That's roughly equivalent to NASA's Space Launch System (SLS), and not far from what SpaceX promises with Starship, but it'll do it at a fraction of the cost of NASA's system, and possibly far sooner ...

Fresh off a completely successful second flight of its new mega rocket, Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin has just revealed designs for an even larger version of the launch system. The new-look ...

OpenAI today upgraded GPT-5 to GPT-5.1, the next-generation version of the AI model that powers ChatGPT. There are two versions of GPT-5.1, including Instant and Thinking. Instant is warmer, more ...

SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from the first five minutes of the upcoming final installment of Netflix‘s Stranger Things, which were unveiled following the red carpet premiere on Thursday ...

Inside NASA’s giant rocket garage — the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). This video covers the cranes, platforms, and crawler built to move these giant spacecraft, including the Saturn V, Apollo ...

Three Chinese astronauts have been forced to extend their six-month stay in space over concerns their return ship may have been hit by debris. Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie were due to return ...

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Scientists from NASA and Chalmers University have discovered that incompatible substances can mix on Titan’s icy surface, breaking the “like dissolves like” rule of chemistry. Under ultra-cold ...

On Oct. 15, 1997, NASA launched the Cassini spacecraft on a mission to explore Saturn and its moons. It took almost 7 years for Cassini to reach Saturn. Another smaller spacecraft called Huygens ...

Previously undetected organic compounds have been found in ice ejected into space from Enceladus, making the satellite a prime candidate for further research. The researchers analyzed data from the ...

Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners! For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Let’s kick off the week with a quick roundup of some science news you may have missed. First, ...

Astronomers have found that Saturn’s moon, Enceladus, is spewing out copious amounts of complex organic molecules, suggesting it’s an even more promising place to look for extraterrestrial life than ...