These Rival Aerospace Companies Are Competing With SpaceX
SpaceX's biggest competitors are busy building reusable rockets of their own, but they're also finding other ways to make money in the space industry.
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Crypto Firms Launch Quantum Alliance as 6 Million Bitcoin Sit Exposed
The nine-member group, modeled on the Internet Engineering Task Force, aims to set open standards for testing quantum-resistance claims as forecasts place th...
Which Is the Most Underestimated Climate Threat in the US?
The many consequences of climate change are already unfolding across the U.S., and some require more urgent attention.
SpaceX’s ambitious, expensive gamble to replace AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon
Today, I’m talking with Walter Piecyk, a partner and analyst at LightShed Partners who covers tech, media, and telecom, about SpaceX’s recently announced pla...
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope exceeds expectations by nearly 30%
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has exceeded expectations after engineers made incredibly tiny adjustments to sharpen its view of the universe. By m...
NASA’s Webb reveals the wild weather of a mysterious world 20 light-years away
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has revealed that a turbulent world 20 light-years away has a surprisingly orderly weather system, with three recurring atm...
A 24-year study uncovers a surprising climate benefit beneath forests
Scientists have discovered that some forest soils are becoming surprisingly better at removing methane from the atmosphere as temperatures rise and rainfall ...
Mars without its makeup can look a little blue. Heres why.
NASA's Curiosity rover sent back a rare uncorrected photo of Mars in blue tones. So what color is the Red Planet, really?
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‘Wow, it’s a real discovery’: Claude cracks a 25-year NSA number mystery
Numbers the spy agency handed over in the 1990s, long suspected of hiding a backdoor, turn out to have come from a basic computer program. Bitcoin was never ...
APOD: 2026 October 17 – 3D 67P
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 17… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the D...
Brazil sees record fall in Amazon deforestation as key election looms
The Amazon rainforest is a crucial buffer against climate change - but deforestation had expanded under former president Jair Bolsonaro.
Satoshi-era bitcoin faces a bigger quantum threat after Google’s new Willow breakthrough
Google says its Willow chip can prepare the special quantum states needed for advanced calculations with about 40 times fewer errors, reducing one of the har...
SpaceX just delivered some very strange cargo to the International Space Station
SpaceX just delivered some surprisingly strange cargo to the International Space Station, including tiny brain models, 3D heart tissue, and technology for ma...
James Webb reveals a strange bulge in an alien planet's atmosphere
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered that a distant alien planet's atmosphere is surprisingly lopsided. Located 1,300 light-years...
Physicists froze a 'necklace' of atoms — and witnessed a quantum phenomenon predicted 100 years ago
Atoms confined to a single line can bind into clusters called Bethe strings. A new experiment points to a mix of many such clusters, though the evidence is s...
Trump says White House didn't order Starlink restrictions in Ukraine
Ukrainian officials complained this week that SpaceX had limited internet connectivity without advance notice.
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Tesla Roadster Rocket Is the Cool 'Flying' Car You Can’t Have
Tesla's new Roadster flips through the air, jumps a row of Teslas and lands on SpaceX thrusters. The Rocket version is invite only, not approved for public r...
NASA Names Stephen Cash Marshall Space Flight Center Director
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has named Stephen Cash director of the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, effective Monday, Oct....
Google's Quantum Breakthrough Sparks Fresh Crypto Security Concerns
Google's latest quantum computing breakthrough has reignited concerns about cryptocurrency security, bringing quantum computers one step closer to potentiall...
Prediction market odds on Tesla-SpaceX merger are above 50% for early 2027
Kalshi odds for a Tesla-SpaceX merger rose above 50% for early 2027 as Barclays outlined how a deal could work.
Artemis II Heat Shield After Splashdown
Shortly after NASA’s Artemis II mission splashed down on April 10, 2026, U.S. Navy divers captured underwater imagery of the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield. ...
Tesla unveils long-delayed Roadster developed with SpaceX, fueling merger speculation
Elon Musk first debuted the Roadster refresh concept in 2017 but Tesla has since missed every targeted delivery date.
I Am Artemis: Allison Mjoen
As the supercooled propellant flowed into the core stage, and NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket roared to life, Allison Mjoen and her family watched wi...
NASA’s Hubble Spies Spiral’s Edge
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features the edge-on, intermediate spiral galaxy NGC 1827, located roughly 37 million light-years away in the constell...
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Watch: Did Tesla really just unveil a flying car?
Tesla CEO Elon Musk showcased the vehicle at a facility owned by his SpaceX company, which helped develop the model.
Morning Minute: Google Clears a Major Quantum Hurdle, Bitcoin Still Safe
Plus, crypto majors rebound despite hot PPI and Saylor’s Strategy is at risk of removal from a major index.
Quantum Alliance forms amid warnings 6.4 million bitcoin face future quantum threat
Nine crypto companies launched the Quantum Alliance to jointly prepare for quantum attacks, but they disagree on when the threat will arrive and whether vuln...
Tokenized Tesla surges as Elon Musk unveils SpaceX-powered flying Roadster prototype
Volume in Hyperliquid’s Tesla contract hit $47 million in one hour after Elon Musk’s flying Roadster demo, up from $2.8 million, with U.S. stocks closed.
Google demonstrates quantum computing breakthrough as observers weigh Q-day implications
Google demonstrated "magic state cultivation," potentially helping address one of quantum computing's most significant bottlenecks.
6 wild ways to make Android widgets more useful
Widgets, widgets, widgets. Has there ever been an Android feature so full of promise that went unloved by Google for so very long? Okay, so maybe there has b...