In 1918, astronomer Heber Curtis identified a black hole jet that seemed to shoot out of…
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Inside a top-secret US nuclear facility in the Nevada desert
A group of journalists were allowed to tour a weapons laboratory deep underground in Frenchman Flat,…
Astronomers are tracking an asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032 : NPR
A meteor contrail is seen over Chelyabinsk, Russia on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, in a photo…
The top 10 technologies for 2025 from from the MIT Tech Rev : Short Wave : NPR
For decades, editors at MIT Technology Review have set themselves the annual challenge of trying to…
Trump asks SpaceX to “go get” two stranded ISS astronauts : NPR
This image made from a NASA live stream shows NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore…
Why a new telescope may help the search for alien life in space : Short Wave : NPR
Bettymaya Foott/National Radio Astronomy Observatory Bettymaya Foott/National Radio Astronomy Observatory At the turn of the century,…
Inauguration Day 2025: Trump addresses supporters; Biden bids farewell : NPR
Elon Musk reacts as President Trump delivers his inaugural address after being sworn in as the…
How to watch the planet parade with Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars : NPR
A youth looks through a telescope during a stargazing and comet-watching gathering at Joya-La Barreta Ecological…
Air traffic controllers rushed to divert aircraft after Elon Musk’s rocket exploded : NPR
Starship lifts off from it’s pad in Boca Chica, Tex. on January 16. Minutes after launching,…
SpaceX launches its Starship rocket on latest test flight but spacecraft is destroyed : NPR
SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship launches for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, Thursday.…