Remember when NASA was laser focused on that? It was 35 years ago when the Hubble Space Telescope deployed into orbit, sent by a space agency facing an existential crisis. Thirty-five years on, not much seems to have changed.…
Lees meerSuccessful qualification run for P160C solid-fuel motor in South American spaceport A qualification version of the P160C solid-fuel motor was successfully tested at the European Spaceport in French Guiana on April 24, paving the way for heftier payl…
Lees meerExtreme weather is such a problem when building bit barns... hmmm, wonder what could be causing that? When it comes to building datacenters, reducing the environmental impact of the project is still not seen as a major concern – it is lower on the l…
Lees meerBecause nobody wants a bazillion volts zorching critical infrastructure Japanese tech conglomerate NTT has created a drone that triggers lightning, is then struck by a heavenly bolt it instigated, and survives the experience – all in the name of pre…
Lees meerBecause nobody wants a bazillion volts zorching critical infrastructure Japanese tech conglomerate NTT has created a drone that triggers lightning, is then struck by a heavenly bolt it instigated, and survives the experience – all in the name of pre…
Lees meerPlenty of tortillas onboard but not quite so much science this time SpaceX's latest cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS) – CRS-32 – just docked to the orbiting outpost, bringing extra crew supplies, which resulted in the deferral o…
Lees meerPlenty of tortillas onboard but not quite so much science this time SpaceX's latest cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS) – CRS-32 – just docked to the orbiting outpost, bringing extra crew supplies, which resulted in the deferral o…
Lees meerNo one should be excluded – unless you have certain views on the Mid-East crisis In line with Trump administration directives, the US government's National Science Foundation has started canceling grants for studies into workplace diversity and the …
Lees meerSWOT satellite lets scientists observe small-scale eddies and waves for the first time A NASA-led satellite mission has suggested that swirls and eddies in the middle of the ocean have a bigger influence on Earth's climate system than scientists pre…
Lees meerSWOT satellite lets scientists observe small-scale eddies and waves for the first time A NASA-led satellite mission has suggested that swirls and eddies in the middle of the ocean have a bigger influence on Earth's climate system than scientists pre…
Lees meerReturning crew and a vital supply launch distract managers from chocolate eggs The US Space Agency has a busy few days ahead as a trio of International Space Station (ISS) residents prepare to return to Earth this weekend, and a critical SpaceX Drag…
Lees meerSWOT satellite lets scientists observe small-scale eddies and waves for the first time A NASA-led satellite mission has suggested that swirls and eddies in the middle of the ocean have a bigger influence on Earth's climate system than scientists pre…
Lees meerFuture chargers could re-arrange battery chemistry to make them live longer Researchers at China’s Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering have found a way to restore the energy density of old Lithium-Ion batteries by heating them t…
Lees meerTwo decades have passed since NASA made two spacecraft collide It is twenty years since NASA's DART mission collided with a satellite after depleting its fuel during a rendezvous attempt.…
Lees meerTwo decades have passed since NASA made two spacecraft collide It is twenty years since NASA's DART mission collided with a satellite after depleting its fuel during a rendezvous attempt.…
Lees meerBipartisan support needed to keep DOGE from the door The proposed cuts to NASA's budget are drawing sharp criticism from US lawmakers, with one saying: "If you cut this budget, you cut into the heart of America's leadership when it comes to space ex…
Lees meerBipartisan support needed to keep DOGE from the door The proposed cuts to NASA's budget are drawing sharp criticism from US lawmakers, with one saying: "If you cut this budget, you cut into the heart of America's leadership when it comes to space ex…
Lees meerHouston, we have a funding problem The US administration appears set to slash NASA's science budget with cuts to spending in the order of almost 50 percent, according to a draft of the White House's proposal.…
Lees meerCarbon capture, SMRs, fusion power - tech titans' climate strategies are packed with moon shots Comment AI's appetite for power is exploding. Hyperscalers have only just begun to adopt Nvidia's 120 kW-per-rack systems, and the GPU giant is already …
Lees meerCarbon capture, SMRs, fusion power - tech titans' climate strategies are packed with moon shots Comment AI's appetite for power is exploding. Hyperscalers have only just begun to adopt Nvidia's 120 kW-per-rack systems, and the GPU giant is already …
Lees meerBuilt by 2028? Maybe. Powering homes? That’s another slip of paper entirely Canadian nuclear regulators have approved an Ontario company's request to build a single small modular reactor (SMR) – the first such license issued in the country.…
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