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Astrobiologist Samantha Rolfe says that Elon Musk's plans to colonize Mars are more of a "moral catastrophe" than a noble aspiration.
Starship

Astrobiologist: Elon Musk’s Starship Is a “Moral Catastrophe”

By Dan Robitzski

After three years of tests, China is opening up its gigantic 500-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) to astronomers from all over the world.
Science & Energy

China Opens Up Ginormous Alien-Hunting Telescope

By Victor Tangermann

Newly-shared pictures of the cotton plant China briefly grew on the Moon shows that it fared a little bit better than previously thought before freezing.
Science & Energy

China Shares Photos of Its Doomed Moon Plant

By Dan Robitzski

Astronauts on the International Space Station played a quick game of low-gravity baseball in orbit to promote the World Series.
International Space Station

Watch Astronauts Play Baseball on the International Space Station

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX just posted dramatic footage of its commercial space shuttle Crew Dragon undergoing hundreds of rigorous tests of its emergency abort system.
Crew Dragon

Watch SpaceX Test Its Crew Dragon’s Escape System

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists who work on extraterrestrial-seeking projects like SETI report a stigma within science that gets their work dismissed and funding killed.
Science & Energy

Scientists Are Terrified of SETI Research

By Dan Robitzski

Henk Rogers wants to build a lunar spaceport so that all the billionaires building shiny new rockets actually have someplace to land.
Science & Energy

The Guy Who Popularized “Tetris” Wants to Build a Lunar Spaceport

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has big plans for the Starship: a "Super Heavy" variant will feature up to 41 Raptor engines, 35 of which will be used as a booster.
Starship

Elon Musk: Starship Super Heavy Will Have 41 Raptor Engines

By Victor Tangermann

The launch pad for a Japanese rocket inexplicably caught fire, forcing the nation to abort an International Space Station supply mission.
Off-World

Japanese Rocket’s Launch Pad Inexplicably Bursts Into Flames

By Kristin Houser

Lockheed Martin engineers are using Microsoft's HoloLens to speed up construction of NASA's next space capsule by showing technicians the next step.
NASA

Lockheed Engineers Are Using HoloLens to Build NASA’s New Space Capsule

By Jon Christian

On Friday afternoon, India's Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft will attempt to land on the Moon. If it works, India will be the fourth country to ever do so.
Science & Energy

India Is About to Attempt a Moon Landing

By Dan Robitzski

Extremely bright objects that first appeared close to the Big Bang — theoretical objects called "dark stars" — could have seeded supermassive black holes.
Science & Energy

These Bizarre Objects May Have “Seeded” Supermassive Black Holes

By Victor Tangermann

Next year, astronauts on the International Space Station will attempt to bake cookies in space. It's part PR stunt, part lesson in zero-g manufacturing.
Science & Energy

Astronauts Are Planning to Bake Cookies on the Space Station

By Dan Robitzski

NASA announced Tuesday that the Kepler Space Telescope, which has been orbiting Earth and looking for exoplanets since 2009, ran out of fuel. RIP.
NASA

NASA: Kepler Space Telescope is Out of Fuel

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX filed paperwork with the FCC yesterday, requesting permission to communicate with its first generation Starship up to an altitude of 22.5 km.
Starship

SpaceX Files Paperwork for Starship Maiden Voyage

By Victor Tangermann

An attempt to reconcile the discrepancy among Hubble Constant calculations only complicated the matter, raising questions about our models of the universe.
Physics

New Hubble Data Breaks Scientists’ Understanding of the Universe

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists on board the International Space Station have successfully mixed cement in the microgravity of space.
Off-World

For the First Time Ever, Astronauts Mix Cement in Space

By Victor Tangermann

NASA posted a video to its Commercial Crew Twitter account of astronauts wearing SpaceX spacesuits while inside a Crew Dragon spacecraft.
NASA

NASA Astronauts Put SpaceX Spacesuits to the Test

By Kristin Houser

Without further ado, please enjoy this compilation of utter self-regard: The Futurism Team's favorite science and technology stories of 2019.
Future Society

Editor’s Picks: The Futurism Team’s 10 Favorite Tech and Science Stories of 2019

By Foster Kamer

NASA scientists report that Jupiter's Great Red Spot is shrinking and that it could totally dissipate within the next 20 years.
Off-World

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Is Dying

By Dan Robitzski

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AI Is Slitting the Throat of the Journalism Industry
Artificial Intelligence

AI Is Slitting the Throat of the Journalism Industry

By Victor Tangermann

Despite broadcasting a barrage of lies with its faulty AI summaries feature, Apple has yet to meaningfully address the problem.
Artificial Intelligence

Apple’s AI Is Constantly Butchering Huge News Stories Sent to Millions of Users

By Victor Tangermann

Tech startup Channel 1 released a 20 minute demo of its news channel presented by uncanny AI news anchors.
Artificial Intelligence

Channel 1 Says It’ll Use AI-Generated News Anchors

By Frank Landymore

Readers Want Publications to Label AI-Generated Content
Artificial Intelligence

Readers Want Publications to Label AI-Generated Content

By Sharon Adarlo