SpaceX demonstrates that it too can shower the Earth with debris
Monolith found in Australian field actually a piece of SpaceX vehicle
Science03 Aug 2022 | 57
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NASA to send prototype robot surgeon into space
Dammit Jim, I'm a piece of autonomous equipment, not a doctor
Science03 Aug 2022 | 23
Boffins put supercomputer on the scent of a perfect landfill deodorizer
Is this what they mean by garbage collection?
Science03 Aug 2022 | 23
US regulators set the stage for small, local nuclear power stations
What could go wrong? Study finds waste is more reactive, making it more dangerous
Science02 Aug 2022 | 73
Spent Chinese rocket booster splashes down over Southeast Asia
NASA chief slams Beijing for not disclosing Long March 5B trajectory
Science02 Aug 2022 | 15
SpaceX upgrades Starlink to reflect less light, can't launch without its Starship
A dazzling problem
Science01 Aug 2022 | 35
Paper batteries on the cards to power IoT and smart labels
Quest to reduce environmental impact finds pulp solution
Science29 Jul 2022 | 19
Bill Gates venture backs effort to bring aircon startup to market
Supports liquid desiccant tech to store energy to smooth bumps in demand, lower greenhouse gas impact
Science29 Jul 2022 | 63
Preparing for Skylab: The separate 1972 experimental mission that never left the ground
Feature Bags of splashy fun for astronauts in SMEAT's simulation
Science29 Jul 2022 | 25
NASA: Mars rocks won't make it back to Earth until 2033
Cute that they think the human race will still be here when Perseverance's samples arrive
Science28 Jul 2022 | 32
Scientists use dead spider as gripper for robot arm, label it a 'Necrobot'
Videos Our ancestors made tools from bones … so why not freeze a spider instead of 3D printing parts?
Science28 Jul 2022 | 121
Chinese booster rocket tumbles back to Earth: 'Non-zero' chance of hitting populated area
88 percent of the world's population live under the currently estimated footprint of the debris
Science27 Jul 2022 | 63
NASA's Lunar Orbiter spots comfortably warm 'pits' all over the Moon
Shaded bits of lava tubes stay at 17°C all lunar day and all lunar night, a contrast with the rest of Luna's frequent fluctuations
Science27 Jul 2022 | 80
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch: Now 100,000kg smaller
The Ocean Cleanup pulled all that trash in less than a year, and its newest system could collect 10x more
Science26 Jul 2022 | 79
General Motors goes electric with $2.5b US government loan for battery plants
Tesla is not the only biz that can take billions from American taxpayers
Science26 Jul 2022 | 17
Russia's new space chief confirms it will leave ISS after 2024
Updated NASA: First we’ve heard of it
Science26 Jul 2022 | 33
James Webb, Halley's Comet may be set for cosmic dust-up
Comet debris is right in JWST's path, and could further damage its sensitive mirror
Science26 Jul 2022 | 38
Eutelsat and OneWeb to join forces across orbits in $3.4b merger
LEO and GEO orbit covered in satellite broadband handshake
Science26 Jul 2022 | 25
Experts warn transition to private space stations won't happen anytime soon
As NASA launches 11th annual ISS Research and Development Conference
Science26 Jul 2022 | 25
Aviation body wants views on rocket plans of Virgin Orbit
The race for first space launch from UK soil (or airspace) continues
Science25 Jul 2022 | 11
DARPA seeks portable muon-making machine to see through almost anything
We currently make muons at CERN, so this is quite the miniaturization job
Science25 Jul 2022 | 54
SpaceX crewed flight to ISS delayed by damaged rocket
Just as NASA urged to reuse Musk hardware no more than five times
Science23 Jul 2022 | 24
Trees may help power your next electric car
No, we're not reverting to steam power – lignin just makes great cathodes
Science22 Jul 2022 | 24
You're not wrong. The scope for quantum computers remains small
Systems Approach Perhaps a QC can help us work out why we'd want a QC
Science21 Jul 2022 | 15
NASA stalls water-seeking VIPER lunar rover to 2024
Americans need more time rebuilding their Moon sound stage, clearly
Science21 Jul 2022 | 14
ESA kicks ExoMars rover down the road, to 2026 at best
The way forward to Mars is cancelled (you meant the meeting, right?)
Science20 Jul 2022 | 4
UK chemicals multinational to build hydrogen 'gigafactory'
Johnson Matthey receives government backing to scale-up fuel cell production
Science20 Jul 2022 | 100
US Space Development Agency invests $1.3b in missile tracking satellites
Northrop Grumman, L3Harris Technologies to build the 28-satellite constellation for warning, tracking
Science19 Jul 2022 | 5
Hush now: Baby talk has common features across languages and societies
ML study combines with citizen science to show talking and singing to infants may have evolutionary roots
Science19 Jul 2022 | 33
Corporate structures for environmental sustainability
Formal management frameworks and processes are helping ZTE meet its environmental responsibilities
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Is the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope worth the price tag?
Performs better than expected, which is just as well – as it's going to be pelted with space rocks
Science16 Jul 2022 | 107
Copper shortage keeps green energy, tech ventures grounded
Copper the balloon popper for 2050 net-zero goals according to S&P
Science15 Jul 2022 | 62
Dmitry Rogozin sacked as boss of Russian space agency Roscosmos
Bluster and hot air do not make for a sustainable space program
Science15 Jul 2022 | 19
James Webb Space Telescope looks closer to home with Jupiter snaps
Commissioning pics show spacecraft can peer near as well as far
Science15 Jul 2022 | 40
Mars helicopter to take a breather, recharge batteries
Like a lot of us hope to do, Ingenuity goes on summer break
Science14 Jul 2022 | 52
Panasonic picks Kansas for $4b EV battery plant
Tesla's biggest battery supplier will reportedly hire 4,000 staff
Science14 Jul 2022 | 10
Behold: The first images snapped by the James Webb Space Telescope
Pics Literally galaxies far, far away
Science13 Jul 2022 | 36
These centrifugal moon towers could be key to life off-planet
Vid Spinning skyscrapers might produce about 1G at widest point
Science12 Jul 2022 | 64
SpaceX Starship booster in flames after unexpected ignition
Space oddity definitely not a metaphor for a corporate takeover going down the tubes
Science12 Jul 2022 | 24
NYC issues super upbeat PSA for surviving the nuclear apocalypse
It's the end of the world as we know it, and you'll be fine
Science12 Jul 2022 | 59
First-ever James Webb Space Telescope image revealed
Pic Decades in the making, billions of dollars, all so we can say together: My god, it's full of stars!
Science12 Jul 2022 | 132
NASA's CAPSTONE silence down to a software flaw
There's a code nasty on a spacecraft in deep space... not the first mission to suffer and won't be the last
Science08 Jul 2022 | 49
COO of failed bio-biz Theranos found guilty on all twelve fraud counts
What a prick ... of blood was ever going to work in these machines?
Science07 Jul 2022 | 30
Wash your mouth out with shape-shifting metal
You wanted flying cars and robo-butlers. Instead, we're getting tooth-cleaning morphing nanoparticle bots
Science06 Jul 2022 | 38
Large Hadron Collider experiment reveals three exotic particles
Tetraquarks and other discoveries as CERN revs up for Run 3
Science05 Jul 2022 | 78
ESA's 2030+ roadmap envisions Europeans on the Moon and Mars
But the agency is distinctly aware that it needs more autonomy
Science05 Jul 2022 | 23
CAPSTONE mission is Moon-bound, after less rocketry than expected
Final update China rubbishes NASA suggestion it wants Luna all to itself
Science05 Jul 2022 | 31
2050 carbon emission goals need nuclear to succeed, says International Energy Agency
Without it, $500b more in investments is needed to reach C-neutrality
Science01 Jul 2022 | 88
NASA delays SLS rollback due to concerns over rocky path to launchpad
The road to the Moon is paved with... river rock?
Science01 Jul 2022 | 22
Resurrected Dundee Satellite Station to host quantum Optical Ground Station
Pandemics and university disinterest apparently no match for ingenuity and determination
Science01 Jul 2022 | 11
China says it has photographed all of Mars from orbit
Enjoy the slideshow from Tianwen's orbital adventures
Science30 Jun 2022 | 30
City-killing asteroid won't hit Earth in 2052 after all
ESA ruins our day with some bad news
Science29 Jun 2022 | 29
NanoAvionics satellite pulls out GoPro to take stunning selfie over Earth
Consumer-grade camera was refitted with custom housing and software to survive in the vacuum
Science29 Jun 2022 | 36
Chinese boffins suggest launching nuclear Neptune orbiter in 2030
All these worlds are yours, except Europa. Attempt no landing there. Use them together, use them in peace
Science29 Jun 2022 | 58
Soviet-era tech could change the geothermal industry
Gyrotrons can super heat plasma, maybe vaporize 20km of rock, too
Science28 Jun 2022 | 122
NASA's mini-spacecraft CAPSTONE just launched on its journey to the Moon
25kg CubeSat the size of a bar fridge will plot course for Gateway space station, pave way for human boots on Moon
Science28 Jun 2022 | 5
Returning to the Moon on the European Service Module
Interview Moving to series production and dealing with the US, where things are done slightly differently
Science28 Jun 2022 | 35
Whatever hit the Moon in March, it left this weird double crater
Pic NASA probe reveals strange hole created by suspected Chinese junk
Science25 Jun 2022 | 58
NASA circles August in its diary to put Artemis I capsule in Moon orbit
First steps by humans to recapture planet's natural satellite
Science24 Jun 2022 | 19
NASA wants nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030
Space boffins task engineers with creating 40kW lunar fission plant that can operate for ten years
Science24 Jun 2022 | 90
