New photo reveals an asteroid view that a NASA spacecraft never saw
The Hera mission takes its first close-up of the asteroid pair, Didymos and Dimorphus, that NASA targeted in its 2022 DART mission.
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A robot called GIMLI will explore a lunar cave for a future moon base
The race to build a moon base is ramping up. Columnist Robin George Andrews explores how NASA is preparing by sending a cave-hunting robot ahead of humans
APOD: 2026 November 6 – A Farewell to Swift
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Elon Musk's Tesla and SpaceX lose over $420 billion in combined market cap after midterms
Elon Musk's Tesla and SpaceX lose $420 billion in combined market cap after midterms
Bitcoin developer proposes ‘landmines’ to make quantum thieves lose their own BTC
Anyone trying to move vulnerable bitcoin would have to put up matching collateral, giving prepared owners a chance to take both.
T-Mobile owner on Elon Musk launching a wireless carrier: ‘Welcome to the party’
The head of T-Mobile's parent company is casting doubt on SpaceX's plans to make Starlink Mobile a "major" carrier in the US. During an earnings call on Thur...
NASA unveils mysterious X-70 experimental aircraft using AI-generated image
NASA’s X-70 Fractal announcement comes as agency aims to grow X-plane fleet.
Fake OpenAI, SpaceX events used to steal Microsoft, Google accounts
Hackers are using fake OpenAI, SpaceX, and Anthropic event invitations to lure employees into phishing attacks, using two different phishing-as-a-service pla...
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Software squeezes more data out of Webb Telescope for imaging exoplanets
Software optimizes a physical model of the telescope to reduce noise.
Why tech stocks are down today, including Nvidia, SpaceX, AMD, more
The markets made huge gains after the midterms, only to drop even more dramatically on Thursday.
Blue Origin delays New Glenn’s return to flight until January
Blue Origin has pushed New Glenn’s return to flight to January 2027, CEO Dave Limp told staff, Bloomberg reports. The rocket has been grounded since it explo...
Can 23,000 quantum qubits break RSA-2048?
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NASA's Artemis II rocket tore giant holes in the atmosphere — and they could have broken GPS
We've never seen rips in the ionosphere like this before, and researchers are still looking at the potential impacts.
NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Florida Students
Students in Florida will hear from NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney as they answer prerecorded STEM questions while aboard the International ...
IBM, AMD and Oak Ridge join forces to launch quantum computing error-correction platform
IBM Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and the Quantum Science Center at Oak Ridge National Laboratory today announced a new quantum error-correction platfor...
SpaceX's plan to build more data center compute than Google's entire lifetime capacity in just 1.5 years is possible, say analysts
SpaceX's bold claim that it's capable of building 10 GW of compute in 2027 may be plausible — analysts dig through the breakneck speed of Colossus buildouts ...
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Physicists sank a telescope 1.5 miles under the sea to put Einstein's relativity to the test
A half-built neutrino telescope on the floor of the Mediterranean Sea searched for cracks in one of physics' most basic invariances. It came up empty, but it...
APOD: 2026 November 5 – Enceladus in Silhouette
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 November 5 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the...
A tiny supercurrent could unlock quantum information without destroying it
Researchers have proposed a breakthrough technique for reading quantum information without destroying the delicate states that make quantum computers work. B...
NASA Announces X-70 Experimental Aircraft to Advance Flight Research
On Wednesday, NASA unveiled its newest experimental aircraft, the X-70 Fractal, during the UP.Summit at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This hi...
A24 is sending Nathan Fielders Elizabeth Holmes documentary to space
A24 says NASA requested an ISS screening of Nathan Fielder's Elizabeth Holmes documentary. Fans still waiting for an international release have thoughts.
Swift has fallen: NASA's 22-year-old space telescope burns up over Sumatra
The reentry of NASA's dead Swift space telescope is the end of an era for rapid-response space science.
NASA Shares Plans to Accelerate Artemis, Return to Moon
In an update on Oct. 23, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and other agency leaders shared the agency’s path to returning Americans to the lunar surface in 2...
A tiny squeeze dramatically changes the magnetism of exotic materials
Scientists have discovered that a simple mechanical squeeze can dramatically alter the magnetic properties and electrical behavior of exotic materials called...
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'Don’t Be Silly': Satoshi Associate Dismisses Bitcoin Quantum Collapse Claims
Satoshi associate Adam Back dismisses warnings that quantum computers will destroy Bitcoin, pointing to ready-made cryptographic fixes.
NASA is racing against time to save the Hubble Space Telescope
NASA is exploring a daring plan to save the legendary Hubble Space Telescope from its eventual fiery plunge into Earth's atmosphere. After more than 35 years...
SLAC scientists find conclusive proof of a mysterious third type of magnetism
For nearly 90 years, scientists believed magnetism fell into just two categories, but researchers have now confirmed a remarkable third type called altermagn...
Solana Co-Founder Names Biggest Threat to Crypto
Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko has identified phishing and social engineering as the biggest threats to crypto, warning that hackers pose a greater dang...
Gene editing could replace a lifetime of medication, but there's a catch
A single gene-editing treatment could someday protect against heart disease, high cholesterol, and other common conditions for decades, potentially replacing...
Phishing-Resistant Isn't Enough; Yubico Takes Aim at Identity-Verification Gap
The new YubiID service bridges identity verification with credential enrollment and recovery across existing identity platforms, closing a phishing-resistant...