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Dassault Aviation and OHB are partnering to build VORTEX-S, a reusable European spaceplane proposed to ESA. Designed for cargo and crew missions, it will develop in four phases, with a demonstrator flying by 2028 and full-scale versions entering service by the mid-2030s, filling the gap left by the retiring ISS.
The Electron-Ion Collider (EIC), being built at Brookhaven National Laboratory, will be the world's first particle collider with AI built into its design from the start — not added later. Costing up to $2.8 billion and launching...
Airo Group unveiled its JX250/JC250 hybrid-electric autonomous aircraft at AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2026, targeting both military and commercial markets. The drone can carry 150 kg payloads, fly 320+ km, and stay airborne up to 18 hours...
On April 27, 2026, ISS astronaut Chris Williams spotted a bright fireball streaking through the upper atmosphere over West Africa while searching for an approaching cargo spacecraft. He watched it break apart into smaller pieces,...
Swiss engineering students at ETH Zurich successfully tested a rotating detonation rocket engine, firing 20,000 controlled explosions per second using propane and liquid oxygen. The technology, also pursued by NASA and Japan,...
IonQ is opening a 22,000 sq ft quantum computing lab in Boulder, Colorado, set to house its first fully installed quantum computer by late 2025. The facility will help develop chips for future systems ranging from 256 qubits in...
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Natural "white hydrogen" has been discovered leaking from billion-year-old rocks in an Ontario mine, potentially yielding 140+ tonnes annually. Located under existing mining infrastructure, it offers clean energy for ~400...
Georgia Tech's new ferroelectric memory chip withstands up to 1 million rads—30x more radiation than conventional flash—by storing data as material polarization rather than electrical charges, making it suitable for deep space...
China has discovered new rare earth deposits in its northeastern provinces of Heilongjiang and Jilin, potentially strengthening its already dominant grip on the global rare earth supply. Unlike southern deposits, these formations...
Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory are building AI-powered robots that learn lab procedures by observing human researchers wearing motion-capture sensors. Called RoSA, the project is part of a U.S. Department of Energy...
Duke University researchers developed LinCx, a biological "bypass" that creates precise electrical connections between specific neurons, potentially revolutionizing treatment for neurological disorders. Instead of drugs or broad...
Monash University scientists created ultra-thin graphene and boron nitride membranes that enable hydrogen fuel cells to operate at 482°F without water, potentially accelerating clean energy adoption in transportation and heavy...
Researchers developed a platinum-free catalyst combining rhenium and molybdenum phosphide that splits water into hydrogen using renewable electricity, running 1,000+ hours at industrial performance—potentially making clean...
A previously unknown, blue whale-sized asteroid will narrowly miss Earth tonight, exposing critical gaps in planetary defense. With key radar systems offline, only 1% of similar asteroids are ever detected.
Europe's mountain ranges, particularly the Pyrenees and the Alps, may sit atop vast reserves of natural hydrogen formed through a chemical process called serpentinization, where iron-rich rocks react with water to release...
In 1931, Kurt Gödel shook the foundation of mathematics by proving that no formal system of rules and axioms can ever capture all mathematical truth. There will always be true statements that cannot be proven within that system....
Eight meters wide and wound by hand directly inside the machine, two ring-shaped coils now sit at the heart of the world's largest operational tokamak. Japan's JT-60SA fusion reactor has just entered a critical commissioning...
Japan successfully tested a ramjet engine capable of powering a Mach 5 aircraft, potentially cutting Japan-to-US flight time to two hours, with practical deployment targeted for the 2040s.
Varda Space Industries has partnered with United Therapeutics to develop drugs in orbit, using microgravity to grow purer, more uniform crystals that could make medicines more effective and cheaper. Success could spark a broader...
A startup called Casimir, Inc. claims to generate free energy using the Casimir force between metal plates and pillars, but the physics doesn't support it. Surface impurities and contact voltages would likely explain any measured...
NASA's Psyche spacecraft swung past Mars in a gravity assist maneuver, using the planet's gravitational pull to boost its speed and adjust its path toward the metal-rich asteroid Psyche. This flyby saved fuel and set the...
A protein called MYC, already known for fueling tumor growth, also helps cancer cells repair DNA damage caused by chemotherapy — essentially helping them survive treatment. This discovery, focused on pancreatic cancer, could lead...
Researchers found a fuel-efficient lunar route saving at least 58.80 m/s by first flying close to the moon, then using gravitational "highways" near the L1 Lagrange point to significantly reduce fuel costs.
L3Harris has passed a critical design review for a next-generation nuclear generator producing 250 watts of electricity, potentially powering NASA deep-space missions by the early 2030s. The compact system converts plutonium-238...