SpaceX's Starship experienced an "anomaly" during a test in South Texas, causing an explosion but no injuries. The incident rattled local homes, sparking discussions about SpaceX's impact and environmental concerns.

Google offers buyouts to employees as part of cost-cutting, including staff from search, ads, research, and engineering, and asks some remote workers to return to hybrid work.

UTMB partners with Microsoft for a five-year collaboration to enhance healthcare technology, moving its Epic medical records system to Azure for improved security and innovation.

A significant Xfinity service outage in Houston disrupted internet, TV, DVR, and voice services, affecting residential customers, public services, and Port Houston operations. Restoration was expected by 4 p.m. The cause is under investigation.

Dr. Bernard Harris, an astronaut and University of Houston alum, will be inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame for his achievements, including being the first African American spacewalker.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth via SpaceX capsule after an extended space mission due to Boeing test flight issues. They spent 286 days in space before splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico.

Houston-based company Intuitive Machines' lunar lander Athena failed to operate after a sideways landing on the moon, halting its mission and experiments.

Texas A&M University System collaborates with four companies to develop advanced nuclear reactors at its Rellis Campus, in a move expected to boost the state's energy innovation.

A study demonstrates that the oral antiviral drug obeldesivir is effective against Marburg virus, offering a potential treatment that improves survival rates.

Axiom Space plans to launch the world's first commercial space station modules starting with the power module to ensure earlier free flight operations, supporting NASA's transition from the ISS.

Researchers at UTMB led by Dr. Yunfeng Chen use mechanobiology in a miniaturized device to improve thrombotic risk diagnosis, a major step for personalized medicine in cardiovascular disease prevention.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe is expected to make its closest approach to the sun yet, venturing within 3.8 million miles of the solar surface at speeds of 430,000 mph.

Meta experienced global outages affecting Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger, with over 90,000 reports on Downdetector. Services mostly resumed within an hour.