Boom Supersonic will test fly its new faster-than-sound XB-1 jet in 2021 By Elizabeth Howell Aviation startup Boom Supersonic plans to fly a supersonic jet demonstrator in 2021, the company recently announced.
Rocket Lab on road to reusability after successful booster recovery By Mike Wall Rocket Lab is now confident that its reusability dreams can come true.
Oberwerk's BT-XL-ED binocular telescopes bring nature's best of night and day By David Sky Brody A new generation of optically fast, distortion-free, lightweight, binocular telescopes is poised to change the way you experience the sky.
Hear Mars rover Perseverance whir as it cruises toward the Red Planet By Mike Wall A microphone aboard the Mars 2020 rover Perseverance, which will touch down in February 2021, captured the whirring sound made by part of the robot's heating system.
Stratolaunch starts building Talon hypersonic plane for Mach 6 flights By Elizabeth Howell Stratolaunch has started construction on a prototype of a Mach 6 vehicle designed to launch from the world's biggest airplane.
SpaceX's Crew-1 launch for NASA is carrying rock-eating microbes (and more weird science) By Elizabeth Howell The first operational commercial crew mission will not only bring astronauts to the International Space Station but also a suite of unique science experiments for the crew to work on.
Can the EmDrive actually work for space travel? By Paul Sutter The EmDrive doesn't just violate our fundamental understanding of the universe; the experiments that claim to measure an effect haven't been replicated. When it comes to the EmDrive, keep dreaming.
Microbe 'biominers' could help humanity build settlements on other worlds By Mike Wall Bacteria successfully extracted resources from rocks in microgravity and at simulated Mars gravity, suggesting that "biomining" has real potential to aid off-Earth settlement, a new study reports.
SpaceX opens Starlink satellite internet to public beta testers: report By Samantha Mathewson SpaceX is now sending out email invitations for public beta testing of Starlink, the company’s upcoming satellite internet service.
Rocket Lab will try to recover an Electron booster during Nov. 15 launch By Mike Wall Rocket Lab aims to recover the first stage of its two-stage Electron rocket during its next mission, which is scheduled to launch from New Zealand during a window that opens on Nov. 15.
New Hummer EV was GM's 'moonshot,' features nods to Apollo 11 By Robert Z. Pearlman General Motors may not have designed its first all-electric pickup truck to drive on the moon, but the first edition of its new GMC Hummer EV has a definite lunar look.
Artificial intelligence helps classify new craters on Mars By Samantha Mathewson An innovative artificial intelligence (AI) tool developed by NASA has helped identify a cluster of craters on Mars that formed within the last decade.
Meet the zeptosecond, the shortest unit of time ever measured By Stephanie Pappas Scientists have measured the shortest unit of time ever, the time it takes for a particle of light to cross a hydrogen molecule.
NASA awards $370 million to private companies to aid moon exploration push By Mike Wall SpaceX, Astrobotic and a dozen other companies just got an infusion of NASA cash to develop potentially game-changing exploration technologies.
Russia planning to go reusable in 2026 with new Amur rocket By Mike Wall The Amur looks a lot like a SpaceX Falcon 9.
Black hole-sized magnetic fields could be created on Earth, study says By Stephanie Pappas The magnetic fields are more than a thousand times stronger than the magnetic field used in MRI machines..
SpaceX, L3Harris win missile-warning satellite contracts from US military By Elizabeth Howell Eight military satellites will be deployed for a new missile-warning system under construction from the Department of Defense's Space Development Agency (SDA).
Watch the Space Technology Hall of Fame 2020 induct 3 vital communication spinoffs from space tech By Elizabeth Howell Three commercial space technologies devoted to distance communications will be inducted into the Space Technology Hall of Fame today (Oct. 8). Here's how you can watch it live.
5G keeps rolling out on Earth and space in turbulent 2020, promising faster mobile for people stuck at home By Elizabeth Howell The rollout of 5G mobile internet is happening in an environment we couldn't anticipate even a year ago. Here's what to expect as 5G rolls out across the United States.
Astonishing AI restoration brings Apollo moon landing films up to speed By Mindy Weisberger Artificial intelligence transformed NASA footage of Apollo missions to the moon, making decades-old events look like they were shot on high-definition video.
