EcoCAR EV teams put to the test at GM Proving Grounds
The EcoCAR EV Challenge brought together 13 collegiate teams working on engineering the 2023 Cadillac LYRIQ, implementing CAV technologies and innovative features.
Continue ReadingScience & Discovery
NASA’s Webb Telescope releases image of planetary nebula NGC 1514
The photo shows two stars in the center, one which shed its layers of dust and gas as it neared the end of its life cycle.
Continue Reading
Yuma competes for $160 million grant to launch inland spaceport
Local Arizona State Representatives Michele Peña and Tim Dunn from Yuma support this collaboration and encourage its selection, and the City of Yuma says the project could bring jobs, businesses, and innovation to the area.
Continue Reading
SpaceX launches Blue Ghost Mission for NASA
This is the eighth Falcon 9 launch of 2025, and the first time two lander spacecraft have launched to the moon on the same rocket.
Continue Reading
SpaceX launches first Falcon 9 rocket of 2025
The rocket, carrying the Thuraya 4 communications satellite, lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida just before 8:30 p.m. Eastern.
Continue Reading
SpaceX launches new batch of Starlink satellites into orbit
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 20 Starlink internet satellites lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California just after 10:00pm Pacific.
Continue Reading
SpaceX capsule docks at International Space Station
The SpaceX capsule that is scheduled to bring home two stuck astronauts arrived at the International Space Station Sunday.
Continue Reading
SpaceX capsule launches from Cape Canaveral to help bring Boeing Starliner astronauts home
The two astronauts on board are an American with the U.S. Space Force and a cosmonaut with the Russian Space Agency. They’re scheduled to dock at the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday.
Continue Reading
SpaceX’s Dragon capsule splashes down, safely returning the Polaris Dawn crew to Earth
The crew’s SpaceX Dragon capsule safely splashed down off the coast of Dry Tortugas, Florida just after 3:30am Eastern on Sunday after nearly five days on orbit.
Continue Reading
Local student conducts research in astrophysics on near-earth asteroid
A local student conducted research in astrophysics on a near-earth asteroid.
Continue Reading
Boeing Starliner pilots to return in February 2025
They will now spend at least 262 days in orbit, nearly nine months, before returning to Earth around February 22, 2025 with the two Crew 9 fliers, who will log a normal six-month tour of duty.
Continue Reading
Colorado River State Historic Park to host its free Exploration Station event
The event is a free, fun, and educational evening of science exploration, and will also feature educational booths, arts and crafts, telescopes, and more.
Continue Reading
SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites into orbit
A Falcon 9 rocket counted down to liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 8:50am Eastern. The launch was the 21st flight for the first stage booster supporting the mission.
Continue Reading
FDA approves colon cancer blood test known as “Shield”
The test works by detecting DNA that cancerous tumors release into the bloodstream and research published in March showed it was 83% effective in finding colorectal cancers.
Continue Reading
NASA astronauts simulate Artemis moonwalks in Flagstaff
The rocky other worldly landscape of Flagstaff’s volcanic field brought NASA’s Apollo team to Arizona in the 1970s. Now, NASA is back again. This time, the Artemis team is using the moonlike surface to train.
Continue Reading
Volunteers emerge from Mars simulator one year later
Late Saturday, four volunteers emerged from more than a full year in isolation here on Earth. 378 days to be exact.
Continue Reading
Face the Nation moderator Margaret Brennan sits down with Bill Gates for an exclusive interview
Bill Gates, former CEO of Microsoft, spoke with Face the Nation moderator Margaret Brennan about nuclear energy after he and his company, TerraPower, broke ground on a nuclear power plant in Kemmerer, Wyoming last week.
Continue Reading
New study gives Alzheimer’s patients and families hope
A randomized controlled clinical trial used lifestyle interventions based around eating well, moving more, stressing less, and loving more.
Continue Reading
FDA panel recommends Eli Lilly’s Alzheimer’s drug
The medication, called Donanemab, would be the second Alzheimer’s drug cleared in the U.S. along with Leqembi from Biogen and its Japanese partner Eisai.
Continue Reading
SpaceX launches Starlink satellites at California base
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 20 Starlink satellites lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Station in California just before 6:00am Pacific.
Continue Reading