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Titan submersible hearing begins as questions over what went wrong linger
The Coast Guard’s Marine Board of Investigation will hear two weeks of testimony from former employees of OceanGate, the company that operated the doomed vessel.
SpaceX capsule splashes down after history-making Polaris Dawn mission
Splashdown was logged at 3:36 a.m. ET in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida's Dry Tortugas islands.
After Starliner's return, Boeing officials remain noticeably quiet
Two Boeing officials were expected to participate in a briefing after the Starliner landed back on Earth. But at the last minute, neither appeared.
The mysterious case of a 650-foot tsunami witnessed by no one
The tsunami, one of the largest ever recorded, was the result of a series of rare, cascading events set in motion by melting ice.
SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission crew completes first all-civilian spacewalk
Billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman and SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis ventured out into the vacuum of space early Thursday and made history.
Wildfires hit California and Nevada, prompting evacuations and power outages
One of the most concerning blazes, the Line Fire, spans nearly 33,000 acres and was at 14% containment in the San Bernardino National Forest in Southern California.
Boeing's uncrewed Starliner returns to Earth, capping months of drama in space
After a summer of turmoil, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft successfully returned to Earth on Friday without any astronauts onboard.
The moon had active volcanoes into the dinosaur age, study finds
Three glass beads brought back by a Chinese spacecraft indicate there was lunar volcanic activity until about 120 million years ago, much more recently than previously believed.
The world just endured the hottest summer on record
“This string of record temperatures" could also see 2024 logged as the hottest year on record, said EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service.
What went wrong with Boeing's spaceship?
The Starliner capsule faced two issues: one with a set of thrusters and the other involving helium leaks in the vehicle’s propulsion system.
Affluent coastal community near L.A. is a geological ticking time bomb
The land under Rancho Palos Verdes had been slowly giving way for hundreds of years. Now, that movement is accelerating due to heavy rainfall.
