We need to be first on the Moon, uh, again, says NASA 'I don't want China to get to the south pole with humans and then say: this is ours, stay out' Science09 Aug 2023 | 148
Boeing abandons plans for crewed Starliner flight in 2023 The calamity capsule won't be ready to fly until March 2024, and even then a launch date hasn't been ironed out Science08 Aug 2023 | 23
NASA's ice-hunting cubesat lunar mission is over, thanks to a stuck valve Plus: India's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft successfully enters orbit around Moon, and beams photos back Science08 Aug 2023 | 7
Scientists strangely unable to follow recipe for holy grail room-temp superconductor Race to replicate LK-99, and the process used to create it, hits plenty of hurdles Science07 Aug 2023 | 106
Lawrence Livermore lab repeats fusion breakthrough – yep, still kinda works Greater yield than last year, but don't ditch your solar panels just yet Science07 Aug 2023 | 25
Graphene foam is the future of IoT power, maybe An electrically charged spring in your step Science07 Aug 2023 | 8
Hide and seek in outer space highlights a battle here on Earth Opinion Voyager's mix of tenacity and discovery should worry its science icon competitors Science07 Aug 2023 | 43
Experiment arrives at the ISS to see if astronauts can keep things cool No sweat, but this could take us to infinity and beyond Science05 Aug 2023 | 24
Astronaut-menacing sunstorm spotted rippling across inner solar system Rare coronal mass ejection so powerful it was observed from Earth, Moon, and Mars Science04 Aug 2023 | 24
NASA and pals complete Artemis II recovery dress rehearsal One more box checked in humanity's quest to return to the Moon Science03 Aug 2023 | 3
Airbus to help with International Space Station replacement Orbiter is supposed to be ready by 2028, so JV partners had better hurry Science03 Aug 2023 | 46
After fears that Europe's space scope was toast, its first images look mighty fine Here's looking at Euclid Science02 Aug 2023 | 30
Voyager 2 found! Deep Space Network hears it chattering in space Not all heroes wear capes – some are 50-year-old antennas Science02 Aug 2023 | 82
Japanese boffins slice semiconductors from diamonds – with lasers! Chips based on the tech could boost efficiency of electric vehicles Science02 Aug 2023 | 19
MIT boffins build battery alternative out of cement, carbon black, water Imagine your home's foundation was its own energy-storing supercapacitor Science02 Aug 2023 | 98
First US nuclear power plant built this century goes online Westinghouse's 2017 bankruptcy almost ended the Vogtle 3 reactor Science01 Aug 2023 | 32
Bacterial byproducts may help stop the stink in future spacesuits ESA is testing that pink stuff from your dirty bathtub as an antimicrobial Moon suit lining Science01 Aug 2023 | 10
Astronomers testing next-gen asteroid-hunting algorithm discover potentially hazardous object Scientists explain how the new HelioLinc3D software works to The Register Science01 Aug 2023 | 6
Farewell, Aeolus: Doomed ESA weather sat reenters atmosphere over Antarctica Video Not quite a controlled deorbit but not an uncontrolled one, either Science01 Aug 2023 | 5
Satnav for the Moon could benefit from Fibonacci’s expertise Middle Ages maths to the rescue Science31 Jul 2023 | 18
NASA mistakenly severs communication to Voyager 2 Updated Thankfully the probe regularly phones home to fix this sort of mess Science31 Jul 2023 | 135
NASA, DARPA enlist Lockheed to build nuclear-powered spacecraft Hey, at least this one isn't an actual bomb Science27 Jul 2023 | 16
A room-temperature, ambient-pressure superconductor? Take a closer look It's OK to be skeptical if someone says they found the holy grail Science27 Jul 2023 | 105
Aliens crash landed on Earth – and Uncle Sam is covering it up, this guy tells Congress Poll Men in Black snatched Little Green Men's spacecraft, allegedly Science27 Jul 2023 | 322
NASA awards $150 million to prototype tech for humans on the Moon, and above it Inflatable heat shields, robot cable layers, and a furnace to burn lunar dust for minerals and oxygen Science26 Jul 2023 | 19
James Webb spots water vapor in rocky planet-forming disk Turns out proto-Earths may bring their own drinks Science25 Jul 2023 | 6
NASA's DART kicked up swarm of 37 boulders after Dimorphos asteroid crash Hubble Space Telescope managed to capture 'some of the faintest things ever imaged inside our solar system' Science21 Jul 2023 | 9
Weird radio pulses could be coming from new type of stellar object Astronomers puzzled over what is powering GPM J1839−10 Science20 Jul 2023 | 23
Always on the Horizon, UK must wait for megabucks EU science deal Rishi Sunak fails to secure place in €95.5B program before Parliament packs up for holiday Science20 Jul 2023 | 114
Russia's tiny quantum computer is (probably) nothing to worry about 16 qubit system capable of modeling simple molecules, Kremlin says Science20 Jul 2023 | 17
Rocket Lab wants to dry off and reuse Electron booster recovered from the ocean Appears to have given up the idea of catching the component midair with a helicopter Science19 Jul 2023 | 16
Auroras – the solar system's universal light show (except Neptune... sorry, Neptune) Data from 2021 Mercury flyby shows same mechanisms cause phenomena throughout our star system Science18 Jul 2023 | 9
India takes second punt at soft lunar landing with launch of Chandrayaan-3 mission We'll see in 42 days whether economical $74.5M rover sticks Science14 Jul 2023 | 31
NASA to store pair of probes it's built but can’t send to target asteroids Janus asteroid sats headed for That Box Full Of Old Tech You Should Probably Have Thrown Out But Kept Just In Case Science13 Jul 2023 | 26
China succeeds where Elon Musk has failed with first methalox rocket Maybe bigger isn't better when it comes to complicated, error-prone space machines? Science12 Jul 2023 | 44
Perseverance reveals more detail on Martian organic chemistry Building blocks for life could have been present for up to 2.6 billion years on the Red Planet, rover discovery shows Science12 Jul 2023 | 8
Methane-spotting satellite that gives true readings of industry emissions hits skies in 2024 Potent greenhouse gas even worse for climate than too much carbon dioxide Science12 Jul 2023 | 28
Japan schedules August launch for 'Moon Sniper' lander Nifty XRISM plasma-spotting scope to ride the same Mitsubishi Science12 Jul 2023 | 1
Starlink satellites leak astronomy-disturbing EM radiation, say boffins The light pollution problem is so 2022 Science10 Jul 2023 | 10
NASA humanoid robot to be tested as remote oil rig attendant Doing the dirty work for Australia's Woodside Energy will help prepare bot for work in space Science10 Jul 2023 | 9
NASA 'quiet' supersonic jet is nearly ready for flight If it works, the X-59 could enable a new era of commercial supersonic travel that doesn't shatter windows Science07 Jul 2023 | 125
India's space agency set to launch lunar lander, rover On a shoestring budget, Chandrayaan-3 aims to observe Luna, Earth, even exoplanets Science07 Jul 2023 | 15
SpaceX says, sure, Starship blew up but you can forget about the rest of that lawsuit Won't someone think of the (checks notes) Kemp's Ridley sea turtle? Science06 Jul 2023 | 54
Brits negotiating draft deal to rejoin EU's $100B blockbuster science programme Prime minister set to look over promises for potential pact at the weekend Science06 Jul 2023 | 172
Ariane 5 to take final flight, leaving Europe without its own heavy-lift rocket Final update (literally) Launch will leave continent dependent on the US for space missions Science04 Jul 2023 | 70
Mars helicopter phones home after 63 days of silence If Japanese space boffins have their way, it could be joined by a robotic hummingbird Science03 Jul 2023 | 14
Europe's Euclid telescope launches to figure out dark energy, the universe, and everything Interview We speak to project scientist on effort to build 3D map of space going back ten billion years Science01 Jul 2023 | 30
Report reveals US Space Force unprepared to counter orbital threats 20 years of searching for spider holes has given Russia, China lots of time to secure the skies for themselves Science30 Jun 2023 | 30
Virgin Galactic finally gets its first paying customers to edge of space Video It only took nearly 20 years and one death to get there Science29 Jun 2023 | 77
UK's dream of fusion power by 2040s will need GPUs Boffins plan 'digital twin' to help hit deadline, recruit heavy-hitting partners Science29 Jun 2023 | 21
Fire-resistant drones promise to help rescuers in a hot spot NASA space suits provide inspiration to Swiss and Brit boffins Science28 Jun 2023 | 2
NIST boffins shrink atomic beam clock to the size of a postage stamp It's not the most accurate atomic clock in the world, but the NIST team behind it believes they can fix that Science27 Jun 2023 | 14
Way out in deep space, astronomers spot precursor of carbon based life James Webb scope finds CH3+ – aka methyl cations – without which you probably wouldn't be reading this Science27 Jun 2023 | 30
NASA and miners face off over lithium deposits at satellite calibration site There's smartphone batteries to be mined, but at what cost? Science26 Jun 2023 | 17
Wind tunnels for fluid dynamics boffins among UKRI's £72M funding Funds will focus on energy, transportation, astronomy, and healthcare Science26 Jun 2023 | 25
MIT discovery suggests a new class of superconductors You who think superconductivity can't happen without spin polarization? Hold my FeSe Science23 Jun 2023 | 23
Missing Titan sub likely destroyed in implosion, no survivors Debris points to 'catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber,' says Coast Guard Science22 Jun 2023 | 315
Intelsat and SES merger to create $10B satellite giant is off Hear that, Amazon Kuiper and Starlink? The coast is clear... Unlike the skies. Ahem Science22 Jun 2023 | 1
Pangolin-inspired robot can roll around your guts administering treatments Flexing device works where surgeons find hard to reach Science22 Jun 2023 | 4
Existential dread time: One day Earth's oceans will boil. This exoplanet might reveal when LP 890-9c gives us a glimpse into our world's far future, astronomer tells El Reg Science22 Jun 2023 | 26