SSpace Read More a twin of the Milky Way ten times more massive and out of controlFebruary 17, 2026 A “monster” Milky Way twin is whipping up a cosmic storm 11 billion years ago Imagine the Milky…
SScience Read More Bioengineered E. coli bacteria can now produce rhododendron-derived drugsFebruary 17, 2026 Bioengineered E. coli bacteria can now produce a group of compounds with anticancer, anti-HIV, antidiabetic and anti-inflammatory activities.…
SSpace Read More Seattle’s lessons for rocket reusabilityFebruary 17, 2026 New Glenn on its second launch last November. Blue Origin is again considering ways to reuse the rocket’s…
SScience Read More Black hole belches radiation long after eating a starFebruary 17, 2026 This is an artist’s depiction of what supermassive black hole AT2018hyz might look like. There could be an…
SSpace Read More The PRSC-EO2 Milestone: How Pakistan’s Latest Satellite Completes a High-Res ‘Sensor Triad’February 17, 2026 On 12 February, Pakistan’s Space and Upper Atmospheric Research Commission’s (SUPARCO) second earth-observation satellite – i.e., the Pakistan…
WWildlife Read More Council workers’ kind act after startling find in thick Aussie bushlandFebruary 17, 2026 Council workers scouring remote bushland for a highly invasive weed leapt into action last week after making a…
SScience Read More SpaceX launches 600th rocket | Advanced TelevisionFebruary 17, 2026 A week ago, Europe’s Arianespace launched its first rocket for 2026 as part of an expected cadence of…
SSpace Read More Moment crew docks at International Space StationFebruary 17, 2026 Four astronauts have docked at the International Space Station (ISS) after blasting off from Earth on Friday. The…
SScience Read More The importance of NEA detection during close approachesFebruary 17, 2026 Near-Earth asteroids have close approaches with Earth with some regularity. In fact, due to their small size and,…
SSpace Read More The Initial Defense Satellite Communications SystemFebruary 17, 2026 The US military’s first operational communications satellite system was designed to be relatively simple and fast, after…
SScience Read More Tea with an ape? How playing pretend helps scientists study imagination : Short Wave : NPRFebruary 17, 2026 Kanzi, the bonobo. Kanzi, who lived in research environments his entire life, could understand English questions, point, and…
SSpace Read More Barrage-1 Drone Seen as Starlink AlternativeFebruary 17, 2026 Ukraine’s defense adviser says Russia’s Barrage-1 stratospheric platform could partly replace blocked Starlink terminals with 5G relay capability.…