Watching a rocket plug explode into bits in slow motion is strangely gratifying
To protect a rocket booster from heat, dust, and moisture, a foam plug is installed. Watching it explode out in slow motion is mesmerizing.
Budding industry: LED lights used for life support systems can grow marijuana
His initial work helped develop LED lighting for plant-based life support systems for long-duration space missions. Now he's turning to marijuana growth.
Mars Curiosity rover sends back pictures of the ‘American Southwest’ of Mars
The Curiosity rover continues to send back stunning images of the planet's surface, including a region that may look vaguely familiar to some of us.
Hungry Virginia Tech students will soon be able to order drone-delivered Chipotle burritos
If you're lucky enough to work or go to school at Virginia Tech's Blacksburg campus, you might just be able to have your next burrito delivered by drone.
A NASA probe is headed to a nearby asteroid, and will bring part of it back to Earth
The OSIRIS-REx mission is heading to the asteroid Bennu, and in July 2020 would scoop up some asteroid dust to be returned to earth three years later.
Facebook gives its reactions a ‘Star Trek’ makeover to mark show’s anniversary
50 years ago Thursday Star Trek began its mission into the final frontier. Today, Facebook is celebrating the milestone with special reaction emojis.
Your employer may know if you're quitting before you say so, thanks to Jobrate
Joberate searches public information to attempt to quantify if you're looking for a new job, and assigns you a score much like credit bureaus do.
iOS users can now stream just about every DirecTV channel data-free on AT&T
DirecTV launched live-streaming in an update to its iOS app, alongside news that DirecTV streaming no longer counts towards your AT&T data allotment.
The Marine Corps is ready for laser weapons, but officials say they need to shrink them first
The Marine Corp is only the latest division of the Armed Forces to express interest in directed energy weapons, but current systems are just too big.
We are still alone: Scientists say signals received last year weren't from aliens
The signals detected near star HD164595 that were thought to possibly be alien appear to just be some type of terrestrial interference.
Are aliens trying to contact us? Signals from faraway star have experts buzzing
A discovery by Russian radio telescope operators in 2015 has the astronomy community buzzing about potential evidence of aliens. But don't hold your breath.
Facebook tries out automatic audio for its videos — stay tuned for user reactions
If you live in Australia and are using the Facebook app, you may be surprised to hear sound playing as you scroll past videos on your feed.
Proxima Centauri has a potentially habitable planet orbiting it, but are there aliens?
Sci-Fi meets reality as a planet is confirmed around our nearest celestial neighbor. With little visual evidence there's quite a bit we don't know yet.
Windyty adds European model forecasts, will offer free access to it to consumers
Weather visualization app Windyty says it will offer access to the European model at no charge to consumers, and its iOS app coming soon.
Warehouse robots might just make tedious jobs a thing of the past
Warehouse jobs may become a thing of the past due to new technologies that are both revolutionizing and speeding up the process of shipping goods.
Turn the lights off when you sleep to slow the aging process, study suggests
Researchers have found some type of link between overexposure to artificial light and symptoms commonly linked to aging, including disrupted sleep.
Facebook's giant, internet-serving drone just completed its first full-scale test flight
The first test flight of Facebook's internet-serving drone was a success, but the company cautions that there's quite a bit of work left to do.
