Caltech scientists are developing laser-driven lightsails that could push spacecraft beyond our solar system. Their research ...

SpaceX's gigantic Starship rocket has been "lost" just minutes into its seventh test flight. The 400ft rocket - the biggest and most powerful in the world - soared from Boca Chica, south Texas ...

Welcome to the 2025 Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors collection. For four years, this contest has celebrated stories that invite us to imagine the future we want — futures in ...

The fourth annual Science + Literature awards recipients were announced ... and unique writers engaging with scientific themes and characters across poetry, fiction, and nonfiction,” Doron Weber, vice ...

The fourth annual Science + Literature awards recipients ... engaging with scientific themes and characters across poetry, fiction, and nonfiction,” Doron Weber, vice president and program ...

A series of experiments on board China’s space station have for the first time produced oxygen and the ingredients for rocket fuel – key steps that are considered essential for human survival ...

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket visible as a streak of light from bottom right to top left. Don Pettit / NASA Blue Origin launched its New Glenn heavy-lift rocket for the first time last week ...

A SpaceX Starship rocket broke up in space minutes after launching from Texas on Thursday, forcing airline flights over the Gulf of Mexico to alter course to avoid falling debris and setting back ...

Listen to Story Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos both congratulated and appreciated each other SpaceX's Starship lifted off from South Texas but exploded Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket reached orbit, but ...

There are a lot of intriguing titles on the way this year in the fantasy and science fiction space. Whether you're looking for a wildly unique tale or a return to a beloved fictional universe ...

Two rockets launched on Thursday, and while both marked key advances in the space industry, neither was a complete success. Thursday was a big day for the space community. Blue Origin's New Glenn ...

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