Branson’s Virgin Orbit moves closer to commercial satellite launch
Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit on Wednesday released a rocket from the wing of a modified Boeing 747 jetliner in mid-air in a key test of...
Branson’s Virgin Orbit completes key rocket test
Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit on Wednesday released a rocket from the wing of a modified Boeing 747 jetliner in mid-air in a key test of...
Branson’s Virgin Orbit to test key rocket Wednesday – source
Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit on Wednesday plans to release a rocket from the wing of a modified Boeing 747 jetliner in mid-air in a key...
Pay dispute resurfaces as U.S. women prepare for World Cup final
With the United States preparing to play in the women’s World Cup final the team’s fight for pay equity resurfaced on Wednesday with the Democratic...
Biblical bad guys the ancient Philistines came from Europe, DNA shows
The ancient Philistines, the Biblical villains whose origins have puzzled scholars for decades, came to the Middle East from southern Europe more than 3,000 years...
Solar eclipse plunges Chile into darkness
Hundreds of thousands of tourists scattered across the north Chilean desert on Tuesday to experience a rare, and irresistible combination for astronomy buffs: a total...
Blind Chileans ‘listen’ for the solar eclipse
In the minutes before a solar eclipse plunged Chile into darkness, a loudspeaker projected a deep baritone to a group of blind men and women...
NASA tests abort system on astronaut capsule built for moon missions
An unmanned full-scale NASA crew capsule blasted off from a Florida launchpad on Tuesday in a successful test of the spacecraft’s abort thrusters, an astronaut...
Hungarian parliament passes bill tightening state grip over scientists
Hungarian lawmakers passed legislation on Tuesday to tighten state control of research bodies run by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA), overriding protests against the...
Scientists conclude cigar-shaped interstellar object not an alien spaceship
After investigating the nature of a mysterious and apparently cigar-shaped object called ‘Oumuamua spotted in 2017 speeding through our solar system, astronomers remain uncertain over...
