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Stonehenge builders used wooden tracks ‘like a railway’ to transport huge stones

Experts have a new theory about how 25-tonne sarsen stones were moved to Stonehenge, and have created an image to show it

The Independent UK · Jun 28

Watch China's Tiangong space station cross the moon in stunning amateur footage

The Tiangong space station approaches Tycho Crater in stunning amateur transit footage.

Space · Jun 28

SpaceX launches 15,000-pound SiriusXM satellite to orbit from Florida

SpaceX launched a big SiriusXM radio satellite to orbit from Florida's Space Coast tonight (June 28).

Space · Jun 28

SpaceCamp at 40: A wish-fulfillment fantasy brought down to earth by NASA's real-life disaster

After the Challenger tragedy, nobody wanted to see a film about five kids on an adventure in space.

Space · Jun 27

Blue Origin plans to fly New Glenn rocket again this year despite massive rocket explosion (video)

After its rocket explosion, Blue Origin wants to complete repairs and put another New Glenn on the launch pad before the end of 2026, according to CEO Dave Limp. That's very ambitious.

Space · Jun 27

NASA used a drone to deliver a human kidney. Is this the future of transplant transport?

The drone flew beyond line of sight with a kidney not viable for organ transplant, to test the concept for future deliveries to patients.

Space · Jun 27

If scratching an itch feels good why is it bad for you?

Ignore a mosquito bite and the itch is ‘gone in five or 10 minutes for most people’

The Independent UK · Jun 27

Strange glowing 'bow-and-arrow' structure may be a giant cosmic shock wave created by a supersonic galaxy collision

A bizarre "bow-and-arrow" radio galaxy nearly 1.8 million light-years across could reveal how galaxy clusters sculpt some of the universe's largest structures.

Space · Jun 27

Black hole's 'point of no escape' studied with the loudest gravitational waves ever heard

The loudest crash of gravitational waves ever heard provides an intriguing way of studying event horizons, the boundaries at which nothing can escape the grip of these cosmic titans.

Space · Jun 26

'Exodus: The Helium Sea' author Peter F. Hamilton talks universe crafting and finishing the story in this second prequel novel for sci-fi RPG 'Exodus' (exclusive)

"You can literally have sailing ships in space."

Space · Jun 26