Saturday, September 07, 2024 8:39 PM ET
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Blood boffins build billions of nanobots to battle brain aneurysms without surgery -- Good news for rabbits, maybe great news soon for humans?8 hours ago
ESA prints 3D metal shape in space for first time -- Tech demo paves way to producing spare parts and tools during missions8 hours ago
NASA's solar sailing spacecraft is tumbling – but that's part of the plan -- Who needs fuel – or even engines – when you could use the sun to push a spacecraft along?1 day ago
US tightens export controls on quantum kit and chips for China, Iran, Russia -- Alloys make the list too, as allies try to ensure foes can't weaponise tech -- Public Sector2 days ago
Vega rocket's last blast hurls Sentinel-2C satellite into orbit -- ESA and Arianespace now twiddling thumbs until Vega-C returns to flight -- Science2 days ago
Atomic clocks are so last epoch, it's time someone nailed down the nuclear clock -- 'Giant step' in research could unlock a bunch of crazy science stuff -- Science1 day ago
Do look up! NASA unfurls massive shiny solar sail in orbit -- 60 years after Arthur C Clarke wrote Sunjammer, space agency catches up -- Science8 hours ago
WHO-backed meta-study finds no evidence that cellphone radiation causes brain cancer -- The signal may not rot your mind, we can't say the same for the content3 days ago
US govt halts medical study into Havana Syndrome, cites 'coercion' of participants -- What was screwing with minds of US diplomats – wait, is that a black helicopt...3 days ago
Mercury probe BepiColombo thrusters are acting up, but science marches on -- Trajectory tweak means a delay of almost a year, though 165 km flyby should produce eye candy4 days ago
Magnetic personalities at Tokamak Energy form separate division -- Fusion biz wants to break superconducting tech into other sectors4 days ago
NASA confirms who is flying and who is not on SpaceX Crew Dragon -- Meanwhile, strange noises emanate from Starliner -- 02 Sep 20245 days ago
Chinese boffins advocate nuking nearby asteroids – it's the only way to be sure -- ASIA IN BRIEF -- Plus: Alibaba exits regulatory purgatory; India slows CBDC rollout; China creates eight new datacenter hubs -- 02 Sep 20245 days ago
Starliner's not-so-grand finale is a thump in the desert next week -- An ignominious, uncrewed end to Boeing's misfire -- 30 Aug 20245 days ago
SpaceX grounded after fumbling Falcon 9 landing for first time in years -- Updated -- Failure has become rare, but the FAA needs to look into it regardless -- 30 Aug 20245 days ago
Faulty valve sent Astrobotic's Peregrine lander straight back to Earth's atmosphere -- What goes up must come down – just not always on the Moon -- Science8 days ago
Have we stopped to think about what LLMs actually model? -- Claims about much-hyped tech show flawed understanding of language and cognition, research argues -- AI + ML8 days ago
China is beating the world at scientific research, think tank finds -- Could monopolise 24 key techs if current trends continue -- Science8 days ago
SETI boldly looks beyond the Milky Way in latest alien hunt -- Civilizations detectable at galactic distances could harness all of a star's energy output, boffins reckon -- Science8 days ago
Astronomers back call for review of bonkers rule that means satellite swarms fly without environment checks -- Space boffins want pollution from the likes of Starlink regulated -- Science9 days ago
HP secures $50M CHIPS Act boost to adapt inkjet tech for life sciences -- Major funding backs printer giant's microfluidics work as market waits to see if regular printing revs recover -- Personal Tech10 days ago
NASA's billion-dollar launcher is behind schedule and burning cash -- Stop us if you've heard this one before -- Science10 days ago
Rocket Factory Augsburg breaks down the SaxaVord blowout -- 'Enjoy the footage. It has cost us quite some money to generate' -- Science10 days ago
Blue Origin sets October 13 for first New Glenn EscaPADE to Mars -- Must launch to catch the red planet alignment window despite occasional testing 'anomalies'11 days ago
Dr Helen Fisher, MRI maven who showed just how love works, dies at 79 -- It's all about your chemistry11 days ago
Japan abandons SLIM hopes its lunar lander will revive, ends Moon mission -- Lasted longer than expected, but hasn't been heard from since late April11 days ago
NASA will fly Boeing Starliner crew home with SpaceX, Calamity Capsule deemed too risky - +Comment - Eight days going on eight months for pilots stuck on orbiting space station - Science - 25 Aug 2024 - | 10211 days ago
To crew, or not to crew – that is the question facing Boeing's stricken Starliner -- Decision time arrives for NASA bigwigs15 days ago
First of ESA's Cluster satellites prepares for fiery finale over South Pacific -- Over 20 years into a 2-year mission, but all good things come to an end15 days ago
India delays planned space station and moon base by five years -- As results from 2023's Chandrayaan-3 mission suggest south pole Moon magma15 days ago
Juice probe scores epic fuel save after snapping selfies with Earth and Moon -- Onward to Venus!15 days ago
Atlassian CEO's idea to build 4,000-kilometer extension cord plugged in -- Giant solar farm in Australia will make 'leccy that flows under the ocean to Singapore -- Offbeat17 days ago
SpaceX set to surpass Gemini 11's altitude record with Polaris Dawn mission -- Let's hope the spacesuits hold up for extravehicular activity -- Science17 days ago
Rocket Factory Augsburg engine test ends in explosion at SaxaVord spaceport -- First stage destroyed during hot fire in Scotland -- Science17 days ago
Nvidia's latest AI climate model takes aim at severe weather -- That tornado warning couldn't possibly be a hallucination... could it? -- Science17 days ago
ESA's Juice probe dances with Earth and Moon before shooting off to Jupiter -- Gravity assist flybys planned for tonight and tomorrow19 days ago
Japan's Astroscale wins contract for space junk harvesting robotic arm -- The plan is to do away with an H-IIA rocket upper stage – and prove it's possible19 days ago
NASA pushes decision on bringing crew back in Starliner to the end of August -- When is a mishap not really a mishap?23 days ago
NASA's VIPER rover might still reach the lunar surface after all -- Intuitive Machines tosses hat into the ring for NASA's canceled trundlebot24 days ago
InSight data suggests plentiful water lies beneath Mars' surface -- There's water in them thar hills, but it'll be really hard to get to -- Science25 days ago
SpaceX tries to wash away Texas pollution allegations - Updated - Elon Musk: Aiming for Mars, but sometimes ends up with Mercury? Science - 13 Aug 2024 - | 4221 days ago
US standards body proposes atomic clocks in lunar orbit to keep Moon time -- Knowing precise time on satellite essential if we want accurate GPS-like system for exploration -- Science25 days ago
Before we put half a million broadband satellites in orbit, anyone want to consider environmental effects? -- SpaceX 'WasteX' Starlink said to make up 60% of sats circling Earth -- Networks26 days ago
In celebration of Curiosity's successful landing on Mars -- Forget the woes of Starliner with an audacious NASA landing on another planet that went very very right26 days ago
Chinese satellite broadband launch rocket breaks up into space junk - Asia In Brief - Plus: Vietnam's PM leads chips push; Tesla backs out of Thailand; Drones fly trash off Everest; and more - Science - 12 Aug 2024 - | 2522 days ago
NASA's NEOWISE asteroid spotter turned off for the final time -- A mission that was supposed to last for less than a year went on for more than a decade29 days ago
Report slams Boeing and NASA over shoddy quality that's delayed SLS blastoff -- Space Launch System project overspent, under-built, and is overdue, government probe finds29 days ago
Anaconda puts the squeeze on data scientists now deemed to be terms-of-service violators - Updated - Academic, non-profit organizations told to start paying up – or else - Applications - 08 Aug 2024 - | 2226 days ago
NASA mulls using SpaceX in 2025 to rescue Starliner pilots stuck on space station -- Officials may overhaul next year's Dragon mission if Boeing's Calamity Capsule proves too risky to return with crew29 days ago
NASA pushes back missions to the ISS to buy time for Starliner analysis -- Next SpaceX crew trip moves deep into September while engineers agonize over the Calamity Capsule26 days ago
Freighter bound for the ISS suffers engine abort -- Are the woes of the Calamity Capsule catching?1 month ago
Second patient receives the Neuralink implant -- Almost half the electrodes are working... for now -- Networks1 month ago
Bugging out: 53 years since humans first drove a battery-powered car on the Moon - Feature - And you thought you had range anxiety - Science - 03 Aug 2024 - | 1724 days ago
Boeing's Starliner proves better at torching cash than reaching orbit -- Perhaps those thrusters actually burn dollars after all -- Science1 month ago
NASA pops repair kit in the mail so astronauts can fix leaky ISS telescope -- Upcoming spacewalk should help NICER see more nicely -- Science1 month ago
Beetle mania: How bugs are inspiring the next gen of robot aviators -- Deploying and folding wings without power might be useful in a tight spot -- 01 Aug 20241 month ago
It is 60 years since a US spacecraft first took a close-up of the Moon -- Ranger 7 finally gets its shot. Five years later, humans would follow -- 31 Jul 20241 month ago
NASA gives Falcon 9 thumbs-up to launch Crew-9 -- 1. Undock, bring Butch and Suni home on Starliner, 2. Launch Crew-9, 3. Do the handover, 4. Bring Crew-8 home -- 29 Jul 20241 month ago
Silicon, stars, and sulfur make Apollo's unlikely legacy - Opinion - Neil stepped on a rock. We're surfing an interstellar wave 9,000 light years long. Go us - Science - 29 Jul 2024 - | 571 month ago
The secret to better weather forecasts may be a dash of AI -- Google adds machine learning to climate models for 'faster forecasts'1 month ago
SpaceX Falcon 9 set for comeback after upper-stage failure -- Cracked line blamed for leak1 month ago
Boeing Starliner crew get their ISS sleepover extended -- Bosses regret talking up mission duration as Capsule's lifetime extended to 90 days1 month ago
Shuttle Columbia's near-miss: Why we should always expect the unexpected in space -- The eventful launch of STS-93 and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory1 month ago
AI models face collapse if they overdose on their own output -- Recursive training leads to nonsense, study finds -- AI + ML1 month ago
Tim Peake joins Axiom Space as an astronaut advisor -- A new mission: Securing funding for Brits in orbit -- Science1 month ago
Engineers fix ESA's Gaia observatory from 1.5M kilometers away -- And you thought rolling back a borked update on a server down the hall was hard? -- Science1 month ago
Curiosity rover is crushing it: Ran over a rock and found pure sulfur -- An unexpected splash of yellow on the red planet -- Science1 month ago
Chinese researchers create four-gram drone that might fly forever - Asia in brief - Plus: Former Samsung worker jailed for leaking secrets; Robo-cabs reach Shanghai airport; and more - Science - 22 Jul 2024 - | 81 month ago
EU's renewable hydrogen plan needs a 'reality check' -- Member nations aren't on the same page, investors are confused, and nobody understands the real costs -- CxO1 month ago
Pi goes to spaaaaace... for a bit longer than planned -- Ariane 6 might have had some APU problems, but the well-Armed hardware on YPSat worked well -- Science1 month ago
NASA swings budget axe, kills $400M+ VIPER lunar trundlebot -- Creeping costs, launch delays mean almost completed rover 1) will never see Moon, 2) will be stripped for parts -- Science1 month ago
Here we go again. And again. Musk threatens to pull Twitter, SpaceX out of California - Comment - Over here, look at me, Donald, I'm over here, don't you want to tweet again? Woke! Trans! Antifa! Immigration! Science - 17 Jul 2024 - | 1211 month ago
SpaceX asks the FAA: 'Can we launch our rockets again, please?' -- Company keen to get back on the horse before the investigation is complete1 month ago
ESA starts work on planetary defence mission, because Bruce Willis is retired -- Asteroid Apophis will come within 32,000km of Earth in 2029, which makes it very much worth a visit1 month ago
Evidence for Moon caves emerges as humans hunt for hospitable hideaway under lunar surface -- Lava tubes promise shelter in future Moon missions1 month ago
SpaceX's Falcon anomaly could have serious implications for the space industry - Comment - Musk firm to work with the FAA on why the second stage leaked liquid oxygen - Science - 15 Jul 2024 - | 601 month ago
SpaceX hit by inflight Falcon 9 failure -- Upper stage engine suffers a Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly, leaving Starlink satellites too low1 month ago
Boeing's Starliner set for extended stay at the ISS as engineers on Earth try to recreate thruster issues -- We all know the pain of reproducing that one pesky problem in test1 month ago
Astroscale space janitor attempts fly-around of derelict upper stage -- ADRAS-J avoids adding to debris problem with autonomous collision avoidance1 month ago
Glass rain, supersonic winds, and Eau de Rotten Egg – just another day on HD 189733 b -- Sounds better than a British summer1 month ago
Europe blasts back into the heavy launch biz with first Ariane 6 flight -- Everything went fine, except the experimental re-ignition1 month ago
Time Lords decree: No leap second needed in 2024 -- Let's not get ahead of ourselves, even if Earth is spinning out2 months ago
ITER delays first plasma for world's biggest fusion power rig by a decade -- Who could have guessed that giant magnets capable of constraining mini-suns would be hard to build?2 months ago
EV world in serious trouble if China cuts off rare earth materials -- Comment -- 'We're not there yet' on development of motors without them -- Personal Tech2 months ago
Oak Ridge boffins twist exotic metal into eco-friendly, solid-state cooler -- Chill out, no fridge required2 months ago
MIT's bionic leg upgrade leaves amputees walking like the wind -- Researchers expect treatment to be available clinically in around 5 years2 months ago
Trouble in space as Boeing's not going, and China's back from the Moon -- Kettle -- Vultures chew over a busy few days in orbit with a transatlantic chat -- Science2 months ago
China working on standard for brain-computer interfaces -- This is more than a thought bubble: Beijing aspires to dominate international standards -- 02 Jul 20242 months ago
Chinese space company accidentally launches rocket in test gone wrong -- 10, 9, 8 ... hang on, did anyone check we bolted this thing down properly? -- 01 Jul 20242 months ago
Mars is slam-dunked by hundreds of basketball-sized meteorites every year -- Impact studies crucial for accurately determining Red Planet's age -- 29 Jun 20242 months ago
ISS 'nauts told to duck and cover after dead Russian sat sprays space junk -- This has happened before after Moscow made a mess with a missile -- 28 Jun 20242 months ago
Perseverance pays off as Mars rover's SHERLOC brought back from the brink -- Bot's arm used to free instrument's dust cover and return to science -- Science2 months ago
Elon Musk to destroy the International Space Station – with NASA's approval, for a fee -- SpaceX wins contract for 'deorbit vehicle' at a pleasing price -- Public Sector2 months ago
Resource burden of electric vehicles set to triple by 2050 -- Experts say 'circular economy strategies' could keep demand at 2015 levels -- Science2 months ago
China's Chang'e-6 capsule returns with lunar loot from the far side -- Now to figure out if it really is rich in useful stuff that could fuel further exploration -- Science2 months ago
Humanity's satellite habit could end up choking Earth's ozone layer -- Just when you think we've solved chlorofluorocarbons -- Science2 months ago
NASA ought to pay up after space debris punched a hole in my roof, homeowner says -- Otero family sues Uncle Sam for $80K+ to make everything right -- Science2 months ago
Starliner to remain docked to the ISS into July – with no new departure date -- If it's Boeing, it isn't going joke gets a bit real for 'nauts -- Science2 months ago
DARPA searched for fields quantum computers really could revolutionize, with mixed results -- It's not all hype, but more work is needed before solutions are feasible or affordable -- Systems2 months ago