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EUROPE

Deadly heat wave grips Europe with red alerts and scorching records

Two prototype dishes seen outside, mountainous landscape behind them

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SPACE

World’s most sensitive radio telescope array set to be built in Nevada desert

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Space

1,000 times faster than Hubble: Up close with the NASA telescope meant to unlock the cosmos

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope could help unravel the secrets of dark matter and discover thousands of planets beyond our solar system.

12d ago

Environment

El Niño is officially here, and this one could be a doozy

Drought in the Pacific Northwest, flooding risk in the South and more hurricanes are among the effects predicted.

13d ago

Science News

An ancient whale graveyard in the Indian Ocean teems with life

The site, located up to 23,000 feet below the surface, is the deepest and oldest found.

13d ago

Space

NASA addresses criticism over all-male crew selected for Artemis III test mission

The lack of women sparked “reactions ranging from disappointment to outrage,” Administrator Jared Isaacman said.

The Artemis III crew, NASA astronaut Andre Douglas, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, and NASA astronauts Randy Bresnik and Frank Rubio on June 9, 2026.

14d ago

Space

NASA announces astronauts for its Artemis III mission to test new moon landers

The crew is expected to launch into Earth orbit next year to conduct demonstrations with one or both of the lunar landers that SpaceX and Blue Origin are building.

The Artemis III crew poses for an official portrait, from left, Andre Douglas, Luca Parmitano, Randy Bresnik, Frank Rubio.

15d ago

Space

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This space startup wants to launch a ‘power grid’ into orbit

With an ongoing race to put data centers in space, one CEO plans to launch a network of spacecraft that could beam concentrated solar power to satellites.

A rendering of Star Catcher’s Power Node, which uses lenses to collect and concentrate sunlight in Earth orbit. A refined beam is then transmitted to client satellites when and where they need it.

16d ago

Environment

The U.S. fought the flesh-eating screwworm for decades. Now it begins again.

The U.S. will run much the same playbook it did starting in the 1950s: mass-produce sterile male screwworms and release them into the wild.

18d ago

Space

NASA orders astronauts on evacuation alert as space station air leak worsens

As Russia’s space agency determined how to fix a leak, NASA told astronauts to enter a spacecraft docked to the space station and don their spacesuits.