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Starship Recovery Deteriorates After Upper Stage Survives Ocean Splashdown

Close-up photos of the heat shield and engines offer engineers key data that could shape Starship’s reuse plans.

NASA’s “Big Bang” Reconfiguration Gives Voyager 2 at Least One More Year of Science

DKIST Images Confirm Small Kelvin‑Helmholtz Vortices on the Sun

DKIST Captures Tiny Kelvin-Helmholtz Whirlpools on the Sun’s Surface

Chinese Prototype Converts Beamed Laser Light Into Electricity for Drones

Webb Sees Gas Filaments Feed Black Hole’s Rotating Nuclear Disk

Aalto Builds First Cyclic Quantum Heat Engine in Superconducting Circuit

NASA Plans Controlled Fire Experiment on the Moon

Drivers Advised to Fill Up Before UK Heatwave Returns

Optical Lab ‘Black Hole’ Shows Hawking‑Like Emission and Measurable Backreaction

Webb Resolves Dawn and Dusk on Hot Jupiters

SpaceX Publicizes Plan for Up to One Million Orbital AI Satellites

Clear Steps to Keep Homes and Cars Safe in Heat Waves

Door‑Wagging Trick Repeatedly Shown to Flush Hot Air from Cars

UK Heatwave Prompts Simple DIY Cooling Tips Using Water and Fans

Starship V3 Proved Heat Shield and Payload Delivery but Booster Was Lost After Engine Relight Failures

Statistical Biosignature Test Could Reveal Hidden Life in Archived Space Data

New Theory Quantifies Why CO2 Cools the Stratosphere and Warms the Surface

India Logs 20-Minute Run of Full-Scale Scramjet Combustor in Hyderabad

3D-Printed Copper ‘Godzilla’ Fins Boost Chip Cooling in Peer-Reviewed Study