Don’t miss the last supermoon of 2023 this week
As we head into fall, the next few months are looking good for skywatchers. For starters, many are reporting that...
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The US is planning its first fusion plant, and it could generate pollution-free power by 2035
VIENNA — The Biden administration hopes to create a commercial nuclear fusion facility within 10 years as part of the...
Rains pelt Pacific Northwest — and maybe end wildfire season
An atmospheric river storm barreled into the Pacific Northwest on Sunday, bringing several days of heavy rain, likely ending the...
Air Force eyes supply missions for its first electric air taxi
The U.S. Air Force will soon begin testing how it will use battery-powered planes to transport people and cargo. The...
Scientists Think This Emerging Tech Could Be Key to Finding Alien Life
Scientists have outlined a new approach to the search for alien life that emphasizes the role of “astrophotonics,” an emerging...
California officials dragged feet investigating China-linked biolab, documents suggest
Suspicions were raised about the operations of a Chinese-linked biolab in central California far earlier than previously known, according to...
NASA capsule brings sample from asteroid to Earth for the first time in American history: ‘We have touchdown!’
For the first time in U.S. history, samples from an asteroid in deep space that were captured by NASA fell...
9 orcas have died so far this year after they were trapped in fishery equipment off the coast of Alaska
Nine killer whales, also called orcas, have died this year after being found caught in fishery equipment off the Alaska...
NASA will preserve asteroid samples from OSIRIS-Rex for centuries to come so that scientists not even born yet can study them
In 2016, NASA launched OSIRIS-REx, the first US mission to collect samples from an asteroid. Now, the historic mission is...
In a first, NASA returns asteroid samples to Earth
A capsule containing precious samples from an asteroid landed safely on Earth on Sunday, the culmination of a roughly 4-billion-mile...
