Rocket Launches
Launch schedules, mission recaps and commercial rocket programs
Truth Social Shares Hit Record Low as Traffic and Revenue Slide
Trump Media shares fell to $5.06, adding to pressure from declining Truth Social traffic, weak revenue and repeated corporate pivots.
Elon Musk’s Texas Strategy Faces New Pressure After Democratic Sweep
Democrats’ Texas wins could complicate Musk’s data center plans and sharpen scrutiny of his political spending.
Hubble Reveals Beta Pictoris’s 93-Billion-Mile Cat’s Tail in Visible Light
Hubble’s visible-light images help map Beta Pictoris’s carbon-rich dust tail, which may extend sideways across the sky rather than behind the star.
OpenAI’s “AI Compute Campuses” Rebrand Faces a Public Trust Problem
OpenAI plans to call data centers “AI compute campuses,” but a new label won’t address local concerns about pollution, water, land and noise.
Sam Altman Says AI Now Surpasses Top Scientists, but the Evidence Is Still Contested
Altman says AI has overtaken the brightest scientists. OpenAI’s disputed math claims leave questions about how useful that output is in practice.
Why AI Companies Are Winning Celebrity Endorsements as Hollywood Work Dries Up
AI firms are courting stars as Hollywood jobs shrink, giving celebrities a lucrative route into an industry flush with cash.
US Data Links AI Adoption With Productivity Gains and Professional Job Losses
New US analyses tie heavier AI exposure to faster productivity growth and rising unemployment in some professional sectors, though the evidence remains limited.
Alberta Solar Farm Combines Power Generation With Sheep Grazing and Pollinator Habitat
Research links sheep grazing at solar farms to more beneficial insects, while Alberta’s siting rules have slowed new renewable projects.
Hot Flow Anomaly Linked to Radio Signal Scintillation Over 60,000 Kilometers Away
Satellite observations link a bow shock plasma anomaly to enhanced phase scintillation in the polar ionosphere, with implications for navigation and communications.
Spire Cirrus v1.5 Brings Weather Model Comparison and Probabilistic Power Forecasts
Cirrus v1.5 brings model guidance, observations and ensemble power forecasts into one workflow for assessing weather uncertainty.
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Uses Autonomous Planning to Make More Time for Mars Science
Since October 2023, Perseverance’s onboard planner has adapted schedules to real conditions, reducing idle time and energy use while enabling more science.
Enceladus-Like Ocean Chemistry Sustains a Methane-Producing Archaeon in Lab
A hydrothermal vent archaeon survived and produced methane in a lab mixture modeled on Enceladus’s alkaline ocean, broadening the chemistry scientists may test for.
Hell Chicken Dinosaur May Have Used Its Beak to Mash Fruit
CT scans suggest the Cretaceous dinosaur processed soft, pit-bearing fruits, offering clues to how ancient birds and flowering plants evolved.
NASA Sets Artemis III for 2027 as It Targets a Crewed Moon Landing in 2028
NASA outlines a faster Artemis schedule, with Artemis III planned for summer 2027 and a crewed lunar landing targeted for 2028 amid major engineering challenges.
ESCAPADE’s Twin Spacecraft Prepare for Mars After Mapping Earth’s Magnetotail
NASA’s Blue and Gold probes head for Mars in November, carrying new magnetotail observations and a two-spacecraft plan to track atmospheric escape.
NASA Reshapes Artemis Lander Plans for 2028 Moon Missions
NASA has revised Artemis III to test lander rendezvous and docking in Earth orbit as Blue Origin and SpaceX develop crew and cargo vehicles.
Early Mars May Have Received Uneven Rains of Life-Building Formaldehyde
A climate model maps where formaldehyde may have fallen on ancient Mars, highlighting highlands and wet regions as targets for future exploration.
NASEM Recommends Four Lunar Sites for Future Crewed Exploration
A NASEM report identifies four nonpolar lunar destinations and calls for longer astronaut traverses, durable instruments and stronger mission support.
Viking 2 Marsquake Reassessment Points to Long-Lived Seismic Activity
A reanalysis of Viking 2 data suggests Mars may have quaked in a region where InSight later recorded nearly 1,000 seismic events.
Airbus Targets 80-Seat Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Aircraft for the 2040s
Airbus has narrowed its ZEROe focus to an 80-seat regional aircraft, with fuel-cell testing and airport hydrogen infrastructure still ahead.