India’s flagship PSLV rocket fails for the second time in a row
One payload out of fifteen survived and sent home some useful data
Science14 Jan 2026 | 10
Space
Moon hotel startup hopes you get lunar lunacy, drop $1M deposit for 2032 stay
Step 1: Ask for deposit. Step 2: ??? Step 3: Build Moon hotel empire
Offbeat13 Jan 2026 | 105
NASA decides to bring Crew-11 home early after astronaut health scare
Medical issue forces mission curtailment and leaves station short-handed
Science09 Jan 2026 | 11
ISS spacewalk postponed over mystery astronaut malady
NASA mulling options, including an early trip home
Science08 Jan 2026 | 22
ESA calls cops as crims lift off 500 GB of files, say security black hole still open
exclusive Two weeks, two major data leaks … not a good look for the European Space Agency
Cyber-crime07 Jan 2026 | 19
Satellite radio transmissions are jamming telescopes and driving astronomers batty
Interview 'What do we need to do better?' El Reg talks to comms boss about the problem
Science01 Jan 2026 | 22
China wants to ban making yourself into an AI to keep aged relatives company
Asia In Brief PLUS: Australia buys air-gapped Google Cloud; Huawei triples use of home-built components; JAXA blames low pressure for rocket crash; And more
AI + ML29 Dec 2025 | 26
Starlink satellite fails, polluting orbit with debris and falling toward Earth
Spacecraft set to burn up in a few weeks, but it could have been worse
Science23 Dec 2025 | 57
Japan loses another H3 launcher, plus the satnav bird it carried
25 percent failure rate for JAXA's space truck, with the second stage again proving perilous
Science23 Dec 2025 | 8
NASA tries savin' MAVEN as Mars probe loses contact with Earth
Spacecraft was 'rotating in an unexpected manner' and might have shifted orbit
Science17 Dec 2025 | 26
Japan just sent origami to space to unfurl possibilities for outsized antennas
That’s just one of 16 innovative and experimental sats that launched Sunday
Science15 Dec 2025 | 5
The CRASH Clock is ticking as satellite congestion in low Earth orbit worsens
It's getting crowded up there
Science12 Dec 2025 | 94
Taikonauts inspect cracked Shenzhou-20 window during Tiangong spacewalk
Eight-hour EVA was also first outing for new spacesuits
Science11 Dec 2025 | 19
NASA loses contact with MAVEN Mars orbiter
Didn’t phone home as expected on December 6th and nobody knows why
Science11 Dec 2025 | 34
Galactic Brain space datacenter coming in 2027, pledges startup Aetherflux
Getting inferencing infrastructure into orbit may soon be cheaper than building it down here
The Future of the Datacenter10 Dec 2025 | 27
Rocket Lab ready to send a Hungry Hippo into space
Signoff for re-usable faring should help Neutron launcher get off the ground
Science10 Dec 2025 | 25
China’s first reusable rocket explodes, but its onboard Ethernet network flew
Asia In Brief PLUS: South Korea to strengthen security standards; Canon closes Chinese printer plant; APAC datacenter capacity to triple by 2029; And more
Networks08 Dec 2025 | 19
We'll beat China to the Moon, NASA nominee declares
Isaacman: 'We can never accept a gap in our capabilities again'
Science04 Dec 2025 | 85
China's reusable rocket makes it to orbit but fails to stick the landing
An ‘anomaly’ meant a fireball arrived at the recovery zone instead of a spent first stage
Science03 Dec 2025 | 10
Space telescopes are being photobombed by satellites, and the problem is slated to get much worse
LEO communications satellites are proliferating like rabbits
Science03 Dec 2025 | 19
UK sinks to fifth in ESA funding league behind Spain
Brit astro Tim Peake's much-vaunted mission to the ISS a distant memory
Science02 Dec 2025 | 18
Baikonur's only crew-capable pad busted after Soyuz flight
Roscosmos confirms 'damage' as images suggest repairs could stretch into 2027
Science28 Nov 2025 | 47
Rosalind Franklin rover catches a break as NASA reaffirms commitment
ExoMars project may actually get to the red planet one day
Science27 Nov 2025 | 11
NASA pares back Boeing's Starliner deal after 2024 calamity
Capsule might only manage three crewed missions to the ISS
Science25 Nov 2025 | 11
Lifeboat docks with Tiangong after cracked capsule triggers emergency rendezvous
Uncrewed Shenzhou also delivered supplies and window fixing kit
Science25 Nov 2025 | 17
SpaceX loses debut V3 Super Heavy in ground test mishap
Redesigned booster ruptures during early checks, delaying latest Starship iteration
Science21 Nov 2025 | 69
Pegasus XL rocket dusted off to rescue NASA’s Swift observatory from fiery demise
Air-launched antique picked for tricky low-inclination orbit job
Science19 Nov 2025 | 14
DARPA making low-hanging satellites that use air to move
Skim the atmosphere and air-breathing VLEO sats can theoretically maintain orbit
Science19 Nov 2025 | 31
Canada ups its European Space Agency bet 10x with $376M
Massive jump in spending shows the Great White North isn’t betting everything on NASA
Science19 Nov 2025 | 16
China readies a lifeboat for stranded Shenzhou crew
Stuck on the Tiangong station with a cracked capsule for company
Science18 Nov 2025 | 4
Rust on the Moon? Far-side dirt says yes, actually
Chang'e 6's soil sample turns up iron oxides where none were supposed to exist
Science18 Nov 2025 | 22
Shenzhou-20 crew rides Shenzhou-21 home after debris strike
Original spacecraft deemed unsafe after cracks spotted in window
Science14 Nov 2025 | 13
Blue Origin hopes third time's the charm for New Glenn after two scrubbed launches
Bezos booster blasted by solar emissions
Science13 Nov 2025 | 18
Rocket Lab's Neutron slips to 2026: 'Our aim is to make it to orbit on the first try'
Hungry Hippo won't move to the launchpad until next year
Science11 Nov 2025 | 33
25 years of meatbags permanently in space on the ISS
All good things come to an end, and the outpost is unlikely to reach 30
Science07 Nov 2025 | 60
UK space sector 'lacks strategic direction,' Lords warn
Parliamentary report calls for sovereign launch capability and reduced dependence on US services
Science06 Nov 2025 | 31
China uses Mars orbiter to snap interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
Middle Kingdom also postpones astronaut return mission after something hit its spaceship
Science06 Nov 2025 | 37
Trump turnabout sees him re-nominate amateur astronaut Jared Isaacman to run NASA
Ruled him out just six months ago due to Musky connections
Public Sector05 Nov 2025 | 47
Google imagines out of this world AI - running on orbital datacenters
Chocolate Factory's latest moonshot aims to put AI supercomputing cluster in sun-sychronous orbit
Off-Prem04 Nov 2025 | 28
ESA tests bacterial powder to feed Moon and Mars crews
Help me, HOBI-WAN, you're my only hope for lunch
Science03 Nov 2025 | 25
Japan’s new space truck is also a temporary space lab, just worked first time
HTV-X capsule is designed to hang around in space after delivering cargo to ISS
Science31 Oct 2025 | 19
Colorado launches lawyers at Trump admin over space base relocation
State cries foul over "crooked elections" claim in Alabama move
Offbeat30 Oct 2025 | 10
This is Doom, running headless, on Ubuntu Arm… on a satellite
Ubuntu Summit Ólafur Waage has an unusual take on "will it run Doom?"
Offbeat28 Oct 2025 | 17
Like Apollo before them, ESA astronauts hone lunar landing skills in helicopters
Now try a jet engine in a bedstead before strapping into a Starship
Science20 Oct 2025 | 13
Axiom Space ejects CEO after six months, installs NASA veteran as replacement
Updated Jonathan Cirtain at the helm as revolving door swings for private corp
Science16 Oct 2025 | 8
50 years in deep space, and Voyager still can't escape budget gravity
Probes face 26% funding cut as NASA grapples with shutdown chaos
Science10 Oct 2025 | 23
Space Shuttle war of words takes off as senator blasts 'woke Smithsonian'
Exclusive Houston, we have a custody battle
Science09 Oct 2025 | 114
Starlink is burning up one or two satellites a day in Earth’s atmosphere
Kessler syndrome is bad; atmospheric incineration may be worse, says astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell
Science06 Oct 2025 | 79
EchoStar secures rights to spectrum it plans to sell to SpaceX
Musk space biz: 'Anyone else that wants to use the spectrum must coordinate with us first'
Networks06 Oct 2025 | 7
Bezos plan for solar powered datacenters is out of this world… literally
Aspiring Bond villain believes the best place to train our AI overlords is in orbit
Offbeat03 Oct 2025 | 70
Only way to move Space Shuttle Discovery is to chop it into pieces, White House told
Smithsonian warns that dismantling orbiter for relocation is history in the wrecking
Science02 Oct 2025 | 202
Avio bags €40M ESA contract for reusable rocket stage, but don't hold your breath
Industry insiders whisper more about posturing than practical progress
Science02 Oct 2025 | 4
Square Kilometre Array is so sensitive, its datacenter needs two Faraday cages to stop RF leaks
IAC 2025 Stray signals are a no-no when you’re trying to tune into the stars
On-Prem02 Oct 2025 | 55
Second time unlucky for Firefly as an Alpha rocket stage explodes
Company faces a setback on the test stand
Science30 Sep 2025 | 2
SpaceX Dragon huffs, puffs... and fizzles out as NASA aborts ISS boost
Meanwhile, Katalyst wins $30M contract to stop Swift telescope falling out of the sky
Science26 Sep 2025 | 18
Brit scientists over the Moon after growing tea in lunar soil
It's one small sip for man...
Science22 Sep 2025 | 77
Humanity now has zero active robots at Venus as Japan ends 15-year ‘Dawn’ mission
Thanks for the memories, Akatsuki
Science19 Sep 2025 | 12
Super-sized space freighter delayed on way to ISS, leaving snacks in jeopardy
Crew will have to wait a little longer for science supplies, spares, and 'fun food'
Science17 Sep 2025 | 6
Axiom Space aims for orbit with its Orbital Data Center Node
But will the International Space Station still be there to host its node?
Security17 Sep 2025 |
NASA bars Chinese citizens from its facilities, networks, even Zoom calls
You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to figure out the reasons why
Security11 Sep 2025 | 47
NASA finds best evidence of life on Mars so far
The usual cadre of scientists who disproved previous findings are stumped
Science10 Sep 2025 | 46
After nearly half a century in deep space, every ping from Voyager 1 is a bonus
Powered by plutonium, running on pure stubbornness
Science07 Sep 2025 | 76
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