Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha FLTA007 rocket at Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Space Force Base ahead of launch. Image: Firefly Aerospace Firefly Aerospace said it will be at least another two months before
The surface of the Moon is a bleak and forbidding place that could be hiding a lot of water ice within the dusty landscape. However, most possible ice deposits don’t just stand out
In early March 2026, acting on intelligence shared by my organization, the Environmental Investigation Agency UK, Zambian authorities seized a consignment of more than 500 kg (over 1,100 pounds) of ivory and arrested
Jupiter’s icy moon Europa has been a source of fascination ever since the Voyager 1 and 2 probes passed through the system. Based on multiple lines of evidence, including the moon’s “chaos terrain,”
Authorities in Cambodia’s Koh Kong province say they’ve approved a sand mining operation exporting to Singapore, despite an export ban imposed by national authorities a decade ago after large-scale dredging was found to
Phia, the shopping startup co-founded by Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni, is once again under fire for its alleged business practices. The latest issue stems from earlier this year when Bloomberg published an
In February 1969, months before Apollo 11 lifted off, a fireball crossed the sky over Chihuahua and dropped more than two tons of rock across northern Mexico. The Allende meteorite is the largest
It turns out, the world’s biggest dark matter detector may well be the planet you’re standing (or sitting) on. Dark matter makes up around a quarter of the energy content of the universe,
A Falcon 9 booster streaks through the night sky as it launches on the Starlink 17-49 mission on August 12, 2026. Update 11:19 p.m. EDT (0319 UTC): SpaceX updated the new T-0. SpaceX
New research shows the carbon emissions benefits of electric vehicles are far greater than initially suspected. American drivers have felt the pain of rising gas prices in recent months. There’s evidence this may
