The moratorium is the first of its type to pass a legislative chamber, but about a dozen other states have pending proposals. By Dan Gearino Maine is now the first state to pass a moratorium on the development of large data centers, and others may follow.Continue Reading
3 Min Read I Am Artemis: Rebekah Tolatovicz Rebekah Tolatovicz, a mechanical technician lead supporting Lockheed Martin, works inside the Artemis III Orion crew module in the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credits: NASA/Rad Sinyak Listen to this audio excerpt from Rebekah Tolatovicz, a mechanicalContinue Reading
NASA NASA and Voyager Technologies have signed an order for the seventh private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, targeted to launch no earlier than 2028 from Florida. This is the company’s first selection for a private astronaut mission to the orbiting laboratory, underscoring NASA’s ongoing investment in fosteringContinue Reading
Experiments and supplies bound for the International Space Station launched on April 11 as part of the agency’s Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply Services 24 mission. As part of the approximately 11,000 pounds cargo that lifted off inside the company’s Cygnus XL spacecraft, NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) launched six CubeSatsContinue Reading
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A badly mangled dinosaur skull, once forgotten in a drawer, turned out to be a rare and important discovery. Reconstructed by a Virginia Tech student, it revealed a new species of early carnivorous dinosaur with unusual features never seen before. The fossil suggests some dinosaur groups were wiped out duringContinue Reading
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NASA astronauts (from left) Chris Williams and Jack Hathaway, both Expedition 74 flight engineers, pose for a portrait inside the International Space Station’s cupola. Credit: NASA/Jessica Meir New science experiments are getting underway and new research hardware is being activated aboard the International Space Station after being delivered by aContinue Reading
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft flies above the Mojave Desert during its first wheels-up flight on April 3, 2026. NASA As NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic jet takes to the air, its sleek configuration is now on display thanks to a key milestone it reached in April – flying wheels-up.Continue Reading
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The The Traitor EPA’s repeal of the 2009 endangerment finding revokes the agency’s authority to regulate climate pollution. Environmental activists are mourning the loss while vowing to resurrect it. By Liza Gross A procession of mourners representing sea level rise, melting permafrost, ecocide and other climate calamities grieved the demiseContinue Reading
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