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Historic NASA test towers face their final countdown -- Apollo-era Saturn V and Shuttle stands set for controlled demolition as Artemis ramps up -- Science
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Congress ctrl-Zs bulk of proposed cuts to NASA science -- Fate of Shuttle Discovery remains conspicuously unaddressed in FY2026 agreement text -- Science45 minutes ago
Starlink to lower orbits of thousands of satellites over safety concerns -- Move will see spacecraft shift from 550 km to 480 km as collision risks rise -- Networks45 minutes ago
Satellite radio transmissions are jamming telescopes and driving astronomers batty - Interview - 'What do we need to do better?' El Reg talks to comms boss about the problem - Science - 01 Jan 2026 - | 2223 hours ago
iPad kids are more anxious, less resilient, and slower decision makers -- The solution? Lock up the screens and read to your kids7 days ago
NASA tries Curiosity rover's Mastcam to work out where MAVEN might be -- Time running out for savin' MAVEN as stricken spacecraft still silent as Mars solar conjunction nears14 days ago
Starlink satellite fails, polluting orbit with debris and falling toward Earth -- Spacecraft set to burn up in a few weeks, but it could have been worse15 days ago
Japan loses another H3 launcher, plus the satnav bird it carried -- 25 percent failure rate for JAXA's space truck, with the second stage again proving perilous15 days ago
Trump Media jumps aboard the speculative nuclear fusion bandwagon -- Ambitious timelines don't bend the laws of physics19 days ago
Isaacman finally confirmed as NASA boss after Trump derailed first attempt -- Billionaire space tourist inherits troubled agency facing budget chaos, workforce cuts, and a Moon race against China20 days ago
NASA tries savin' MAVEN as Mars probe loses contact with Earth -- Spacecraft was 'rotating in an unexpected manner' and might have shifted orbit21 days ago
Japan just sent origami to space to unfurl possibilities for outsized antennas -- That's just one of 16 innovative and experimental sats that launched Sunday23 days ago
Starlink claims Chinese launch came within 200 meters of broadband satellite - Asia In Brief - PLUS: Drugs found in ink cartridges; Censorship fighters criticize Vultr; Coupang CEO resigns; And more! Science - 15 Dec 2025 - | 4719 days ago
The CRASH Clock is ticking as satellite congestion in low Earth orbit worsens -- It's getting crowded up there26 days ago
Space-power startup claims it can beam energy to solar farms -- So far, Overview Energy says it has only beamed power from a moving aircraft to standard solar panels26 days ago
Taikonauts inspect cracked Shenzhou-20 window during Tiangong spacewalk -- Eight-hour EVA was also first outing for new spacesuits27 days ago
Trump's AI 'Genesis Mission' emerges from Land of Confusion -- DOE lays out $320M plan for science platform linking national labs, industry, and academia27 days ago
NASA loses contact with MAVEN Mars orbiter -- Didn't phone home as expected on December 6th and nobody knows why27 days ago
Rocket Lab ready to send a Hungry Hippo into space -- Signoff for re-usable faring should help Neutron launcher get off the ground28 days ago
NASA nominee Isaacman moves to full Senate vote amid budget carnage -- Billionaire's bid progresses while agency braces for sweeping reductions and program uncertainty29 days ago
China's first reusable rocket explodes, but its onboard Ethernet network flew - Asia In Brief - PLUS: South Korea to strengthen security standards; Canon closes Chinese printer plant; APAC datacenter capacity to triple by 2029; And more - Networks - 08 Dec 2025 - | 1926 days ago
We'll beat China to the Moon, NASA nominee declares -- Isaacman: 'We can never accept a gap in our capabilities again'1 month ago
China's reusable rocket makes it to orbit but fails to stick the landing -- An 'anomaly' meant a fireball arrived at the recovery zone instead of a spent first stage1 month ago
Space telescopes are being photobombed by satellites, and the problem is slated to get much worse -- LEO communications satellites are proliferating like rabbits1 month ago
ISS hits rare full house as all eight docking ports ocupado -- Updated -- Russian vehicles will depart soon, but Baikonur launchpad damage clouds future arrivals -- Science1 month ago
UK sinks to fifth in ESA funding league behind Spain -- Brit astro Tim Peake's much-vaunted mission to the ISS a distant memory -- 02 Dec 20251 month ago
Google and Apple ordered to stop fake government TXTs -- Asia in Brief -- PLUS: India wants to build big airliners; Half of South Koreans caught in data leak; Minimum wage for gig workers in Oz; And more! -- Public Sector1 month ago
Baikonur's only crew-capable pad busted after Soyuz flight -- Roscosmos confirms 'damage' as images suggest repairs could stretch into 2027 -- 28 Nov 20251 month ago
Rosalind Franklin rover catches a break as NASA reaffirms commitment -- ExoMars project may actually get to the red planet one day1 month ago
NASA pares back Boeing's Starliner deal after 2024 calamity -- Capsule might only manage three crewed missions to the ISS1 month ago
Lifeboat docks with Tiangong after cracked capsule triggers emergency rendezvous -- Uncrewed Shenzhou also delivered supplies and window fixing kit1 month ago
Amazon-backed X-energy sweet talks investors into another $700M for small modular reactor dream -- Start-up claims to have booked orders for 144 miniaturized reactors totaling 11GW across US and UK1 month ago
Moss spores bolted to the ISS exterior laugh in the face of hard vacuum -- Japanese team finds 80% of the tiny plant cells remained viable after 283 days in orbit1 month ago
SpaceX loses debut V3 Super Heavy in ground test mishap -- Redesigned booster ruptures during early checks, delaying latest Starship iteration1 month ago
Pegasus XL rocket dusted off to rescue NASA's Swift observatory from fiery demise -- Air-launched antique picked for tricky low-inclination orbit job1 month ago
DARPA making low-hanging satellites that use air to move -- Skim the atmosphere and air-breathing VLEO sats can theoretically maintain orbit1 month ago
Canada ups its European Space Agency bet 10x with $376M -- Massive jump in spending shows the Great White North isn't betting everything on NASA -- Science1 month ago
China readies a lifeboat for stranded Shenzhou crew -- Stuck on the Tiangong station with a cracked capsule for company -- Science1 month ago
Rust on the Moon? Far-side dirt says yes, actually -- Chang'e 6's soil sample turns up iron oxides where none were supposed to exist -- Science1 month ago
Eviden set to build France's first exascale supercomputer with AMD at the wheel -- €544M Alice Recoque system aims to lift Europe's research horsepower -- Supercomputing Month1 month ago
Starlink's method of dodging solar storms may make it slower, for longer -- Researchers think SpaceX needs to revisit its resilience regime -- Networks1 month ago
Shenzhou-20 crew rides Shenzhou-21 home after debris strike -- Original spacecraft deemed unsafe after cracks spotted in window -- Science1 month ago
Why Elon Musk won't ever realize the shareholder-approved Tesla payout - Opinion - Trillionaire fantasies, investor dreams, reality nightmares - Personal Tech - 14 Nov 2025 - | 1071 month ago
Blue Origin hopes third time's the charm for New Glenn after two scrubbed launches -- Bezos booster blasted by solar emissions -- Science1 month ago
Britain's first small modular reactors to be built in Wales -- Government picks Wylfa on Anglesey for initial trio of units, but power unlikely before mid-2030s -- On-Prem1 month ago
First stellar Coronal Mass Ejection detected beyond our Sun -- Red dwarf hurls plasma at speeds rarely seen from Sun, potentially stripping atmospheres from orbiting planets -- Science1 month ago
Brussels weighs banning China from major EU research scheme -- Draft Horizon Europe plan cites lack of IP protections and Beijing's civil-military fusion strategy -- Science1 month ago
Rocket Lab's Neutron slips to 2026: 'Our aim is to make it to orbit on the first try' -- Hungry Hippo won't move to the launchpad until next year -- Science1 month ago
UK unveils roadmap for replacing animal testing -- Years of development still needed but AI, 3D printing, and other alternative options on the horizon -- Science1 month ago
SpaceX and Musk called on to rescue China's Shenzhou-20 crew -- Technical and political obstacles block collaboration following suspected space debris strike on craft -- Science1 month ago
25 years of meatbags permanently in space on the ISS -- All good things come to an end, and the outpost is unlikely to reach 30 -- Science2 months ago
Boffins: cloud computing's on-demand biz model is failing us -- Science loses when lab workers grapple with costs and availability, claim researchers -- PaaS + IaaS2 months ago
UK space sector 'lacks strategic direction,' Lords warn -- Parliamentary report calls for sovereign launch capability and reduced dependence on US services -- Science2 months ago
China uses Mars orbiter to snap interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS -- Middle Kingdom also postpones astronaut return mission after something hit its spaceship -- Science2 months ago
Trump turnabout sees him re-nominate amateur astronaut Jared Isaacman to run NASA -- Ruled him out just six months ago due to Musky connections -- Public Sector2 months ago
Google imagines out of this world AI - running on orbital datacenters -- Chocolate Factory's latest moonshot aims to put AI supercomputing cluster in sun-sychronous orbit -- Off-Prem2 months ago
ESA tests bacterial powder to feed Moon and Mars crews -- Help me, HOBI-WAN, you're my only hope for lunch -- 03 Nov 20252 months ago
SpaceX shows off progress on its lunar Starship -- NASA is short of options when it comes to alternatives -- 31 Oct 20252 months ago
Japan's new space truck is also a temporary space lab, just worked first time -- HTV-X capsule is designed to hang around in space after delivering cargo to ISS -- 31 Oct 20252 months ago
Think tank decries science friction between countries, demands global cooperation -- More countries are prioritizing national security over scientific discovery -- 28 Oct 20252 months ago
Get ready to squint! World's smallest pixel is just 300 nm -- How many 1080p screens can you fit on a pinhead? These German physicists reckon about one -- Science2 months ago
How do you solve a problem like Discovery? -- Request For Ideas: How would you move a retired orbiter across the US? -- Offbeat2 months ago
Give Europe some space! 3 companies join forces to reach for the stars -- Airbus, Leonardo and Thales seek to 'strengthen Europe's strategic autonomy in space' -- Science2 months ago
Senators accuse Smithsonian of 'illegal lobbying' over Discovery squabbles -- Cornyn & co ask DoJ to probe respected research institution for trying to 'influence' public -- Science2 months ago
SpaceX is behind schedule, so NASA will open Artemis III contract to competition -- Lunar landing reality distortion field slips for Musk's rocketeers -- Science2 months ago
Brit boffins teach fusion plasma some manners with 3D magnetic field -- MAST Upgrade team claims first suppression of pesky edge instabilities in a spherical tokamak -- Science2 months ago
Like Apollo before them, ESA astronauts hone lunar landing skills in helicopters -- Now try a jet engine in a bedstead before strapping into a Starship -- Science2 months ago
Microsoft parks Landsat and Sentinel satellite data in Azure's orbit -- NASA's Earth-watching archives find new home in Redmond's cloud, complete with Copilot hype -- PaaS + IaaS2 months ago
MIT boffins double precision of atomic clocks by taming quantum noise -- 'Global phase spectroscopy' makes ultraprecise optical timekeepers even more precise -- Science2 months ago
Britain's AI gold rush hits a wall – not enough electricity -- Energy secretary Miliband promises renewable utopia for green and pleasant land... filled with datacenters -- On-Prem2 months ago
Axiom Space ejects CEO after six months, installs NASA veteran as replacement -- Updated -- Jonathan Cirtain at the helm as revolving door swings for private corp2 months ago
SpaceX's Starship: Two down, Mons Huygens to climb -- Comment -- Musk's moonshot still missing orbit, refueling, landing2 months ago
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Another 550 employees set to leave the building -- US government shutdown nothing to do with action as space veteran calls move 'an alarming time' for science2 months ago
SpaceX limbers up for Starship flight 11 as launch pad faces retirement - Updated - Another flawless demonstration or unplanned explosion await - Science - 13 Oct 2025 - | 292 months ago
Weird ideas welcome: VC fund looking to make science fiction factual -- Nuclear power is getting hot, but don't hold your breath for everlasting batteries2 months ago
50 years in deep space, and Voyager still can't escape budget gravity -- Probes face 26% funding cut as NASA grapples with shutdown chaos1 month ago
Space Shuttle war of words takes off as senator blasts 'woke Smithsonian' -- Exclusive -- Houston, we have a custody battle -- Science2 months ago
Mars' powerful whirlwinds blow dust everywhere, could affect future missions -- Keeping tabs on Martian dust devils with bonus data from ESA's veteran orbiters2 months ago
Texas senators cry foul over Smithsonian's pricey Space Shuttle shuffle -- Can be shifted for a tenth of the price AND the wings don't have to come off – allegedly2 months ago
How chatbots are coaching vulnerable users into crisis -- Feature -- From homework helper to psychological hazard in 300 hours of sycophantic validation -- AI + ML2 months ago
Trio who made foundational quantum computing discovery bag Nobel physics prize -- Studies at UC Berkeley in the 1980s paved the way for quantum computing and cryptography2 months ago
Starlink is burning up one or two satellites a day in Earth's atmosphere -- Kessler syndrome is bad; atmospheric incineration may be worse, says astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell3 months ago
Only way to move Space Shuttle Discovery is to chop it into pieces, White House told -- Smithsonian warns that dismantling orbiter for relocation is history in the wrecking3 months ago
Avio bags €40M ESA contract for reusable rocket stage, but don't hold your breath -- Industry insiders whisper more about posturing than practical progress3 months ago
Square Kilometre Array is so sensitive, its datacenter needs two Faraday cages to stop RF leaks -- IAC 2025 -- Stray signals are a no-no when you're trying to tune into the stars -- On-Prem3 months ago
SpaceX rockets toward next Starship launch, set for October 13 -- Once more with feeling... -- 01 Oct 20253 months ago
Away from Oktoberfest, Munich's museums also serve science on tap -- Geek's Guide -- Because sometimes you need a V2 rocket with your schnitzel -- Geek's Guide3 months ago
Cyborg dreams move closer to reality with low-power artificial neuron -- UMass Amherst research promises better bioelectronic communication -- 30 Sep 20253 months ago
Second time unlucky for Firefly as an Alpha rocket stage explodes -- Company faces a setback on the test stand3 months ago
NASA's deep-space laser comms demo has left the chat -- DSOC hit record speeds beaming data from Psyche before going dark3 months ago
Engineers successfully reboost International Space Station after early Dragon abort -- If at first you don't succeed, you might be SpaceX3 months ago
NASA administrator says US should have 'village' on Moon in a decade - IAC 2025 - The Register is at the world's biggest space gabfest and just heard the world's top 6 space agency leaders speak - Science - 29 Sep 2025 - | 353 months ago
NASA and Sierra Space clip Dream Chaser's ISS wings -- Aptly named spacecraft might never make it to the orbital outpost after all -- Science3 months ago
SpaceX Dragon huffs, puffs... and fizzles out as NASA aborts ISS boost -- Meanwhile, Katalyst wins $30M contract to stop Swift telescope falling out of the sky -- Science3 months ago
Tree-hugging hippie datacenter runs entirely on green hydrogen and wastes zero water -- Lambda's latest innovation with bit barn builder ECL only supports a handful of Nvidia racks, but it's a start -- Systems3 months ago
Boffins fool a self-driving car by putting mirrors on traffic cones -- 21st century tech confused by $100 of shiny stuff -- AI + ML3 months ago
NASA panel fears a Starship lunar touchdown is more fantasy than flight plan -- Safety watchdog doubts SpaceX can ready HLS in time for 2027 Artemis mission3 months ago
Brit scientists over the Moon after growing tea in lunar soil -- It's one small sip for man...3 months ago
Turns out Hayabusa2's next asteroid target isn't much bigger than the probe itself -- It's also spinning twice as fast than thought, making a tricky rendezvous even trickier3 months ago
Court lets NSF keep swinging axe at $1B in research grants -- Judge rules there's no quick fix for 1,700+ axed grants, leaving labs scrambling for cash while the lawsuit plays out3 months ago