The SN10 became the first of the SpaceX Starship prototypes to lift off, flip itself, and then land successfully. However, about ten minutes after landing, the Starship burst into flames in what appeared to be a methane leak. Still, the test objectiv... ...

The SpaceX Starship SN10 successfully lifted off and landed — and then exploded — as the sun set over Texas on Wednesday. You can see the explosion in the tweet below from NASASpaceflight. The SN10 prototype of SpaceX’s promised... ...

The rocket lowered the rover onto the surface of Mars before it shot away from the landing site. So where did it end up? ...

In her new book, Brandy Schillace recalls the unbelievable legacy of a Cold War era neurosurgeon’s mission to preserve the soul. ...

The Covidologist-in-chief says we can’t relax on masks and social distancing yet. Hear that, Texas? ...

Everyone likes manatees. Except, perhaps, for whoever scraped "TRUMP" into a manatee in 2020. Manatee populations have recovered significantly over the last few decades, after hunting and habitat loss decimated their populations. But in early 2021, m... ...

People once folded their correspondence in intricate ways, known as “letterlocking,” to keep out snoops. A fancy new imaging technique sees right through it. ...

Gory Details is National Geographic reporter Erika Engelhaupt's new book about the science of creepy, interesting, and real things such as face mites (above), the caloric intake of cannibals, the unpleasantries of earwax, and the psychology of coulroph... ...

Ultimately, their management styles were similar: Don’t talk about doing things, just do things. ...

The European Space Agency wants to make sure its new astronaut class is more diverse. But it will take redesigned gear to make space accessible to everybody. ...