SpaceX is retrofitting retired oil rigs to serve as floating rocket launch platforms
SpaceX purchased two retired oil rigs last year to reuse as rocket launch pads
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The Hubble Space Telescope takes a closer look at an unusual spiral galaxy 120 million light-years away
I can't wait for the James Webb Space Telescope
General Motors and Lockheed Martin team up to build lunar rover for NASA's return to the Moon
Astronauts will need transportation on the Moon
Navy pilots describe encounter with unidentified aerial phenomena in new 60 Minutes segment
A report on what the government knows about UFOs is expected as early as next month
Researchers develop an injectable, microscopic chip to monitor physiological conditions
A medical breakthrough or conspiracy theory fodder?
Parts of a 22-ton Chinese rocket could survive reentry and crash into Earth next week
The potential impact site is unknown
Future wearables could use body heat for power
Repurposing wasted energy from body heat
Russia says it will leave the ISS and launch its own space station
"If you want to do well, do it yourself"
Electrically conductive cement could enable new applications thanks to nanocarbon black
A big upgrade for the world's second most used material
NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter completes historic first flight
A true Wright Brothers moment
Purdue researchers develop a very white paint that could one day be used to cool buildings
The paint uses a compound commonly found in photo paper
Scientists show for the first time that it's possible to collect DNA from the air
DNA from the air could theoretically put you at the scene of a crime
CERN physicists figured out how to study antimatter by cooling it with a laser
"My next dream is to make a 'fountain' of anti-atoms by tossing the laser-cooled antimatter into free space"
Virgin Galactic unveils its flashy next-generation spaceship, the VSS Imagine
The first of a new class of space vessels
Astronomers discover new galaxy clusters hiding right in front of us
Unusual galaxy clusters have been hiding in plain sight
Researchers develop sphere-shaped robot for exploring underground on the Moon
Can the Moon's tunnels support human colonies?
MIT study shows plunge in lithium-ion battery cost over the last 10 years
Electric vehicles could get more affordable in the near future
Striking image highlights the entirety of galaxy Messier 106
Messier 106 is a spiral galaxy more than 20 million light-years from Earth
The sixth monolithic mirror for the GMT has been cast and is now cooling
The Giant Magellan Telescope will be the most powerful optical device ever engineered
SpaceX's SN10 Starship rocket manages to land for the first time, explodes minutes later
An important milestone for SpaceX, which is aiming for a lunar excursion with Starship in 2023
SpaceX's first lunar tourist is inviting eight people to fly around the Moon
Always wanted to go to space? Here's your chance
Glowing OLED tattoos could do more than look good
They have applications in medicine, sports, and food waste reduction
SpaceX's first private flight will put a 29-year-old cancer survivor into orbit
Would you accept a free trip to space?
Touchdown: NASA's Mars Perseverance rover lands safely on the Red Planet
The Perseverance rover will search for signs of ancient microbial life on Mars