Blue Origin has unveiled a 20-meter lunar solar tower designed to provide over 10 kilowatts of power for future operations near the Moon’s south pole. Blue Origin has unveiled plans for a towering lunar solar array, a 20-meter structure designed to...

Study shows laser‑based power transmission could reliably power future lunar bases, even through the Moon’s long night. Sustaining human outposts on the Moon will hinge on a dependable power source as much as on launch vehicles and habitats. Research...

In a daring race against time, two cosmonauts braved a frozen, dead Salyut 7 space station to pull off one of history’s most complex orbital rescues. In February 1985, the Soviet Salyut 7 space station effectively became a ghost ship. A catastrophic...

Four astronauts returned to Earth weeks early after a health issue aboard the International Space Station, triggering the first medical evacuation in the outpost’s 25-year history. Human spaceflight is built on schedules measured years in advance....

A SpaceX Dragon mission has docked at the ISS, delivering critical medical research equipment and new solar arrays to boost orbital power capacity. A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on...

A long-forgotten generator from the 1980s could soon provide a sustainable power source for the seafloor after decades in storage. A dormant piece of cold-era technology, originally developed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the 1980s, is...

NASA astronauts finish pivotal spacewalk to ready the ISS for upgraded solar power systems, boosting station energy capacity. On 6 August, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Anil Menon completed a 6‑hour‑plus extravehicular activity that placed the last...

NASA plans three August spacewalks to upgrade the ISS’s power, communications, and operational systems, boosting station performance. NASA has outlined a three‑mission series of U.S. extravehicular activities slated for August, aimed at modernising the...

Japan aims to encircle the Moon’s equator with a massive solar power belt, a bold sci‑fi‑style plan to harvest lunar energy. A proposed lunar solar array would encircle the Moon’s equator for roughly 11,000 kilometers (6,800 miles), expanding in...

A proposed 6,800-mile lunar solar ring could harvest massive amounts of energy and beam it back to Earth, offering a radical solution for global power needs. Tokyo-based construction giant Shimizu Corporation has proposed an ambitious architectural...

The 1961 Idaho reactor explosion ended in milliseconds, yet its cause and lingering design flaws still spark debate decades later. On the morning of 3 January 1961, a routine restart of the Army’s SL‑1 reactor in Idaho went tragically wrong when the...

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope has successfully tested its global ground network, confirming it can effectively receive data ahead of its upcoming mission. NASA has successfully validated the communication infrastructure for the Nancy Grace Roman Space...

Lunar ice could sustain small moon bases for centuries, but new research suggests a million-person metropolis faces a critical water shortage. The vision of a bustling metropolis on the Moon may be running into a harsh reality: water scarcity. While...

Invasive tree sparks massive blackout, plunging 50 million people into darkness and revealing a critical power‑grid vulnerability. A seemingly innocuous tree in northern Ohio set off a chain of events that contributed to the 2003 Northeast blackout,...

Beneath Antarctica’s icy surface lies a hidden, flooded volcano, home to abandoned whaling relics, forgotten graves, and mysterious geothermal activity. Navigating toward Deception Island in the South Shetland archipelago requires precision. Vessels...

China plans robot dogs to patrol, mine resources and aid astronauts at its 2035 lunar station, boosting space exploration capabilities. Chinese engineers are exploring the possibility of deploying autonomous quadruped robots on the Moon to assist...

Nearly five decades into its mission, Voyager 1 is venturing into uncharted interstellar space, continuing to transmit vital data back to Earth. Nearly five decades into its journey, the Voyager 1 probe continues to push deeper into the void, operating...

A jellyfish swarm disrupts a French nuclear plant, reviving a feared issue operators believed they’d mitigated, highlighting the striking timing. Jellyfish Swarm Forces Reactor Shutdown at France’s Largest Nuclear Facility A dense aggregation of...

The study, published in PNAS Nexus, highlights that the current trajectory could enable ventures such as orbital solar power stations, asteroid mining operations, and manufacturing facilities that produce fiber‑optic cables or bioprinted organs in...

Sceye’s solar-powered HAPS airship successfully completed a 30,000 km test flight, demonstrating its potential for global mobile and emergency connectivity. A recent mission has pushed the boundaries of telecommunications, as an uncrewed solar-powered...