Glen de Vries, who flew to space with William Shatner, killed in plane crash | SpaceX fires up Starship SN20 prototype in key 6-engine test (video) | Space rocks keep hitting Jupiter. What's the deal with that?
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De Vries, 49, and one other passenger died when their single-engine, fixed-wing aircraft - a Cessna 172 Skyhawk - crashed into a wooded area near Kemah Lake in Sussex County, according to local reports.
The Starship SN20 vehicle ignited all six of its Raptor engines in a brief "static fire" test today (Nov. 12) at Starbase, SpaceX's facility near the South Texas village of Boca Chica.
Jupiter has been taking a beating lately. In September and October, observers spotted two different asteroids slamming into the massive planet just a month apart. Here's why it's rare to see and a wonder to behold.
The Crew Dragon Endurance, which launched SpaceX's four crewed flight for NASA on Wednesday (Nov. 10), linked up with the station's U.S.-built Harmony module at 6:32 p.m. EST (2332 GMT) as both spacecraft sailed 263 miles (423 kilometers) above Eastern Caribbean.
The shredded remains of a stellar explosion glow bright red in a stunning new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope. The vibrant cosmic ribbons of gas are the result of an explosion of a white dwarf star that reached the end of its life, also known as a Type 1a supernova.
The "fall" of the space rock attracted an unusual amount of media attention after ending up on a pillow next to the face of resident Ruth Hamilton, who had been sleeping when it crashed through her roof.
Scientists have detected the deepest earthquake ever, a staggering 467 miles (751 kilometers) below the Earth's surface. That depth puts the quake in the lower mantle, where seismologists expected earthquakes to be impossible.
A bright fireball streaked across the sky over the eastern U.S. Nov. 10, shortly after the liftoff of SpaceX's Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station. Here's what stargazers saw.
As part of a much-anticipated Disney Plus Day event Friday (Nov. 12), Disney unveiled a sizzle reel for the new "Obi Wan Kenobi" spin-off series and our interest is piqued.
