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The explosion marked the third failure involving a rocket at the Iranian center, which has raised suspicions of sabotage in Iran’s space...

The last “sexy” theory is that the space plane is basically a spy satellite with the ability to return to Earth and have its optical sensors periodically upgraded. The X-37 has orbited over some interesting locations, including North Korea, China, ISIS-held territory and Iran. U.S. optical spy satellites are, however, quite large—the size of a school bus—and the X-37’s payload bay is far...

Space-starved Singapore has expanded outwards by building into the sea and upwards by constructing high-rises but planners are now looking underground as they seek new areas for growth. Singapore has already built an underground highway and state-of-the-art air conditioning system, but is now looking to house more facilities beneath the surface in order to optimise land use above...

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The initiative is part of Ireland's climate action plan, which proposed investments in renewable energy, a new carbon tax and a mass tree-planting...

We went into the depths of the ocean with a scientist seeking to understand how frozen gas deposits might respond in a rapidly warming...

McLEAN'S TOWN CAY, Bahamas (AP) — In a slow, relentless advance, a catastrophic Hurricane Dorian kept pounding at the northern Bahamas early Monday, as one of the strongest Atlantic storms ever recorded left wrecked homes, shredded roofs, tumbled cars and toppled power poles in its wake. The storm's top sustained winds decreased slightly to 165 mph (265 kph) as its westward movement slowed,...

Hurricane Dorian is crawling westward at just 1 mph (1.6 kph) as it lashes the northern Bahamas with destructive winds. According to a 4 a.m. update from the National Hurricane Center in Miami, the Category 5 storm's top sustained winds have decreased to 165 mph...

Are metamaterials the way of the...

NASA is helping SpaceX get a fix on potential landing sites on Mars for its Starship super-spaceship, with an emphasis on Arcadia Planitia and Amazonis Planitia, regions where deposits of water ice may be found. Another focus of NASA's reconnaissance campaign in Phlegra Montes, a mountainous area just west of Arcadia Planitia in Mars' northern hemisphere. Pictures of the candidate sites...