Space Science The Odysseus lunar lander's payload included a 30-million page library It was the third time the Arch Mission Foundation tried to get this repository of knowledge to the Moon By Erika Morphy, February 26, 2024, 6:55 AM
Space Science US spacecraft successfully lands on the moon for the first time in over 50 years Apollo 17 was the last US mission to touch down on the lunar surface in 1972 By Kishalaya Kundu, February 23, 2024, 9:12 AM 12 comments
Wearable Tech Science Smart gloves could use haptic feedback to teach physical skills Personalized feedback could record and transfer sensations for piano playing, controller robots, and more By Daniel Sims, February 23, 2024, 6:58 AM
Science Space The universe's brightest object eats the mass of the sun every day, astronomers say 17 billion times the mass of Earth's sun and 500 trillion times brighter By Daniel Sims, February 21, 2024, 8:35 AM
Space Science Scientists find water on an asteroid's surface for the first time Findings could help answer how the Earth gained its water By Daniel Sims, February 21, 2024, 7:38 AM
Science Security MIT's minuscule terahertz RFID tag foils counterfeiters with metallic glue System authenticates articles with better than 99 percent accuracy By Cal Jeffrey, February 20, 2024, 6:16 PM
Science Tech Culture Neuralink's first human subject successfully controls computer mouse with thoughts following brain-chip implant "With no ill effects" By Rob Thubron, February 20, 2024, 7:14 AM 14 comments
Science Space A satellite heavier than a large car makes an uncontrolled return to Earth tomorrow, but don't worry too much You'd have to be very unlucky to be hit by it By Rob Thubron, February 20, 2024, 6:43 AM 8 comments
Science Tech Culture NASA seeks participants for simulated yearlong Mars mission Participants will live in a simulated Mars colony for a full year By Shawn Knight, February 19, 2024, 11:27 AM 19 comments
Space Science Intuitive Machines shares first images sent from space by its Nova-C lunar lander The spacecraft is in excellent condition, and the Moon's surface is approaching fast By Alfonso Maruccia, February 19, 2024, 10:26 AM
Space Science Nova-C lander is finally heading to the Moon A commercial spacecraft full of NASA science experiments and "demo" payloads By Alfonso Maruccia, February 16, 2024, 9:29 AM
Science Space NASA's Juno mission captures incredible new images of Jupiter New Jupiter photos from the Io flyby By Daniel Sims, February 14, 2024, 9:26 AM 15 comments
Electronics Science A promising new calcium-oxygen battery design can withstand up to 700 recharge cycles New electrolyte material provides a potential breakthrough for calcium-based batteries By Alfonso Maruccia, February 13, 2024, 10:03 AM 10 comments
Science On the brink: Atlantic Ocean current is getting closer to collapse A real Day After Tomorrow scenario By Rob Thubron, February 13, 2024, 7:46 AM 36 comments
Science Space An experimental 3D printer will melt steel to create new objects... in space Printing metal objects aboard the ISS is a challenging, but potentially game-changing By Alfonso Maruccia, February 12, 2024, 2:13 PM
Space Science Saturn's "Death Star" moon has a 45-mile-deep subsurface ocean The ocean likely occupies half the moon's volume By Daniel Sims, February 9, 2024, 7:39 AM 7 comments
Science Space Jupiter orbiter delivers unprecedented close up images of highly volcanic Jovian moon Io The Juno spacecraft passed within 930 miles of the moon's surface By Cal Jeffrey, February 8, 2024, 4:31 PM
Science CERN reviews plans to build new particle smasher three times bigger than the Large Hadron Collider The costly Future Circular Collider will hopefully unveil more secrets of the universe By Alfonso Maruccia, February 7, 2024, 2:12 PM 29 comments
Science Electronics Next-gen autonomous drone set to unveil hidden secrets of Antarctica The Little Plane That Could (map snow covered mountains) By James Miller, February 4, 2024, 12:08 PM
Science Electronics Artificial plants can convert wind and rain into electricity The proof-of-concept harvests two renewable energy sources simultaneously By Daniel Sims, January 31, 2024, 7:38 AM
Science Elon Musk announces first human Neuralink implant patient, claims promising results The company's first product will be called Telepathy By Rob Thubron, January 30, 2024, 6:55 AM 27 comments
Science Space Moonquakes and Lunar Landslides could endanger astronauts on the moon's south pole The moon is shrinking, which affects one of the possible Artemis 3 landing zones By Daniel Sims, January 27, 2024, 10:22 AM
Space Science Japan crashes SLIM spacecraft upside-down on the moon and calls it a "success" Its two rovers are operational, and the craft seems intact but is without power until February 1 By Cal Jeffrey, January 26, 2024, 4:46 PM 22 comments
Space Science NASA retires Ingenuity helicopter following rotor damage Ingenuity suffered a communications loss earlier this month By Shawn Knight, January 26, 2024, 12:14 PM
Science Tech Culture DragonFire laser weapon can hit a coin from a kilometer away for around $13 a shot Lasers can accurately track and destroy aerial targets By Daniel Sims, January 23, 2024, 2:36 PM 29 comments