SpaceX wants to put up to a million data centers in orbit. There are a few technological hurdles standing in the way.

Saturn’s aurora acts as a localized energy source that drives winds and currents in a stable feedback system, producing the illusion of changing rotation.

Life in space is weirder than you might think, with the crew facing toilet issues, saliva collections, DIY fixes to onboard ...

People who care deeply about their homes—who notice the light, who can't relax around clutter, who put real effort into ...

Cocooned in sleeping bags and floating upside down, the Artemis II crew reported having some of the best sleeps of their ...

British scientists are preparing to launch a crew of microscopic worms - each one millimetre in size - to the International Space Station in a "pioneering" experiment that could help support our ...

On a warm April afternoon, turtles gather on logs and rocks to absorb sunlight. Basking in the sun plays a critical role in ...

Ahead of that parachute-assisted landing, however, is Orion’s fiery reentry into Earth’s atmosphere, where the capsule’s speed will approach 25,000 m.p.h. and the temperature on Orion’s leading ...

Scottish start-up and Fraunhofer UK prove real-world practicality of PCSEL technology, enabling secure, long distance, ...

NASA's Artemis II mission will launch with SLS rocket engines that have flown multiple times on past space shuttle missions.

IollNIST (The US National Institute of Science and Technology) scientists have developed a new process for packaging photonic integrated circuits so they can survive and operate in some of the most ...

Chip-scale laser controls trapped ions for quantum clocks and qubits, enabling portable, scalable systems with high fidelity ...