The threat from space rock 2024 YR4 has surpassed that of Apophis, an asteroid feared by scientists 20 years ago. The danger remains low, but experts are estimating the damage that could be done.

The space telescope Gaia has created the largest three-dimensional map of the Milky Way ever. On January 15, 2025, Gaia shut ...

Called the Lévy walk (or in some cases the Lévy flight) after mathematician Paul Lévy, it is a type of random wandering that ...

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Sagittarius A*, our galaxy's supermassive black hole, is constantly producing strange eruptions. Astronomers are using the ...

At 5,000 tons, it has twice the dry mass of the SLS. NASA's rocket can make it all the way to the moon in one launch, but Starship will have to refuel in orbit. SpaceX stacked the two stages for ...

If you were to ask me what I think the ideal student-athlete looks like, I would tell you Jackson Beer. He is hardworking and driven no matter the task or context. Jackson is a part of the CEO ...

By Kenneth Chang In a post on X on Tuesday evening, Elon Musk said President Trump had asked his rocket company SpaceX to bring home “as soon as possible” two NASA astronauts who have been on ...

The Indian Space Research Organisation successfully launched a second-generation navigation satellite, NVS-02, into a geosynchronous transfer orbit using a GSLV rocket in its 100th launch from ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The next SpaceX rocket launch is coming up, and it's not a batch of Starlinks. A satellite known as SpainSat NG-1 is set to lift off atop a Falcon 9 rocket between 8:34 p.m. Wednesday and 1:53 a.m ...

DeepSeek is the little-known (until this week) Chinese artificial intelligence start-up that has its American rivals, and US investors, on edge. Marc Andreessen, the veteran venture capitalist ...