Science & Space

trump signs space transportation policy ordering interior to find federal land for a new spaceport Fix one figure in your head: 1,000. That is the annual volume of launches and reentries the nation's space transportation ranges are expected to absorb by 2030 under the national space transportation policy President Donald Trump put his signature to on Thursday. For comparison, 176 orbital launch attempts lifted off from American soil last year.

Trump Signs Space Transportation Policy Ordering Interior to Find Federal Land for a New Spaceport

starcloud banks another 250m for orbital data centers as launch slots dry up Starcloud's FCC paperwork covers 88,000 spacecraft. The company employs 25 people.

Starcloud banks another $250M for orbital data centers as launch slots dry up

a falcon 9 stage gouged a 60 foot crater into the moon and ula finally has a new chief Near Einstein Crater, a spent Falcon 9 upper stage slammed into the lunar surface and left behind a pit measuring about 60 feet wide and under 10 feet deep — and NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured the evidence. Ordinarily a space debris item like this barely registers. This one became a science opportunity.

A Falcon 9 stage gouged a 60-foot crater into the Moon — and ULA finally has a new chief

six days of waiting nasas orbiter finally captures the moon crater left by a falcon 9 Six days of orbital patience were needed before NASA could get a clean view of the mark left when a rocket stage — one that departed Earth back in January 2025 — slammed into the Moon on Aug. 5.

Six Days of Waiting: NASA’s Orbiter Finally Captures the Moon Crater Left by a Falcon 9

672 antibodies rebuilt ai designed intrabodies take aim at alzheimers parkinsons and mnd from inside the cell The obstacle facing antibodies is an electrical one. That is the conclusion sitting at the heart of new research from the University of Essex, and it goes a long way toward explaining why decades of antibody development has largely stalled at the cell membrane.

672 antibodies rebuilt: AI-designed ‘intrabodies’ take aim at Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and MND from inside the cell

swift observatory left to burn up as nasa calls off its orbital rescue There will be no rescue. NASA has cancelled the piece of the mission that counted: no spacecraft will lift the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory back to a safe altitude, and the telescope is now expected to fall back into Earth's atmosphere and burn up before the year is out.

Swift Observatory Left to Burn Up as NASA Calls Off Its Orbital Rescue

falcon 9 debris leaves a 60 foot scar on the moon and nasa just photographed it Getting the photograph took six days of orbital waiting. NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter needed its own track and a freshly made scar on the moon to fall into alignment, and then had to roll onto its side so its cameras looked straight down at terrain 60 miles beneath it.

Falcon 9 Debris Leaves a 60-Foot Scar on the Moon, and NASA Just Photographed It

same receptor two routes cambridge team maps the brain circuits behind obesity drugs Here is a puzzle that has nagged metabolism researchers for years: two obesity drugs hit the same receptor in completely opposite ways, and patients lose weight either way. A mouse study out of Cambridge has now supplied an answer, and it is not that one drug wins the tug-of-war. The two classes were never competing for the same target — they operate in different parts of the brain.

Same receptor, two routes: Cambridge team maps the brain circuits behind obesity drugs

double chooz measures the faint antineutrino afterglow of a reactor thats already switched off Power down a nuclear reactor and the core doesn't fall silent. It merely fades.

Double Chooz measures the faint antineutrino afterglow of a reactor that’s already switched off

197 people no cameras german researchers id strangers using nothing but everyday wifi Researchers at Germany's Karlsruhe Institute of Technology sat 197 volunteers in front of a bog-standard WiFi setup and worked out who each one was with almost 100% accuracy. There was no camera involved. Nobody needed a phone in their pocket. All it took was the radio traffic your router is already scattering around the room.

197 people, no cameras: German researchers ID strangers using nothing but everyday WiFi