Starship Soars, Pig Lung Transplant Breakthrough, and Heatwaves Speed Aging – Science’s Latest Shocks
SpaceX’s Starship reached orbit and deployed dummy satellites on August 26, then survived reentry and splashed down, marking its first full mission success after previous failures, according to Reuters. Elon Musk called the reusable heat shield the “single biggest” remaining challenge. In separate news, China’s JUNO neutrino observatory, the world’s largest, began full operations August 26, aiming to probe neutrino mysteries.