Science

It doesn’t take a degree in aerospace engineering to know that, ideally, rockets aren’t supposed to blow up.So to those who aren’t engineers, the explosion of SpaceX’s Starship rocket on Thursday might...

SpaceX’s Starship rocket exploded on Thursday, minutes after lifting off from a launchpad in South Texas. The rocket, the most powerful ever built, did not reach orbit but provided important lessons for...

WASHINGTON — President Biden on Thursday pledged $500 million to fight deforestation in Brazil and more than $1 billion to help developing countries transition away from fossil fuels and become more resilient...

The NewsWeather forecasters with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Thursday issued their latest outlook for the United States, and there’s at least one piece of hopeful news for a state...

It long seemed as though African elephants were the champions of the all-nighter. They can get by on about two hours of sleep. Other mammals need much more, like koalas (20 hours)...

As big as Starship is, it was originally going to be bigger.In 2016, Elon Musk was dropping hints of a giant new spacecraft that would take people — lots of them —...

For the tens of thousands of astrophotographers, eclipse chasers and cosmically minded tourists contemplating the best site from which to view Thursday’s total solar eclipse, the town of Exmouth, perched on a...

SpaceX’s first attempt on Monday to launch Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, was called off. That is not unusual — many flights of new rockets are scrubbed multiple times during...

In a nod to the ongoing risk the coronavirus poses to millions of Americans, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended on Wednesday that adults 65 and older and those with...

Many of the signs of aging are invisible, slow, and subtle — changes in cell division capacity, cardiac output and kidney function don’t exactly show up in the mirror. But gray hairs...