The Amazon founder today revealed the details of Blue Moon, the lander he will use to…
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The Government Shutdown Killed an Artist’s Space Sculpture
Trevor Paglen’s highly anticipated space sculpture made it to orbit, but a shutdown-induced lag at the…
SpaceX Is Launching ‘Organs on a Chip’ to the ISS
Organs on a chip were created to expedite the process of drug discovery. Sending them to…
A Programmer Solved a 20-Year-Old, Forgotten Crypto Puzzle
A self-taught coder dedicated a CPU core to performing continuous computations for three years to *****…
SpaceX Lands All 3 Boosters of Its Falcon Heavy Rocket
The first commercial flight of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy ended with two boosters touching down on land…
Watch SpaceX Launch a Falcon Heavy on Its First Real Mission
This is the second time SpaceX is flying the Falcon Heavy, the most powerful rocket by…
Sea Levels Are Rising. Time to Build … Floating Cities?
If climate change ends up coming for your home, you could move inland. Or you could…
Two Unusual Galaxies Shake Up the Dark Matter Debate, Again
No dark matter? No problem! Two galaxies that appear devoid of the mysterious substance could be…
‘The Matrix’ Code Came From Sushi Recipes—but Which?
The text was inspired by those recipes, but its creator won't tell you what they are.
Machine Learning for March Madness Is a Competition In Itself
You’re more likely to win the Powerball jackpot than fill out the perfect bracket. So statisticians…