NASA’s X-59 Prepares for First Supersonic Flight
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft is preparing for some of its most significant flights yet. The X-plane…
The Sun is not standing still. It is carrying the entire Solar System around the centre of the Milky Way, and one lap takes roughly 230 million years. The last time we were this far around the galaxy, Earth was in the Triassic Period and the very first dinosaurs were only just beginning to walk.
The Sun is not fixed in space. It carries the entire Solar System around the centre of the…
Elon Musk strikes down reports on SpaceX IPO rumors
Elon Musk has firmly denied recent media reports suggesting that SpaceX has reduced its target valuation for an…
Scientists Spot What Appears to Be a Ring-Shaped “Planet Factory” Deep Out in Space
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Is The Universe Infinite?
Whether the universe is infinite turns on a distinction that is easy to miss: the difference between the…
‘It made no sense’: Rare moonbow spotted over Mackenzie Country
A Christchurch couple have captured a rare lunar rainbow over the South Island’s Mackenzie Country during an extraordinary…
The Moon is stealing time from the Earth, and it has been getting away with it for billions of years. Our planet spins so much slower than it once did that a single day has stretched from just 19 hours to the 24 we live by, and the Moon is still creeping away from us right now.
Earth’s spin is slowing, the day is getting longer, and the Moon is drifting outward at about 3.8…
Astronomers gaze into the ‘Crystal Ball Nebula’ and see a vision of our dying sun — Space photo of the week
Quick facts What it is: NGC 1514, the Crystal Ball Nebula Where it is: About 1,500 light-years from…
Beijing space computing institute established in E-Town, with first experimental satellite targeted for launch by 2028
A concept picture of space Photo: VCG A space computing research institute was recently set up in Beijing…
Astronomers stunned: our supermassive black hole just broke all known rules
Astronomers stunned: our supermassive black hole just broke all known rules – Futura-Sciences May 31, 2026 3 min…
‘Rockets are hard’: Elon Musk responds to Jeff Bezos’ rocket explosion as his own SpaceX glides to a $1.8T IPO
When Jeff Bezos’ New Glenn rocket erupted into a fireball on a Cape Canaveral launch pad late on…
‘Astonishing’: James Webb telescope spots the most chemically primitive galaxy in the ancient universe
One of the greatest achievements of the James Webb Space Telescope is how it has allowed scientists to…