylight from one end of the planet to the other. The Arctic tern breeds in the Arctic and subarctic during the northern ...

Ridley Scott’s return to the sci-fi genre in 2026 didn’t go according to plan, but one of his recent projects is finding lasting success on streaming charts. Coming into the year, Scott had almost 10 ...

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Variations in day length that occur on multidecadal timescales are caused by gravitational coupling between Earth’s inner core and its solid mantle. Read the paper: Gravitational torque drives ...

SpaceX’s Starship reached orbit for the first time during Flight 14, climbing 170 miles above Earth and marking a major milestone for the company. The Starship also deployed 26 V3 Starlink satellites, ...

After more than 40 months of test flights, SpaceX will attempt to put its mammoth Starship into orbit around Earth for the first time and bring it back for a safe landing — 10 hours later. The company ...