China develops compact microwave driver that could power a ‘Starlink-killer’ weapon
Published on 06/02/2026 – 17:13 GMT+1 China has developed a new piece of military technology that could one…
Tomorrow.io banks $175 million for DeepSky weather constellation
SAN FRANCISCO – Tomorrow.io raised $175 million to fund DeepSky, a satellite constellation designed to gathering vast quantities…
Nearby star’s massive eruption could help astronomers unlock secret of superflares
It’s a tough trick to catch a cosmic firework just as it explodes. The universe is a really…
New Research Shows How Bacteria Might Help Build on Mars
A recent study published in PLOS One has revealed a groundbreaking discovery: the toxic chemicals found in Mars’s…
Student makes cosmic dust in a lab, shining a light on the origin of life
Recreating a piece of the universe in a bottle might sound like science fiction, but it’s exactly what…
Elon Musk on his ‘hiring problem’ at SpaceX: Hard to get engineers with families to …
SpaceX faces a significant hurdle in attracting engineers and technicians to its Starbase facility in South Texas due…
Mars isn’t Plan B: why Earth stays more livable — no matter what
Mars isn’t Plan B: why Earth stays more livable — no matter what – Futura-Sciences February 6, 2026…
New critique debunks claim that trees can sense a solar eclipse
“He puts forward logical alternative hypotheses,” said Cahill of Novoplansky’s critique. “The original work should have tested among…
Voyager 1 just said hello to NASA from interstellar space despite being over twenty-five billion kilometers away
Voyager 1 has been drifting through the dark for nearly half a century, long after its original mission…
One of the Largest Stars Ever Seen Just Pulled Off a Cosmic Plot Twist
New observations reveal that WOH G64, once assumed to be nearing a supernova, is still a red supergiant…
Earth from Space: Olympic view
With the 2026 Winter Olympics officially opening today, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission brings us a striking view of…
Rocket Report: SpaceX probes upper stage malfunction; Starship testing resumes
Welcome to Edition 8.28 of the Rocket Report! The big news in rocketry this week was that NASA…