Europe's Vega-C rocket launches Earth-observation satellite on 1st liftoff since 2022 failure.

Europe's Vega-C rocket returned to flight Thursday (Dec. 5) with a successful mission, two years after suffering a catastrophic failure. Vega-C, which is operated by the French company Arianespace, launched the Copernicus Sentinel-1C Earth-observation satellite on Thursd…

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Trump picks billionaire private SpaceX astronaut Jared Isaacman to lead NASA.

A billionaire tech entrepreneur and private astronaut is Donald Trump's choice for the next NASA chief. The president-elect announced via social media today (Dec. 4) that he has picked Jared Isaacman, the founder and CEO of payment-processing company Shift4 Payments, for…

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California earthquake: Tsunami warning canceled after 7.0-magnitude quake.

A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck off California on Thursday morning, briefly triggering a tsunami warning for the coast of Northern California and southern Oregon. The quake occurred at around 10:44 a.m. and originated about 62 miles west of Ferndale, California, according …

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Australia passes social media ban for children under 16.

A social media ban for children under 16 passed the Australian Parliament on Friday in a world-first law. The law will make platforms including TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and Instagram liable for fines of up to 50 million Australian dollars ($33 million) for syste…

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World’s largest piracy network taken down after 100 homes raided across 10 countries.

Police across 10 countries have taken part in a massive operation targeting what is believed to be the world’s largest piracy network. Properties were raided in the UK, as well as Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and Romania as …

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Norway set to become World’s First All-Electric Vehicle Market.

This Is What the World’s First All-EV Car Market Looks Like. Norway is on the cusp of completing a transition away from combustion cars thanks to targeted incentives that made electrics an easy choice. In Norway, Toyota Motor Corp. is going from one electric-powered model to…

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How China plans to put astronauts on the moon by 2030

China's human spaceflight agency has released a video detailing its plans for a first crewed mission to the moon, including progress on lunar hardware. The promotional video, published by the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) on Nov. 21, shows not only animations of plann…

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New Japanese rocket engine explodes during testing for 2nd time in 16 months

A test of an engine for Japan's upcoming Epsilon rocket ended in an explosion on Nov. 26, the second time in less than two years that this engine has met an untimely end during testing. On Tuesday, a second-stage engine designed for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency…

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SpaceX rocket launches Koreasat-6A satellite.

A Falcon 9 rocket launched the KoreaSat-6A telecom satellite from NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida today at 12:25 p.m. EST (1625 GMT). It was the 23rd mission for this rocket's first stage, according to SpaceX, equaling a mark set by two other Falcon 9 b…

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Voyager 1 spacecraft phones home with transmitter that hasn't been used since 1981.

Following recent communication issues, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft resorted to using a backup radio transmitter that has been inactive since 1981. The interstellar explorer experienced a brief pause in communications after putting itself in a protective state to conserve…

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Shenzhou-19 astronauts start journey to China's space station for new endeavors

China launched the Shenzhou-19 crewed spaceship on Wednesday, sending three astronauts -- including the country's first female space engineer -- to its orbiting space station for a six-month mission. The spaceship, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, blasted off at 4:27…

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NASA chief says talks between Elon Musk, Vladimir Putin would be 'concerning'.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has expressed concerns over reports that SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Nelson was on stage at Semafor's World Economy Summit on Friday (Oct. 25) when he was asked about a…

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China wants to make its Tiangong space station bigger and better.

China has been operating its completed Tiangong orbital outpost for almost two years now — and is looking to expand its capabilities with new modules and spacecraft. The three-module, T-shaped Tiangong space station was fully assembled in November 2022, with the arrival of t…

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New study of Apollo 16 moon samples reveals hidden lunar history.

Scientists continue to piece together the moon's complex history using lunar samples collected during NASA's Apollo missions over half a century ago.  A fresh analysis of lunar dust collected by Apollo 16 astronauts in 1972 offers a clearer picture of the effects of …

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Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Putin for two years.

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man who is now central to Donald Trump’s election campaign, has been in regular contact with Vladimir Putin for the past two years, according to a report in the US. The Wall Street Journal, citing several in-post and former US, European and Rus…

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Stunning fossil trapped in amber reveals previously unknown species that lived during the time of dinosaurs.

When dinosaurs roamed Earth, their surroundings looked very different than the world of today. But there were also some similarities. And now scientists have confirmed a new one: Diverse firefly species lit up the night during the late Mesozoic. The discovery comes from a fo…

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SpaceX's Starlink internet flies on a Boeing 777 jet for the 1st time.

SpaceX's Starlink internet service continues to make inroads around the globe. Starlink provided Wi-Fi on a Boeing 777 jet for the first time today (Oct. 22), during a Qatar Airways flight from the Qatari capital of Doha to London. The 777 is the "largest and longest…

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SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts undock from ISS after weather delays.

SpaceX's Crew-8 quartet of astronauts departed the space station at last today (Oct. 23), following more than two weeks of weather-related delays. The Dragon spacecraft for SpaceX Crew-8, called Endeavour, undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) today at 5:05…

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Hubble Telescope sees 'stellar volcano' erupt in amazing colors.

T he Hubble Space Telescope has captured an intricate portrait of two nearby stars that have been in close contact for centuries, revealing once again the complex yet volatile relationship of a stellar duo. The striking, hour-glass-shaped nebula seen in the new image was forg…

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James Webb telescope spots the ultimate 'super star cluster' deep in the Milky Way.

Westerlund 1 is a galactic factory of epic proportions. Visible from Earth's Southern Hemisphere just below the tail of the Scorpion — and close to the core of the Milky Way — it's the largest known star cluster in our galaxy. It's the ultimate example of a "…

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SpaceX catches Starship booster in 'Mechazilla arms' in historic first.

SpaceX added another milestone to its Starship testing on Sunday, successfully catching the rocket booster using the "chopstick"-like arms of the launch tower, where the rocket had launched just five minutes prior. Starship's Super Heavy Booster is grappled at …

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Ancient ruins are under threat. Here's how archaeologists are getting help from space.

Space archaeology needs to mix new and old missions to protect ancient sites, scientists urged at a recent NASA conference. Take the example of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California. The facility is best known for helping to chart unknown worlds, …

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Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida with Category 5 strength in new ISS footage.

A Category 5 hurricane bearing down on Florida starkly stands out in new space station footage. Earlier today (Wednesday, Oct. 9), the International Space Station flew over Hurricane Milton as the storm made its way toward the west coast of Florida. Milton is expected to mak…

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Madonna's brother Christopher Ciccone dies.

Madonna has lost her younger brother Christopher Ciccone to cancer at the age of 63. The designer and artist worked closely through much of her career, having acted as her personal assistant and dresser, interior decorator and artistic director of her tours, but their relati…

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Nobel prize for physics goes to pair who invented key AI techniques.

The 2024 Nobel prize in physics has been awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for their work on artificial neural networks and the fundamental algorithms that let machines learn, which are key to today’s large language models like ChatGPT. The Royal Swedish Academy o…

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NASA shuts off Voyager 2 science instrument as power dwindles.

NASA engineers have turned off one of Voyager 2's science instruments due to dwindling power supplies on the spacecraft as it explores interstellar space.  Voyager 2 launched into space on Aug. 20, 1977 and left the solar system on Nov. 5, 2018. It is currently 12.8 bill…

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Top 'safety risk' for the ISS is a leak that has been ongoing for 5 years.

A long-running leak is the top "safety risk" affecting the plan to keep astronauts on board the International Space Station until 2030, a new NASA audit found. The affected area, found in the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS), has been leakin…

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Biggest solar flare since 2017 erupts from sun and Earth is in the firing line

The sun has just unleashed its most powerful solar flare this cycle, a colossal X-class eruption.  The X9.05 solar flare peaked at 8:10 a.m. EDT (1210 GMT), triggering shortwave radio blackouts over Africa and Europe, the sunlit portion of Earth at the time of eruption.  The …

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Earth has caught a "second moon".

NASA scientists calculated that Earth should have captured a "second moon" on Sunday (Sept. 29). The "mini-moon" is actually the tiny asteroid 2024 PT5, which usually orbits the sun as part of a small asteroid belt that follows Earth. While Earth's pr…

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Weird striped rock 'unlike any seen on Mars' found by Perseverance rover.

A striped rock that looks out of place in its surroundings on the slopes of the inner wall of Jezero crater has scientists excited about what it may reveal about the Red Planet's history. NASA's Perseverance Mars rover spotted the striped rock, and the rover's in…

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Japan launches spy satellite on penultimate mission of H-2A rocket.

Japan's workhorse H-2A rocket flew for the second-to-last time early Thursday morning (Sept. 26). An H-2A topped with a secret spy satellite called IGS-Radar 8 lifted off from Japan's Tanegashima Space Center on Thursday at 1:24 a.m. EDT (0524 GMT and 2:24 p.m. local…

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NASA's Europa Clipper on track for October 10.

Three weeks from now, NASA's Europa Clipper probe will lift off and embark on a long-awaited mission to study Jupiter's icy moon Europa, which scientists think is one of the most promising places to look for life beyond Earth. The launch appears to still be on track…

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SpaceX launches 5 giant BlueBird smartphone satellites for AST SpaceMobile.

AST SpaceMobile's first five commercial satellites have reached orbit. The huge spacecraft, called BlueBirds, lifted off today (Sept. 12) at 4:52 a.m. EDT (0852 GMT) atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The Falcon 9's first…

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China plans to build moon base at the lunar south pole by 2035

China has revealed that its moon-base plans will be rolled out in two distinct phases, eventually creating a series of nodes on the lunar surface and in orbit. The initial roadmap for the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS), jointly led by China and Russia, was unvei…

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Google and Apple lose their court fights against the EU.

Google lost its last bid to overturn a European Union antitrust penalty, after the bloc's top court ruled against it Tuesday in a case that came with a whopping fine and helped jumpstart an era of intensifying scrutiny for Big Tech companies. The European Union’s top cou…

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James Earl Jones, legendary actor known for unmistakable baritone voice dies.

One of the most famous voices of all time has gone silent. James Earl Jones, whose prodigious acting talent was often overshadowed by his distinctive baritone over a seven-decade career both onstage and on the screen, died Monday, his representative said. He was 93. A contemp…

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Americans lost $5.6 billion last year in cryptocurrency fraud scams.

Americans were duped out of more than $5.6 billion last year through fraud schemes involving cryptocurrency, the FBI said in a report released Monday that shows a 45% jump in losses from 2022. The FBI received nearly 70,000 complaints in 2023 by victims of financial fraud in…

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Jamie Lee Curtis has won an Emmy for her work on “The Bear.”

Jamie Lee Curtis has won an Emmy for her work on “The Bear.” The actress who has a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe award and an Academy Award, can add the Emmy to her accolades after taking home the award Sunday for best guest actress in a comedy for her work on the hit FX show. …

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