Environmental groups challenge FCC approval of startup’s plan to beam on-demand sunlight from space
Four environmental organizations filed a petition Thursday asking the Federal Communications Commission to reverse its approval of a…
ATLAS breaks its own record with new search for double-Higgs production
Producing two Higgs bosons in a single proton-proton collision is among the rarest processes at the LHC. Yet…
Scientists Watch as a Distant World’s Atmosphere Shrinks and Thins
As dwarf planet Pluto moves along in its distant, high-obliquity 248-year orbit, its atmosphere is changing. That’s because…
Since 2018, Europe’s forests have lost 46% more biomass per hectare each year; drought and bark beetles are weakening a carbon sink that stored 72% less CO2 in 2020–2022
Europe’s forests are losing biomass at a rate scientists describe as unprecedented. A new satellite-based study has found…
Redwire Books SpaceX Starfall Mission
Redwire Books SpaceX Starfall Mission | Aviation Week https://aviationweek.com/themes/custom/particle/dist/app-drupal/assets/AW_logo_horizontal_small_white.svg Skip to main content Irene Klotz August 06, 2026…
Encapsulation epitaxy of air-stable 2D superconductors for quantum circuits
Saito, Y., Nojima, T. & Iwasa, Y. Highly crystalline 2D superconductors. Nat. Rev. Mater. 2, 16094 (2017). Article …
A giant planet was hiding in plain sight in one of astronomy’s most-studied star systems
For more than three decades, one particular star has been watched more closely than almost any other star…
Man Sings to Sea Lion, and His Tender Reaction Is Melting Hearts
A man gave a special performance for a sea lion at a conservation center, and the sea lion’s…
‘1 more step’: NASA astronauts conduct 6.5-hour spacewalk to prep ISS for solar array upgrade
Two NASA astronauts installed the seventh and final set of mounting hardware for new sets of solar arrays…
Quantum Physics and the Mystery of God’s Creation| National Catholic Register
LONDON — Quantum physics, or quantum mechanics, is rapidly emerging not just as a means to develop new…
UK sees ‘really unusual’ rise in hummingbird hawk-moth sightings this summer
Play Brightcove video There were only eight recorded sightings of hummingbird hawk-moths in the UK in 2021, but…
The asteroid belt looks dense in every diagram ever printed in a textbook, but every spacecraft sent through it since 1972 has crossed without hitting a single asteroid — because the real belt is 99.9% empty space, spread across a region larger than Earth’s entire orbit
The asteroid belt is not an obstacle course. It is a broad population of objects following separate orbits…