Science & Space

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

surgeons in london removed a brain tumor with an ai tool watching over their shoulders Your skull contains no road signs. That is precisely the gap a team of London neurosurgeons asked an AI tool to help close back in May — and it's the phrase the patient reached for once it was over.

Surgeons in London Removed a Brain Tumor With an AI Tool Watching Over Their Shoulders

the anti aging benefit of eating less may hinge on one immune protein yale study finds Slash a mouse's food intake by 40% and it might survive longer. It will also become worse at fighting off infections, reproduce less successfully, and grow poorly. Aging researchers have wrestled with that trade-off for decades, and it explains why no credible scientist has ever advised starving your way to your 90s.

The anti-aging benefit of eating less may hinge on one immune protein, Yale study finds

a pangolin collected in 1836 just revealed a hidden species An animal that has sat dead in a collection since 1836 has finally settled a dispute over what to call one of the most heavily trafficked mammals on the planet.

A Pangolin Collected in 1836 Just Revealed a Hidden Species

roman space telescope buttoned up inside falcon heavy fairing ahead of aug 30 launch NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope vanished behind closed doors on Aug. 21. Inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, crews sealed a 43-foot shell around the observatory — and barring a serious setback, no one will lay eyes on it again.

Roman Space Telescope Buttoned Up Inside Falcon Heavy Fairing Ahead of Aug. 30 Launch

spacex bets 100 billion on a louisiana starbase with construction set for 2027 After seven years of searching, the site that won out was a former Exxon tract in the marshland of Vermilion Parish. SpaceX intends to pour $100 billion into a second spaceport there, sitting west of New Orleans and roughly a 10-hour drive from the original Starbase in South Texas. Ground breaks in 2027, and the company says a Starship will lift off from the location in 2029.

SpaceX Bets $100 Billion on a Louisiana Starbase — With Construction Set for 2027