‘Major Anomaly’ Behind Latest SpaceX Starship Explosion

‘Major Anomaly’ Behind Latest SpaceX Starship Explosion
Musk wrote that the nitrogen COPV appears to have failed below its proof pressure, within conditions that should not have ...
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SpaceX Starship explodes again, this time on the ground

SpaceX Starship explodes again, this time on the ground
On Wednesday, June 18 at approximately 11 p.m. CT, the Starship preparing for the tenth flight test experienced a major ...
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The Mysterious Inner Workings of Io, Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon

The Mysterious Inner Workings of Io, Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon
Crucially, unlike Io’s odd magnetic field, which seemed to indicate that it concealed an ocean’s worth of fluid, Europa’s own ...
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A New Law of Nature Attempts to Explain the Complexity of the Universe

A New Law of Nature Attempts to Explain the Complexity of the Universe
Kauffman argues that biological evolution is thus constantly creating not just new types of organisms but new possibilities for organisms, ...
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A new atomic clock in space could help us measure elevations on Earth

A new atomic clock in space could help us measure elevations on Earth
To prevent such costly construction errors, in 2015 scientists in the International Association of Geodesy voted to adopt the International ...
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New Bacteria Have Been Discovered on a Chinese Space Station

New Bacteria Have Been Discovered on a Chinese Space Station
It is microscopic and rod-shaped, can create spores, and may have evolved to survive hundreds of miles above our planet’s ...
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The pursuit of better drugs through orbital space crystals

The pursuit of better drugs through orbital space crystals
In The Andromeda Strain, Michael Crichton wrote about killer alien space crystals that are (spoiler alert) ultimately stymied by Earth’s ...
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SpaceX Tests Starship Fixes After Back-to-Back Failures

SpaceX Tests Starship Fixes After Back-to-Back Failures
SpaceX founder Elon Musk also wants Starship to fly to Mars, which will, likewise, require a mastery of in-space refueling. ...
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It’s Looking More Likely NASA Will Fly the Artemis II Mission

It’s Looking More Likely NASA Will Fly the Artemis II Mission
Late Saturday night, technicians at Kennedy Space Center in Florida moved the core stage for NASA’s second Space Launch System ...
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Evidence Grows That Dark Energy Changes Over Time

Evidence Grows That Dark Energy Changes Over Time
That’s what DESI was designed to do: take precise measurements of the apparent size of these bubbles (both near and ...
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