Stylish Artemis spacesuit design revealed last week should never fly, billionaire argues Private sector space outfit Axion and Italian fashion house Prada last week revealed the space suit that will be used on the Artemis III mission.…
Lees meerBut first stop is Mars for a speed boost, then back to Earth for the final push The Europa Clipper has unfurled its solar panels and is on its way to Jupiter, but it's taking a circuitous route by way of Mars.…
Lees meerBots that learn to peel potatoes is a lot less scary than Black Mirror Boston Dynamics and Toyota Research Institute (TRI) announced on Wednesday they're partnering to combine the former's multi-jointed athletic humanoid, Atlas, with TRI's large beh…
Lees meerBots that learn to peel potatoes is a lot less scary than Black Mirror Boston Dynamics and Toyota Research Institute (TRI) announced on Wednesday they're partnering to combine the former's multi-jointed athletic humanoid, Atlas, with TRI's large beh…
Lees meerLong-term research program includes building Moon bases, finding habitable exoplanets, and probing 'space-time ripples' China yesterday revealed its space exploration plans between now and the year 2050, and one of the nation's goals is finding habi…
Lees meerThe duo eyes a target of 5 GW online in US by 2039, assuming tech comes to fruition With energy scarcity threatening to derail datacenter ambitions, cloud providers are looking for salvation in the atom.…
Lees meerBrit biz updates world on why tech might not be forever 30 years away Brit nuclear fusion biz Tokamak Energy has detailed early progress in a US Department of Energy (DOE) project that aims to deliver commercial fusion energy in the next decade.…
Lees meerWho said Archimedes' death ray was a busted myth? The future of the Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission may be uncertain, but don't tell that to boffins at Sandia National Laboratories that tested heat shield prototypes by blasting them with rays of fo…
Lees meerPlus: We chat about going to the Moon and keeping the ISS running for a few more years Interview The first Dane to fly in space, Andreas Mogensen, thinks there's every chance the International Space Station (ISS) might last for a few more years and…
Lees meerLiftoff after dodging hurricanes and paranoia scrub SpaceX has sent NASA's Europa Clipper on its mission to the Jupiter moon atop its Falcon Heavy rocket.…
Lees meerMechanical chopsticks on the launch tower grab a returning rocket and Starship splashes down on target SpaceX's engineers performed two significant feats on Saturday: catching Starship's Super Heavy Booster with mechanical arms on the rocket's launc…
Lees meerThe Space Force craft will attempt aerobraking for the first time After nearly a year in orbit, the US Space Force's secretive X-37B is prepped to perform some fancy new maneuvers to alter its orbit and dump its service module before carrying on wit…
Lees meerDirector General on being a good partner and developing rockets Interview The European Space Agency (ESA) had to use a SpaceX rocket to send its Hera spacecraft to Dimorphos. After the delays of the Ariane 6, what will the Ariane 7 look like? And i…
Lees meerScientists undecided about possible flavor After observing Jupiter's Great Red Spot (GRS) with the Hubble Space Telescope for 90 days, scientists have determined that it behaves like a "bowl of gelatin."…
Lees meerIt can also type, so the robo-doctor can heal you and write legibly Robot hands are commonplace, but their sense of touch is crude compared to that of a human. A design proposed by a group of scientists in the Middle Kingdom may change that.…
Lees meerWe'd know if it were true, and our reporters are just fine Those who rely on the BBC's online weather forecasts to plan their day would be forgiven if they woke up this morning and thought the world was ending, but those 13,508 mile-an-hour winds in…
Lees meerOn the bright side, auroras may dazzle skies as far south as mid-latitudes Watch out, Earth: There's another strong geomagnetic storm headed our way from the Sun, following the G5-class one that hit back in May.…
Lees meerLet’s just hope they don’t give the literature award to a bot, too This year's Nobel Prizes are shaping up to be a triumph for AI. After awarding the physics prize to early AI pioneers yesterday, the chemistry prize has now gone to the creators of A…
Lees meerFirst-ever awarded for contributions to artificial intelligence If you needed another sign that we've well and truly entered the AI age, here it is: The first Nobel Prize has been awarded for contributions to artificial intelligence. …
Lees meerPenned Analytical Engine algorithm in her youth, imagine if she'd lived past 36 Today we remember Ada Lovelace Day, famed for her work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical computer, the Analytical Engine.…
Lees meer'Deconversion' can begin now, but initial enrichment, transportation and storage to processors is still TBD The US Department of Energy has awarded shares of an $800 million contract for advanced nuclear fuel deconversion to four companies, but it's…
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