SpaceX launched an experimental space plane for the U.S. Space Force from Florida on Thursday evening. A Falcon 9 rocket launched the U.S. Space Force's X-37B spaceplane from Kennedy Space Center at 11:50 p.m. ET. “Take off!” SpaceX shouted on…
Wikimedia Commons The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 began in West Virginia and Maryland and quickly spread across the country. By 1877, American railroad workers had long suffered from low wages and harsh working conditions. The announcement of new pay…
Asteroid 2025 QV5 was first spotted on August 24. It will reach its closest approach on September 3 and will not be this close to us for exactly 100 years. (Image credit: Juan Gartner via Getty Images) A bus-sized asteroid,…
Asteroid 2025 QV5 was discovered on August 24. It will make its closest approach to Earth on September 3, and the next such event won't happen for another century. (Image: Juan Gartner via Getty Images) A space object the size…
To view this video, please enable JavaScript and update your browser to a version that supports HTML5 video. Next If your attempts to master the drums have ended in failure, prepare to be surprised. Now forest organisms are doing this.…
Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Divers raise statues from Abu Qir Bay near Alexandria, Egypt. Archaeologists and divers exploring the waters off Alexandria in northern Egypt have recovered a trove of artefacts from a sunken city believed to be…