Meteorite Strikes Houston-Area Home, Officials Say
Updated March 21, 2026 — A probable meteorite tore through the roof and two stories of a house in the Ponderosa Forest neighborhood north of Houston on Saturday evening, officials said.
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Artemis II Rocket Rolls to Pad Ahead of April 1 Launch
Updated March 20, 2026 — Early Friday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, the repaired Artemis II moon rocket began a slow, roughly 12-hour roll back to the launch pad, setting up a delayed April 1 attempt to send four...
7-Ton Meteor Over Ohio Produced Loud Morning Boom
An object weighing roughly 7 tons streaked across the morning sky before 9 a.m. ET, creating a bright fireball and a powerful sonic boom that some residents mistook for an explosion. NASA and weather officials say the...
7-Ton Meteoroid Lights Sky, Triggers Sonic Boom Across States
A meteoroid roughly 6 feet across and estimated at about 7 tons streaked across the central U.S., producing a bright fireball and a shock wave that startled residents from Maryland to Michigan. Observers reported a...
Pentagon Labels Anthropic a Supply Chain Risk
The U.S. military has formally designated AI firm Anthropic a supply chain risk, the company announced Thursday, a step that could bar it from military-related contracts. Anthropic is currently the only AI provider...
Crocodile Found 1,200 Miles From Its Range
A juvenile crocodile was spotted in a creek near Newcastle, Australia — roughly 1,200 miles south of the country's tropical crocodile range — after a 12-year-old boy and his friends saw the animal Saturday afternoon....
Trump Orders Federal Agencies to Drop Anthropic Technology
Updated Feb. 27, 2026 — Washington President Trump on Friday directed all federal agencies to immediately stop using artificial intelligence tools from Anthropic, escalating a dispute over how the company’s Claude model...
Pentagon and Anthropic Clash as AI Contract Nears Collapse
Updated Feb. 26, 2026 — The U.S. Defense Department and AI firm Anthropic are locked in a high-stakes standoff that could end a $200 million partnership, with the Pentagon giving the company until Friday at 5:01 p.m. to...
Tesla and Waymo Defend Autonomous Safety Before Senate
Updated Feb. 4, 2026 — Washington Senior executives from Tesla and Waymo faced the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee to defend the safety of their autonomous driving systems, arguing those systems...
Senators Question Waymo and Tesla on Autonomous Safety
Top executives from Waymo and Tesla defended the safety of their autonomous and driver-assist systems during a Senate hearing triggered by recent incidents and growing public concern. Lawmakers pressed both companies...
Hydrogen Leak Delays Artemis II Launch to March
NASA has postponed the Artemis II lunar flight until March after a fueling rehearsal at Kennedy Space Center was cut short by repeated liquid hydrogen leaks. Reporters at the site said the wet dress rehearsal at pad 39B...
Hydrogen Leaks Halt Artemis II Fueling Test
Updated on: February 3, 2026 NASA's wet dress rehearsal for the Artemis II Space Launch System was cut short early Tuesday after recurring liquid hydrogen leaks forced engineers to stop the practice countdown. The team...