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New crew set to launch for ISS after medical evacuationParis, France (AFP) Feb 5, 2026 Four astronauts could blast off to the International Space Station (ISS) next week, after setbacks including a mysterious medical evacuation of the previous crew, last-minute rocket problems, and some scheduling conflicts with NASA's Moon mission. ... more  
Launching the idea of data centers in spaceSan Francisco, United States (AFP) Feb 3, 2026 Tech firms are floating the idea of building data centers in space and tapping into the sun's energy to meet out-of-this-world power demands in a fierce artificial intelligence race. ... more  
Lunar soil test chamber paves way for future moon constructionParis, France (SPX) Feb 05, 2026 Before any building rises on the Moon, engineers will need to understand the soil beneath their structures just as they do on Earth. To address this challenge, a recent ESA Discovery project led by ... more  
BlackSky expands Gen 3 Assured deals with new defense customerLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 05, 2026 BlackSky Technology Inc. has secured multiple Gen 3 Assured services contracts totaling seven figures with a new international defense customer following an early access period for the capability. T ... more |
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Jupiter size refined by new radio mappingParis, France (SPX) Feb 05, 2026 For more than half a century, planetary scientists relied on a handful of spacecraft flybys to pin down Jupiter's size and shape. Now, an international team led by the Weizmann Institute of Science ... more  
Study maps thousands of non native plants that could colonize ArcticBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 05, 2026 Species that are not native to an area can displace the species that already live there, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Nature has identified invasive alien organisms as one of the greatest thre ... more  
One dimensional anyons offer tunable quantum statisticsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 05, 2026 Physicists have traditionally divided all elementary particles in three dimensional space into just two categories, bosons and fermions, depending on how systems of identical particles behave when t ... more  
Hidden mechanical energy may help sustain life on EarthTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 05, 2026 Life on Earth has traditionally been viewed as running on two main energy sources, sunlight captured by photosynthesis and chemical energy derived from reactions such as microbes feeding on reduced ... more |
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Exploding primordial black hole model may link extreme neutrino and dark matterAmherst MD (SPX) Feb 05, 2026 In 2023, a subatomic particle called a neutrino crashed into Earth with such a high amount of energy that it should have been impossible. In fact, there are no known sources anywhere in the universe ... more |
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ExLabs taps SpacePilot autonomy for Apophis asteroid missionLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 05, 2026 ExLabs has selected CUS-GNC's SpacePilot onboard autonomy software to provide guidance, navigation, and control for its planned Mission to Asteroid Apophis, a commercial deep-space campaign that wil ... more  
Lab made cosmic dust experiment reveals paths to life chemistrySydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 06, 2026 A PhD candidate at the University of Sydney has recreated a small slice of cosmic chemistry in the laboratory by manufacturing carbon rich dust under conditions that mimic space. Working in the Scho ... more 
Artemis II teams step through full-scale launch rehearsal at KennedyLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2026 The countdown for NASA's Artemis II wet dress rehearsal is underway at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, marking a key test before the first crewed flight of the Space Launch System rock ... more  
NASA books fifth Axiom private astronaut flight to space stationLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2026 NASA has ordered a fifth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station from Axiom Space, targeting a launch no earlier than January 2027 from the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Flor ... more |
 
Perseverance rover completes landmark AI guided trek across Jezero rimLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2026 NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has completed the first AI planned drives ever carried out on another planet, using a vision capable generative AI system to map out safe routes across the rim of Jeze ... more
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Light guided system delivers uniform nanoliter droplets on chipTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 06, 2026 Precise control of very small liquid volumes is essential for many modern biochemical analyses, but reliably dispensing droplets on the nanoliter scale remains a technical challenge on microfluidic ... more 
Martian toxin found to toughen microbe built bricksSydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 06, 2026 Bacteria that thrive on Earth may not survive easily on Mars, where the soil contains toxic perchlorate salts at levels that can reach about 1 percent by weight. Researchers at the Indian Institute ... more 
Survey of 80 near Earth asteroids sharpens view of their origins and risksTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 06, 2026 Near Earth asteroids are small bodies whose orbits cross or come close to Earth, making them key tracers of Solar System formation and evolution as well as potential impact hazards for our planet. ... more 
Einstein effect clears planets from tight double star systemsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2026 Of the more than 4,500 stars known to have planets, one puzzling statistic stands out. Even though nearly all stars are expected to have planets and most stars form in pairs, planets that orbit both ... more |
Anthropic unveils new AI model as OpenAI rivalry heats upSan Francisco, United States (AFP) Feb 5, 2026 Anthropic on Thursday released its latest high-performing artificial intelligence model, escalating its challenge to OpenAI in the intensifying AI race. ... more
NASA Moon mission launch srubbed to March after testWashington, United States (AFP) Feb 3, 2026 NASA said Tuesday it's delaying until March the launch of its first crewed flyby mission to the Moon in more than 50 years, after encountering leaks during final tests. ... more
SpaceX grounds Falcon 9 missions, could impact ISS launchWashington, United States (AFP) Feb 3, 2026 NASA said Tuesday its next crew rotation to the International Space Station could be delayed after SpaceX announced it was grounding flights of its Falcon 9 rocket to investigate an unspecified issue. ... more
Musk merges xAI into SpaceX in bid to build space data centersSan Francisco, United States (AFP) Feb 3, 2026 Elon Musk has announced that his rocket company SpaceX will take over his artificial intelligence outfit xAI, as he seeks to raise billions of dollars for his science fiction-worthy outer space projects. ... more |
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Space Force stands up SPACEFOR-NORTH for homeland missionLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 02, 2026 The U.S. Space Force has activated U.S. Space Forces Northern as its newest component field command, positioning space capabilities more directly in support of the homeland defense mission at Peters ... more  
Lockheed ramps up THAAD interceptor output with new framework deal and Camden facilityLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 02, 2026 Lockheed Martin has signed a new framework agreement with the U.S. Department of War that aims to quadruple annual production of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptors from 96 to 4 ... more  
NASA Libera payload completes testing for future Earth energy tracking missionLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 02, 2026 NASA's Libera Earth energy instrument has completed a full campaign of environmental testing and is now ready for delivery to its host satellite, marking a major milestone for the agency's long term ... more 
NISAR radar view maps surface changes in Mississippi DeltaLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 02, 2026 A new radar image from the joint NASA-ISRO NISAR satellite shows how the mission can see through cloud cover to reveal surface features across the Mississippi River Delta region in southeastern Loui ... more |
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Rock microbes reveal hidden groundwater carbon engineBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 03, 2026 Deep underground, microbial communities living on rock surfaces are emerging as powerful but largely overlooked drivers of groundwater chemistry and carbon storage. A team from the Cluster of Excell ... more |
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Antarctic ice feedback limits Southern Ocean carbon sinkBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 03, 2026 A sediment core from the Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean has provided a research team led by geochemist Dr Torben Struve from the University of Oldenburg, Germany, with evidence of an unexpecte ... more  
Sentinel 1 maps reveal flexible crust beneath Tibetan PlateauParis, France (SPX) Feb 02, 2026 A new analysis of satellite and ground data over the Tibetan Plateau indicates that Earths tectonic plates in this region behave far less rigidly than long assumed, with major fault zones acting as ... more 
Musk merges xAI into SpaceX in bid to build space data centersSan Francisco USA (AFP) Feb 2, 2026 Elon Musk's SpaceX has taken over his artificial intelligence company xAI in a merger aimed at deploying space-based data centers, a statement said on Monday. ... more  
Flat dark matter sheet solves local galaxy motion puzzleBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 03, 2026 Astronomers have used advanced computer simulations to show that the matter distribution just beyond the Local Group is organized in a vast, flattened structure of dark matter that extends tens of m ... more |
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