Troubled Nauka might actually make it after four orbit corrections – since we left work Friday. Russia's space agency spent the weekend trying to get one module to the International Space Station and deciding to ditch another.…
Lees meer'We need to hold each other to account when we're talking through these issues' A survey of astronomers and geophysicists has unveiled a "systemic bullying problem" which is "disproportionately worse" for women and members of minority groups, alread…
Lees meerNauka? More like 'Borka!' Geddit? Russia's latest contribution to the International Space Station (ISS), successfully launched yesterday, but appears to have run into problems on orbit.…
Lees meerCommercial exploitation of a person's inner thoughts 'particularly worrisome' Researchers at Imperial College London have sounded the alarm over a "bleak panorama" surrounding brain-computer interfaces (BCI), warning of a potential future in which B…
Lees meerPerseverance prepares to snaffle first sample for eventual retrieval NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has started the process of acquiring its first sample of Martian rock.…
Lees meerAh shucks, industry and investors will have to wait a little bit longer The UK government looks set to delay the publication of its much-anticipated Hydrogen Strategy, Kwasi Kwarteng, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (…
Lees meerRemembering the second American in space Somewhat lost in the hubbub over Jeff Bezos' jaunt into space is the 60th anniversary of Virgil "Gus" Grissom's suborbital flight aboard Liberty Bell 7.…
Lees meerAccording to simulations, anyway The gravitational field of neutron stars is so strong that so-called mountains poking out from their surfaces only grow to a fraction of a millimetre in height in simulations.…
Lees meerAfter hundreds of hours of work, engineers called out of retirement for help Pics The Hubble Space Telescope is back in action doing what it does best – capturing stunning images of the universe – after more than 50 NASA engineers worked hundreds o…
Lees meerHardware gremlins plagued orbiting observatory for over a month NASA’s beloved Hubble Space Telescope is able to snap the heavens again after overcoming a hardware issue that had plagued it for more than a month.…
Lees meerBezos and his bro on rocket jaunt A Dutch 18-year-old is set to be the youngest person to go into space after securing at the last minute a seat on Blue Origin’s first commercial spaceflight.…
Lees meerBuckle up, the great switchover starts today Good news, Hubble fans – NASA reckons it may have worked out what has upset the orbiting observatory: an iffy Power Control Unit (PCU).…
Lees meerSorry, how much do you charge?! America's United Airlines and regional carrier Mesa Airlines have together ordered 200 electric aircraft from an aerospace startup for short-distance passenger flights.…
Lees meerWhat's wrong with plugging it in? Brainiacs at UC San Diego say they have created a wearable design to turn your horrid sweaty hands into a charge for your electronic devices – while you barely have to lift a finger.…
Lees meerProcedure on stricken space telescope may be attempted later this week NASA has completed a formal review of what engineers will have to do to switch the Hubble Space Telescope to its backup hardware.…
Lees meerEl Reg grabs a moment in time with ExoMars trundlebot's chief engineer Helicopters on Mars have captured the imagination of nerds everywhere, however, an even more ambitious mission to return samples from the Red Planet to Earth is gathering pace.…
Lees meerMonitoring a person's 'iAge' may provide a means to prolong life, say scientists Buck Institute boffins, with colleagues at Stanford University, claim to have created the first "actionable clock" which can figure out when you're likely to croak it, …
Lees meerLiv Tyler-friendly Armageddon-avoidance project won't want to miss a thing with repurposed orbiters Space calamity boffins at Airbus and the European Space Agency (ESA) have come up with a new take on that old "massive, rogue impactor striking the E…
Lees meerHALO to form the crew habitat module of the Gateway outpost NASA has inked a $935m contract with Northrop Grumman to build the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) module for the Lunar Gateway.…
Lees meerWent into space and made it home in time for lunch British billionaire Sir Richard “Beardy” Branson on Sunday made a round trip of just over 170 kilometres in around 90 minutes.…
Lees meerLate Carboniferous period critters used wings to reflect light and make sound Scientists have discovered fossilised insect wings which suggest the flying creatures they belong to may have been communicating 310 million years ago – 50 million years b…
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