NASA celebrates 40 years of Discovery, the longest-serving Space Shuttle OV-103 was there for Hubble and the assembly of the ISS Science19 Oct 2023 | 11
Mars chilled for aeons, but stayed so stressed it gets crusty marsquakes Multiple orbiters failed to find a crater matching rumble. Boffins now blame Red planet's internal problems Science19 Oct 2023 | 7
Amazon unveils new drone design, plans liftoff of aerial delivery in UK, Italy Smaller, quieter, and expected to deliver millions of packages in coming years Science19 Oct 2023 | 52
Now we can blame spacecraft for polluting the atmosphere 'My god, it's full of aerosolized metals!' Science18 Oct 2023 | 12
Want a clean energy transition? Better start putting cash into electrical grid Spending needs to double to $600B by 2030 if we want to stay within 2°C warming Science18 Oct 2023 | 91
Moonstruck Modi wants lunar Indian crew by 2040 A space station, Venus, and Mars also on the cards but the budget is TBD Science18 Oct 2023 | 5
Boris Johnson's mad hydrogen for homes bubble bursts It was a gas while it lasted but 'no public policy' to replace natural gas for heating Science18 Oct 2023 | 302
Bezos' engineers dream of Blue Ring space platform in orbit by 2025 A little optimistic, given Blue Origin can't even deliver it themselves yet Science17 Oct 2023 | 19
Falcon Heavy sends NASA probe to metal-rich asteroid Psyche Is SpaceX psyching out the competition? Science17 Oct 2023 | 26
NASA reschedules Boeing's first crewed Starliner flight for mid-April 2024 Given they're still trying to fix the capsule's parachute the astronauts better say their prayers Science13 Oct 2023 | 21
Engineers pave the way for building lunar roads with Moon dust Just melt it with lasers, say researchers in Germany Science12 Oct 2023 | 34
NASA's Psyche asteroid mission suffers another heavenly holdup Dodgy weather results in a launch postponement Science12 Oct 2023 |
Mars helicopter to try for new speed record on Thursday 57 flights past expected lifetime and still improving Science12 Oct 2023 | 38
Bennu unboxing shows ancient asteroid holds carbon and water Just some building blocks for life – in a few billion years, who knows what could develop? Science12 Oct 2023 | 14
Delays to NASA's in-orbit satellite refueling robot to push costs over $2B target Contractor blamed by watchdog for late SPIDER arm work Science11 Oct 2023 | 3
Astronomers spot collision between two exoplanets, both feared vaporized Dust blocks light from Sun-like star as far-off worlds meet Science11 Oct 2023 | 24
Russian Nauka module plays leak-a-boo with International Space Station Faulty backup radiator is bleeding coolant into the black Science10 Oct 2023 | 9
ESA's Vega rocket delivers Taiwanese and Thai satellites to low Earth orbit Also on board, cubesat that dodges space debris with plasma braking technology Science09 Oct 2023 | 1
Two Project Kuiper prototype satellites finally reach orbit Hey – gotta start somewhere Science09 Oct 2023 | 6
Beethoven and Brahms move audience members to synchronization symphony Music sets hearts beating in lockstep, researchers find Science07 Oct 2023 | 13
Elon Musk's ambitions for Starship soar high while reality waits on launchpad Comment Monster rocket yet to trouble orbit, let alone the Red Planet Science06 Oct 2023 | 86
ESA funds space weather satellite swarm to understand and combat orbital debris Prof warns El Reg solar storms may cause cascading collisions that make some orbits unusable Science06 Oct 2023 | 12
UK and Japan space agencies team for orbital telemetry network InRange will eliminate reliance on line of sight for the H3 launcher Science06 Oct 2023 | 2
Fujitsu, RIKEN open Japan's first superconducting quantum 'puter to eggheads 64-qubit system paired with 40-qubit simulator to get some sort of accuracy Science05 Oct 2023 | 3
NASA taking its time unboxing asteroid sample because it grabbed too much stuff Dirty deed, done in deep space Science05 Oct 2023 | 17
Tweaked Space Shuttle Main Engine gets ready for final testing NASA will run out of RS-25s to drop into the ocean unless the production line restarts Science04 Oct 2023 | 32
Red Planet roommates have been stuck on 'Mars' together for 100 days Simulation milestone coincides with NASA's 65th birthday – will it manage the real thing before its centenary? Science04 Oct 2023 | 16
Astronomers debate whether or not lightning strikes even once on Venus Where are the bolts of light? Why are the low-frequency radio waves lightning makes going backwards? Science04 Oct 2023 | 9
5G satellite briefly becomes brightest object in night sky With more constellations on the horizon, scientists call for better approval of launches Science03 Oct 2023 | 34
ESA delays Vega-C's return after nozzle design fails tests Eurolauncher won't fly again until 2024 as it awaits another redesign Science03 Oct 2023 | 7
NASA awards $1.5m for 'three steps to Mars' astronaut health program One (very) small leap for humanity's future in space Science02 Oct 2023 | 3
NASA's New Horizons probe scores extended vacation in Kuiper Belt Good news: More science. Bad news: Somebody has to pay for it Science02 Oct 2023 | 2
Scandium-based nuclear clocks promise punctuality for next 300 billion years It's about time! Science02 Oct 2023 | 47
NASA delays already-late $1B Psyche probe's visit to metal-rich asteroid Given it was first due to blast off last year, what's another week or so? Science30 Sep 2023 | 11
Record-breaking astronaut Frank Rubio finally home after over a year in orbit Rubio spent 371 days on the ISS, the longest any American has been aloft Science28 Sep 2023 | 3
Perseverance rover sets a Martian speed record with software controls 347.7 meters in a day - humans could probably do better Science27 Sep 2023 | 7
The alternative to stopping climate change is untested carbon capture tech We could do most of what we need to prevent 1.5°C warming now; reversing it will be nigh impossible Science27 Sep 2023 | 87
CERN experiment proves gravity pulls antimatter the way Einstein predicted Why there is not a lot more of it is yet to be explained though Science27 Sep 2023 | 34
Bids for ISS demolition rights are now open, NASA declares Winning spacecraft will dock with the station at least a year before go time Science27 Sep 2023 | 57
Researchers train an AI system to find extraterrestrial life Machine learning model touted as ideal for finding LGMs on Mars, and beyond Science27 Sep 2023 | 26
China identifies AI, optoelectric semiconductors, as challenges it wants to crack Underwater comms make list of 14 techs at which Beijing hopes to do better Science26 Sep 2023 | 2
NASA's Mars Sample Return mission is in danger of never launching Review board: Mega project is way over budget, needs cash, and senators want it axed Science25 Sep 2023 | 22
FAA wants rocket jockeys to clean up after their space launch parties Have you seen orbit? There's junk everywhere Science22 Sep 2023 | 6
Neuralink's looking for participants willing to be part of human trials Musk company gets FDA's OK for six-year assessment of its brain implants Science20 Sep 2023 | 26
Scientists suggest possible solution to space-induced bone loss Douglas Adams was right! Mice may hold key to exploring the universe Science20 Sep 2023 | 43
DoD hopes $30M BEACONS will light the way to next-gen American battery designs And less than half the cost of a single F-35 – bargain! Science19 Sep 2023 | 8
Rocket Lab launch streak goes up in smoke with 41st mission Electron rocket was lost when reusable first stage separated early this morning Science19 Sep 2023 | 10
US Defense Department enlists Google for AI-powered cancer-spotting kit A different type of ARM - the Augmented Reality Microscope Science19 Sep 2023 | 1
World's most powerful free-electron laser upgraded to fire a million X-rays per second US DoE particle will be a 'strobe light' in atomic disco Science18 Sep 2023 | 15
Textbook publishers sue shadow library LibGen for copyright infringement Yet another attempt at a permanent takedown – but will it stick? Science18 Sep 2023 | 69
Apples to apples: Boffins find a way to make e-waste edible We're rubbish at recycling plastic, but Singaporean scientists think they can make more of it recoverable. Even the hard cases used in electronics Science18 Sep 2023 | 7
UK civil servants – hopefully including those spending billions on tech – to skill up in STEM How about the ministers go next? Science14 Sep 2023 | 56
Scientists spot startlingly close black holes in Hyades star cluster Black hole stun: They're more than 1,400 light years closer than the previous record holder Science14 Sep 2023 | 40
Amazon's three rocket makers insist Project Kuiper will launch on schedule It's not as if space is hard, is it? Science13 Sep 2023 | 8
Scientists trace tiny moonquakes to Apollo 17 lander – left over from 1972 Humans just can't leave anything alone, huh Science13 Sep 2023 | 105
South Korea's Moon orbiter snaps India's lander As Japan's space agency preps a rover to land on Martian moon Phobos Science13 Sep 2023 | 7
James Webb spies distant exoplanet that could be wet, wild, and Hycean That or it's just really gassy Science12 Sep 2023 | 12
MOXIE microwaved Mars air into oxygen, but now it's time for a breather Concept will need to be scaled up to keep more than a small dog alive Science11 Sep 2023 | 19
Lithium goldrush hits sleepy Oregon-Nevada border Deposit in 19-million-year old caldera could dwarf sources in Bolivia, Chile and Australia Science11 Sep 2023 | 20