Wednesday, April 08, 2026 1:31 PM ET
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Artemis II snaps eclipse, Earthset shots on first crewed lunar flyby since Apollo -- Turns out deep space still looks better without AI helping -- Science6 hours ago
White House seeks deep NASA cuts as Artemis II breaks spaceflight record -- 'Proposal resurrects an existential threat to US leadership in space science and exploration' -- Science6 hours ago
Artemis II blasts off on first crewed lunar mission since Apollo -- And of course the Orion toilet malfunctioned -- Science6 hours ago
Renewables reached nearly 50% of global electricity capacity last year -- Cool, but fossil-fuel additions and AI-era power demand still muddy the climate math -- 01 Apr 20267 days ago
Virgin Galactic reopens ticket sales with out-of-this-world price hikes -- Flights to resume in 2026 before space tourism biz runs out of cash -- 01 Apr 20267 days ago
Starlink sprays debris into orbit following another satellite 'anomaly' -- No risk to ISS or Artemis, but not ideal for operator peace of mind -- 31 Mar 20267 days ago
Mars coughs up another maybe-life clue in the form of nickel compounds -- Perseverance found the minerals in an ancient river channel, but researchers say geology may still beat biology -- 31 Mar 20267 days ago
Artemis II countdown begins as NASA prepares for crewed Moon flyby -- Orion's four astronauts edge toward liftoff for humanity's first lunar voyage in more than 50 years9 days ago
DXC staff to strike in Australia after some go without pay rise for five years - Asia In Brief - PLUS: Iran war may slow APAC IT spend; Toshiba, Mitsubishi, talk chip biz combo; Fusion plasma control networks; And more! On-Prem - 30 Mar 2026 - | 78 days ago
Bees and hummingbirds aren't just buzzing – they're sipping trace booze -- Alcohol turns up in most floral nectar, meaning pollinators are drinking tiny cocktails without ever getting drunk10 days ago
Commercial space pleads with NASA to stop moving the goalposts in orbit -- Private station hopefuls say ISS rethink is shaking confidence10 days ago
India's space program can't spend money fast enough, putting missions in peril -- Satnav systems aren't well, IP is being sold too cheap, and thousands of roles remain open -- Public Sector12 days ago
Trump remembers to appoint science panel, fills it mostly with tech bros -- Plus one actual physicist -- Science14 days ago
Microsoft and Nvidia claim AI can speed approval of new atomic plants -- Effort includes permitting and planning -- AI + ML14 days ago
NASA's lunar reboot is long on ambition, short on answers - Opinion - Exactly how will astronauts get to and from that moonbase? Science - 25 Mar 2026 - | 258 days ago
Chemists concoct nail polish that lets clawed humans use touch screens -- They still look goofy, but at least you might be able to use 'em like a stylus -- Science14 days ago
Goodbye, Lunar Gateway: NASA ditches Moon station for Moon base -- NASA boss Jared Isaacman has no intention of letting this setback delay the Artemis program, apparently -- Science15 days ago
SpaceX hits back at Amazon in orbital datacenter dispute -- In space, no one can hear you being petty -- Networks16 days ago
NASA sets 'impossible' ground rules for relocation of 'flown space vehicle' -- Draft Request for Proposals says you can move shuttle orbiter but you cannot break it -- Science16 days ago
When it comes to catastrophic space weather, the UK is holding a cocktail umbrella -- National Audit Office warns government has little idea of how to respond in the event of a major solar storm -- Science16 days ago
Elon Musk wants to build 50 times more chips than the world currently produces, using 'new physics' -- Like his promise to get a million robocabs on the road, this doesn't add up -- Systems16 days ago
CERN eggheads burn AI into silicon to stem data deluge - feature - The operating system of the universe isn't going to debug itself - Science - 22 Mar 2026 - | 4015 days ago
Turns out your coffee addiction may be doing your brain a favor -- Decades of data suggest people who stick to a couple of brews fare better in terms of gray matter -- Science18 days ago
Starship may chauffeur Orion to the Moon, as NASA mulls ditching SLS after Artemis V -- SpaceX's still-not-quite-orbital rocket tapped as lunar taxi. Musk's minicab anyone? -- Science19 days ago
Time to end the 'uncontrolled experiment' of social media on kids, scientists say -- Pair say review of studies, other evidence, proves more countries need to do like Australia and keep kids offline -- Personal Tech19 days ago
Fiber on the surface of the moon could help detect moonquakes -- Better than seismometers? -- Science19 days ago
Chips... in spaaaace – courtesy of Nvidia - gtc - The Space-1 Vera Rubin Module will solve all your in-space computing needs - Nvidia GTC - 17 Mar 2026 - | 1520 days ago
Artemis II takes a rain check on return to launch pad as NASA fixes loose wire -- Still aiming for April 1 if the weather plays ball22 days ago
In the name of science: Boffins build fart-tracking undies -- A wearable sensor designed to monitor intestinal gas suggests the average person may let rip around 32 times a day22 days ago
Everything needed to make DNA and RNA found in asteroid sample -- Results from Ryugu suggest the the Solar System produced the building blocks of life22 days ago
Digital fruit fly brain model walks and cleans its feelers -- Early demo hints at a future sci-fi writers warned us about22 days ago
UK splashes £45M on AI supercomputer to help crack fusion power -- 'Sunrise' beast will run AI-heavy simulations of plasma behavior and reactor physics -- HPC23 days ago
Inside the datacenter where the day starts with topping up cerebrospinal fluid -- Biological computing is messy and gassy – It's now cloudy, too -- Science25 days ago
NASA pencils in fresh Artemis II Moon launch attempt for April 1 -- 'When we tank the vehicle ... I would like it to be on a day that we could actually launch' -- Science26 days ago
Atomic Britain: UK plans regulatory reset to boost nuclear power -- It wants 'safe, cost effective, and rapid.' We say: 'Good, fast, cheap – you can have 2' -- On-Prem26 days ago
NASA probe checks out years early because this solar cycle is a real drag -- Van Allen spacecraft re-enters over the Pacific with 1 in 4,200 chance of causing injury27 days ago
Britain turns up the heat on homegrown ceramics for hypersonic missiles -- DSTL bets £350K the UK can cook up its own exotic materials27 days ago
Musk admits Starship V3 launch date has slipped as Super Heavy booster rolls into place -- Launch predictions continue to be optimistic as 2027 and Artemis III near29 days ago
SETI admits its search for alien life may be too narrowly focussed -- Solar winds near aliens' homes – and ours – might be blowing away signs of alien technosignatures by broadening signals29 days ago
Amazon tells FCC to bin SpaceX's million-satellite datacenter dream -- Calls Musk's orbital plans "speculative" despite Bezos touting orbiting compute29 days ago
China browses lunar landing spots in race to land on Moon -- Not a US flag in sight29 days ago
NASA abandons delayed SLS upper stage for ULA's Centaur V instead -- Vulcan rocket hardware drafted in amid Artemis reshuffle but still no word on lander29 days ago
Britain spends £180M to work out what time it is -- Atomic clocks will tell you when your Waymo is late29 days ago
NASA's asteroid defence mission slowed targets by 1.7 inches per hour -- You gotta start somewhere, and in this case astroboffins would have been nowhere without help from intrepid volunteers -- Science30 days ago
Bundle of human neurons hooked to silicon learns to stumble through Doom -- What hath science wrought? -- Bootnotes1 month ago
60 YEARS SINCE HUMANITY FIRST TOUCHED THE SURFACE OF ANOTHER PLANET -- Remembering the day the Venera 3 impacted Venus -- Science1 month ago
Asteroid 2024 YR4 won't smack Moon in 2032, boffins confirm -- Humanity and its neighbor safe from this menace at least -- Science1 month ago
UK mobilizes lawyers to keep report on Gatwick 'drone' chaos under wraps -- Exclusive -- Seven-year Freedom of Information battle heads to tribunal -- Edge + IoT1 month ago
TerraPower gets permission to build, not operate, sodium-cooled nuclear reactor -- Don't flip the switch until the NRC says you can, okay?1 month ago
Congress puts the ISS on life support until 2032, orders Moon base plan -- Authorization Act seeks to keep lights on until commercial stations are ready1 month ago
Trump administration spoiling for a fight over global satellite regulations -- Updated -- FCC not pleased about EU space tech reqs to enter Common market, among other things -- Networks1 month ago
Solar superstorm gave ESA's Mars orbiters a handy science opportunity -- Veteran spacecraft overcome computer glitches as atmosphere 'flooded by electrons' -- Science1 month ago
CERN sends AI-trained robot mice scurrying through LHC beam pipes - Updated - Bots hunt deformed RF contacts inside the collider's 27 km vacuum tubes - Science - 05 Mar 2026 - | 201 month ago
Ex-NASA chief gives Isaacman's Moon reboot a thumbs up, stays schtum on the awkward bits -- Jim Bridenstine says 'adjustments' to Artemis program were needed -- Science1 month ago
European Space Agency and China both achieve gigabit links to geostationary satellites -- Raises hopes birds 40,000km away can be reprogrammed, for science or military purposes -- Networks1 month ago
MIT boffins aim to build injectable mini-organs that can fill in for a damaged liver -- Injected liver cells stayed viable and functional for eight weeks in mice -- 03 Mar 20261 month ago
Fly me to the Moon: NASA reshuffles the Artemis card deck -- Artemis III now to follow in Apollo 9's footsteps, 2028 landing still planned for Artemis IV -- 02 Mar 20261 month ago
NASA safety watchdog says it's time to rethink Moon landing -- Report highlights too many firsts in Artemis III mission -- 26 Feb 20261 month ago
Moon's mighty magnetic field was a 5,000-year titanium blip -- So say Oxford boffins who found 'bias' related to Apollo rock samples created false impression -- 26 Feb 20261 month ago
Hubble in a death spiral that could end as early as 2028 without a reboost -- Orbit decay accelerates as solar activity rises, with no approved mission yet to raise the telescope's altitude1 month ago
Pop music fans literally dying to stream hot new albums – in car crashes, that is -- What do Taylor Swift and Drake's release days have to do with road deaths? More than you'd think1 month ago
Artemis II headed back to the bay; helium issues force another delay - Sending humans around the Moon in - February - , er, March - – now April 2026, maybe - Science - 23 Feb 2026 - | 251 month ago
NASA repurposes Mars Helicopter's ancient Snapdragon SoC to help Perseverance rover navigate -- Upgrade allows robot to travel 'potentially unlimited distances' without phoning home for help1 month ago
SpaceX's faulty Falcon spewed massive lithium plume over Europe, say scientists -- Good news: Team shows re-entry pollution can be measured. Bad news: There may be more of it coming -- Science1 month ago
NASA points fingers at Boeing and chaotic culture for Starliner debacle -- Plenty of blame to go around, says Isaacman -- Science1 month ago
Google digs deep to power AI expansion with 150 MW geothermal deal -- Plants expected to begin operations as early as 2028 pending approval by state government -- Systems1 month ago
DARPA's autonomous missile-firing missile advances toward flight tests -- Yo dawg, we heard you like missiles, so we put some missiles in your missile so you can boom while you zoom -- Science1 month ago
AI bit barns grow climate emergency by turning up the gas -- Companies talk renewables while firing up gas turbines as fast as they can -- Systems1 month ago
Scientists show it's possible to solve problems in your dreams by playing the right sounds -- Could the same method one day power sleep-time ads? -- Science1 month ago
Passive RFIDs can now stream telemetry data from sensors -- To advance the 'ambient internet of things' – no batteries required -- Networks1 month ago
NASA's fill-'er-up Moon rocket 'confidence' test sees mixed results -- Plan was to turn SLS into Seal Leaks Stemmed... But the flow was off -- Science1 month ago
Booster nozzle anomaly fails to stop ULA Vulcan Centaur reaching orbit -- Fiery mid-flight incident not enough to derail US Space Force mission1 month ago
Skyrora circles Orbex wreckage as UK rocket rival heads for administration - Updated - Scottish rival Skyrora already eyeing the assets, including Highland spaceport - Science - 13 Feb 2026 - | 181 month ago
NASA pauses most Swift science ops to buy time for reboost mission -- Anticipated summer launch is cutting it fine1 month ago
Microsoft touts far-off high-temperature superconducting tech for datacenter efficiency -- Someday1 month ago
SpaceX back to Falcon 9 launches as Musk blathers about Moon city -- FAA signs off on rocket's return and CEO floats ambitious lunar settlement plan1 month ago
Machine learning could yield faster, cheaper lithium-ion battery development -- Researchers claim model can cut years from testing cycles1 month ago
Smartphones cleared for launch as NASA loosens the rulebook -- Crew-12 and Artemis II astros may soon snap, shoot, and share from orbit1 month ago
Stash or splash? Lawmakers ask NASA to find alternatives for International Space Station -- What about storing it in high orbit?2 months ago
Britain courts private cash to fund 'golden age' of nuclear-powered AI -- Framework aims to lure investors into powering the compute boom -- On-Prem2 months ago
US Army looks for robots that can clean up chemical and bioweapons messes -- Just in time for the predicted rise of AI-assisted threats -- Science2 months ago
SpaceX halts Falcon 9 flights after second stage anomaly -- Failed deorbit burn grounds workhorse rocket -- Science2 months ago
NASA delays Artemis II to March after hydrogen leaks bedevil countdown test -- This is starting to sound oddly familiar -- Science2 months ago
Elon Musk merges xAI into SpaceX to spread universal consciousness via a sentient sun -- Burning Man woo woo values House of Grok at $250 billion -- Offbeat -- 03 Feb 20262 months ago
NASA taps Claude to conjure Mars rover's travel plan -- Is there life on Mars? Well, there's Claude in the machine -- Science -- 31 Jan 20262 months ago
Mechanical mutts make it official: Now full-time at Sellafield's hot zones - Bark!Bark!Bark! Spot's new cleanup gig involves gamma rays, alpha particles, and considerably less PPE than fleshy colleagues - Science - 30 Jan 2026 - | 402 months ago
Uncle Sam dangles nuclear campuses for states while watering down safety rules -- Governors offered atomic megasites and federal cash as hundreds of pages of regulations go missing -- Science -- 29 Jan 20262 months ago
Challenger at 40: The disaster that changed NASA -- How a cold morning, failed O-rings, and flawed decision-making led to tragedy2 months ago
NASA begins formal anomaly review after MAVEN probe lost in space -- Communication attempts ongoing for stricken spacecraft2 months ago
Japan doubles down on Trump's Genesis AI supercomputing effort - RIKEN links up with Argonne, Fujitsu, and Nvidia to build next-gen infrastructure - HPC - 27 Jan 2026 - |2 months ago
NASA confirms command error temporarily felled TESS planet hunter -- In space, no one can hear you bork2 months ago
Voyager 2's close encounter with Uranus wasn't in the original plan -- 40 years later, mission boffin recalls being told to pronounce it correctly2 months ago
NASA planet hunter resumes operations after low power incident -- Pointing problem left TESS in the dark2 months ago
Rocket Lab's Neutron schedule under pressure after unexpected tank rupture -- Launch vehicle due to make maiden flight this year, company promises update in February earnings call2 months ago
MIT boffins create device that 'paints' iridescent structural color in real time -- From adaptive wearables to light-based signaling ideas, researchers are exploring what comes next2 months ago
Dead batteries cough up lithium after a bath in CO₂ and water, boffins say -- Still or sparkling? Either way, the problem of scale remains2 months ago
NASA's Artemis II Moon rocket arrives at the launch pad -- If it all goes wrong, British kids of the '80s might remember an alternative2 months ago
Congress throws NASA a lifeline, leaves Mars sample mission to die in the dust -- Agency dodges deep cut and mass mission shutdowns, but ambitious red planet plan gets the boot2 months ago
India's flagship PSLV rocket fails for the second time in a row -- One payload out of fifteen survived and sent home some useful data2 months ago