NASA’s Perseverance just completed a marathon on Mars
NASA’s Perseverance rover has reached a remarkable milestone on Mars, completing the equivalent of a full marathon (26.2…
By mid-2026 a single company, SpaceX, had more than 10,000 Starlink satellites circling the Earth — roughly two of every three active satellites in orbit now belong to one man’s network
On the evening of June 16, 2026, a Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base carrying…
Giving nature a say: why Scottish marine scientists appointed the ocean to their board | Global development
In a boardroom in an office building in Oban, a picturesque town on the west coast of Scotland,…
China’s Spacecraft Reaches the Smallest Object Humans Have Visited
Earth has a stalker. For roughly a century, a tiny asteroid called Kamoʻoalewa has been locked in a…
Spaceflight Seems to Damage Knee Cartilage, And Scientists May Have Found a Way to Protect It : ScienceAlert
Spaceflight is rough on the mammalian body. Fluids redistribute in surprising ways, heavy-duty protective equipment can cause physical…
Most UK media reports on June heatwave failed to mention climate crisis | Extreme heat
Most of the UK media stories about the record-breaking heatwave that struck in June failed to mention the…
India Approves High-Altitude Pseudo Satellite to Fill Surveillance Gap
India has approved the acquisition of a fixed-wing High Altitude Pseudo Satellite (HAPS) capability to strengthen…
NASA’s Perseverance just completed a marathon on Mars
NASA’s Perseverance rover has reached a remarkable milestone on Mars, completing the equivalent of a full marathon (26.2…
Scientists Propose Dimming Sun to Combat El Niño
Last month, the United Nations warned that this year’s El Niño, a naturally occurring climate pattern characterized by…
Astronauts insist space has a smell — a mix of seared steak, hot metal and welding fumes that clings to a suit after every spacewalk
The strangest thing about the smell of space is that no one can smell space directly. Vacuum does…
Mayan astronomer’s name deciphered from ancient ruins
Archaeologists have transcribed mural symbols from Mayan ruins to learn the name of an astronomer and mathmetician from…
Who is ‘stealing’ Bali’s water? How tourism siphoned off a prized resource | Water
I Putu Partayasa pushes his fingers into the soil as he squats at the edge of a rice…