The Most Scientifically Accurate Sci-Fi Movies, According To NASA

Getty Images/Getty Images When Hollywood creates compelling entertainment, it cranks up the storytelling to add intrigue and suspense. That can make a movie seem far-fetched and unbelievable, especially when based on scientific or technical topics. If you’ve ever watched pseudo-hackers on screen breaking into a mainframe, you know real hacking is nothing like it. And inContinue Reading

AI is making spacecraft propulsion more efficient – and could even lead to nuclear-powered rockets

The space shuttle Atlantis launches in 2009. (Image credit: Scott Andrews, Canon, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons) This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights . Every year, companies and space agencies launch hundreds of rockets into space – and that number is setContinue Reading

EV Sales Are in the Tank. So What Happens Next?

Sales of new electric vehicles have plunged since federal tax credits ended on Sept. 30. In November, EVs accounted for 5.3 percent of U.S. new-car and light-truck sales, a share that was less than half the record high in September, according to an estimate published last week by S&P Global Mobility…Continue Reading

how-many-boeing-777x-prototypes-were-built?

For most of its 777X testing, Boeing has operated four prototypes. These aircraft are WH001 (N779XW), WH002 (N779XX), WH003 (N77XY) and WH004 (N779XZ). However, in August 2025, a fifth test aircraft entered testing: WH286 (N2007L). This aircraft is a production-standard Boeing 777-9. That means it lacks the complex flight-test instrumentationContinue Reading