Starshipβs Heat Shield Looked Great After Flight 13, But Experts Spotted Something Troubling Gizmodo By: Ellyn Lapointe 28 July 2026 at 14:40 The megarocket's latest test flight went well, but SpaceX still needs to overcome a critical engineering hurdle.
Amateur Astronomer Discovers Ancient Meteorite Impact Using Google Maps Gizmodo By: Passant Rabie 28 July 2026 at 09:25 Scientists confirmed that the crater dates back around 390 million years ago.
NASA Detects Intense Heat Beneath Io, Jupiterβs Most Volcanic Moon Gizmodo By: Passant Rabie 27 July 2026 at 07:30 The heat could be rising from cooling lava flows beneath a layer of solidified crust.
SETI Scientists Think Alien Signals Could Be Hiding in Old Telescope Data Gizmodo By: Matthew Phelan 24 July 2026 at 14:50 Researchers are zeroing in on more deliberate βnarrow-bandβ alien signals, well outside the radio frequencies SETI has focused on for decades.
Watch Live as SpaceX Attempts Second Launch of Upgraded Starship Gizmodo By: Passant Rabie 23 July 2026 at 12:45 This is SpaceX's second go at Flight 13 after the mission was scrubbed at the last minute on July 16.
A Stray SpaceX Rocket Will Crash Into the Moon Next Month. Hereβs What You Should Know Gizmodo By: Ellyn Lapointe 22 July 2026 at 15:30 A Falcon 9 upper stage is on a collision course with the Moon. Researchers hope to turn this spectacle into a scientific opportunity.
Scientists Finally Found the Universeβs Missing βOrdinaryβ Matter Gizmodo By: Gayoung Lee 22 July 2026 at 15:15 Two mysteries come together to address a decades-long puzzle.
The Secret Behind Chinaβs Unique Spy Satellite Is a Rare Metal It Controls Gizmodo By: Passant Rabie 22 July 2026 at 13:05 Ludi Tance 4-01 is powered by gallium nitride semiconductors, enabling constant surveillance over one-third of the Earthβs surface.
The Decades-Long Search for Alien Moons Gets a Potential Breakthrough Gizmodo By: Ellyn Lapointe 22 July 2026 at 11:00 Astronomers discovered a moon-like object orbiting a brown dwarf that's orbiting a star. Say that three times fast.
China Wants to Slam a Spacecraft Into an Asteroid at Mach 26 Gizmodo By: Passant Rabie 22 July 2026 at 10:10 The planned planetary defense test would hit harder than NASA's DART mission.
This Hidden Pattern in the Sun Could Predict Solar Storms Years in Advance Gizmodo By: Gayoung Lee 21 July 2026 at 15:10 The solar cycle can be irregular, but some patterns might be trackableβenough to provide a heads-up before extreme weather events.
Astronomers May Have Found the First Pair of Stars to Explode Together Gizmodo By: Ellyn Lapointe 21 July 2026 at 11:00 The Jellyfish Nebula, one of the best-studied supernova remnants in our galaxy, may have been hiding a sibling this whole time.