NASA Seeks Industry Input on Second Phase of Commercial Space Stations
On Monday, NASA released a draft Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking feedback from American companies on the next…
CAPSTONE Wraps Extended Lunar Tech Test
The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) has achieved all primary and extended mission…
Japan’s Hayabusa2 probe captures remarkable photo of a two-headed asteroid 62 million miles away
A Japanese spacecraft has gotten up close and personal with yet another asteroid, beaming home stunning new imagery…
Britain in 2011 launched a mission to poison every rat on South Georgia Island after invasive rodents devastated seabird colonies; by 2018, native birds were nesting in places they had abandoned for centuries | World News
A daring mission to rid South Georgia Island of invasive rats, which had devastated native seabird colonies for…
SwRI Finds Gaps in AI Lunar Crater Catalogs
SAN ANTONIO — July 6, 2026 — A new Southwest Research Institute-led study compared eight AI-generated lunar crater…
South Africa’s move to renewable power is complex, but clearing 5 bottlenecks would speed it up
South Africa is moving away from coal-fired electricity, which currently supplies 74% of the country’s power, to wind…
Scientists discover a new way to destroy a star, unlike anything they’ve ever seen before
The Universe has taught scientists a never-seen-before method of annihilating a star. The discovery came when a team…
In 1851, a French physicist suspended a metal ball from a 67-metre wire, and it became one of the first direct proofs that the Earth rotates |
Most of us accept that the Earth rotates because we have been taught it since childhood. We have…
A Biologist Explains Why Humans Sleep Just 7 Hours (Less Than Any Other Primate)
A number that sounds like plenty for humans turns out to be the smallest ration of sleep in…
Rodríguez defends Venezuela’s earthquake response as death toll passes 3,000 | Venezuela
Venezuela’s interim president has defended her country’s emergency response to the twin earthquakes that have killed more than…
Elon Musk’s No. 2 Says She’s Giving SpaceX Stock to Trump Accounts
SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell says she’s donating company stock to Trump Accounts, days after President Donald Trump said…
Oak Ridge, Cleveland Clinic, and IBM Demonstrate Quantum Simulations for Fusion Materials
Insider Brief Researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Cleveland Clinic, and IBM have performed quantum computer-based calculations of…