Space Exploration

SpaceX’s Private Inspiration4 Crew Is Back on Earth

The crew’s splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean marks the historic mission’s end

Amy Thompson and SPACE.com

Quantum Physics

Is There a Thing, or a Relationship between Things, at the Bottom of Things?

Quantum mechanics inspires us to speculate that interactions between entities, not entities in themselves, are fundamental to reality

John Horgan | Opinion

Extraterrestrial Life

Astronomers Should Be Willing to Look Closer at Weird Objects in the Sky

The Galileo Project seeks to train telescopes on unidentified aerial phenomena

Avi Loeb | Opinion

Space Exploration

SpaceX’s Starship Could Rocket-Boost Research in Space

The platform could aid climate science, space junk cleanup and planetary exploration

Maddie Bender

Space Exploration

SpaceX Launches Four Civilians into Orbit on Historic Inspiration4 Flight

The crew will spend the next few days in space before returning to Earth in the fully autonomous Dragon module

Amy Thompson and SPACE.com