Science & Space

we asked hundreds of astrobiologists if weve found alien life only 6 6 said yes In a survey taken after the K2-18b announcement, just 6.6% of astrobiologists said they believed scientists had probably detected extraterrestrial life. Close to two-thirds rejected the idea entirely.

We Asked Hundreds of Astrobiologists If We’ve Found Alien Life — Only 6.6% Said Yes

alma confirms 3iatlas is drowning in methanol How unusual is this object? Two separate observing sessions in late 2025 supplied the number: methanol-to-hydrogen-cyanide ratios of roughly 70 and 120.

ALMA Confirms 3I/ATLAS Is Drowning in Methanol

a 2018 meerkat archive just yielded a direct detection of ancient hydrogen Seven years passed with the data sitting on a disk before anybody noticed the signal hiding inside it.

A 2018 MeerKAT Archive Just Yielded a Direct Detection of Ancient Hydrogen

spectrum reaches orbit europe finally has a privately built launcher Isar Aerospace's previous attempt to reach space ended half a minute after liftoff, when the rocket dropped into the sea and blew apart. That was back in March. On this occasion, the German firm's two-stage Spectrum climbed all the way to low Earth orbit.

Spectrum Reaches Orbit: Europe Finally Has a Privately Built Launcher

princetons pacman reads fusion plasma in 20 milliseconds far faster than any operator Even a fully attentive human operator needs roughly a second to respond to anything. PACMAN, a control framework developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and Princeton University, completes an entire pass in about 20 milliseconds, then loops back and does it again for the duration of the shot.

Princeton’s PACMAN reads fusion plasma in 20 milliseconds — far faster than any operator

spectrum reaches orbit isar aerospace becomes europes first fully commercial launch company Seven minutes. That is all the time a 92-foot rocket, designed by three former students, needed to pull off something no privately funded European launch company had ever managed.

Spectrum reaches orbit: Isar Aerospace becomes Europe’s first fully commercial launch company

an ai drew the flight path for a 15 million probe headed to alpha centauri Eighty thousand years in transit — and that's the hopeful scenario.

An AI Drew the Flight Path for a $15 Million Probe Headed to Alpha Centauri

dragon oxidizer leak grounds crew 13 as nasa and spacex hunt for a new launch date NASA and SpaceX have slipped off their scheduled departure for the International Space Station after an oxidizer leak turned up in the propulsion system of the Crew-13 Dragon spacecraft — and no replacement date has been penciled in.

Dragon Oxidizer Leak Grounds Crew-13 as NASA and SpaceX Hunt for a New Launch Date

swift is observing again and nasa is watching its orbit decay Two of the three science instruments aboard Swift resumed operation on Aug. 26. The spacecraft they ride on is still sinking toward Earth.

Swift is observing again — and NASA is watching its orbit decay

roman space telescope launches on a three month trek to l2 and a survey 1000x faster than hubble It took seven minutes from liftoff before controllers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, began receiving telemetry from the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Riding a SpaceX Falcon Heavy, the observatory departed Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 7:26 a.m. EDT Sunday, and it now sits three months and about one million miles away from the orbit where its real work begins.

Roman Space Telescope launches on a three-month trek to L2 and a survey 1,000x faster than Hubble