Science & Technology

Washington (AFP) - Elon Musk's SpaceX announced Friday that its Starship megarocket is scheduled to blast off on a new test flight next weekend after recent attempts have ended in...

Washington (AFP) - The recent auction of a Martian meteorite -- for a record-grabbing $5. 3 million at Sotheby's New York -- has sparked questions over its provenance and renewed...

Washington (AFP) - The ear-piercing beeps, squeals and buzzes of 90s-era dial-up internet will vanish from thousands of holdout American homes in September as historic provider AOL shuts down the...

Washington (AFP) - After nearly five months onboard the International Space Station, an international crew of four astronauts began their descent back down to Earth in a SpaceX capsule Friday....

Washington (AFP) - US astronaut Jim Lovell, the commander of the Apollo 13 Moon mission which nearly ended in disaster in 1970 after a mid-flight explosion, has died at the...

New York (AFP) - President Donald Trump issued an order Thursday demanding that US universities supply enrollment data as evidence they are not considering an applicant's race when awarding admission....

San Francisco (United States) (AFP) - OpenAI released a keenly awaited new generation of its hallmark ChatGPT on Thursday, touting "significant" advancements in artificial intelligence capabilities as a global race over...

Washington (AFP) - The United States is rushing to put nuclear power reactors on the Moon and Mars, and hopes to launch the first system by the end of the...

Kennedy Space Center (United States) (AFP) - NASA and SpaceX launched a four-member crew to the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday for the latest research expedition to the orbiting...

Beijing (AFP) - Nvidia chips do not contain "backdoors" allowing remote access, the US tech giant has said, after Beijing summoned company representatives to discuss "serious security issues". The California-based...