LIGO cranks up the sensitivity to sniff out gravitational waves
The instrument that proved Einstein right is backThe US ultra-sensitive space science project, which first proved the existence of gravitational waves, is back after three years of upgrades and...
View ArticleMars helicopter went silent for six sols, imperilled Perseverance rover
Ingenuity's still setting records, but waking it up and chatting are getting harderNASA has revealed a six-day stretch during which it could not contact its Ingenuity Mars helicopter.…
View ArticleUncle Sam wants DEF CON hackers to pwn this Moonlighter satellite in space
'World's first and only' orbiting infosec playpen due to blast off SundayFeature Assuming the weather and engineering gods cooperate, a US government-funded satellite dubbed Moonlighter will launch at...
View ArticleJames Webb smells someone having barbecue in galaxy 12 billion light years away
Most distant smoke and smog discovery could help explain star formation in the early universeUsing data from the James Webb Space Telescope, an international group of astronomers have discovered smog...
View ArticleScientists think they may have cracked life support for Martian occupation
Outdated ISS system will need an upgrade if we're to go further into spaceResearchers have figured out that direct photochemical reactions could provide the oxygen and hydrogen humans need for...
View ArticleCaltech claims to have beamed energy to Earth from satellite
Tech has potential to power war-torn spots and remote regionsResearchers at a US university claim to have beamed energy from a satellite in orbit to a detector on Earth, demonstrating that harvesting...
View ArticleStudy recommends mandatory 3-year vacation so astronauts' brains can recover
Space isn't something we can just get used to, suggesting a rethink of mission durations and frequencyScientists studying the brains of astronauts have discovered startling changes brought on by...
View ArticleFamily-owned aerospace biz throws a wrench in Boeing IP lawsuit
Tool was allegedly used incorrectly to attach parts for the SLS and ISSBoeing is being sued for allegedly stealing IP and ripping off tools built by family-owned company Wilson Aerospace to assemble...
View ArticleBeams from brightest gamma ray burst ever seen were pointed directly at Earth
Plus: Boffins puzzle over why GRB 221009A's shape is unlike any other astronomical electromagnetic jetsThe brightest gamma-ray burst ever detected yet, codenamed GRB 221009A, has a strange structure...
View ArticleDoD networks Amazon's off-grid DCs using SES's new MEO sats
TLA WTF IMOTo keep the US military connected to the cloud, satellite communications business SES has revealed it will provide high-speed satellite communications to Amazon's recently unveiled modular...
View ArticleParker Solar Probe uncovers mystery of 'fast' solar winds
And just in time for the solar maximum, when wind-generating coronal holes like to point right at EarthEarthlings have unraveled yet another solar mystery after NASA's Parker Solar Probe managed to...
View ArticleAfter scaring the world, China shows off 'chute that can aim Long March...
Tech shrinks landing zones by 80 percentAfter years of expecting the world to deal with debris from the Long March rockets, the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT) has developed a...
View ArticleJapan's revised space security plan reportedly considers counterstrike...
What happened to 'for all mankind'? Fear of Russia and China, for startersOn Tuesday, the government of Japan adopted its first official plan for space security – and it will likely include...
View ArticleJames Webb spots the early galaxies responsible for tidying up the universe
I can see clearly now reionization's doneIf you didn't already know, it may surprise you to discover that space wasn't always clear.…
View ArticlePhosphates on Enceladus could mean sub-surface oceans teeming with aliens
Scientists find last missing precondition for life on Saturnian moonScientists analyzing data from the Cassini space probe have discovered that the sub-surface oceans of Saturn's moon Enceladus contain...
View ArticleFresh details on the flash that sits inside Mars Perseverance Rover
Plus space-hardened SSDs planned for lunar DC ... if and when that happensSSD maker Phison recently shared fresh details on the flash that sits inside the Mars Perseverance rover with Reg sister title...
View ArticleAstroscale wants to be the world's friendly neighborhood space garbage collector
Just as World Economic Forum pushes for five-year deadline to de-orbit junkEarth's orbit is getting extremely untidy, littered with the corpses of satellites, spent rocket engines, and debris caused by...
View ArticleJapan's lander wakes up, takes blurry snap of Moon
Winter Night is comingJapan's Moon lander has woken up on the lunar surface and begun transmitting data back to controllers at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA.)…
View ArticleSquare Kilometre Array prototype 'scope achieves first light
SKAMPI was made in China, driven by Docker, located in South Africa, and aimed at the starsOne of the radio telescope designs to be used by the Square Kilometre Array has achieved first light.…
View ArticleSpace exploitation vs space exploration: Humanity has much to learn from the...
When 'what's the value to the economy?' wasn't front of mindInterview It will soon be half a century since NASA's Voyager probes were launched on a tour of the solar system. The reason for their...
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