Enlarge / A test version of Firefly’s Miranda engine fires up on a test stand in Briggs, Texas. Firefly Aviation BRIGGS, Texas—The new medium-lift rocket being developed by Firefly Aerospace and Northrop Grumman will eventually include a recoverable booster that returns to the launch site in Virginia for reuse. Firefly has previously indicated that rocket … Read more
NASA NASA astronaut Jeff Williams is seen during a 2006 spacewalk outside the International Space Station. Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. CNN — The iconic white, puffy suits that astronauts have worn for decades when they leave the International Space … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, editor of the FT, selects her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is president of Queens’ College, Cambridge, and advisor to Allianz and Gramercy “It doesn’t matter when the Federal Reserve starts cutting rates. The most important thing is where they end up.” That’s a … Read more
SUMMER is almost here, meaning the annual onslaught of dreaded hayfever symptoms is back with a vengeance and causing misery for the whopping 13 million Brits susceptible to the seasonal condition. Common symptoms of hay fever, which are activated when the immune system reacts to the pollen allergen, include watery, itchy eyes, a scratchy throat … Read more
Enlarge / Caught in the aftermath of a temporal vortex, the Enterprise witnesses Earth, assimilated long ago, in the altered timeline. Paramount Pictures A team of physicists has discovered that it is possible to build a real, actual, physical warp drive without breaking the known rules of physics. One caveat: the ship doing the warping … Read more