After three years in space, the Planetary Society’s LightSail 2 mission burned up in the atmosphere on Thursday, November 17th. During its mission, the crowdfunded spacecraft made 18,000 orbits of the ...

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During a lifetime of being on the water, La Jolla resident Mark Strube’s butt has been saved a number of times. Now he’s looking to return the favor. He recently launched the Cleat Slider — the first ...

If you’ve ever driven across the Ross Island Bridge and looked south, you might’ve seen them — a fleet of tiny white triangle-shaped sailboats zigzagging back and forth like someone lit their sails on ...

As Rylee Pierre navigated the small, speedy sailboat through choppy waves around Shelter Island, it began heeling and tipping on one side. The 13-year-old knew he had to shift his position to equalize ...