Firefly Aerospace prepares Alpha rocket for 1st launch since explosive mishaps last year
Firefly Aerospace is getting ready to launch its Alpha rocket after a 10-month hiatus. The Texas-based company is…
How long can crocodiles stay under water without breathing? The kids’ quiz | Family
1.Seb, 9, asks: how long can crocodiles stay under water without coming up for air? Reveal 2.Tilly, 8,…
100-year-old redwood to come down as Seattle developer eyes new housing
The owner of the 17,000-square-foot property plans to build a second home, which will lead to the historic…
The Milky Way may be hiding a big secret at its heart: an extremely magnetic dead star
Scientists suspect that a rapidly spinning, highly magnetic neutron star, or “pulsar,” dwells at the heart of the…
Abandoned baby monkey finds comfort in stuffed orangutan in Japan
KIM KYUNG-HOON / REUTERS A baby Japanese macaque named Punch sits next to a stuffed orangutan at Ichikawa…
Why is the Austin air quality so bad today? Pollution high Thursday
If you opened your phone’s weather app to an air quality alert this morning in Austin, you’re not…
Subaru Telescope’s Prime Focus Spectrograph Given Hawaiian Name
(BIVN) – Subaru Telescope’s advanced Prime Focus Spectrograph, or PFS, has received a Hawaiian name: ʻŌnohiÊ»ula. The PFS…
Scientists extracted DNA from mummified cheetah remains and made a surprising discovery
NEW YORK CITY — When scientists with the National Center for Wildlife in Saudi Arabia were surveying caves…
Gaia Detected an Entire Swarm of Black Holes Traveling Through The Milky Way
A fluffy cluster of stars spilling across the sky may have a secret hidden in its heart: a…
Extreme heat lab: enduring the climate of the future | Climate crisis
What heat does to your body After the first experiment, Jay explains to me what I just went…
Lunar mysteries: Artemis moon missions could answer scientists’ big questions
When NASA’s Artemis II mission embarks on a 10-day journey around the moon, the crew may glimpse features…
Baby squirrels nesting in car engine
SCOTT COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — A routine car inspection at Paul Miller Mazda turned into an unexpected…