How to Watch for a Highly Unusual Meteor Storm This Sunday
Skywatchers might get a bonus this weekend, when a meteor storm not associated with a major meteor shower could light…
A Historic Village at the Edge of a Huge Wildfire Is Cut Off From the World
For nearly two centuries, a few dozen families have persisted in the village of Chacon, New Mexico, eking out a…
SpaceX Starship Environmental Review to Go On for Month Longer at Least
We won't get to see the big rocket fly again until June at the earliest.The US Federal Aviation Administration has…
Scientists Spot New Type of Stellar Explosion That’s Small But Fierce
This artist's impression shows a white dwarf stealing material from a companion star, triggering a micronova explosion at one of…
MIT Scientists Reveal the Best Way to Twist Open an Oreo Cookie
Scientists didn't study how Pokemon Oreos twist compared to the regular cookies. Oreo The science is in: The creme filling…
US Military Confirms an Interstellar Meteorite Hit Earth in 2014
In this illustration, an asteroid is shown in the foreground in the lower left. The two bright points above it…
What to Expect From This Weekend’s Full Pink Moon
The full moon taken one day after being 100 percent full in April, 2020. Nic Henry/CNET This weekend's moon probably…
US Military Confirms Object That Hit Earth in 2014 Was Interstellar
In this illustration, an asteroid is shown in the foreground in the lower left. The two bright points above it…
The SpaceX Ax-1 Mission Has Futuristic Self-Assembling Tech to Try Out
Artist's depiction of a future Tesserae self-assembling space station in orbit around Mars. MIT Space Exploration Initiative / TU Dortmund…
NASA Just Opened a 50-Year-Old Time Capsule From the Moon for the First Time
NASA astronaut Harrison Schmitt collects lunar samples during the Apollo 17 mission in 1972. NASA In December 1972, NASA astronauts…