China's Mars rover assigned extended mission after exceeding life expectancy
But first, a holiday while Mars is on the other side of the Sun
23 Aug 2021 | 15
Science
More Boots on Moon delays: NASA stops work on SpaceX human landing system as Blue Origin lawsuit rolls on
US agency agrees to pause in exchange for 'expedited' schedule. That'll be a first for Artemis
20 Aug 2021 | 75
Japan's aerospace agency hooks up with Boeing to make planes quieter when they land
Hope to address the noise of airflows over flaps and other parts as that can be louder than engines
20 Aug 2021 | 76
China, Russia, India, and pals agree to create virtual satellite constellation
Remote sensing data to be shared among BRICS bloc, so they can all watch the world from above
19 Aug 2021 | 9
US boffins: We're close to fusion ignition in the lab – as seen in stars and thermonuclear weapons
The Reg speaks to chief scientist in fuel-compression experiment
18 Aug 2021 | 85
Green hydrogen 'transitioning from a shed-based industry' says researcher as the UK hedges its H2 strategy
Am I blue? Am I green? Government report isn't quite transparent
17 Aug 2021 | 68
A new island has popped up off the coast of Japan thanks to an underwater volcano
The saying is that they aren't making any more land yet here we are
17 Aug 2021 | 34
Cassini data from last decade reveals insights into 'diffuse' nature of Saturn's core
Internal structure extends to 60% of gas giant's radius, study shows
17 Aug 2021 | 10
China starts testing tech to harvest solar energy from orbiting panels
Ground facility to be finished this year as early trials focus on balloons just 300m away
17 Aug 2021 | 29
Blue Origin sues NASA for awarding SpaceX $3bn contract to land next American boots on the Moon
Updated In Jeff's world, it's not 'you snooze, you lose', it's 'you lose, you sues'
16 Aug 2021 | 54
Branson sews cash parachute for Virgin Atlantic with $300m Virgin Galactic share sale
COVID’s been harder on airlines than space companies
16 Aug 2021 | 21
Starliner takes off ... back to the factory and not space
This isn't Boeing very well, is it?
13 Aug 2021 | 49
Russia: Forget about the Nauka incident. Who punched the hole in the Soyuz, hmm?
Opinion Borked module and fingerpointing puts space relationship with US under strain
13 Aug 2021 | 61
NASA blames the wrong kind of Martian rock for Perseverance sample failure
Not a hardware or software bug, for a change
12 Aug 2021 | 37
Good news: There's a slightly increased chance of asteroid Bennu hitting Earth. Bad news: It's still really slight
Don't get your hopes up about that Sept 24, 2182 end-of-world party
12 Aug 2021 | 37
India's return to space fails after first locally built cryogenic engine experiences 'anomaly'
Upper stage didn't ignite, Earth observation satellite likely lost
12 Aug 2021 | 25
Engineers work to open Boeing Starliner's valves as schedule pressures mount
Is that the sound of hammering we can hear?
10 Aug 2021 | 49
Boots on Moon in 2024? NASA OIG says you better moonwalk away from that date, because suits ain't ready
Don't rocket the boat, says agency - you'll hear from us soon
10 Aug 2021 | 35
Scientists reckon eliminating COVID-19 will be easier than polio, harder than smallpox – just buckle in for a wait
You looked like you needed some good news
10 Aug 2021 | 175
Vietnamese province that hosts Big Tech's factories now fashionably COVID-free
Industrial parks in Bac Giang, home to Apple and Samsung suppliers, battled shutdowns and skyrocketing COVID infections among workers since May
10 Aug 2021 | 8
Wireless powersats promise clean, permanent, abundant energy. Sound familiar?
Column Watts coming down may not go up
09 Aug 2021 | 190
NASA comes up empty on Perseverance rover's first Mars sample drilling attempt
Suspects rocks are the problem, not probe
09 Aug 2021 | 25
8 years ago another billionaire ploughed millions into space to harvest solar power and beam it back down to Earth
Caltech received $100m for the project and is only just telling us now
05 Aug 2021 | 87
International Space Station actually spun one-and-a-half times by errant Russian module's thrusters
540 degrees total, not just 45, NASA tells El Reg
03 Aug 2021 | 57
US govt calmly but firmly tells Blue Origin it already has a ride to the Moon's surface with SpaceX, thanks
Hit us up next time you're free, though
02 Aug 2021 | 36
International Space Station stabilizes after just-docked Russian module suddenly fires thrusters
Updated Crew not in danger, NASA insists
30 Jul 2021 | 51
Have you turned it off and on again? Russia's Nauka module just about makes it to the ISS
Elderly lab negotiates tricky docking
29 Jul 2021 | 35
Boeing and Rocket Lab hope for the best as both return to launchpad following failures
Space is hard
28 Jul 2021 | 5
Hubble in another first: Water vapor spotted in atmosphere of Jupiter’s Ganymede
We speak to the scientists involved
27 Jul 2021 | 10
Japan plans remote-controlled robotic space tourism to the ISS and beyond
'Avatars' that roam around space station, or do work with high performance hands, to be controllable from the ground
27 Jul 2021 | 6
Bezos offers to knock $2bn off his bill to NASA to stay in the running for Moon contract
It's not a bribe when it's a payment waiver
26 Jul 2021 | 30
Russia's Pirs ISS module scheduled to fall away, much like Moscow's interest in the space station
Troubled Nauka might actually make it after four orbit corrections – since we left work Friday
26 Jul 2021 | 36
We've seen things you people wouldn't believe. An exoplanet building its own moons
Pic 400 light-years away, satellites are forming
23 Jul 2021 | 33
Survey of astronomers and geophysicists shines a light on 'bleak' systemic bullying
'We need to hold each other to account when we're talking through these issues'
22 Jul 2021 | 57
Russia's ISS Multipurpose Laboratory Module launches after years sitting on a shelf, immediately runs into issues
Nauka? More like 'Borka!' Geddit?
22 Jul 2021 | 43
Brain-computer interface researchers warn of a 'bleak' cyberpunk future – unless we tread carefully
Commercial exploitation of a person's inner thoughts 'particularly worrisome'
22 Jul 2021 | 44
