In the midst of the U.S. Space Force’s fifth anniversary week, the service’s senior leaders touted Guardian and service accomplishments during the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ “Celebrating the U.S. Space Force and Charting Its Future” event in Washington, D.C., Dec. 17. Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman, Assistant Chief of Space Operations…

Because SpaceX’s next crew rotation mission to the International Space Station will use a new Dragon spacecraft that won’t be ready by a previously planned February launch date, NASA announced Tuesday that it has opted to delay the launch now until no earlier than late March. What that means is an even longer stay for…

Kayla Prowell, a 23-year-old from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, would really love a place to hang out, and ideally, not have to buy something to do so. Growing up in the South Suburb of Chicago, Prowell said it felt like there was no shortage of places to come together with friends. That was in part due to…

Two astronauts who traveled to the International Space Station aboard Boeing's troubled Starliner more than six months ago will not return to Earth until at least March 2025, NASA announced Tuesday. Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams traveled to the space station aboard the Starliner back in June. Their trip was initially only to last…

McAllen, Texas: SpaceX is launching a new mission to make its Starbase site a new Texas city, with billionaire Elon Musk's company this week requesting an election in the matter. SpaceX builds and launches its Starship rockets at Starbase in South Texas. According to SpaceX, residents of the area submitted a petition for the area…

It’s brand new, but it’s already a big name in tech: earlier this year, the Lumen Orbit company launched by a trio of satellite engineers set out to improve space Internet with optimized satellite design. Now VCs are flocking to the Redmond, WA based company, with a successful $11 million seed round providing a $40…

To entice employees who have become all too comfortable working remotely, companies are now radically rethinking their offices, bringing the comforts of home into the workplace. On this, as with so much else, designer Alexa Hampton is way ahead of the game. Recently, the Manhattan-based AD100 Hall of Famer moved herself and her six-person team…

The thousands of drone sightings reported over the last month in Northeastern states don't appear to be "anything anomalous," nor do they present a national security or public safety risk, federal officials said in a multiagency statement late Monday. The FBI has received more than 5,000 tips in the last few weeks about drone sightings…

The Geminid meteor shower is peaking this weekend, providing a little pre-holiday skywatching fun. In years with good conditions and little cloud cover, the Geminids can be one of the best sky shows of the year with up to 120 meteors visible in a single hour. That probably won’t be the case this year. This…

 New research refines the timeline of interbreeding between modern humans and Neanderthals, showing it began about 50,500 years ago and lasted roughly 7,000 years. This gene flow left non-African populations with 1-2% Neanderthal ancestry, contributing beneficial traits like immune resilience and skin pigmentation. The study also identified Neanderthal deserts—regions in human genomes devoid of Neanderthal…