Record-breaking astronaut Frank Rubio finally home after over a year in orbit Rubio spent 371 days on the ISS, the longest any American has been aloft Science28 Sep 2023 | 3
Perseverance rover sets a Martian speed record with software controls 347.7 meters in a day - humans could probably do better Science27 Sep 2023 | 7
The alternative to stopping climate change is untested carbon capture tech We could do most of what we need to prevent 1.5°C warming now; reversing it will be nigh impossible Science27 Sep 2023 | 76
CERN experiment proves gravity pulls antimatter the way Einstein predicted Why there is not a lot more of it is yet to be explained though Science27 Sep 2023 | 31
Bids for ISS demolition rights are now open, NASA declares Winning spacecraft will dock with the station at least a year before go time Science27 Sep 2023 | 53
Researchers train an AI system to find extraterrestrial life Machine learning model touted as ideal for finding LGMs on Mars, and beyond Science27 Sep 2023 | 26
China identifies AI, optoelectric semiconductors, as challenges it wants to crack Underwater comms make list of 14 techs at which Beijing hopes to do better Science26 Sep 2023 | 1
NASA's Mars Sample Return mission is in danger of never launching Review board: Mega project is way over budget, needs cash, and senators want it axed Science25 Sep 2023 | 21
FAA wants rocket jockeys to clean up after their space launch parties Have you seen orbit? There's junk everywhere Science22 Sep 2023 | 6
Neuralink's looking for participants willing to be part of human trials Musk company gets FDA's OK for six-year assessment of its brain implants Science20 Sep 2023 | 26
Scientists suggest possible solution to space-induced bone loss Douglas Adams was right! Mice may hold key to exploring the universe Science20 Sep 2023 | 43
DoD hopes $30M BEACONS will light the way to next-gen American battery designs And less than half the cost of a single F-35 – bargain! Science19 Sep 2023 | 8
Rocket Lab launch streak goes up in smoke with 41st mission Electron rocket was lost when reusable first stage separated early this morning Science19 Sep 2023 | 10
US Defense Department enlists Google for AI-powered cancer-spotting kit A different type of ARM - the Augmented Reality Microscope Science19 Sep 2023 | 1
World's most powerful free-electron laser upgraded to fire a million X-rays per second US DoE particle will be a 'strobe light' in atomic disco Science18 Sep 2023 | 15
Textbook publishers sue shadow library LibGen for copyright infringement Yet another attempt at a permanent takedown – but will it stick? Science18 Sep 2023 | 68
Apples to apples: Boffins find a way to make e-waste edible We're rubbish at recycling plastic, but Singaporean scientists think they can make more of it recoverable. Even the hard cases used in electronics Science18 Sep 2023 | 7
UK civil servants – hopefully including those spending billions on tech – to skill up in STEM How about the ministers go next? Science14 Sep 2023 | 55
Scientists spot startlingly close black holes in Hyades star cluster Black hole stun: They're more than 1,400 light years closer than the previous record holder Science14 Sep 2023 | 40
Raspberry Pi 5 revealed, and it should satisfy your need for speed No longer super-cheap, but boasts better graphics and swifter storage
UTM: An Apple hypervisor with some unique extra abilities Friday FOSS Fest Fancy running Windows, Linux and Classic MacOS on your modern x86-64 or Arm64 Mac? Walk this way
Search for phone signal caused oil spill, say Japanese investigators Skipper caught on tape saying 'What have I done? My career is gone' after crashing into coral reef after a couple of whiskeys
Norway wants Facebook behavioral advertising banned across Europe But Meta was just about to start asking people for their permission!
If the Linux Foundation was a software company, it'd be the biggest in the world Kubecon The Kubernetes circus hits Shanghai and ponders how to connect engineers
Yelp sues Texas for right to publish actual accurate abortion info So much for that free speech, huh?
Mozilla's midlife crisis has taken it from web pioneer to Google's weird neighbor Comment Can the sleeping fox ever wake up?
iPhone 15 is too hot to handle – and not in any good way Influencers offer smouldering looks, analysts wonder if TSMC-fabbed silicon can take the heat
Free software pioneer Richard Stallman is battling cancer A changed RMS appeared at the GNU 40th anniversary event in Switzerland
Amazon's three rocket makers insist Project Kuiper will launch on schedule It's not as if space is hard, is it? Science13 Sep 2023 | 8
Scientists trace tiny moonquakes to Apollo 17 lander – left over from 1972 Humans just can't leave anything alone, huh Science13 Sep 2023 | 104
South Korea's Moon orbiter snaps India's lander As Japan's space agency preps a rover to land on Martian moon Phobos Science13 Sep 2023 | 7
James Webb spies distant exoplanet that could be wet, wild, and Hycean That or it's just really gassy Science12 Sep 2023 | 12
MOXIE microwaved Mars air into oxygen, but now it's time for a breather Concept will need to be scaled up to keep more than a small dog alive Science11 Sep 2023 | 19
Lithium goldrush hits sleepy Oregon-Nevada border Deposit in 19-million-year old caldera could dwarf sources in Bolivia, Chile and Australia Science11 Sep 2023 | 20
Okay, SMART ePANTS, you tell us how to create network-connected textiles Soldiers, first responders may eventually be able to phone home from their clothes Science09 Sep 2023 | 31
NASA rockets draining its pockets as officials whisper: 'We can't afford this' Watchdog finds space agency has no plans to measure SLS production costs Science08 Sep 2023 | 84
Musk's mighty missile is ready for launch once FAA says OK Updated Starship Super Heavy to remain on terra firma until US watchdog ticks off the corrective actions Science07 Sep 2023 | 96
UK rejoins the EU's €100B Horizon sci-tech funding program Two and a half years after Brexit, some cheer for scientists based in Britain. We're... baaaaxit (sorry!) Science07 Sep 2023 | 156
Scientists turn to mid-20th century tech for low-power underwater comms Hat tip to the late Lester Clare Van Atta, whose array is behind the system Science07 Sep 2023 | 19
Japan's 'Moon sniper' and its two ejectable landers make it into space Now for the hard part: testing its ability to pick a safe landing spot Science07 Sep 2023 | 6
India's Chandrayaan-3 Moon mission hibernates to see out a long lunar night Spacecraft scheduled to snooze until September 22 when it's hoped machines return to duty Science06 Sep 2023 | 9
Europe's Ariane 6 takes rocket science seriously by testing patience before engines Four seconds of fire and fury to be followed by eight minutes then... a launch in 2024? Science05 Sep 2023 | 10
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is returning with its first-ever asteroid sample Regolith scraped from the surface of Bennu will reach Earth on 24 September Science01 Sep 2023 | 27
Germany's wild boars still too radioactive to eat largely due to Cold War nuke tests Scientists one step closer to cracking the case of these atomic swine Science31 Aug 2023 | 137
Meteorite is 4.6 billion years old and still rocking the solar system dating scene Presence of aluminum isotope might help age other objects from space Science30 Aug 2023 | 4
India set to launch Sun-spotting satellite on Saturday Meanwhile its Moon rover dodges a crater and spots sulphur Science30 Aug 2023 | 5
Japan complains Fukushima water release created terrifying Chinese Spam monster Asks Beijing to stop the phone calls harassing civilians, as tests show impact of nuke plant water Science29 Aug 2023 | 107
Uncle Sam accuses SpaceX of not considering asylees and refugees for employment Discrimination lawsuit claims company's 'ITAR' excuse was badly wrong Science25 Aug 2023 | 68
India's Moon mission continues to triumph, Japan's waits for better weather JAXA's SLIM scheduled to arrive after Chandrayaan-3 says goodnight Science25 Aug 2023 | 7
Concorde? Pffft. NASA wants a Mach 4 passenger jet Don't get too excited: We're purely in the 'is this possible' stage right now Science24 Aug 2023 | 107
Neighbors angry as another North Korean 'satellite' launch attempt fails US, Japan, and South Korea are well and truly over this sham Science24 Aug 2023 | 19
China's top EV battery maker announced a breakthrough, but top boffin isn't convinced 400km range after 10 minutes charging sounds great. Shame the details are thin Science24 Aug 2023 | 96
India lands Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on Moon, is the first to lunar south pole Video with update Way to go, ISRO. Congrats on getting your rover rolling, too Science23 Aug 2023 | 51
Space junk targeted for cleanup mission was hit by different space junk, making more space junk Of all the spacecraft in all the orbits around the world, it slams into mine Science23 Aug 2023 | 41
IBM sells off cloud business – yes, we mean Weather.com What better time for private equity to capitalize on changing climate Science22 Aug 2023 | 13
Lockheed's ARRW hypersonic missile: Sometimes it flies, sometimes it just tries US Air Force keeping mum on results of weekend test Science22 Aug 2023 | 15
Budget satellite drag sail shows space junk how to gracefully exit orbit Students prove $30 device could help declutter Earth's backyard Science22 Aug 2023 | 32
NASA still serious about astronauts living it up on Moon space station in 2028 Assuming the orbital hotel is even built by then Science22 Aug 2023 | 36
Moscow makes a mess on the Moon as Luna 25 probe misses orbit, lands with a thud First lunar attempt since Soviet era ends in катастрофа Science21 Aug 2023 | 132
Hold the Moon – NASA's buildings are crumbling amid 200-year upgrade cycles If a facility falls down, 'the microscope inside it is useless to you' Science18 Aug 2023 | 64
US Space Force finally creates targeting unit – better late than never, right? No rush on this seemingly vital component of defense, guys Science17 Aug 2023 | 14
Brainwaves rock! Scientists decode Pink Floyd tune straight from the noggin First up: Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 1 Science17 Aug 2023 | 38
DARPA wants interoperability standard for Moon living Less lunacy? LunA-10 is seeking designs for 'optimized and integrated lunar infrastructure' Science16 Aug 2023 | 5
Downloading the Webb Scope's data starts with a 6-month scheduling scramble Missions bid to secure comms time on Deep Space Network Science16 Aug 2023 | 8
Boffins reckon Mars colony could survive with fewer than two dozen people Taming that unforgiving dust world may be significantly less expensive than anticipated Science16 Aug 2023 | 130
Saturn's mega-storms challenge planetary formation models Storms on Saturn last for hundreds of years, leaving long-lasting impacts and raising lots of scientific questions Science15 Aug 2023 | 3
If you're Russian to the Moon, expect traffic: Moscow's Putin a lander into orbit India's close to landing one, too, and Japan is counting down to a launch Science14 Aug 2023 | 25
Curiosity finds evidence of wet and dry seasons on ancient Mars Scientists: Martian mud cracked in a manner that only happens after repeated cycles of drying Science12 Aug 2023 | 38
Virgin Galactic sends oldest-ever Brit and first mother-daughter duo into space-ish Depending on where you draw the line Science11 Aug 2023 | 34
Think International Space Station dust is obviously free of bad chemicals? Wrong No one's in danger but we may need to rethink some cabin materials Science11 Aug 2023 | 29
Most distant observed star is blue – and it isn't alone Light from Earendel takes 12.9 billion years to reach Earth, and it's serendipitous the JWST can see it at all Science10 Aug 2023 | 32
Never mind room temperature, LK-99 slammed as 'not a superconductor at all' It may actually be the anti-superconductor, quips one research team Science09 Aug 2023 | 29
Researchers discover algorithm to create shapes that roll down pre-determined paths Lopsided solids promise applications in quantum mechanics and medicine Science09 Aug 2023 | 4
We need to be first on the Moon, uh, again, says NASA 'I don't want China to get to the south pole with humans and then say: this is ours, stay out' Science09 Aug 2023 | 148
Boeing abandons plans for crewed Starliner flight in 2023 The calamity capsule won't be ready to fly until March 2024, and even then a launch date hasn't been ironed out Science08 Aug 2023 | 22
NASA's ice-hunting cubesat lunar mission is over, thanks to a stuck valve Plus: India's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft successfully enters orbit around Moon, and beams photos back Science08 Aug 2023 | 7
Scientists strangely unable to follow recipe for holy grail room-temp superconductor Race to replicate LK-99, and the process used to create it, hits plenty of hurdles Science07 Aug 2023 | 106
Lawrence Livermore lab repeats fusion breakthrough – yep, still kinda works Greater yield than last year, but don't ditch your solar panels just yet Science07 Aug 2023 | 25
Graphene foam is the future of IoT power, maybe An electrically charged spring in your step Science07 Aug 2023 | 8
Hide and seek in outer space highlights a battle here on Earth Opinion Voyager's mix of tenacity and discovery should worry its science icon competitors Science07 Aug 2023 | 43
Experiment arrives at the ISS to see if astronauts can keep things cool No sweat, but this could take us to infinity and beyond Science05 Aug 2023 | 24
Astronaut-menacing sunstorm spotted rippling across inner solar system Rare coronal mass ejection so powerful it was observed from Earth, Moon, and Mars Science04 Aug 2023 | 24
NASA and pals complete Artemis II recovery dress rehearsal One more box checked in humanity's quest to return to the Moon Science03 Aug 2023 | 3
Airbus to help with International Space Station replacement Orbiter is supposed to be ready by 2028, so JV partners had better hurry Science03 Aug 2023 | 46
After fears that Europe's space scope was toast, its first images look mighty fine Here's looking at Euclid Science02 Aug 2023 | 30
Voyager 2 found! Deep Space Network hears it chattering in space Not all heroes wear capes – some are 50-year-old antennas Science02 Aug 2023 | 82
Japanese boffins slice semiconductors from diamonds – with lasers! Chips based on the tech could boost efficiency of electric vehicles Science02 Aug 2023 | 19
MIT boffins build battery alternative out of cement, carbon black, water Imagine your home's foundation was its own energy-storing supercapacitor Science02 Aug 2023 | 96
First US nuclear power plant built this century goes online Westinghouse's 2017 bankruptcy almost ended the Vogtle 3 reactor Science01 Aug 2023 | 32
Bacterial byproducts may help stop the stink in future spacesuits ESA is testing that pink stuff from your dirty bathtub as an antimicrobial Moon suit lining Science01 Aug 2023 | 10
Astronomers testing next-gen asteroid-hunting algorithm discover potentially hazardous object Scientists explain how the new HelioLinc3D software works to The Register Science01 Aug 2023 | 6
Farewell, Aeolus: Doomed ESA weather sat reenters atmosphere over Antarctica Video Not quite a controlled deorbit but not an uncontrolled one, either Science01 Aug 2023 | 5
Satnav for the Moon could benefit from Fibonacci’s expertise Middle Ages maths to the rescue Science31 Jul 2023 | 18
NASA mistakenly severs communication to Voyager 2 Updated Thankfully the probe regularly phones home to fix this sort of mess Science31 Jul 2023 | 135
NASA, DARPA enlist Lockheed to build nuclear-powered spacecraft Hey, at least this one isn't an actual bomb Science27 Jul 2023 | 16
A room-temperature, ambient-pressure superconductor? Take a closer look It's OK to be skeptical if someone says they found the holy grail Science27 Jul 2023 | 105
Aliens crash landed on Earth – and Uncle Sam is covering it up, this guy tells Congress Poll Men in Black snatched Little Green Men's spacecraft, allegedly Science27 Jul 2023 | 322
NASA awards $150 million to prototype tech for humans on the Moon, and above it Inflatable heat shields, robot cable layers, and a furnace to burn lunar dust for minerals and oxygen Science26 Jul 2023 | 19
James Webb spots water vapor in rocky planet-forming disk Turns out proto-Earths may bring their own drinks Science25 Jul 2023 | 6
NASA's DART kicked up swarm of 37 boulders after Dimorphos asteroid crash Hubble Space Telescope managed to capture 'some of the faintest things ever imaged inside our solar system' Science21 Jul 2023 | 9
Weird radio pulses could be coming from new type of stellar object Astronomers puzzled over what is powering GPM J1839−10 Science20 Jul 2023 | 23
Always on the Horizon, UK must wait for megabucks EU science deal Rishi Sunak fails to secure place in €95.5B program before Parliament packs up for holiday Science20 Jul 2023 | 114
Russia's tiny quantum computer is (probably) nothing to worry about 16 qubit system capable of modeling simple molecules, Kremlin says Science20 Jul 2023 | 17
Rocket Lab wants to dry off and reuse Electron booster recovered from the ocean Appears to have given up the idea of catching the component midair with a helicopter Science19 Jul 2023 | 16
Auroras – the solar system's universal light show (except Neptune... sorry, Neptune) Data from 2021 Mercury flyby shows same mechanisms cause phenomena throughout our star system Science18 Jul 2023 | 9
India takes second punt at soft lunar landing with launch of Chandrayaan-3 mission We'll see in 42 days whether economical $74.5M rover sticks Science14 Jul 2023 | 31
NASA to store pair of probes it's built but can’t send to target asteroids Janus asteroid sats headed for That Box Full Of Old Tech You Should Probably Have Thrown Out But Kept Just In Case Science13 Jul 2023 | 26
China succeeds where Elon Musk has failed with first methalox rocket Maybe bigger isn't better when it comes to complicated, error-prone space machines? Science12 Jul 2023 | 44