FAA gives SpaceX the nod for Starship Flight 9 but doubles the danger zone
Updated Aircraft Hazard Area now stretches 1,600 nautical miles
Science23 May 2025 | 13
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Space Force tech mission threatened by staff and funding black hole
Budget slashing has 'outsized impact' on us, says commander who fears branch not ready for orbital war
Public Sector22 May 2025 | 11
China finds a previously unknown microbe on its space station
Don’t panic! It's related to an earthly bug, eats gelatin, not astronauts, and may have adapted to life in space
Science22 May 2025 | 18
Microsoft-backed AI out-forecasts hurricane experts without crunching the physics
LLM trained on decades of weather data claimed to be faster, and cheaper
Science21 May 2025 | 23
Estimating AI energy usage is fiendishly hard – but this report took a shot
And it gets even harder when you try to estimate CO2 emissions
AI + ML21 May 2025 | 11
NASA was eyeing ISS crew cutbacks before Trump's budget landed
Will the US President take credit for that one as well?
Science21 May 2025 | 3
UK 'extremely dependent' on US for space security
After 60 years+ cooperation on space and military ops, worrying 'rhetoric' from Team Trump has Brits examining options
Security21 May 2025 | 102
Aussie rocket foiled by premature fairing pop
Updated A fair dinkum disaster
Science19 May 2025 | 27
DARPA zaps popcorn with laser power beamed 5.3 miles through air
800-watt demo breaks distance record for optical energy transmission
Science19 May 2025 | 37
When LLMs get personal info they are more persuasive debaters than humans
Large-scale disinfo campaigns could use this in machines that adapt 'to individual targets.' Are we having fun yet?
AI + ML19 May 2025 | 17
No-boom supersonic flights could slide through US skies soon
Feature As long as you're quiet about it
Science17 May 2025 | 86
NASA keeps ancient Voyager 1 spacecraft alive with Hail Mary thruster fix
Failure could've triggered a small explosion
Science15 May 2025 | 80
Next week's SpaceX Starship test still needs FAA authorization
Aiming for the stars, but sometimes hitting the Caribbean
Science15 May 2025 | 62
Intuitive Machines blames dim lighting and dodgy data for second lunar faceplant
Touchdown with no topple? Company aims for third time lucky
Science14 May 2025 | 22
Saudi CubeSat gets golden ticket on doomed SLS rocket
Trump greenlights slot for Riyadh as NASA's pricey booster teeters on the brink
Science14 May 2025 | 14
NSF director memo to staff: Don't worry about those job cuts, at least for now
Court orders halt to layoffs – as folks steering American innovation wonder how long injunction will last
Science14 May 2025 | 8
Boffins warn that AI paper mills are swamping science with garbage studies
Research flags rise in one-dimensional health research fueled by large language models
AI + ML13 May 2025 | 78
After more than half a century, the voyage of Kosmos 482 is over
The Soviet Union aimed for Venus, but hit the Indian Ocean instead
Science13 May 2025 | 25
Mars may have vast underground oceans and enough H2O to make it a water world
Chinese and Australian boffins ask what else could be slowing down seismic waves as they pass through the Red Planet?
Science13 May 2025 | 28
Fusion eggheads claim modeling fix for particle escape - at least in stellarators
One problem down, x - 1 problems go
Science12 May 2025 | 14
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Microsoft dumps AI into Notepad as 'Copilot all the things' mania takes hold in Redmond
A simple text editor that dates back to Windows 1.0 is getting smartified
What would a Microsoft engineer do to Ubuntu? AnduinOS is the answer
It's not radical, but it is slim and pretty – usually a winning combination
Anthropic Claude 4 models a little more willing than before to blackmail some users
Open the pod bay door
User unboxed a PC so badly it 'broke' and only a nail file could fix it
On Call For once, the IT department was rewarded for finding the fix, and the perfect-if-unexpected fixer
US Navy sailor charged in horrific child sextortion case
Blackmailed teen allegedly scared into carving his handle onto her arm
Ivanti makes dedicated fans of Chinese spies who just can't resist attacking its buggy kit
If it ain't broke?
How Java changed the development landscape entirely as code turns 30
Feature The coffee shows no signs of cooling
BT managers' union mulls options after 'derisory or non-existent pay rise
Annoyed at poor or missing salary increase offer as Brit telco pays out dividend
CISA says SaaS providers in firing line after Commvault zero-day Azure attack
Cyberbaddies are coming for your M365 creds, US infosec agency warns
Suspected creeps behind DanaBot malware that hit 300K+ computers revealed
And the associated fraud'n'spy botnet is about to be shut down
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CERN boffins turn lead into gold for about a microsecond at unimaginable cost
So alchemists had the right idea – they just lacked a 27 km particle accelerator
Science12 May 2025 | 39
Yolk's on you – eggs break less when they land sideways
MIT research team proves pop science eggsplanation wrong
Offbeat10 May 2025 | 65
US govt's science foundation purges 37 divisions, equity unit among casualties
DEI another day: Trump priorities bite as $1B in grants vanish, layoffs loom
Science09 May 2025 | 81
VIPER rover banished to storage as moonshot plan sputters
NASA cancels solicitation to get a partner to launch, land, and operate the bot for free
Science09 May 2025 | 12
Microsoft wants us to believe AI will crack practical fusion power, driving future AI
This BS ends at some point, right?
AI Infrastructure Month09 May 2025 | 47
As US scientists flee Trump, MP urges Britain to do more to nab them
One concrete suggestion: Looser visa requirements
Science09 May 2025 | 140
NASA JPL boss bails for 'personal reasons' as budget cuts bite
Updated Laurie Leshin to leave in June
Science08 May 2025 | 16
ESA feeling weightless and unwanted amid proposed NASA cuts
Euro space agency insists it's reliable and desirable in face of 'abusive spouse'
Science08 May 2025 | 15
NASA jettisons Neo4j database for Memgraph citing costs
It's not rocket science, it's budgeting
Databases07 May 2025 | 6
Microsoft burnishes green cred by paying Swedes to burn biomass and bury CO2
Updated Schemes like this are just a license to pollute for tech giants, or so critics say
Science06 May 2025 | 12
EU tells US scientists to dump Trump for a lab in Europe
Brussels rolls out €500M plan to lure boffins with grants and actual respect for research
Science06 May 2025 | 97
Soviet probe from 1972 set to return to Earth ... in May 2025
Not, it's not the plot of a sci-fi disaster movie
Science03 May 2025 | 108
Trump wants to fire quarter of NASA budget into black hole – and not in a good way
Proposed cuts would mean: No Lunar Gateway, Artemis hardware to retire, ISS toast in 2030
Science02 May 2025 | 121
NASA probes propulsion problem in Psyche's thrusters
Mission to a metal asteroid lacks xenon pressure
Science01 May 2025 | 5
'I guess NASA doesn't need or care about my work anymore'
Former Space Shuttle boss's blog booted from Trump-era agency website
Science30 Apr 2025 | 39
Swiss boffins admit to secretly posting AI-penned posts to Reddit in the name of science
They’re sorry/not sorry for testing if bots can change minds by pretending to be a trauma counselor or a victim of sexual abuse
AI + ML29 Apr 2025 | 22
Amazon’s first 27 Kuiper broadband sats make it into orbit on an Atlas V
One launch down, 80-plus to go, for a pittance compared to planned AWS spending
Networks29 Apr 2025 | 12
Satellite slinger AST reckons newer birds won't outshine stars in night sky
As astronomers gripe about sats screwing observations
Science28 Apr 2025 | 8
DARPA to 'radically' rev up mathematics research. Yes, with AI
Now that's a sum of all fears
AI + ML27 Apr 2025 | 43
Hubble Space Telescope is still producing science at 35
Remember when NASA was laser focused on that?
Science25 Apr 2025 | 33
Europe fires up beefier booster for Ariane 6 and Vega-C
Successful qualification run for P160C solid-fuel motor in South American spaceport
Science25 Apr 2025 | 5
Sustainability still not a high priority for datacenter industry
Extreme weather is such a problem when building bit barns... hmmm, wonder what could be causing that?
On-Prem24 Apr 2025 | 24
NTT creates a drone that triggers and catches lightning – then keeps flying
Because nobody wants a bazillion volts zorching critical infrastructure
Science23 Apr 2025 | 32
SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule docks to the International Space Station
Plenty of tortillas onboard but not quite so much science this time
Science22 Apr 2025 | 19
America's National Science Foundation tells DEI, misinfo studies: You're fired
No one should be excluded – unless you have certain views on the Mid-East crisis
Science21 Apr 2025 | 88
No rest for the rocketry as NASA's Easter weekend heats up
Returning crew and a vital supply launch distract managers from chocolate eggs
Science17 Apr 2025 | 18
Small ocean swirls may have an outsized effect on climate, NASA satellite shows
SWOT satellite lets scientists observe small-scale eddies and waves for the first time
Science17 Apr 2025 | 16
Heat can make Li-Ion batteries explode. Or restore their capacity, say Chinese boffins
Future chargers could re-arrange battery chemistry to make them live longer
Science17 Apr 2025 | 20
20 years on, DART still a masterclass in how not to rendezvous in orbit
Two decades have passed since NASA made two spacecraft collide
Science16 Apr 2025 | 10
US senator warns 'China is cheering' for proposed NASA budget cuts
Bipartisan support needed to keep DOGE from the door
Science15 Apr 2025 | 63
White House budget proposal could beam NASA science back decades
Houston, we have a funding problem
Science14 Apr 2025 | 27
AI is making hyperscalers' sustainability pledges look more and more like a Hail Mary
Comment Carbon capture, SMRs, fusion power - tech titans' climate strategies are packed with moon shots
AI + ML12 Apr 2025 | 18
UK's answer to DARPA sprouts new ideas, like programmable plants
Updated programs suggest ARIA will keep singing for another year
Science09 Apr 2025 | 29
Laser-cooled chips: Maybe coming soon-ish to a datacenter near you
Public-private partnership zaps photons at hotspots, hopes to ship by 2027
Science09 Apr 2025 | 15
Canada OKs construction of first licensed teeny atomic reactor
Built by 2028? Maybe. Powering homes? That’s another slip of paper entirely
Science08 Apr 2025 | 32
Boffins turn Moon dirt into glass for solar panels, eye future lunar base power
Lugging a solar furnace to melt it could slash the need to launch bulky power gear from Earth
Science08 Apr 2025 | 32
Brit universities told to keep up the world-class research with less cash
Government boasts of £14B in R&D spending, but grant body takes £300M hit
Science08 Apr 2025 | 56
SpaceX scores $5.9B lion's share of Space Force launch contracts
ULA wins $5.4B and Blue Origin $2.4B
Public Sector07 Apr 2025 | 45
NASA doubles odds of Moon hitting near-Earth asteroid
Heads up to those living on lunar base in 2032: DUCK!!
Science05 Apr 2025 | 54
Amazon's Project Kuiper satellites now boarding the rocket to relevance
Jeff Bezos' other space business finally shows signs of life with launch scheduled for next week
Science03 Apr 2025 | 7
Speech now streaming from brains in real-time
Boosted human-computer interface promises better communication for patients who lost ability to speak
Science02 Apr 2025 | 22
FAA closes investigations into Blue Origin landing fail, Starship Flight 7 explosion
New Glenn landing scuppered by engine problems
Science01 Apr 2025 | 20
Isar’s first orbital rocket crashes into sea – CEO calls it a 'great success'
Comment What counts as failure in New Space?
Science01 Apr 2025 | 43
Genetic data repo OpenSNP to self-destruct before authoritarians weaponize it
Blame the 23andMe implosion, rise in far-right govt
Science01 Apr 2025 | 21
European Gaia mapping satellite is retired but proves very tough to kill
I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that
Science31 Mar 2025 | 27
Cashless society could be why fewer kids are eating coins and sticking things up their noses
NHS boffins think there's a connection, but ‘snot all good news: Swallowing batteries is even more dangerous
Science31 Mar 2025 | 33
Brits to build ExoMars landing gear after Russia sent packing
Airbus UK wins £150M contract to revive long-delayed rover project
Science29 Mar 2025 | 44
Boeing's Starliner may fly again, pending fixes to literally everything
Updated More than 70 percent of anomalies closed out, but those pesky thrusters are still a problem
Science28 Mar 2025 | 35
From concept to cosmos: Webb engineers on the telescope that changed everything
Interview JWST trio awarded IEEE Simon Ramo medal: 'I'm proud of the whole damn team'
Science28 Mar 2025 | 12
Nuclear center must replace roof on 70-year-old lab so it can process radioactive waste
Project sees 7-year delay and budget swell to £1.5B, but nuclear leadership 'confident' it has an alternative
Science28 Mar 2025 | 64
ISS resupply and trash pickup craft postponed indefinitely after Cygnus container crunch
All eyes on SpaceX's April cargo mission to the orbital outpost
Science27 Mar 2025 | 20
50 years ago the last Saturn rocket rolled out of NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building
Half a century later, there's a Moon rocket behind those same doors
Science26 Mar 2025 | 40
Aardvark beats groundhogs and supercomputers in weather forecasting
PC-size ML prediction model predicted to be as good as a super at fraction of the cost
Science26 Mar 2025 | 31
Jeff Bezos can now taunt Elon Musk: I'm building a moon rover for NASA, when can Tesla do that?
Firefly Aerospace choses Amazon boss's Honeybee Robotics to supply vehicle for 2028 mission
Science26 Mar 2025 | 50
Revenge of the nerds: Teachers, professors sue to undo Trump science funding cuts
Who needs studies into diseases, virus infections, US mortality rates ... right?
Science25 Mar 2025 | 117
NASA rewrites Moon mission goals in quiet DEI retreat
First woman and first person of color pledges dropped
Science24 Mar 2025 | 105
NASA's inbox goes orbital after email mishap spams entire space industry
EXCLUSIVE A lone voice cries out from reply-all chaos: 'Someone tell DOGE to rehire whoever maintains this email list'
Applications21 Mar 2025 | 37
Boeing's Starliner future uncertain as NASA weighs next steps
Comment Fix testing to stretch into the summer. When will aerospace giant decide enough is enough?
Science20 Mar 2025 | 71
US Space Force warns Chinese satellites are 'dogfighting' in space
Begun, preparation for orbital wars has
Science20 Mar 2025 | 50
Crew-9 splashes down while NASA floats along with Trump and Musk nonsense
Comment Elements within the US space agency have elected to toe the party line
Science19 Mar 2025 | 75
Boffins 3D-print artificial iris muscle that flexes both ways
If this light-activated stuff works, it could make building robots easier - or make lazing about under the Sun quite a workout
Science19 Mar 2025 | 9
Los Alamos boffins whip up a speedometer for satellites
First license plates, now a way to calculate pace in orbit. Speeding tickets next?
Science17 Mar 2025 | 23
SpaceX Dragon pod arrives at ISS to finally pick up stranded Boeing astronaut pair
Second time's a charm
Science17 Mar 2025 | 32
Bubble trouble in hydraulics blamed for NASA and SpaceX Crew-10 scrub
Trapped gas isn't just a party foul – it's a launch-stopper
Science14 Mar 2025 | 20
France offers US scientists a safe haven from Trump's war on woke
Aix-Marseille University rolls out welcome mat for American researchers facing funding cuts
Offbeat14 Mar 2025 | 338
Saturn runs rings around Jupiter
Ratification of 128 additional moons puts the smaller gas giant way ahead on satellite count
Science14 Mar 2025 | 18
Starliner astronauts' stay drags on as Crew-10 launch scrubs
Updated Hydraulic problems stop the countdown clock at T-44 minutes
Science13 Mar 2025 | 35
ESA cuts the ribbon on 34,000-core Space HPC center tailored for space workloads
PUE of 1.09 and heats the building it lives in
HPC13 Mar 2025 | 8
AI models hallucinate, and doctors are OK with that
Eggheads call for comprehensive rules to govern machine learning in medical settings
AI + ML13 Mar 2025 | 51
Rocket Lab says NASA lacks leadership on Mars Sample Return
Agency willing to take huge risks with human exploration, but not willing to do it for some dirt?
Science12 Mar 2025 | 29
Microsoft quantum breakthrough claims labeled 'unreliable' and 'essentially fraudulent'
Updated Redmond insists it's got this right and has even more impressive results to share soon
Systems12 Mar 2025 | 65
Man with artificial heart survives over 100 days outside hospital
Skip the schnitzel with gravy and chips for lunch - this is an experimental device for transplant candidates
Science12 Mar 2025 | 27
From pantyhose to power cells, nylon gives lithium batteries a leg up
Researchers claim efficiency boost plus reduction in environmental harm
Science11 Mar 2025 | 12
Is NASA's science budget heading for a black hole?
COMMENT Dare mighty things ... as long as we can afford it
Science11 Mar 2025 | 111
Earth's atmosphere is shrinking and thinning, which is bad news for Starlink and other LEO Sats
The thermosphere usually drags space junk to its doom. As it thins, ruined orbits are a possibility
Science11 Mar 2025 | 72
Things are looking down for cutting-edge cosmic observatories
Opinion Space is the place? Not if you're nuts about neutrinos
Science10 Mar 2025 | 16
Surprise! People don't want AI deciding who gets a kidney transplant and who dies or endures years of misery
Researchers find AI isn't ready to help with moral decision making
AI + ML08 Mar 2025 | 78
Athena Moon lander officially FOADs – falls over and dies – in crater
Second time unlucky for Intuitive Machines, but hey, at least we got 250MB of data from it
Science07 Mar 2025 | 37
Axiom Space and Red Hat to take edge computing into orbit
To boldly go where HPE and Raspberry Pi have been for a while
Edge + IoT07 Mar 2025 | 4
SpaceX's 'Days Since Starship Exploded' counter made it to 48. It's back to zero again now
'Energetic event' did for Flight 8 after a few minutes. Super Heavy Booster recovered again, so there's that
Science07 Mar 2025 | 112
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