SpaceX’s Next Big Business Isn’t Rockets. It’s Computer Chips.
Six months ago, SpaceX (SPCX +2.83%) was a private rocket company. Today, it is a public one worth…
‘High-risk’ rescue mission launches to save Nasa telescope that is falling to Earth
A three-armed spacecraft has rocketed into orbit to rescue a Nasa telescope that is in danger of crashing…
Canada hopes to become an ‘energy superpower’
Canada announced plans to build a major oil pipeline to boost sales to Asia and massively increase oil…
He Predicted the Dot-com Bubble Burst. Now He’s Saying SpaceX Could be a Fresh Warning Sign.
Wall Street was fascinated by the initial public offering (IPO) of Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX). Not only…
Could humans someday explore Saturn’s moon Titan, or will humanoid robots do it for us?
BOULDER, Colorado – Humans have been exploring outer space since April 1961 with the pioneering flight of Soviet…
How climate change influences extreme weather
I am finalizing a textbook on climate risk and am posting chapters as I finish them. I’d previously…
Potentially Habitable Super-Earth Found Just 25 Light-Years Away : ScienceAlert
One of the best places to search for life outside the Solar System may be practically right next…
The Sun’s Atmosphere May Be Feeding on Dust
3D rendering of the Parker Solar Probe. Credit: NASA The Sun’s outer atmosphere may have a dust problem—and…
Antarctica’s Blood Falls Hides a Hidden World That’s Never Seen The Sun : ScienceAlert
In an arid world of ice and snow, a glacier is ‘bleeding’. A deep red flow of water…
The Space Shuttle Endeavour Goes On Public Display Later This Year
NASA’s shuttle has been in LA since 2012, but now it’ll have a permanent exhibit at the California…
The oldest known image of the cosmos is a Bronze Age disc of bronze and gold, dug from a German hilltop by looters and recovered three years later in a Swiss police sting
The oldest known image of the cosmos is not painted or carved. It is cast in metal. It…
Simple water trick slashes diesel engine pollution by over 60%
Diesel engines power everything from freight trucks and farm equipment to generators and industrial machinery. They are valued…