Lumps in the Night Researchers are increasingly suspicious that a powerful collision between the Earth and a Mars-sized object dubbed Theia some 4.5 billion years ago may have left "mysterious blobs" buried deep within Earth's interior — an impact so violent that it ejected enough material to allow the Moon to form. Now, as the Washington Post reports,...
Fool Me Twice Singer Katy Perry was apparently in the studio the night of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's annual gala — but if you were fooled by AI pics of her attending the event, you were in good company. The "I Kissed A Girl" singer, born Kathryn Elizabeth Hudson, shared in an Instagram post two AI-generated photos of her wearing floral dresses...
During a recent interview, a cofounder of Elon Musk's brain implant startup said that he left due to safety concerns. That cofounder, Dr. Benjamin Rapoport, made this stunning admission as an aside when speaking to the Wall Street Journal's "The Future of Everything" podcast. A neurosurgeon by training, Rapoport joined up with Musk and a team of fellow...
Ghostride the Whip SpaceX is planning to make history by enabling the first entirely commercial spacewalk. During this summer's Polaris Dawn mission, a crew of four space tourists is planning to don SpaceX's brand-new extravehicular activity (EVA) suit to venture outside of the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft, giving them once-in-a-lifetime views...
Space Suit Riot SpaceX has shown off a futuristic-looking new extravehicular activity (EVA) spacesuit designed to allow space tourists to venture outside of the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft in orbit — and it's decked out in the latest cutting-edge tech. The suit will make its first appearance during this summer's Polaris Dawn mission, which will...
Buzz Kill The long-awaited crewed launch of Boeing's Starliner space capsule had to be delayed yet again — but this time, it wasn't Boeing's fault. Two hours before countdown late Monday evening, the launch was scrubbed, with officials noticing a "buzzing," CNN reports, which later turned out to be an issue with a valve on United Launch Alliance's...