Engineers at UC Davis have built a remarkable device that creates power at night by tapping into something we rarely think about: the vast cold of outer space. Using a special type of Stirling engine, ...

Falling space junk is becoming a real-world hazard, and scientists have found a clever new way to track it using instruments already listening to the Earth itself. By tapping into networks of ...

Rocket Lab quietly launched a small satellite from New Zealand on Friday in a high-flying military exercise to test the US Space Force’s ability to rapidly respond to a crisis in low-Earth orbit. The ...

For more than two decades, Nasa’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has acted as one of astronomy’s fastest responders, detecting powerful cosmic explosions and alerting telescopes around the world to ...

Cars.com’s editors have made passing references in car reviews and elsewhere that we’d begun our own effort to measure vehicle cargo spaces. Now we’ve methodically recorded enough of them to begin ...

Supercritical CO₂ could eliminate some of rocketry's most expensive infrastructure requirements Cold launches avoid exposing launch pads to destructive exhaust temperatures exceeding 3,000°C Engine ...

The Space Shuttle was NASA's primary manned launch vehicle for three decades from its maiden flight in 1981 until it was retired from service in 2011. Yet, fifteen years later, the agency still hasn't ...

Corin Cesaric-Epple is an Editor at CNET covering home and kitchen tech and meal kits, and reporting regularly on artificial intelligence. She earned her bachelor's degree in journalism from the ...

The drone flew beyond line of sight with a kidney not viable for organ transplant, to test the concept for future deliveries to patients. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...