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Energy security, power systems, transition investment, and the industrial politics of supply.
The startup says its early-stage chip technology can recover energy during calculations, but its scalability and commercial viability remain unresolved.
Sedimentary layers in Southern California’s Soledad Basin tilt at an average of about 50 degrees after millions of years of deposition, tectonic deformation and erosion.
A clear Landsat 8 image shows summit heat, a volcanic plume and darkened snow on Saunders Island in the South Atlantic.
MIT Technology Review’s Insights arm says continuous AI services are making memory, storage, networking and data movement central to infrastructure planning.
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A two-hour virtual event will feature audio-described footage of the RS-25 engine and a dedicated panel on accessibility in space exploration.
Urea prices have surged by 80 per cent as the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and damage to ammonia plants disrupt supply chains, prompting farmers to look toward microbe-based alternatives.
The US space agency’s monthly guide highlights Venus at peak brilliance, the September equinox, and a rare planetary alignment involving Saturn and Neptune.
The US space agency has awarded Jeff Bezos’ company a firm-fixed-price contract to develop a next-generation system that will provide high-bandwidth communications and navigation services for current and future missions to the Red Planet.
After nearly a decade at NASA, including an eight-month expedition to the International Space Station, Jonny Kim is returning to active duty as a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy.
Back-to-back winter storms have delivered unprecedented snow and rain to the hyper-arid Atacama Desert, disrupting major observatories and causing widespread flooding in northern Chile.
The compact two-door truck prioritises affordability over range, featuring a 205-mile battery and hand-crank windows in a bid to revive stalled US EV sales.
A photograph captured in April 2025 has been selected for NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day, illustrating the complex atmospheric physics behind the northern lights.
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has been transported to the SpaceX hangar at Kennedy Space Center, positioning it for a launch targeted for no earlier than 30 August 2026.
A high-altitude WB-57F flight over the North Atlantic captured critical infrared data during the August total solar eclipse, offering new insights into the Sun’s unexpectedly hot outer atmosphere.
Engineers at NASA’s Langley Research Center are firing propulsion systems into simulated lunar regolith to understand how engine plumes interact with the Moon’s surface, a key step for the Artemis IV mission.
The new Deep Space Station 23 at the Goldstone complex marks a significant step in modernising the network, supporting over 40 spacecraft with advanced beam-waveguide technology.
A new adhesive derived from plant cellulose aims to replace petroleum-based glues, potentially cutting production emissions by up to 80 per cent.
Up to 14 teams will present lunar waste-management solutions at the University of Alabama, competing for a $1.325 million prize purse.
The small satellite, the first launched under NASA’s Astrophysics Pioneers program, will observe at least 20 exoplanets and their host stars to disentangle stellar signals from planetary data.
Subject matter experts from NASA’s Ames Research Center are available for virtual interviews on 26 August, four days before the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is scheduled to lift off from Florida.
NASA’s new collection combines high-energy data with observations from the James Webb and Hubble Space Telescopes to illustrate the diversity of spiral, elliptical, and irregular galaxies.
Expedition 75 flight engineers Anil Menon and Sophie Adenot spent six hours and 23 minutes outside the station to upgrade its communications capabilities.
Researchers in Australia and New Zealand are leveraging the sticky nature of spiderwebs to capture environmental DNA, offering a non-destructive method to track wildlife and detect invasive species.
The next-generation observatory is targeted for liftoff on 30 August 2026, with live coverage beginning at 6:20 a.m. EDT from Kennedy Space Center.