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The creatures of Avatar & Avatar: The Way of Water
As we return to Pandora in theaters, we learn a bit more about the distinct creatures, old and new, that roam the gorgeous locations of the Avatar movies.
Mammals were already poised to take over the world before the dino-killing asteroid struck
Ancient mammals were better adapted than nonavian dinosaurs to survive the Chicxulub asteroid impact.
Doom-spiraling exoplanet will someday meet fiery demise
Tidal interactions are pulling the exoplanet toward its demise: a fiery collision with its star.
Scientists trace fireball to strange rocky meteoroid from the edge of the solar system
A rocky meteoroid that exploded over Canada last year was more extraordinary than it first seemed: it originated from the outer solar system, where scientists thought only icy bodies exist.
NASA's InSight lander just recorded its biggest quake on Mars ever
A Marsquake detected by NASA's InSight lander in May this year was at least five times larger than the next largest seismic event recorded on the planet.
One year ago, a perfect launch for the James Webb Space Telescope
The voice counted backwards in French from ten to one, then announced, “Décollage” – lift-off. The 15-year-long collaboration between NASA, ESA and the Canadian Space Agency had just entered its most critical phase: the launch itself. What happened next would determine whether the James Webb Space Telescope made it into space or not.
Rocket Lab delays 1st US launch due to unacceptably high winds
Rocket Lab's debut launch from American soil will have to wait at least another day after high winds thwarted an attempted liftoff Sunday evening (Dec. 18).
Could Space-based Satellites Power Remote Mines?
Many space-based technologies are still looking for their “killer app” – the thing that they do better than anything else and makes them indispensable to whoever needs to have that app to solve a problem. At this point in the development of humanity, most of those killer apps will involve solving a problem back on Earth. Space-based solar power satellites are certainly one of those technologies.
Live coverage: Rocket Lab counting down to first launch from Virginia
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Launch Complex 2 at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia. The Electron rocket will carry three radio frequency monitoring microsatellites into orbit for HawkEye 360. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.
'Star Trek: 'Q and False' and Other Stories' extends the final frontier with new anthology
Titan Books' new illustrated short fiction collection "Star Trek: 'Q and False' and Other Stories" features original stories from throughout the franchise.
How was the universe created?
We don't really know how the universe was created, though most astrophysicists believe it started with the Big Bang.
'Transformers: Rise of the Beasts' trailer offers 1st look at a chest-thumping Optimus Primal
Paramount Pictures releases debut trailer for next summer's "Transformers: Rise of the Beasts."
Watch Rocket Lab attempt its 1st launch from US soil with an Electron booster today
After years of launching rockets from New Zealand, the commercial space company Rocket Lab is ready for its U.S. launch debut.
Nigeria, Rwanda become 1st African nations to sign Artemis Accords
The two countries are the 22nd and 23rd signatories of the NASA-led accords.
NASA cancels climate change satellite to monitor greenhouse gases
NASA has canceled the GeoCarb mission, which was a greenhouse gas–monitoring satellite into geostationary orbit.
FAA clears Rocket Lab for first launch from U.S. spaceport
Rocket Lab’s Electron launcher on the pad at Wallops Island, Virginia. Credit: Rocket Lab / Trevor Mahlmann
Rocket Lab said Saturday that the company received final approval from NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration to launch their first mission from the United States on Sunday, clearing final regulatory and technical hurdles with a new autonomous range safety destruct unit that delayed the launch more than two years.
Live coverage: SpaceX booster to launch for record 15th time on Starlink mission
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Starlink 4-37 mission will launch SpaceX’s next batch of 54 Starlink broadband satellites. Follow us on Twitter.
Accident on the ISS, JWST Deep Field, Space Habitat Goes BANG!
Splashdown! Artemis I has returned home. Webb has made its first Deep Field survey. Listen to the sound of a dust devil on Mars, and a Space journalist is going to the Moon.
SpaceX rocket launch at sunset wows some stargazers with ethereal 'space jellyfish' (photos)
When SpaceX launch two satellites into orbit Friday evening from Florida, it lit up the night sky with more than just its fiery engines.
