Science & Engineering
August 2026
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Science & Engineering
Starship went from destroying its launch pad to landing intact in the Indian Ocean
Science & Engineering
Space expanded while ancient light travelled, pushing its source 46.5 billion light-years away
Science & Engineering
Dark energy may be weakening, contradicting decades of cosmic theory
Universe
Gas giant 520 light-years away sets wind-speed record at 33,000 kilometers per hour
Science & Engineering
Pressure drop, not turbine blades, kills salmon passing through hydroelectric dams
Science & Engineering
Mars astronauts could return with weakened bones, study suggests
Science & Engineering
Dark matter could have inflated the universe's first supermassive black holes
Space & Missions
Falcon 9 booster launches 36 times in five years, nearing Space Shuttle's career total
Earth & Life
Liquid metal ocean beneath Earth's crust shifts measurably within years
Science & Engineering
Test pilot jumped toward space with a dying hand to make history
Science & Engineering
NASA's astronaut finalists endure hours of psychological tests and grueling team simulations
Science & Engineering
NASA engineer's blood boiled in vacuum chamber but he walked away unharmed
Space & Missions
U.S. aims for 1,000 space launches annually by 2030, triple current pace
Space & Missions
Artemis rocket crawled four miles in 12 hours, then Orion screamed back at 25,000 mph
Universe