SpaceX’s 1st ‘Version 3’ Super Heavy Starship booster buckles under pressure during initial tests
More testing will be needed before SpaceX's newest version of Starship gets off the ground. On Thursday (Nov. 20), SpaceX rolled out Booster 18, the first stage of the company's first "Version 3" Starship megarocket, to begin its first round of tests ahead of the...
‘It was an incredible moment.’ Skydiver plunges across the face of the sun jaw-dropping astrophotographer photo
It's called "The Fall of Icarus," and it is the hottest new photo (literally) from astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy. Skydiver and friend of McCarthy, Gabe Brown, can be seen falling across the face of the sun in the new photograph, which the two built around a...
Earth just got hit by a stealth solar storm no one saw coming
A stealth solar storm hit Earth on Nov. 20. It arrived without warning and may have contributed to auroras visible at mid latitudes. This event didn't trigger a geomagnetic storm; however, such solar storms, or coronal mass ejections (CMEs), are still exciting because...
Lawmakers call on NASA inspector general to investigate Goddard Space Flight Center as agency defends campus closures: Exclusive
The fight over NASA's premier center for space and Earth sciences trudges on, as lawmakers on Capitol Hill call for a formal investigation into the closing of critical campus facilities during the government shutdown. In a letter sent today (Nov. 21), Rep. Zoe...
‘We were genuinely astonished’: This moss survived 9 months outside the International Space Station and could still grow on Earth
This little plant is a lot tougher than it looks. Researchers exposed moss spores to the harsh environment of space for nine months recently, and the results were surprising, a new study reports. "Most living organisms, including humans, cannot survive even briefly in...
Mysterious galaxy trapped in ‘the void’ keeps churning out stars without fuel
Scientists are puzzled by an"impossible" galaxy that doesn't appear to have the fuel it needs to be growing. The dwarf galaxy, NGC 6789, is located approximately 12 million light-years from Earth, in an empty region known as the Local Void, and was first described in...
Canon 8×20 IS binocular review
The Canon 8x20 IS binoculars may be one of the best image-stabilized binoculars we've tested and also sit within the best compact binoculars category, making them ideal for wildlife spotting. These are Canon's lightest image-stabilized binoculars, weighing in at only...
Top 17 Black Friday fitness deals, from activewear to home exercise equipment
The Black Friday weekend is still a week away, but you can already save money on brand-new activewear and exercise equipment. While some of the best fitness deals are reserved for the main event, there are plenty of early discounts available, including on some of the...
Are free radicals really that bad for you?
Free radicals have a terrible reputation. These reactive and unstable molecules have been associated with cancer, aging, and degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's. Yet the body constantly produces free radicals as a key part of life-sustaining processes, such as...
Turmoil at the CDC, NASA’s comet 3I/ATLAS image release, and the insect apocalypse.
This week's science news has been fraught with controversy, as the three former leaders of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) took to a webinar to describe the chaos unfolding at the agency since the start of the second Trump administration....