NASA pushes decision on bringing crew back in Starliner to the end of August
When is a mishap not really a mishap?
Science15 Aug 2024 | 16
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NASA's VIPER rover might still reach the lunar surface after all
Intuitive Machines tosses hat into the ring for NASA's canceled trundlebot
Science14 Aug 2024 | 11
InSight data suggests plentiful water lies beneath Mars' surface
There's water in them thar hills, but it'll be really hard to get to
Science13 Aug 2024 | 21
SpaceX tries to wash away Texas pollution allegations
Updated Elon Musk: Aiming for Mars, but sometimes ends up with Mercury?
Science13 Aug 2024 | 37
US standards body proposes atomic clocks in lunar orbit to keep Moon time
Knowing precise time on satellite essential if we want accurate GPS-like system for exploration
Science13 Aug 2024 | 17
Before we put half a million broadband satellites in orbit, anyone want to consider environmental effects?
SpaceX 'WasteX' Starlink said to make up 60% of sats circling Earth
Networks12 Aug 2024 | 64
In celebration of Curiosity's successful landing on Mars
Forget the woes of Starliner with an audacious NASA landing on another planet that went very very right
Science12 Aug 2024 | 5
Chinese satellite broadband launch rocket breaks up into space junk
Asia In Brief Plus: Vietnam's PM leads chips push; Tesla backs out of Thailand; Drones fly trash off Everest; and more
Science12 Aug 2024 | 24
NASA's NEOWISE asteroid spotter turned off for the final time
A mission that was supposed to last for less than a year went on for more than a decade
Science09 Aug 2024 | 14
Report slams Boeing and NASA over shoddy quality that's delayed SLS blastoff
Space Launch System project overspent, under-built, and is overdue, government probe finds
Science09 Aug 2024 | 51
Anaconda puts the squeeze on data scientists now deemed to be terms-of-service violators
Updated Academic, non-profit organizations told to start paying up – or else
Applications08 Aug 2024 | 22
NASA mulls using SpaceX in 2025 to rescue Starliner pilots stuck on space station
Officials may overhaul next year's Dragon mission if Boeing's Calamity Capsule proves too risky to return with crew
Science07 Aug 2024 | 90
NASA pushes back missions to the ISS to buy time for Starliner analysis
Next SpaceX crew trip moves deep into September while engineers agonize over the Calamity Capsule
Science07 Aug 2024 | 35
Freighter bound for the ISS suffers engine abort
Are the woes of the Calamity Capsule catching?
Science05 Aug 2024 | 13
Second patient receives the Neuralink implant
Almost half the electrodes are working... for now
Networks05 Aug 2024 | 18
Bugging out: 53 years since humans first drove a battery-powered car on the Moon
Feature And you thought you had range anxiety
Science03 Aug 2024 | 17
Boeing's Starliner proves better at torching cash than reaching orbit
Perhaps those thrusters actually burn dollars after all
Science02 Aug 2024 | 53
NASA pops repair kit in the mail so astronauts can fix leaky ISS telescope
Upcoming spacewalk should help NICER see more nicely
Science01 Aug 2024 | 23
Beetle mania: How bugs are inspiring the next gen of robot aviators
Deploying and folding wings without power might be useful in a tight spot
Science01 Aug 2024 | 8
It is 60 years since a US spacecraft first took a close-up of the Moon
Ranger 7 finally gets its shot. Five years later, humans would follow
Science31 Jul 2024 | 17
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Palo Alto Networks execs apologize for 'hostesses' dressed as lamps at Black Hat booth
Biz admits turning human women into faceless, sexualized furniture was a 'tone deaf' marketing ploy
Microsoft tweaks fine print to warn everyone not to take its AI seriously
Don't use LLMs for anything important and don't try to reverse engineer it
Microsoft patches scary wormable hijack-my-box-via-IPv6 security bug and others
Patch Tuesday Plus more pain for Intel which fixed 43 bugs, SAP and Adobe also in on the action
Is Lenovo a blind spot in US anti-China security measures?
Opinion Questions raised as one of the world's largest PC makers joins America's critical defense team
Google is a monopoly. The fix isn't obvious
Comment A business breakup may be coming – but what comes after may not be better
Microsoft pushing, pushing, pushing Edge in Defender slammed as a 'dark pattern'
Is it an ad? Or serious infosec advice?
US accuses man of being 'elite' ransomware pioneer they've hunted for years
Authorities allege 'J.P. Morgan' practiced ‘extreme operational and online security’
Indian telcos to cut off scammy, spammy, telemarketers for two whole years
There's a blockchain involved so it's totally going to stop you getting those calls
Intel, already adrift, now Armless too
Sells stake in rival chip designer, keeps its MariaDB shares
Still waiting for a Pi 500 and wondering what do this summer?
The team knows you want one, but in the meantime why not make one yourself?
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NASA gives Falcon 9 thumbs-up to launch Crew-9
1. Undock, bring Butch and Suni home on Starliner, 2. Launch Crew-9, 3. Do the handover, 4. Bring Crew-8 home
Science29 Jul 2024 | 29
Silicon, stars, and sulfur make Apollo's unlikely legacy
Opinion Neil stepped on a rock. We're surfing an interstellar wave 9,000 light years long. Go us
Science29 Jul 2024 | 57
The secret to better weather forecasts may be a dash of AI
Google adds machine learning to climate models for 'faster forecasts'
Science27 Jul 2024 | 93
SpaceX Falcon 9 set for comeback after upper-stage failure
Cracked line blamed for leak
Science26 Jul 2024 | 19
Boeing Starliner crew get their ISS sleepover extended
Bosses regret talking up mission duration as Capsule's lifetime extended to 90 days
Science26 Jul 2024 | 51
Shuttle Columbia's near-miss: Why we should always expect the unexpected in space
The eventful launch of STS-93 and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Science26 Jul 2024 | 36
AI models face collapse if they overdose on their own output
Recursive training leads to nonsense, study finds
AI + ML25 Jul 2024 | 140
Tim Peake joins Axiom Space as an astronaut advisor
A new mission: Securing funding for Brits in orbit
Science24 Jul 2024 | 2
Engineers fix ESA's Gaia observatory from 1.5M kilometers away
And you thought rolling back a borked update on a server down the hall was hard?
Science22 Jul 2024 | 10
Curiosity rover is crushing it: Ran over a rock and found pure sulfur
An unexpected splash of yellow on the red planet
Science22 Jul 2024 | 22
Chinese researchers create four-gram drone that might fly forever
Asia in brief Plus: Former Samsung worker jailed for leaking secrets; Robo-cabs reach Shanghai airport; and more
Science22 Jul 2024 | 8
EU's renewable hydrogen plan needs a 'reality check'
Member nations aren't on the same page, investors are confused, and nobody understands the real costs
CxO19 Jul 2024 | 78
Pi goes to spaaaaace... for a bit longer than planned
Ariane 6 might have had some APU problems, but the well-Armed hardware on YPSat worked well
Science18 Jul 2024 | 5
NASA swings budget axe, kills $400M+ VIPER lunar trundlebot
Creeping costs, launch delays mean almost completed rover 1) will never see Moon, 2) will be stripped for parts
Science18 Jul 2024 | 18
Here we go again. And again. Musk threatens to pull Twitter, SpaceX out of California
Comment Over here, look at me, Donald, I'm over here, don't you want to tweet again? Woke! Trans! Antifa! Immigration!
Science17 Jul 2024 | 121
SpaceX asks the FAA: 'Can we launch our rockets again, please?'
Company keen to get back on the horse before the investigation is complete
Science17 Jul 2024 | 43
ESA starts work on planetary defence mission, because Bruce Willis is retired
Asteroid Apophis will come within 32,000km of Earth in 2029, which makes it very much worth a visit
Science17 Jul 2024 | 20
Evidence for Moon caves emerges as humans hunt for hospitable hideaway under lunar surface
Lava tubes promise shelter in future Moon missions
Science15 Jul 2024 | 33
SpaceX's Falcon anomaly could have serious implications for the space industry
Comment Musk firm to work with the FAA on why the second stage leaked liquid oxygen
Science15 Jul 2024 | 60
SpaceX hit by inflight Falcon 9 failure
Upper stage engine suffers a Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly, leaving Starlink satellites too low
Science12 Jul 2024 | 35
Boeing's Starliner set for extended stay at the ISS as engineers on Earth try to recreate thruster issues
We all know the pain of reproducing that one pesky problem in test
Science11 Jul 2024 | 48
Astroscale space janitor attempts fly-around of derelict upper stage
ADRAS-J avoids adding to debris problem with autonomous collision avoidance
Science10 Jul 2024 | 7
Glass rain, supersonic winds, and Eau de Rotten Egg – just another day on HD 189733 b
Sounds better than a British summer
Science10 Jul 2024 | 18
Europe blasts back into the heavy launch biz with first Ariane 6 flight
Everything went fine, except the experimental re-ignition
Science10 Jul 2024 | 54
Time Lords decree: No leap second needed in 2024
Let's not get ahead of ourselves, even if Earth is spinning out
Science05 Jul 2024 | 45
ITER delays first plasma for world's biggest fusion power rig by a decade
Who could have guessed that giant magnets capable of constraining mini-suns would be hard to build?
Science04 Jul 2024 | 105
EV world in serious trouble if China cuts off rare earth materials
Comment 'We're not there yet' on development of motors without them
Personal Tech03 Jul 2024 | 74
Oak Ridge boffins twist exotic metal into eco-friendly, solid-state cooler
Chill out, no fridge required
Science03 Jul 2024 | 17
MIT's bionic leg upgrade leaves amputees walking like the wind
Researchers expect treatment to be available clinically in around 5 years
Science02 Jul 2024 | 18
Trouble in space as Boeing's not going, and China's back from the Moon
Kettle Vultures chew over a busy few days in orbit with a transatlantic chat
Science02 Jul 2024 | 15
China working on standard for brain-computer interfaces
This is more than a thought bubble: Beijing aspires to dominate international standards
Science02 Jul 2024 | 8
Chinese space company accidentally launches rocket in test gone wrong
10, 9, 8 ... hang on, did anyone check we bolted this thing down properly?
Science01 Jul 2024 | 50
Mars is slam-dunked by hundreds of basketball-sized meteorites every year
Impact studies crucial for accurately determining Red Planet's age
Science29 Jun 2024 | 19
ISS 'nauts told to duck and cover after dead Russian sat sprays space junk
This has happened before after Moscow made a mess with a missile
Science28 Jun 2024 | 18
Perseverance pays off as Mars rover's SHERLOC brought back from the brink
Bot's arm used to free instrument's dust cover and return to science
Science27 Jun 2024 | 12
Elon Musk to destroy the International Space Station – with NASA's approval, for a fee
SpaceX wins contract for 'deorbit vehicle' at a pleasing price
Public Sector27 Jun 2024 | 150
Resource burden of electric vehicles set to triple by 2050
Experts say 'circular economy strategies' could keep demand at 2015 levels
Science26 Jun 2024 | 50
China's Chang'e-6 capsule returns with lunar loot from the far side
Now to figure out if it really is rich in useful stuff that could fuel further exploration
Science26 Jun 2024 | 25
Humanity's satellite habit could end up choking Earth's ozone layer
Just when you think we've solved chlorofluorocarbons
Science25 Jun 2024 | 92
NASA ought to pay up after space debris punched a hole in my roof, homeowner says
Otero family sues Uncle Sam for $80K+ to make everything right
Science24 Jun 2024 | 54
Starliner to remain docked to the ISS into July – with no new departure date
If it's Boeing, it isn't going joke gets a bit real for 'nauts
Science24 Jun 2024 | 49
DARPA searched for fields quantum computers really could revolutionize, with mixed results
It's not all hype, but more work is needed before solutions are feasible or affordable
Systems24 Jun 2024 | 34
India to build re-usable launch vehicle after nailing third landing of mini-spaceplane
Next: more work on crewed mission, including space yoga for astronauts
Science24 Jun 2024 | 16
NASA finds humanity would totally fumble asteroid defense
Earthly politics and mission planning no match for fast-moving rocky orb
Science21 Jun 2024 | 99
Additional hatch operations on a Boeing vehicle – but this time it's Starliner
Spacecraft to spend some extra testing time at ISS before making its way back home
Science19 Jun 2024 | 51
50 launches, 1 knighthood – Rocket Lab CEO talks heavy-lift rockets, Venus, and Musk
Interview Sir Peter Beck on bringing balance to the market and more
Science19 Jun 2024 | 10
Tiny solid-state battery promises to pack a punch in pocket gadgets
TDK tech envisioned as successor to button cells – if it works as promised
Science18 Jun 2024 | 72
NTT uses scattered monitors to trick your brain into seeing 3D images
Because not everyone's walking around wearing augmented reality goggles yet
Software18 Jun 2024 | 10
Wrongful termination lawsuit accuses Neuralink of Herpes B-infected monkey business
Forced to work through lunch, attacked by virus-carrying primates, and sacked for being pregnant – allegedly
Science17 Jun 2024 | 21
The Hubble Space Telescope is back in business
Running on one gyro, but still gazing at the sky
Science17 Jun 2024 | 13
Virgin Galactic celebrates flight hiatus with a reverse stock split
Biz keen to avoid a delisting as share price drops
Science14 Jun 2024 | 9
Voyager 1 makes stellar comeback to science operations
Engineers coax veteran probe back to health
Science14 Jun 2024 | 31
Japan's space agency helps to target advertising with satellite photos of crops
Some would say ads for cabbage are futile – can pics from space at least make them timely?
Software14 Jun 2024 | 20
Dr Ed Stone, former director of JPL, Voyager project scientist, dies at 88
Obit A legacy of scientific discovery, inspiration and engagement
Science13 Jun 2024 | 18
Space health shocker: Astronauts return mostly fine
Largest ever study reveals some of the effects on human body aren't as bad as thought, but work needs to be done
Science12 Jun 2024 | 12
Gates-backed nuclear plant breaks ground without guarantee it'll have fuel
TerraPower's atomic facility needs lots of low-enriched uranium and who mainly makes it ... ah, jeez
Science11 Jun 2024 | 76
Molten lunar regolith heats up space colonization dreams
Human settlement of the Moon made a little easier, maybe?
Science11 Jun 2024 | 35
Biden admin fuels up Rocket Lab with $24M for space-grade solar cell chip shop
Funding will expand manufacturing by 50% in three years, says Uncle Sam
Science11 Jun 2024 |
Legendary Glastonbury farm using bovine excreta power plant adds graphene boffinry
This is not BS, it's cutting-edge material science
Science11 Jun 2024 | 35
Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity bows out to make way for Delta Class successor
Company's fate now rests with SpaceShipTwo's followup
Science10 Jun 2024 | 8
EU grants €15M funding for ICARUS inflatable heat shield
Exclusive Just don't let it fly too close to the Sun
Science10 Jun 2024 | 24
Astroboffins order most advanced spectrograph ever to sniff out alien life
ANDES, in the Andes, is predicted to find the first Population III mega-star
Science08 Jun 2024 | 30
White House hopes $180M will solve science, tech gaps in commercial fusion power
Researchers get 4 years, a small pot of cash, and long row to hoe before making tech practical by next decade
Science07 Jun 2024 | 19
Quantinuum inches closer to fault-tolerant quantum with a 56 qubit machine
This one only produces errors 65 percent of the time. Woo-hoo!
Science07 Jun 2024 | 11
A tale of two missions: Starliner and Starship both achieve milestones
It was the best of times for space fans
Science07 Jun 2024 | 57
OpenAI to buy electricity from CEO Sam Altman's nuclear fusion side hustle
Knowing your supplier is always good – and super lab's auditors promise to check for conflicts of interest
AI + ML06 Jun 2024 | 52
Ariane 6 ready to rocket, bringing heavy-lift capability back to Europe
Just a wet dress rehearsal left before debut launch
Science06 Jun 2024 | 12
Can AI models trained on human speech help us understand dogs?
What’s that Lassie? Our nefarious AI overlords are about to take over the world? You must be barking
Science06 Jun 2024 | 29
High-flying drones on a leash could blow traditional wind turbines away
Bristol researcher granted £375K to improve airborne wind energy systems
Science05 Jun 2024 | 40
Boeing's Starliner makes it into orbit at long last – with human crew aboard
Let's get that brave duo to the ISS and then home to Earth safely
Science05 Jun 2024 | 35
Hubble will transition to single-gyro mode to gain a few more years of operational life
So about that commercial servicing mission, hmm?
Science05 Jun 2024 | 14
China's Chang'e-6 lunar probe packs rocks and rolls back to Earth
Tasks on far side of the Moon were heavily automated
Science04 Jun 2024 | 4
Hubble plays spin the bottle with last few gyros
Time to dust off those contingency plans?
Science04 Jun 2024 | 26
Energy buffs give small modular reactors a gigantic reality check
Too expensive, slow, and risky for investors, and they're taking focus off renewables, say IEEFA experts
Science03 Jun 2024 | 122
Boeing's Starliner finds yet another way to not reach space
'Unfortunately a power supply generally does not fail ... until it does'
Science03 Jun 2024 | 67
JAXA's Akatsuki probe goes silent after more than a decade studying Venus
Plus: Japanese billionaire cancels joyride with artists around the Moon
Science03 Jun 2024 | 3
China lands probe Chang'e-6 on the far side of the Moon
ASIA IN BRIEF PLUS: Singapore intros AI safety tools; Satya Nadella fined by Indian gov; China stops influencers flaunting bling
Science03 Jun 2024 | 2
DARPA awards in-orbit manufacturing contract to Momentus
In the not too distant future agency wants to found factories in the sky
Science02 Jun 2024 | 3
NASA and ESA take a close look at Europe's International Habitation Module
Astronauts clamber around a mock-up, launch of the real thing is only 4 years away
Science31 May 2024 | 6
FCC boss wants tighter rules to prevent devastating satellite explosions in orbit
Rosenworcel suggests bringing risk down to 1 in 1,000 for debris-emitting blasts – will other countries play ball?
Science30 May 2024 | 6
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