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Double digits! Air-launched 'Talon A' hypersonic vehicle notches big flight milestone

By Mike Wall Published 2 August 26

Stratolaunch has now conducted more than 10 flights with its Talon-A hypersonic vehicle, an autonomous, air-launched craft that can travel five times the speed of sound.

On this day in space! Aug. 2, 1971: Apollo 15 makes 1st-ever televised liftoff from the moon

By Hanneke Weitering Published 2 August 26

On Aug. 2, 1971, a lunar liftoff was televised for the first time on NASA's Apollo 15 mission, one giant leap for live TV from the moon.

Rocket issue delays 1st orbital rocket launch from the UK

By Elizabeth Howell Published 2 August 26

While testing a rocket on the launch pad at the U.K.'s SaxaVord Spaceport, RFA found 'an issue with the vehicle that requires further investigation.'

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 221 — Starship Can Float?

By Space.com Staff Published 1 August 26

On Episode 221 of This Week In Space, Tariq Malik and guest host Rick Jenet of the National Space Society talk about SpaceX's Starship Flight 13, which survived reentry intact enough to float.

Dinosaur-killing asteroid may have caused firestorms 17 times hotter than the thermal limit lethal to humans

By Stefanie Waldek Published 1 August 26

The dinosaurs may not have starved through a years-long winter. New evidence suggests a blanket of ultrafine impact dust set the planet on fire within hours.

SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites to orbit from California (photos)

By Mike Wall Published 1 August 26

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 24 more of the company's Starlink internet satellites from California's central coast late on Friday night (July 31).

SpaceX's Starship seen in space by next-gen Starlink satellite (video)

By Mike Wall Published 31 July 26

We just got an amazing new view of SpaceX's Starship vehicle in space, thanks to one of the company's Starlink V3 broadband satellites.

How do supermassive black holes grow? AI finds 7 spacetime-warping 'quasars' that could help solve the mystery

By Samantha Mathewson Published 31 July 26

Astronomers found seven rare quasar gravitational lens candidates using AI, providing a powerful new tool for studying black hole and galaxy evolution.

'The End of Oak Street: Could JJ Abrams' new 'Twilight Zone meets Jurassic Park' movie be the sleeper hit of the summer?

By Jeff Spry Published 31 July 26

JJ Abrams' new film "The End of Oak Street looks like "The Twilight Zone" meets "Jurassic Park" with a dash of "A Quiet Place." Could it be the perfect summer movie?

The Milky Way has a hidden feature you've probably never noticed. Here's how to find it

By Jamie Carter Published 31 July 26

Summer is the ideal time to look for the Great Rift, a long series of dark dust clouds that appear to split the Milky Way from Cygnus through Sagittarius.