Caffeine makes fuel cells more efficient, cuts cost of energy storage Boffins show less platinum may be needed for long-lived power source Science14 Mar 2024 | 58
Third time is almost the charm for SpaceX's Starship Booster hit the water hard and monster rocket lost during re-entry, but otherwise a success! Science14 Mar 2024 | 92
Voyager 1 starts making sense again after months of babble Veteran spacecraft shows signs of sanity with poke from engineers Science14 Mar 2024 | 98
Japan's first private satellite launch imitates SpaceX's giant explosions Video KAIROS detonated a few seconds after clearing the launchpad Science13 Mar 2024 | 17
NASA's FY2025 budget request means tough times ahead for Chandra and Hubble But Artemis is still OK, so that's alright then Science12 Mar 2024 | 9
Stratolaunch's air-launched test vehicle hits supersonic speed TA-1 test ticks off all the primary objectives, but hypersonic flight will have to wait Science11 Mar 2024 | 8
UK and US lack regulation to protect space tourists from cosmic ray dangers Damage to DNA, mutations, uncontrolled cell division and malignancy. Is space tourism worth the risk? Science11 Mar 2024 | 39
An engine that can conjure thrust from thin air? We speak to the designer Interview Chatting to Anmol Taploo about the race to develop tech for satellites Science09 Mar 2024 | 58
Grab a helmet because retired ISS batteries are hurtling back to Earth 'Luminous phenomena' on the cards, but half a ton of debris could survive Science08 Mar 2024 | 43
Beijing plans at least three new rockets – maybe reusables too With over 100 launches planned this year alone, matching Musk makes sense Science07 Mar 2024 | 6
Toyota, Samsung accelerate toward better EV batteries Korean champ promises solid state kit that makes Li-Ion look flat by 2027 Science07 Mar 2024 | 23
Russia plans to put a nuclear reactor on the Moon – with China's help Roscosmos has had a few problems landing on the lunar surface recently Science06 Mar 2024 | 26
Boffins propose fiber-optic network for the Moon To detect seismic waves, silly Science06 Mar 2024 | 24
NASA and Japan's X-ray satellite space 'scope sends first snaps of distant galaxies Calibration is done, operations nominal, science starts in August Science06 Mar 2024 | 4
Juno fly-by detects lower levels of oxygen on Europa than expected Less abundant molecular oxygen narrow chances of life being found on Jupiter's icy moon Science05 Mar 2024 | 21
NASA's satellite pit stop project runs out of gas OSAM-1 – expensive, late, difficult, and no longer what the market needs? Science04 Mar 2024 | 2
NASA's Mars Sample Return Program struggles to get off the drawing board The tech just isn't ready and clunky collab with ESA isn't helping, auditor finds Science04 Mar 2024 | 18
The batteries on Odysseus, the hero private Moon lander, have run out 'Farewell' snap revealed by Intuitive Machines amid hope solar-powered craft may one day spring to life again Science02 Mar 2024 | 37
Uncle Sam explores satellites that can create propellant out of thin air Very low Earth orbit birds could sip the outer atmosphere on their way up Science29 Feb 2024 | 19
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New solvent might end winter charging blues for EV owners Subzero temperatures and batteries don't mix – but there may be a solution Science28 Feb 2024 | 55
Odysseus probe moonwalking on the edge of battery life after landing on its side Controllers estimate 10-20 hours remain for Intuitive Machines lander Science27 Feb 2024 | 25
FAA gives SpaceX a bunch of homework to do before Starship flies again You've heard of Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly. How about an energetic engine failure? Science27 Feb 2024 | 60
ESA's ERS-2 satellite began to come apart earlier than predicted Harmlessly entered over the North Pacific, but solar array was already bent Science27 Feb 2024 | 6
Japan's SLIM unexpectedly wakes up on Moon after month-long nap How's that for resilient? Science27 Feb 2024 | 14
72 flights later and a rotor blade short, Mars chopper loses its fight with physics Perseverance images show violent end to Ingenuity's final flight Science26 Feb 2024 | 23
Intuitive Machines' lunar lander tripped and fell Still works, though, says CEO, promising pics any day now Science26 Feb 2024 | 33
Varda capsule proves you don't need astronauts for gravity-defying science Space factory startup celebrates successful re-entry Science23 Feb 2024 | 7
NASA warns as huge solar flare threatens comms, maybe astronauts too No, this was not the cause of cellular network outages that hit the USA on Thursday Science23 Feb 2024 | 19
Please stop pouring the wrong radioactive water into the sea, Fukushima operator told Government takes TEPCO to task for caesium absorption tower incident Science23 Feb 2024 | 41
Intuitive Machines' Odysseus prepares for Moon landing Updated It slides into orbit. Now comes (another) hard part Science22 Feb 2024 | 8
Neuralink patient masters mind-mouse maneuvers – if Musk is to be believed Brain-computer interface trial continues to display troubling lack of transparency Science20 Feb 2024 | 23
Japan launches satellite to eyeball derelict rocket stage Mission a step along the road to commercial orbit decluttering Science19 Feb 2024 | 11
Chunks of deorbiting ESA satellite are expected to reach the ground Danger to humans? Less than '1 in 100 billion', says agency Science19 Feb 2024 | 36
Space nukes: The unbelievably bad idea that's exactly that ... unbelievable Opinion Like the reality, the concept is blown up out of all proportion. So who launched it this time around? Science19 Feb 2024 | 297
Cutting-edge robot space surgeon makes first incision in Zero-G Updated One giant leap for astronaut medicine Science16 Feb 2024 | 12
OSIRIS-REx probe sucked up more asteroid crumbs than hoped 121 grams is the largest such sample secured, but NASA won't blow it all at once Science16 Feb 2024 | 28
NASA extinguishes experiment about setting things on fire in space Saffire concludes after eight years of flaming good times Science16 Feb 2024 | 9
Intuitive Machines IM-1 heading for Moon on SpaceX rocket Taking Disaster Recovery as a Service to lunar extremes Science15 Feb 2024 | 3
WATSON picks up slack on Mars for SHERLOC as Perseverance gadgets show age The curious incident of the instrument cover on the Red Planet rover Science15 Feb 2024 | 16
NASA solar sail tech is ready – now who's up to use it in a mission? Ready for cruising: successful deployment leaves the ball in the scientists' court Science14 Feb 2024 | 18
Venus has a quasi-moon and it's just been named 'Zoozve' for a sweet reason The Small Bodies Nomenclature Working Group has just given 29 space rocks names Science13 Feb 2024 | 44
Japan's space program seeks reboot with Wednesday launch Second test flight for failed H3 booster after a run of bad luck Science12 Feb 2024 | 6
50 years ago, the all-rookie, final Skylab crew returned to Earth Around The World in 84 days Science10 Feb 2024 | 11
Joint European Torus experiments end on a 69 megajoules high Meanwhile ITER's not slated to start deuterium-tritium ops until 2035 Science09 Feb 2024 | 40
NASA finally launches PACE Earth science satellite 'New era of ocean science' hoped to follow debut of billion-dollar plankton-spotter Science09 Feb 2024 | 6
Europe's deepest mine to become Europe's deepest battery 2 MWh of energy storage using dirt, winches, and cables set to be installed in Finland Science08 Feb 2024 | 87
Saturnian moon Mimas: Crunchy on the outside, sub-surface ocean on the inside Data from Cassini suggests hidden depths beneath crater-ridden body Science08 Feb 2024 | 8
CERN is training robot dogs to spot radiation hazards at Large Hadron Collider Vid CERNquadbot can go off the rails – unlike science org's existing inspector bots Science08 Feb 2024 | 28
Hundreds of workers to space out from NASA's JPL amid budget black hole Launch windows do not respect political squabbling Science07 Feb 2024 | 26
How Neuraspace aims to clean up orbital clutter with AI Interview Can tech and regulations beat the great satellite landgrab? AI + ML07 Feb 2024 | 8
India to launch android into space to test crewed launch capability Vyommitra, your multitasking, bilingual, female space friend, will fly before the long-delayed Gaganyaan launch in 2025 Science07 Feb 2024 | 6
SAP hits brakes on Tesla company car deal Despite EV commitment, German giant tells Musk marque to buzz off Personal Tech06 Feb 2024 | 89
CERN seeks €20B to build a bigger, faster, particle accelerator The Future Circular Collider, if built, will be three times the size of the LHC Science06 Feb 2024 | 102
Save the Mars Sample Return mission, plead Congresscritters Letter: Budget cuts will 'essentially cancel' daring multi vehicle project unless reversed Science02 Feb 2024 | 19
Scientists don thinking caps in wearable tech breakthrough Building semiconductors into fabrics often hits a snag, which a new fiber pulling technique seeks to avoid Science01 Feb 2024 | 14
DeepMind AI helps cook up 'novel' compounds – with sides of controversy Updated Published report 'should be retracted as the main claim of discovery is wrong', UCL chemistry professor tells us Science31 Jan 2024 | 8
Japanese space lasers aim to clean up orbital junk Zap it and trap it like a cosmic Marie Kondo, but will everyone approve? Science31 Jan 2024 | 33
ESA salutes Galileo satellite system meeting aviation standards It's all in the software Science30 Jan 2024 | 12
Elon Musk's brain-computer interface outfit Neuralink tests its tech on a human Controling prostheses? Mr X imagines an app for that Science30 Jan 2024 | 69
ESA gives gravitational wave space probe LISA the nod for a 2035 launch Trio of spacecraft to capture ripples in spacetime Science29 Jan 2024 | 12
The pen is mightier than the keyboard for turbocharging your noggin Brain research could help find the right mix between handwriting and new technologies, researchers claim Science28 Jan 2024 | 31
Hubble telescope spots tiniest water-rich world in orbit Don't pack your swimming costumes as it could be more of a sauna planet Science27 Jan 2024 | 12
Mars Helicopter Ingenuity will fly no more, but is still standing upright In Memoriam for plucky robot that brushed off dead sensors and dust like they were nothing Science26 Jan 2024 | 36
JAXA releases photo of SLIM lander in lunar faceplant Mission a 'minimum' success because rovers deployed successfully Science26 Jan 2024 | 42
Tiny asteroid's earthly fireworks predicted with pinpoint accuracy by NASA Last year it was over France. This year it was over Germany. Where will the rocks strike next? Science25 Jan 2024 | 12
OSIRIS-REx's stuck asteroid sample canister finally cracked open by NASA Space eggheads invent tools just to get that precious dust Science23 Jan 2024 | 30
Japan recovers moon lander data, puts craft to sleep due to solar panels' bad attitude JAXA plans to reveal whether mission nailed its self-selected landing site later this week Science23 Jan 2024 | 18
Sierra Space bursts full-scale inflatable space habitat module Pop goes the test article. As planned Science22 Jan 2024 | 23
NASA lost contact with Mars helicopter Ingenuity, then managed to find it again ESA makes its own discovery: the most water ever found on Mars Science22 Jan 2024 | 18
Japan's lunar lander is dying before our eyes after setting down on Moon The real SLIM's shady Science19 Jan 2024 | 47
Peregrine bows out with a bang as SLIM aims for Moon's rocky runway Japanese lunar lander to attempt a soft touchdown Science18 Jan 2024 | 8
Can solar power be beamed down from space? Yes. Is it commercially viable? Not yet Caltech looks back on the highs and lows of the SSPD-1 project Science17 Jan 2024 | 89
Musk claims that venting liquid oxygen caused Starship explosion Billionaire suggests a payload would have solved the problem. And we have a suggestion for who that payload could be Science15 Jan 2024 | 144
Crippled Peregrine lunar lander set for fiery return to Earth in matter of days Doing science and still alive ... but not for long Science15 Jan 2024 | 12
AI and robots join forces to cook up proteins faster Applications across chemistry, energy, and medicine await human-free acceleration Science15 Jan 2024 | 3
NASA, Lockheed Martin reveal subtly supersonic X-59 plane Boffins say the quiet part out loud: There's no room for the sonic boom Science13 Jan 2024 | 100
Disease X fever infects Davos: WEF to plan response to whatever big pandemic is next Heads up, this isn't about Elon Science12 Jan 2024 | 94
Chinese company's rocket debut makes waves by launching from the sea Real-life Kerbal Space Program? Science11 Jan 2024 | 2
44-year-old Voyager 2 data sheds light on solar system's magnetic personalities Magnetosheath jets found around Earth may be present on other planets after Jupiter discovery Science10 Jan 2024 | 2
Boffins demo self-eating rocket engine in Scotland Interview Roll up, roll up. See Ouroboros-3 eating its own fuselage Science10 Jan 2024 | 58
NASA's Artemis Moon missions take a rain check until 2025 and beyond No human will set foot on regolith for 2-plus years now Science10 Jan 2024 | 39
Cutting-edge microscopy reveals bottled water has 'up to 100 times' more bits of plastic than previously feared Gulp! Science10 Jan 2024 | 46
Private lunar lander Peregrine mission's now measured in hours, not days UK trumpets British tech aboard doomed spacecraft Science09 Jan 2024 | 15
COVID-19 infection surge detected in wastewater, signals potential new wave US, Netherlands, Germany all show spikes while UK no longer collects data Science09 Jan 2024 | 166
India to launch with SpaceX's Falcon 9 for the first time ASIA IN BRIEF Also: Huawei in patent deal with Nokia, and China slates 2025 as year for mass produced flying cars Science09 Jan 2024 | 3
America's first private lunar lander suffers 'critical' fuel leak en route to Moon Updated Astrobotic's Peregrine packed with NASA science gear and other payloads may be a bust Science08 Jan 2024 | 38
NASA science bound for Moon after successful Vulcan Centaur launch Your turn, Starship Science08 Jan 2024 | 13
Road to Removal: A blueprint for yanking billions of tons of CO2 out of our atmosphere It'll also cost billions, but perhaps a price worth paying? Science07 Jan 2024 | 156
Swarms of laser-flown bots visiting a planet light years away – and more NASA-funded projects revealed An electric airplane on Mars, micrograv hibernation, and plenty others Science06 Jan 2024 | 39
It's been two decades since Spirit landed on the red sands of Mars Decades, gone in a flash: Longlived mission was almost derailed by file system whoopsie Science05 Jan 2024 | 9
India inches space program forward with launch of X-ray polarimetry satellite Meanwhile, ISRO chief sets sights on next crewed mission Science03 Jan 2024 | 10
Brain boffins think they've found the data format we use to store images as memories No, you aren't special - we're probably all visual learners Science02 Jan 2024 | 59
Juno's joyride around Jupiter snaps stellar shots of Io 'Magnificent' image shows violent volcanic surface Science02 Jan 2024 | 7
US fusion energy dreams edge closer to reality, Congress permitting Yields could double next year – provided the budget is passed Science02 Jan 2024 | 27
NASA's VIPER is half-built, with launch plans for this year Ice, ice maybe – water-seeking lunar trundlebot overcomes iffy connectors Science02 Jan 2024 | 10
Scientists mull Solar Radiation Management – a potential climate-change stop-gap In-depth As we argue over freeing ourselves from fossil fuels, can SRM buy us time to develop green energy we need? Science30 Dec 2023 | 242
NASA Juno probe to produce 'firehose of data' during close flyby of Jupiter moon Io, Io, it's off to work we go Science28 Dec 2023 | 21
30 years and still sunbathing: SOHO probe continues work as a space weatherman Space Extenders II From the cutting edge of physics research to a valuable monitoring tool Science26 Dec 2023 | 15
ESA's Mars Express continues to avoid retirement home Space Extenders II Another chunk of science, another mission extension. But probe is running on fumes Science24 Dec 2023 | 34