Red Hat and Axiom Space to Launch Orbital Data Center on ISS in 2025
Red Hat and Axiom Space are partnering to advance space-based computing with the launch of Axiom Space’s Data Center Unit-1, AxDCU-1, to the…
It seems the FAA office overseeing SpaceX’s Starship probe still has some bite
These actions followed pre-established protocols. However, it highlighted the small but non-zero risk of rocket debris falling to Earth after a launch failure….
To help AIs understand the world, researchers put them in a robot
The third neural net was relatively simple and processed language using vectorized representations of those “move red right” sentences. Finally, the fourth neural…
Bogus research is undermining good science, slowing lifesaving research
In 2022, Byrne and colleagues, including two of us, found that suspect genetics research, despite not immediately affecting patient care, informs scientists’ work,…
Trump executive order calls for a next-generation missile defense shield
One of the new Trump administration’s first national security directives aims to defend against missile and drone attacks targeting the United States, and…
Has Trump changed the retirement plans for the country’s largest coal plants?
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy, and the environment. Sign up for…
There was a straight shot from Earth to the Moon and Mars last night
The most recent lunar occultation of Mars that was visible from the United States occurred on December 7, 2022. A handful of these…
Coal likely to go away even without EPA’s power plant regulations
A backstop That said, the team behind the analysis argues that, depending on other factors, the rules could play a significant role. Trump…
Bob Dylan has some Dylanesque thoughts on the “sorcery” of technology
We might expect someone like Dylan, immersed as he has always been in folk songs, old standards, and American history, to bemoan the…
One less thing to worry about in 2025: Yellowstone probably won’t go boom
Underneath Yellowstone: Two large lobs of hot material from the mantle (in yellow) melt rock closer to the surface (orange), creating pools of…
After 60 years of spaceflight patches, here are some of our favorites
As such, there is a rich tradition of space mission patches to draw on, and we thought it would be fun to share…
We’re about to fly a spacecraft into the Sun for the first time
Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the Solar cycle, Not a sunspot was stirring, not even a burst; Read moreDrupal 8.8.0…
Bird flu jumps from birds to human in Louisiana; patient hospitalized
A person in Louisiana is hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu after having contact with sick and dying birds suspected of carrying the virus,…
Werner Herzog muses on mysteries of the brain in Theater of Thought
That mind is partly revealed through Herzog’s running narration, such as when he muses about collective behavior and whether fish have souls—a digression…
NASA’s boss-to-be proclaims we’re about to enter an “age of experimentation”
Meanwhile, over about the same time period, NASA’s Space Launch System rocket, Orion deep space crew capsule, and ground support system upgrades cost…