Jun 04 NASA declares its Mars Maven spacecraft dead after 6 months of silence By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press The space agency confirmed Wednesday that the mission had ended after more than a decade of observations. Continue reading
Jun 03 Radio scans find no evidence of alien tech from interstellar comet 3I/Atlas By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press The SETI Institute said Wednesday that extensive radio scans by its telescope in Northern California found no signs of otherworldly technology from our solar system’s latest interstellar visitor. Continue reading
Jun 03 Watch 5:23 Trump administration dismantles ambitious ocean monitoring program By William Brangham, Karina Cuevas Scientists across the country are expressing alarm as the Trump administration dismantles another tool for understanding how the planet is changing. More than 900 deep-sea ocean sensors will be pulled out of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans near Washington, Oregon,… Continue watching
Jun 03 SpaceX plans to raise up to $75 billion in an IPO that would be the largest ever and could make Elon Musk a trillionaire By Bernard Condon, Associated Press SpaceX says it plans to raise up to $75 billion when it goes public this month, setting the stage for the largest-ever stock market debut and putting Elon Musk on course to becoming the world's first trillionaire. Continue reading
Jun 03 A diet of royal jelly isn't the only thing that makes a queen bee By Adithi Ramakrishnan, Associated Press Scientists have identified a group of worker honeybees that are specially adapted to build their queen's waxy abode within the hive. Continue reading
May 29 Watch 4:52 How a Blue Origin rocket explosion could impact NASA's moon mission By Miles O'Brien, Diane Lincoln Estes Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded on the launchpad during a test in Cape Canaveral on Thursday. The company, owned by Jeff Bezos, said no one was injured and all personnel were accounted for. But the rocket has a crucial… Continue watching
May 29 Blue Origin rocket explodes on the launch pad during an engine-firing test By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press A rocket belonging to Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin exploded during a test at the launch pad Thursday night, shaking nearby homes and briefly painting the sky orange. Continue reading
May 28 Think it's hot now? The next five years will smash records, UN says By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press In the next five years, the Earth is overwhelmingly likely to surge again and again past the international climate threshold set as safe and shatter its hottest-year record along the way, according to new United Nations climate projections. Continue reading
May 28 What to know about a rare blue micromoon rising this weekend By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Get set for a rare blue micromoon this weekend — a blue moon that's also the most distant and smallest-looking full moon of the year. Continue reading
May 26 WATCH: NASA shares plans to construct moon base By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press The space agency outlined the first phase of its moon base plans on Tuesday, awarding hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts to four U.S. companies. Continue reading