Saturday, March 14, 2026 7:02 PM ET
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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' -- Science1 day 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-Prem1 day 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 injury -- Science1 day ago
Britain turns up the heat on homegrown ceramics for hypersonic missiles -- DSTL bets £350K the UK can cook up its own exotic materials2 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 near4 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 signals4 days ago
Amazon tells FCC to bin SpaceX's million-satellite datacenter dream -- Calls Musk's orbital plans "speculative" despite Bezos touting orbiting compute5 days ago
China browses lunar landing spots in race to land on Moon -- Not a US flag in sight5 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 lander5 days ago
Britain spends £180M to work out what time it is -- Atomic clocks will tell you when your Waymo is late5 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 volunteers5 days ago
Bundle of human neurons hooked to silicon learns to stumble through Doom -- What hath science wrought? -- Bootnotes6 days ago
60 YEARS SINCE HUMANITY FIRST TOUCHED THE SURFACE OF ANOTHER PLANET -- Remembering the day the Venera 3 impacted Venus -- Science6 days ago
Asteroid 2024 YR4 won't smack Moon in 2032, boffins confirm -- Humanity and its neighbor safe from this menace at least -- Science6 days ago
UK mobilizes lawyers to keep report on Gatwick 'drone' chaos under wraps - Exclusive - Seven-year Freedom of Information battle heads to tribunal - Edge + IoT - 06 Mar 2026 - | 484 days ago
TerraPower gets permission to build, not operate, sodium-cooled nuclear reactor -- Don't flip the switch until the NRC says you can, okay?9 days 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 ready9 days 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 - Networks - 05 Mar 2026 - | 262 days ago
Solar superstorm gave ESA's Mars orbiters a handy science opportunity -- Veteran spacecraft overcome computer glitches as atmosphere 'flooded by electrons'9 days 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 - | 206 days 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 -- Science10 days 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 -- Networks10 days 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 -- Science10 days 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 202612 days ago
NASA safety watchdog says it's time to rethink Moon landing -- Report highlights too many firsts in Artemis III mission -- 26 Feb 202612 days 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 202612 days 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 altitude -- 25 Feb 202612 days 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 think16 days 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 - | 2516 days 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 help19 days 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 coming20 days ago
NASA points fingers at Boeing and chaotic culture for Starliner debacle -- Plenty of blame to go around, says Isaacman -- Science23 days 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 -- Systems24 days 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 -- Science24 days 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 -- Systems25 days 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? -- Science25 days ago
Passive RFIDs can now stream telemetry data from sensors -- To advance the 'ambient internet of things' – no batteries required -- Networks25 days 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 -- Science25 days ago
Booster nozzle anomaly fails to stop ULA Vulcan Centaur reaching orbit -- Fiery mid-flight incident not enough to derail US Space Force mission -- Science25 days 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 - | 1827 days 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 cycles -- Science1 month ago
Smartphones cleared for launch as NASA loosens the rulebook -- Crew-12 and Artemis II astros may soon snap, shoot, and share from orbit -- Science1 month ago
Stash or splash? Lawmakers ask NASA to find alternatives for International Space Station -- What about storing it in high orbit? -- Science1 month ago
Britain courts private cash to fund 'golden age' of nuclear-powered AI -- Framework aims to lure investors into powering the compute boom -- On-Prem1 month 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 -- Science1 month ago
SpaceX halts Falcon 9 flights after second stage anomaly -- Failed deorbit burn grounds workhorse rocket -- Science1 month ago
NASA delays Artemis II to March after hydrogen leaks bedevil countdown test -- This is starting to sound oddly familiar -- Science1 month 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 -- Offbeat1 month ago
NASA taps Claude to conjure Mars rover's travel plan -- Is there life on Mars? Well, there's Claude in the machine1 month 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 - | 401 month 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 missing1 month ago
Challenger at 40: The disaster that changed NASA -- How a cold morning, failed O-rings, and flawed decision-making led to tragedy1 month ago
NASA begins formal anomaly review after MAVEN probe lost in space -- Communication attempts ongoing for stricken spacecraft1 month 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 - |1 month ago
NASA confirms command error temporarily felled TESS planet hunter -- In space, no one can hear you bork1 month 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 correctly1 month ago
NASA planet hunter resumes operations after low power incident -- Pointing problem left TESS in the dark1 month 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 call1 month 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 next1 month ago
Dead batteries cough up lithium after a bath in CO₂ and water, boffins say -- Still or sparkling? Either way, the problem of scale remains1 month 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 alternative1 month 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 boot1 month 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 data1 month ago
ISS stint ends early as NASA aborts Crew-11 over crew illness -- Sick astronaut back on Earth by Thursday, nature of ailment remains undisclosed1 month ago
NASA decides to bring Crew-11 home early after astronaut health scare -- Medical issue forces mission curtailment and leaves station short-handed -- Science2 months ago
Copper supplies set to peak just as tech needs more -- Analysts say production will top out this decade while global electrification keeps ramping -- On-Prem2 months ago
Very tough microbes may help us cement our future on Mars -- Extremophile bacteria could help turn Martian dirt into building material for human habitats -- Science2 months ago
ISS spacewalk postponed over mystery astronaut malady -- NASA mulling options, including an early trip home -- Science2 months ago
Ultimate camouflage tech mimics octopus in scientific first -- Synthetic cephalopod skin could be used in architecture and computer displays as well as background-matching subterfuge2 months ago
New carbon capture tech could save us from datacenter doom -- Maybe our AI overlords, hell-bent on securing power any way they can, should invest in getting this to market2 months ago
Historic NASA test towers face their final countdown -- Apollo-era Saturn V and Shuttle stands set for controlled demolition as Artemis ramps up2 months ago
Congress ctrl-Zs bulk of proposed cuts to NASA science -- Fate of Shuttle Discovery remains conspicuously unaddressed in FY2026 agreement text2 months ago
Starlink to lower orbits of thousands of satellites over safety concerns -- Move will see spacecraft shift from 550 km to 480 km as collision risks rise -- Networks -- 02 Jan 20262 months ago
Satellite radio transmissions are jamming telescopes and driving astronomers batty - Interview - 'What do we need to do better?' El Reg talks to comms boss about the problem - Science - 01 Jan 2026 - | 222 months ago
iPad kids are more anxious, less resilient, and slower decision makers -- The solution? Lock up the screens and read to your kids -- Science -- 30 Dec 20252 months ago
NASA tries Curiosity rover's Mastcam to work out where MAVEN might be -- Time running out for savin' MAVEN as stricken spacecraft still silent as Mars solar conjunction nears -- Science -- 24 Dec 20252 months ago
Starlink satellite fails, polluting orbit with debris and falling toward Earth -- Spacecraft set to burn up in a few weeks, but it could have been worse2 months ago
Japan loses another H3 launcher, plus the satnav bird it carried -- 25 percent failure rate for JAXA's space truck, with the second stage again proving perilous2 months ago
Trump Media jumps aboard the speculative nuclear fusion bandwagon -- Ambitious timelines don't bend the laws of physics2 months ago
Isaacman finally confirmed as NASA boss after Trump derailed first attempt -- Billionaire space tourist inherits troubled agency facing budget chaos, workforce cuts, and a Moon race against China2 months ago
NASA tries savin' MAVEN as Mars probe loses contact with Earth -- Spacecraft was 'rotating in an unexpected manner' and might have shifted orbit2 months ago
Japan just sent origami to space to unfurl possibilities for outsized antennas -- That's just one of 16 innovative and experimental sats that launched Sunday2 months ago
Starlink claims Chinese launch came within 200 meters of broadband satellite - Asia In Brief - PLUS: Drugs found in ink cartridges; Censorship fighters criticize Vultr; Coupang CEO resigns; And more! Science - 15 Dec 2025 - | 472 months ago
The CRASH Clock is ticking as satellite congestion in low Earth orbit worsens -- It's getting crowded up there3 months ago
Space-power startup claims it can beam energy to solar farms -- So far, Overview Energy says it has only beamed power from a moving aircraft to standard solar panels3 months ago
Taikonauts inspect cracked Shenzhou-20 window during Tiangong spacewalk -- Eight-hour EVA was also first outing for new spacesuits3 months ago
Trump's AI 'Genesis Mission' emerges from Land of Confusion -- DOE lays out $320M plan for science platform linking national labs, industry, and academia3 months ago
NASA loses contact with MAVEN Mars orbiter -- Didn't phone home as expected on December 6th and nobody knows why3 months ago
Rocket Lab ready to send a Hungry Hippo into space -- Signoff for re-usable faring should help Neutron launcher get off the ground3 months ago
NASA nominee Isaacman moves to full Senate vote amid budget carnage -- Billionaire's bid progresses while agency braces for sweeping reductions and program uncertainty3 months ago
China's first reusable rocket explodes, but its onboard Ethernet network flew - Asia In Brief - PLUS: South Korea to strengthen security standards; Canon closes Chinese printer plant; APAC datacenter capacity to triple by 2029; And more - Networks - 08 Dec 2025 - | 193 months ago
We'll beat China to the Moon, NASA nominee declares -- Isaacman: 'We can never accept a gap in our capabilities again'3 months ago
China's reusable rocket makes it to orbit but fails to stick the landing -- An 'anomaly' meant a fireball arrived at the recovery zone instead of a spent first stage3 months ago
Space telescopes are being photobombed by satellites, and the problem is slated to get much worse -- LEO communications satellites are proliferating like rabbits3 months ago
ISS hits rare full house as all eight docking ports ocupado - Updated - Russian vehicles will depart soon, but Baikonur launchpad damage clouds future arrivals - Science - 03 Dec 2025 - | 33 months ago
UK sinks to fifth in ESA funding league behind Spain -- Brit astro Tim Peake's much-vaunted mission to the ISS a distant memory3 months ago