ISS has a problem with the urine pump. Boeing’s Starliner astronaut launch will follow suit.

A space capsule atop a rocket ship rests against a launch tower.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is ready for its long-awaited first manned launch. That liftoff, which will begin a Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission to the International Space Station (ISS), is scheduled for 12:25 p.m. EDT (1625 GMT) Saturday (June 1) from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station here, on top United Launch Alliance … Read more

Scientists may have finally solved the problem of ‘missing’ black holes in the universe

A black hole is so compact that nothing can escape its gravitational pull, not even light.

The early universe contained far fewer miniatures Black holes than previously thought, making the origin of the missing matter in our universe an even greater mystery, new research has shown. Miniature or primordial black holes (PBHs) are black holes thought to have formed in the first fractions of a second after the Big Bang. According … Read more