Space & Science

NASA vs. China: The Moon's South ... NASA vs. China: The Moon's South Pole Is Running Out of Parking Spots NASA chief Jared Isaacman says the US must land on the Moon before China in 2028 — not for prestige, but to control the rules of the cislunar economy. yesterday
Interlune raises another $5M to mine ... Interlune raises another $5M to mine helium-3 from the Moon The Seattle startup has nearly $500M in purchase orders from the US Air Force, DOE, and quantum computing firms — but the first extraction won't happen until 2030 at the earliest. yesterday
China's 700 MW compressed-air plant is ... China's 700 MW compressed-air plant is now the world's largest grid battery The Huaneng Jintan facility stores electricity in underground salt caverns and runs without burning any fossil fuel — a direct challenge to lithium-ion for long-duration storage. Sept. 15, 2026, 5:30 p.m.
Singular Photonics' Litavis is the first ... Singular Photonics' Litavis is the first SPAD sensor that thinks inside the pixel An Edinburgh startup has launched a photon-counting image sensor that processes data on-chip — potentially cutting data overhead for industrial vision, robotics, and scientific imaging. Sept. 13, 2026, 4:25 p.m.
Zinc instead of xenon: Muon Space ... Zinc instead of xenon: Muon Space fires a metal-fueled Hall thruster in orbit A US startup successfully tested its Starlight thruster on July 1, 2026, cutting propellant costs by more than 99% compared to xenon — and plans to ship to customers before year's end. Sept. 11, 2026, 4:45 p.m.
Which Electric iScooter Is the Best? Review Which Electric iScooter Is the Best? Sept. 10, 2026, 6 p.m.
Which is the Best Kenko Telescope? Review Which is the Best Kenko Telescope? Sept. 10, 2026, 5 p.m.
NASA's NextSTEP-3 Wants Private Companies to ... NASA's NextSTEP-3 Wants Private Companies to Build the Moon's Infrastructure NASA has opened bids for five lunar technologies — from oxygen extraction to Stirling generators — as the U.S. races to establish a permanent South Pole base before China's 2030 deadline. Sept. 9, 2026, 7:59 p.m.
Which Celestron Telescope Is the Best? Review Which Celestron Telescope Is the Best? Sept. 9, 2026, noon
What is the Best Barska Telescope? Review What is the Best Barska Telescope? Sept. 8, 2026, 2 p.m.
Private Venus mission is stuck waiting ... Private Venus mission is stuck waiting for Rocket Lab's unproven rocket The spacecraft is built and ready. The problem is the Neutron rocket meant to launch it has never left the ground — and now won't until late 2026 at the earliest. Sept. 3, 2026, 3:57 p.m.
NASA's Moon Suits Are Too Heavy—So ... NASA's Moon Suits Are Too Heavy—So America Is Going to the Lunar Surface in a Simpler Backup Axiom Space's AxEMU spacesuit proved too complex and too heavy to meet Artemis deadlines, forcing NASA to accept a stripped-down interim design while China presses ahead with a lighter rival suit for 2030. Sept. 3, 2026, 11:43 a.m.
NASA Is Rewriting Mars Contamination Rules ... NASA Is Rewriting Mars Contamination Rules for the First Time in 50 Years A new expert panel called M-FORCE will audit planetary protection protocols based on Viking-era data—and could cut sterilization costs that already eat up 10% of mission budgets. Sept. 1, 2026, 4:10 p.m.
US Space Force Is Funding a ... US Space Force Is Funding a Chip That Claims to Pull Power From Empty Space Casimir Inc's MicroSparc harvests energy from quantum vacuum fields — a real physics phenomenon — but independent verification of continuous output is still missing. Aug. 31, 2026, 4:24 p.m.
No GPS? No problem: quantum gravity ... No GPS? No problem: quantum gravity navigation just passed its first sea trial Australian startup Q-CTRL navigated 83 km of open ocean without a single satellite signal — and the system can't be jammed or spoofed. Aug. 29, 2026, 5:56 p.m.
SpaceX hits 100 Falcon 9 launches ... SpaceX hits 100 Falcon 9 launches in 2026 — and one booster is closing in on the Space Shuttle's record Booster B1067 flew for the 37th time on August 25, carrying 29 Starlink satellites. The NASA Space Shuttle's all-time reuse record of 39 flights is now within reach. Aug. 25, 2026, 4:34 p.m.
Singapore just switched on a server ... Singapore just switched on a server rack powered by living human neurons A 20-unit biological data center prototype uses neurons grown from stem cells instead of silicon chips — and draws a fraction of the power of an AI rack. Aug. 21, 2026, 1:55 p.m.
China switches on the world's largest ... China switches on the world's largest grid-forming battery — 4 GWh in Inner Mongolia The DongSu project dwarfs anything built in North America and goes live just as the EU prepares to mandate the same technology by 2027. Aug. 15, 2026, 4:12 p.m.
Alpaca antibodies could make farmed salmon ... Alpaca antibodies could make farmed salmon safer — if the science holds up Hamburg biotech AquaNab wants to fight sea lice with nanoantibodies delivered through fish feed, but the technology is still in proof-of-concept and regulatory approval is years away. Aug. 14, 2026, 5:58 p.m.
A robot learns a new skill ... A robot learns a new skill from a 29-second video — no retraining required X Square Robot's HOST method lets humanoids copy human movements from a single video clip, skipping the costly neural-network fine-tuning that normally takes hours. Aug. 14, 2026, 4:54 p.m.
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