Voyager 1 launched in 1977 and now transmits from beyond the heliopause on roughly 12 watts — about what a hallway nightlight draws. Here is how a plutonium battery, a 3.7-metre dish, and 68 kilobytes of memory keep the conversation going across 25 billion kilometres.
We're living through a cosmic accident—one that's closing for good in 600 million years.
Cymothoa exigua enters a fish through the gills, severs the blood vessels of its tongue until the organ falls off, and then attaches to the stub and functions as a working replacement tongue for the rest of the fish's life — the only known case of a parasite anatomically replacing a host organ.
These trees outlived civilizations themselves, their rings a more precise record of Earth's climate than any human chronicle.
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 16, 2026 - Scientists from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the CAS Aerospace Information Research Institute, and collaborating institutions have used samples f
New York NY (SPX) Feb 09, 2026 - When Artemis II finally lights its engines and arcs away from Cape Canaveral, it will do more than send four astronauts on a ten-day loop around the Moon. It will fire the starting gun on a race tha
Tempe AZ (SPX) Feb 08, 2026 - Almost as tall as a football field, NASAs Space Launch System rocket and capsule stack traveled slowly - just under 1 mile per hour - out to the Artemis II launchpad, its temporary home at the Kenne
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 08, 2026 - For upcoming human and robotic missions to the Moon and Mars, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) will establish a new Human Exploration Control Center (HECC) at its site in Oberpfaffenhofen near Muni
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2026 - The countdown for NASA's Artemis II wet dress rehearsal is underway at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, marking a key test before the first crewed flight of the Space Launch System rock
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 05, 2026 - Before any building rises on the Moon, engineers will need to understand the soil beneath their structures just as they do on Earth. To address this challenge, a recent ESA Discovery project led by
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2026 - Voyager Technologies has launched a strategic lunar initiative designed to align with the White House Securing American Space Superiority executive order and to reinforce United States leadership be
New York (AFP) Feb 2, 2026 - NASA on Monday was conducting critical final tests ahead of setting a launch date for its first crewed flyby mission to the Moon in more than half a century.
New York NY (SPX) Jan 31, 2026 - As NASA counts down toward humanity's first crewed lunar mission in more than half a century, a question beyond engineering is taking shape: Can a flight that never touches the surface still define who wins the Second Moon Race?
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 30, 2026 - NASA is preparing a pair of global communications networks to keep the four-person Artemis II crew connected with Earth as they travel from low Earth orbit to a loop around the Moon and back. The mi
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2026 - Two Northrop Grumman five segment solid rocket boosters are taking their place on the launch pad as NASA prepares for the first crewed flight of the Space Launch System rocket under the Artemis II m
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 20, 2026 - A long-standing idea in planetary science proposes that water rich meteorites arriving late in Earth history delivered a major share of the planet's water inventory. A new study led by researchers a
