WASHINGTON — Blue Origin and defense tech contractor Anduril Industries have secured new contracts to help the U.S. military explore whether commercial rockets can be used to move supplies around the globe at unprecedented speeds.
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) last month awarded Blue Origin $1.3 million and Anduril $1 million under the Rocket Experimentation for Global Agile Logistics program, known as REGAL,...
Image by Getty / FuturismSome doctors are now advising their pregnant patients to avoid plastic itself, which contains harmful chemicals that can hurt some mothers and babies alike.Marya Zlatnik, a University of California at San Francisco fetal medicine specialist, told the Washington Post that when giving some of her early-pregnancy patients the rundown of what they should and shouldn't consume or be exposed to,...
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon on Friday announced a slate of senior leadership shifts within the U.S. Space Force, including new appointments to key command and planning posts.
Lt. Gen. David Miller will serve as deputy chief of space operations for strategy, plans, programs and requirements, succeeding Lt. Gen. Shawn Bratton. Miller previously commanded Space Operations Command at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado.
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Scientists believe they're close to solving an ancient mystery involving a strange hominin skull, neither Neanderthal nor human, that was found fused to a cave wall — with a stalagmite sticking out of the top, to complete the eerie scene — in Macedonia, Greece.In a new study published in the Journal of Human Evolution, researchers from France's Institut de Paléontologie Humaine (or Human Paleontology Institute in English)...
SAN FRANCISCO – Orbital Sidekick hyperspectral sensors revealed new information on damage sustained by Iran’s Fordow nuclear fuel enrichment plant after U.S. armed forces bombed the site in June.
OSK’s Global Hyperspectral Observation Satellite (GHOSt) constellation exposed the outline of a rectangular subsurface structure, indicating “the potential collapse or damage of the underground facility,” according to an OSK white paper. Analysts also detected the spectral...
