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SpaceX darkened its Starlink satellites, but they're stil blocking and interfering with astronomers' observations of the night sky.
SpaceX

SpaceX’s “Darkened” Satellites Still Messing Up Research, Astronomers Say

The Starlink Darksats are better, but not good enough.

By Dan Robitzski

Would a head-on collision with a Cheeto orbiting the Earth be enough to destroy the International Space Station? Probably not, but it could do some damage.
Off-World

Debate Rages Over Whether Single Speeding Cheeto Could Destroy Space Station

NASA declined to comment.

By Dan Robitzski

Blue Origin successfully launched its New Shepard rocket at its testing site in Texas today, including an autonomous booster landing.
Blue Origin

Blue Origin’s New Shepard Pulls Off Spectacular Test Launch

A sensor-laden, human-sized dummy collected data from inside the cabin.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have managed to program data into the DNA of living bacteria for the first time, allowing the data to be passed on to the next generation.
Science & Energy

Scientists Successfully Store Data Inside DNA of Living Bacteria

The data could even be passed on to the organisms' offspring.

By Victor Tangermann

An international team of astronomers have detected a violent eruption of light emanating from a galaxy that repeats itself every 114 Earth days.
Science & Energy

A Black Hole Bites a Chunk Out of This Star Every 114 Days

Look on the bright side — at least this isn't happening to our Sun.

By Victor Tangermann

The "mole" attached to NASA's InSight Mars lander, which has been attempting to dig itself into the rocky surface, is giving up, according to NASA.
Mars

NASA’s Mars Mole Is Giving Up

NASA admits defeat — it can't penetrate Mars' rocky surface.

By Victor Tangermann

Andrew Yang is officially running for mayor of New York City on a campaign that promises to bring universal basic income to the city.
Universal Basic Income

Andrew Yang Proposes Basic Income For New York City

Should New Yorkers get direct payments from the government?

By Victor Tangermann

A new human stem cell derived from fat cells seems to be capable of adapting to and repairing damage in many parts of the body.
RX and Medicine

Scientists Reprogram Fat Cells to Repair Injuries

The hacked cells learned to heal muscle, bone, cartilage, and even blood vessels in mice. Will they work in humans?

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX just won two contracts to launch both a commercial lunar lander, a mission backed by NASA, as well as a satellite meant to monitor methane emissions.
NASA

SpaceX Secures NASA Contract to Launch Lunar Lander

It'll carry a drill that'll dig into the Moon to search for water.

By Victor Tangermann

As scientists put more and more resources into studying wormholes, it may become possible to find and even travel through them.
Physics

Astrophysicist Says It’s Likely We Can Travel Through Wormholes

It's increasingly likely, she says, that real people will travel through wormholes.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists in Ohio found two new strains of the coronavirus, both of which seem to be more infectious than the dominant strain.
Viruses

Two New Coronavirus Strains Emerge in the United States

Both show mutations that appear to make them even more infectious.

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese researchers unveiled a prototype maglev train they say is both faster and more efficient than anything else out there.
Advanced Transport

China Unveils Maglev Train that Travels at Nearly 400 MPH

That's more than half the speed of sound.

By Dan Robitzski

Residents in Shenyang, China are being tested for COVID-19 by a plastic-wrapped robotic arm that is being remotely controlled from the next room.
Prosthetics and Devices

China Is Using Robots to Administer COVID Tests

The robotic arm can take throat swabs at an extraordinary pace.

By Victor Tangermann

New simulations on galaxy development suggest that powerful magnetic fields present in the early universe could have stunted the Milky Way's growth.
Physics

Scientists: Magnetic Fields May Have Crushed Our Entire Galaxy

Did unfathomably powerful magnetic fields warp the ancient Milky Way?

By Dan Robitzski

According to a new study, we could theoretically extract energy from the enormous amounts of emissions emanating from black holes.
Energy

Physicists Outline Plan to Harvest Energy From Black Holes

Columbia University scientists say that in the future, a black hole could power an entire off-Earth civilization.

By Victor Tangermann

Engineers behind the epic YouTube account Hacksmith Industries have created a functioning hoverboard that actually hovers like the real thing.
Future Society

Inventors Create Working Hoverboard

There's just one catch.

By Victor Tangermann

Biotech company United Therapeutics is planning to begin transplanting organs from genetically modified pigs into humans as soon as this year.
Developments

A Startup Is Planning Pig-to-Human Organ Transplants This Year

"Our ultimate goal is to essentially have an unlimited supply of organs."

By Victor Tangermann

In a recent study, an international group of scientists argue that dark matter doesn't exist. It's simply our limited scientific understanding of gravity.
Dark Matter

New Study Claims Dark Matter Doesn’t Exist

Could physicists have been so wrong?

By Victor Tangermann

A boutique automotive manufacturer is challenging Elon Musk to race the Cybertruck at the 2023 Baja 1000 with a hydrogen-powered vehicle.
Advanced Transport

Carmaker Challenges Cybertruck to Off-Road Race Against Fuel Cell Vehicle

Is Tesla up to the challenge?

By Victor Tangermann

Unsuspecting residents in Hawaii spotted something exceedingly strange: a large blue unidentified object falling out of the sky and into the ocean.
Future Society

Video Shows Blue UFO Falling Into Ocean in Hawaii

"I look up and then I was like oh shit."

By Victor Tangermann