Launched in 2004 and arriving at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014, the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission revolutionized comet science and inspired a generation of space enthusi…
Proposed U.S. federal rules would let political appointees decide how science gets done. History, including the Soviet Lysenko affair, shows the risks of political control over research.
A look at why 1990s sci-fi action films, particularly «Independence Day», are considered superior to modern counterparts, focusing on practical effects, character-driven storytelling, and c…
The Trump administration is imposing new rules on federal funding agencies that scientists say are designed to make research so difficult that many may abandon their work, potentially under…
Using the upgraded GRAVITY+ instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer, astronomers have measured the carbon isotope ratio in the atmosphere of the young exoplanet Beta Pictori…
Researchers have developed a robotic heart that mimics a common but poorly understood heart condition, offering a new tool for studying its mechanisms and testing treatments.
China successfully landed a rocket booster during an orbital launch for the first time, marking a milestone in reusable rocket technology and advancing its space capabilities.
The Federal Communications Commission has approved the first satellite from Reflect Orbital, a startup planning to test the reflection of sunlight onto nighttime regions, a project that has…
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket for the 35th time, carrying a batch of Starlink satellites into orbit, marking a milestone in reusable rocket technology.
Researchers at the City University of New York have experimentally demonstrated the Penrose-Zel'dovich effect by using a synthetic rotating system, extracting energy from electromagnetic wa…
SpaceX completed a full-duration static fire test of all 33 Raptor engines on the Super Heavy booster, preparing for the 13th integrated test flight of the Starship system.
Researchers have developed a sodium metal battery that charges in under four minutes and retains capacity over thousands of cycles, offering a potential alternative to lithium-ion technolog…
NASA has upgraded a mini-fridge-sized quantum lab on the International Space Station to produce Bose-Einstein condensates, a fifth state of matter, enabling new experiments in quantum physi…
A City Labs mission is testing a tritium-powered nuclear battery for satellites and lunar systems, offering an alternative to solar power in shadowed or deep-space environments.
A U.S. research team used NASA satellite imagery to analyze the diet of Adélie penguins over 30 years, revealing a shift from fish to less nutritious krill as sea ice declines, threatening …
Saturn's moon Iapetus, known as the yin-yang moon, features one hemisphere as dark as pitch and the other as bright as snow. NASA's Cassini spacecraft performed a close flyby in 2007 to inv…
Environmental and scientific groups are calling on the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to halt processing of orbital data center applications, citing concerns over the rapid expansio…
The Space Development Agency's TAP Lab has been redesignated as the BMC3I TAP Lab and, in partnership with Catalyst Campus, launched a new multi-phased program to accelerate mission-focused…
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has successfully exited a 321-day hibernation period, resuming active operations at a record distance of 9.5 billion kilometers from Earth to continue studyin…
Proposals to launch data centers into orbit to reduce energy consumption on Earth are drawing criticism for lacking environmental impact assessments, raising concerns about pollution and sp…
SpaceX has filed an application with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to launch up to 100,000 Starlink satellites, a massive expansion of its current constellation aimed at provid…
Japan's Hayabusa 2 spacecraft performed a high-speed flyby of the near-Earth asteroid Torifune on July 5, 2026, coming within 800 meters of its surface and capturing detailed images of the …
Researchers have used quantum computing to simulate and help create an extremely rare material critical to nuclear fusion, potentially accelerating the development of fusion energy.
A new exhibition exploring humanity's relationship with the Moon, from ancient observation to modern space missions, has opened at the JMuseo in Jesolo, Italy, featuring a digital planetari…