Japan’s Space BD has signed an agreement with Australian launch vehicle developer Gilmour Space ahead of that company’s first orbital launch attempt.

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Spaceport advocates won a tax break in the budget reconciliation bill that they hope will spur investment, but the provision has also generated a political backlash.

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Learn about the Moon-Rice project, which aims to create rice crops that can grow in space and help keep astronauts healthy.

Learn about a cosmic project that will journey to the dark side of the moon in order to listen for the Universe’s earliest echoes.

Learn how the benefits of GLP-1s may be outweighed by the risks.

India’s space regulator has approved services from Starlink, although SpaceX’s low Earth orbit network still needs spectrum and other clearances before it can provide broadband in the world’s most populous nation.

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Paul “Rusty” Thomas was tapped as chief executive of EnduroSat USA, as the company scales up operations.

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Is Earth's inner core solid or liquid? While the inner core is extremely hot, experts have known that it is solid for many years.

No one has to be reminded that we’re living at a dangerous time, and across Europe, leaders are scrambling to find the money to strengthen the bloc’s defenses. The continent’s defense startups are increasingly playing their part. But it sometimes seems as if we’re unwilling to let them. All across Europe, highly innovative companies building […]

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The SJ-21 and SJ-25 satellites “merged” on July 2 and have remained together since then.

A giant gas planet comparable in size to Saturn exists around a small red dwarf star. The discovery is beyond the scope of conventional astronomy theory, and is making experts reconsider conventional notions of planet formation.

When Canadian and European Space Agency leaders reaffirmed their commitment to work together in June, leaders focused their public remarks primarily on shared exploration goals and decades of fruitful partnership. “Canada and the European Space Agency are working on a number of projects all the way from exploration to Earth observation, communication, navigation and many […]

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Synspective, a Japanese company developing a radar imaging constellation, has signed an agreement with Exolaunch to launch 10 of the company’s satellites.

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New experiments show elephants use a wide range of movements to express their desires

A new evolutionary analysis of butterflies finds “false heads” arose from the coalescence of multiple traits

Scientists, ethicists, and officials worry the OpenAI-sponsored contest sidesteps archaeological norms

Partisan fight over Trump cuts heats up as Congress works on 2026 spending bills.

Despite a successful test flight of a reusable launch vehicle prototype last month, Honda has yet to decide whether to pursue development of an operational vehicle.

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Learn how your personality predicts your enjoyment of exercise, signaling which workouts you’ll stick with and which you’ll abandon.

Learn about the theory suggesting that the Earth sits inside of a void, which may explain why the universe appears to expand at an accelerating rate.

Learn more about squirting cucumbers (Ecballium elaterium) and how their seeds explode out of them, which could lead to medical advancements.

Learn more about the connection between melting glaciers and volcanic eruptions, a volatile relationship that has existed since the last Ice Age.

Neuraspace is developing AI-powered software with support from the European Space Agency to help operators better harness navigation signals for satellite tracking and collision avoidance, the Portuguese space traffic management startup announced July 8.

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Disinformation around a “weather weapon” and cloud seeding is being widely promoted by everyone from anti-government extremists to GOP influencers—leading to real-world consequences.