The city of Tucson and the town of Marana are suing five companies to pay for the removal of toxic and possibly cancer-causing chemicals found in some area water wells. The lawsuit asks for ...

We don’t need any advanced propulsion to get to Mars,” says Robert Zubrin, founder of the Mars Society and the astronautical engineering company Pioneer Astronautics. “We can do it with chemical ...

The first Komet flew in 1941 and shattered every speed record of its age, exceeding 620 mph before the jet engine even ...

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Balin Moher stood on Cocoa Beach at age eight, watching the sky darken as a three-hour shuttle launch delay stretched into evening. His siblings wanted to leave, but he insisted on staying. Then the ...

SpaceX will fly an extensively upgraded Starship next week that will – if it launches successfully – break records as the tallest and most powerful rocket in history. The flight will be watched keenly ...

I intended to write about rocket fuel. So, how did I end up writing about “ayahuasca,” a hallucinogenic brew originating from Indigenous Amazon traditions? Well, here we go. A few years ago, I was ...

Something unusual happened in U.S. missile testing this spring. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and startup Ursa Major flew the Affordable Rapid Missile Demonstrator (ARMD) with a storable ...

One might envision a microscopic creature with its very own built-in engine, an engine whose power is fueled by something surprisingly similar to the power of rocket fuel. Scientists have now ...

It runs on hydrogen peroxide and kerosene, fuels that are safer to store and handle compared to traditional alternatives. Although hydrogen peroxide has a reputation for instability, much of that ...

Malaria parasites contain tiny spinning crystals that have puzzled scientists for years. New research reveals they’re powered by a rocket-like reaction that breaks down hydrogen peroxide, releasing ...