Wednesday, May 27, 2026 8:01 PM ET
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NASA to pull an IKEA by dropping tons of plastic, metal, and glass on the Moon -- Astronauts will get to self-assemble lunar base1 day ago
Bezos rocket fell short after cryogenic leak cut engine thrust -- Frozen hydraulic line blamed for leaving payload in the wrong orbit1 day ago
Starship shows it can deploy satellites, but Moon mission clock still ticks -- What's a tumbling Super Heavy and a skipped Raptor relight between friends?1 day ago
Japanese Space Agency names arrival date for BepiColombo Mercury mission -- Due on November 21, eleven months late - but on time to do science!1 day ago
Feds unwittingly leak pilots' pre-crash conversation -- Release of spectrogram of cockpit recorder audio allows conversation recovery with 'emerging' decades-old tech5 days ago
SpaceX scrubs Starship launch with seconds to go -- Not all bad news: Crypto billionaire signs up for a mission to Mars5 days ago
ESA boss tires of being dragged around by NASA mood swings -- Are we pilots or are we passengers? Aschbacher asks7 days ago
Space factories edge closer after experimental capsule survives hypersonic landing -- Varda hails success of autonomous touchdown tech and celebrates heat data haul7 days ago
NASA's Psyche mission set for a brief encounter with Mars -- There sure are some clever people on Earth12 days ago
NASA fleshes out Artemis III, the Moon mission that won't go to the Moon -- SpaceX and Blue Origin may yet get a role in low Earth orbit rehearsal, readiness permitting13 days ago
SpaceX sets date for Starship test that asks: Did we break anything in the upgrade? -- May 19 launch will put redesigned rocket, pad, and engines through their paces14 days ago
US Army goes green-ish, wants soldiers munching on plant proteins -- Powders, gels, and fermented nutrients could someday join the battlefield menu15 days ago
SpaceX Starship completes Wet Dress Rehearsal, gets ready for launch -- Launch of Musk's monster rocket could be in May15 days ago
NASA's bid to save Swift from fiery death passes another hurdle -- Katalyst's LINK spacecraft clears Goddard tests before Pegasus rocket integration16 days ago
Mars rover hits rocky snag with power tool -- All driller, no filler21 days ago
More missions, less money, higher risk: NASA's back to the '90s playbook -- Faster, better, cheaper is back and history suggests you can't get all three at the same time21 days ago
Artemis III aims for 'late 2027' for Earth orbit demonstration -- SpaceX and Blue Origin will absolutely be ready in time. Definitely21 days ago
SpaceX rocket set for unintentional Moon landing – well, a piece of it anyway -- But unlike most junkers, it'll be traveling faster than the speed of sound, claims astronomy software dev21 days ago
NASA boss: make Pluto a planet again -- Despite looming science cuts, Isaacman finds resources to poke the planetary hornet nest21 days ago
Trump admin pays wind developers to quit, back fossil fuel projects -- DoI offers up to $885M if they abandon offshore wind projects21 days ago
Despite proposed science cuts, NASA boss says 'We haven't canceled anything yet' -- That 'yet' is sure doing a lot of heavy lifting if the budget for science is slashed21 days ago
SpaceX dusts off Falcon Heavy for first flight in 18 months -- Side boosters to make simultaneous touchdown while center core takes one for the team21 days ago
Solid-state batteries hold more juice, but keep cracking up. Now researchers know why -- Two teams, similar diagnosis: Ceramic electrolytes still refusing to cooperate21 days ago
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope trumps Trump cuts, is launch-ready ahead of schedule -- Revolutionary telescope aiming for space after multiple near death experiences21 days ago
NASA reckons the Artemis II heat shield performed like a champ -- Good news for future missions as initial findings agree with agency's design decision21 days ago
FAA grounds Blue Origin's New Glenn as it probes missed satellite delivery 'mishap' -- One of two second stage engines misbehaved, administration must sign off report before flights resume21 days ago
NASA Inspector fears new spacesuits won't be ready for Moon landing -- Dud contracts, proprietary designs, and zero-experience supplier make for quite the mess21 days ago
You too can build a nuclear battery from junk you have lying around the house -- It won't provide much juice, but its creator calls it a 'nanowatt nuclear power plant'21 days ago
Blue Origin nails the landing, but puts the payload satellite in the wrong orbit -- Wouldn't be the first time a Jeff Bezos company left a package in the wrong place21 days ago
NASA working on 'Big Bang' upgrade to keep the Voyagers alive for longer -- Tests scheduled for May can't come soon enough after VGER 1 power glitch led to instrument shutdown21 days ago
NASA gets the ball rolling on its part in Europe's jinxed Mars rover mission -- Rosalind Franklin moving again, though another budget cut looms21 days ago
Don't let the bot play doctor! AI gets early diagnoses wrong 80% of the time -- 'LLMs should not be trusted for patient-facing diagnostic reasoning,' boffins advise21 days ago
Fission impossible: Uncle Sam wants nuclear reactors in space by 2031 -- Some on the Moon's surface, some in orbit. How does 5 years sound? Do-able, right nerds?21 days ago
Britain's atomic brain trust gives itself till 2030 to unpick fusion challenges -- Armed with £2.5B, UKAEA sets out technical hurdles it wants cracked by end of decade21 days ago
Physicist reckons two-button calculator can do all elementary math -- Paper says a single binary operator could replace a lot of scientific heavy lifting21 days ago
NASA insiders oddly relaxed about latest budget threats -- Veterans think Congress may swat cuts again, but uncertainty could still do lasting damage21 days ago
Japanese rocket part came unglued, leading to mission failure -- Tiny variation in temperature weakened a component and when a critical moment arrived, that mattered21 days ago
Here's how to watch the Artemis II splashdown -- Crew went farther from Earth than any humans we know about, now they're coming back!21 days ago
DARPA looking for battery that could power a laptop for months -- Drawback: it's radioactive21 days ago
Talk ain't cheap: DARPA offers grants for new AI-to-AI communication protocol -- MATHBAC program wants better machine-to-machine chatter for scientific discovery21 days ago
Artemis II snaps eclipse, Earthset shots on first crewed lunar flyby since Apollo -- Turns out deep space still looks better without AI helping21 days 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'21 days ago
Artemis II blasts off on first crewed lunar mission since Apollo -- And of course the Orion toilet malfunctioned21 days 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 math21 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 cash21 days ago
Starlink sprays debris into orbit following another satellite 'anomaly' -- No risk to ISS or Artemis, but not ideal for operator peace of mind21 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 biology21 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 years21 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 drunk21 days ago
Commercial space pleads with NASA to stop moving the goalposts in orbit -- Private station hopefuls say ISS rethink is shaking confidence21 days ago
Trump remembers to appoint science panel, fills it mostly with tech bros -- Plus one actual physicist21 days ago
NASA's lunar reboot is long on ambition, short on answers -- Exactly how will astronauts get to and from that moonbase?21 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 stylus21 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, apparently21 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 it21 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 storm21 days ago
CERN eggheads burn AI into silicon to stem data deluge -- The operating system of the universe isn't going to debug itself21 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 matter21 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?21 days ago
Fiber on the surface of the moon could help detect moonquakes -- Better than seismometers?21 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 ball21 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 day21 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 life21 days ago
Digital fruit fly brain model walks and cleans its feelers -- Early demo hints at a future sci-fi writers warned us about21 days ago
Inside the datacenter where the day starts with topping up cerebrospinal fluid -- Biological computing is messy and gassy – It's now cloudy, too21 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'21 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 injury21 days ago
Britain turns up the heat on homegrown ceramics for hypersonic missiles -- DSTL bets £350K the UK can cook up its own exotic materials21 days ago
Ig Nobel Prize flees US for Switzerland after 35 years over safety concerns -- This is not satire, but we wish it was21 days ago