Space & Science

Gulfstream flew a G700 on 100% ... Gulfstream flew a G700 on 100% sustainable fuel — and the contrails shrank by 56% New high-altitude test data suggest cutting aviation's non-CO2 warming effect may matter more than carbon accounting alone. July 12, 2026, 6:21 p.m.
LEGO's new 1,252-piece Hubble Telescope set ... LEGO's new 1,252-piece Hubble Telescope set launches August 1 The standalone Icons set triples the piece count of the 2021 Space Shuttle version and opens up to reveal the telescope's internal instrument bay. July 11, 2026, 8:04 p.m.
FCC approves space mirror satellite — ... FCC approves space mirror satellite — and bypassed environmental review to do it Reflect Orbital's Earendil-1 got the green light on July 9 by being classified as communications infrastructure, leaving light pollution and astronomy harm entirely unregulated. July 11, 2026, 3:01 a.m.
Airbus and MTU are building a ... Airbus and MTU are building a hydrogen fuel cell engine — no combustion, no CO₂ The two aerospace giants announced a formal joint venture on July 7, 2026, to develop a fully electric hydrogen-powered aircraft engine. Commercial flights are still a 2040s story. July 10, 2026, 7:49 p.m.
NASA streamed 4K video from the ... NASA streamed 4K video from the Moon using a laser — here's how it worked The Artemis II mission used an experimental laser link to beam live video from lunar orbit to 25 million viewers. Radio waves couldn't have done it. July 9, 2026, 3:49 p.m.
Australia's CSIRO built a quantum device ... Australia's CSIRO built a quantum device to stop GPS spoofing Entangled photons could protect the satellite timing signals that keep banking, power grids, and transport running — but field deployment is still a long way off. July 9, 2026, 3:21 p.m.
NASA's New Horizons Wakes Up 5.9 ... NASA's New Horizons Wakes Up 5.9 Billion Miles From Earth — and Gets Straight to Work The veteran probe ended a 321-day hibernation on June 23, and Congress saved it from budget cuts just in time to keep science going. July 9, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NASA contracts Firefly Aerospace to build ... NASA contracts Firefly Aerospace to build the heat shield for its 2028 Mars helicopter mission SkyFall will drop three next-gen helicopters directly into the Martian atmosphere — no landing platform required — to hunt for subsurface water ice. July 9, 2026, 4:28 a.m.
Korean Scientists Revolutionize Battery Tech with ... Korean Scientists Revolutionize Battery Tech with Eco-Friendly, Cost-Effective Dry Anode Process Korean scientists have found a way to reduce the cost of battery production and speed up their charging with a new "dry" method of making anodes. July 7, 2026, 5:17 p.m.
NASA's telescope rescue mission delayed after ... NASA's telescope rescue mission delayed after rocket anomaly scrubs launch A technical problem with the Pegasus XL rocket forced the LINK spacecraft back to base before it could attempt to save the Swift Observatory from burning up in October. July 2, 2026, 6:14 p.m.
Anthropic's Claude Science turns AI into ... Anthropic's Claude Science turns AI into a full research workbench A new beta platform for scientists uses 60+ specialized AI agents to run literature reviews, genetic analysis, and protein modeling — cutting weeks of work to hours. July 1, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
Europe's lunar lander needs foreign maps ... Europe's lunar lander needs foreign maps to land on the Moon ESA's €862M Argonaut cargo lander, due in 2030, depends on US, Indian, and Chinese topographic data because Europe has no detailed maps of its own lunar south pole target. July 1, 2026, 1:36 p.m.
China's hollow-core fiber trial hits 51 ... China's hollow-core fiber trial hits 51 Tbps over 200 km — no repeaters needed China Telecom and YOFC just ran the world's first field-scale hollow-core fiber test at backbone speeds, and it changes the math on long-haul network infrastructure. June 28, 2026, 4:39 p.m.
Chinese alloy doubles ultrahigh-temperature strength — ... Chinese alloy doubles ultrahigh-temperature strength — and NASA's best can't match it Researchers at Xi'an Jiaotong University have published a tantalum alloy that holds twice the strength of NASA's T-222 at temperatures where conventional metals simply melt. June 27, 2026, 3:42 p.m.
SpaceX launches Starfall, its own cargo ... SpaceX launches Starfall, its own cargo return capsule — and one customer should be worried The disk-shaped capsule can bring 1,000 kg back from orbit, dwarfing rivals. The catch: some of those rivals pay SpaceX for their launches. June 23, 2026, 3:55 p.m.
NASA is launching a robotic mission ... NASA is launching a robotic mission to rescue a falling telescope The Swift Observatory has been dropping out of orbit faster than expected. A $30M contract with an Arizona startup may be its only shot at survival. June 21, 2026, 4:01 p.m.
Musk and Isaacman talk up antimatter ... Musk and Isaacman talk up antimatter engines — but the math is staggering The NASA chief and SpaceX's biggest backer both endorse antimatter propulsion research. The science is real; the price tag is almost incomprehensible. June 21, 2026, 2:36 p.m.
Astrobotic's Griffin-1 lander is ready for ... Astrobotic's Griffin-1 lander is ready for testing — and a lot is riding on it After Peregrine-1 burned up over Earth in 2024, Astrobotic rebuilt its lunar ambitions around Griffin-1 — a 650kg-capacity lander targeting the Moon's south pole in late 2026. June 16, 2026, 3:43 p.m.
Japan's 250-gram moon rover just made ... Japan's 250-gram moon rover just made the case for swarm robotics SORA-Q, a spherical robot the size of an orange, operated autonomously on the lunar surface for 100 minutes — and it may reshape how space agencies plan future missions. June 16, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NASA's X-59 hits mission cruise speed ... NASA's X-59 hits mission cruise speed on second supersonic flight The quiet supersonic jet reached Mach 1.4 at 55,000 feet on June 12 — exactly the conditions it needs for upcoming community noise surveys. June 15, 2026, 3:27 a.m.
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