China launches ‘human artificial embryos’ to space in bid to see whether reproduction is possible off-world

China has become the first nation to send “human artificial embryos” to space in a bid to better understand how microgravity and cosmic radiation may affect human reproduction. The results could have big implications for our ability to set up self-sustaining colonies on the moon and Mars . The embryo-like structures, made from living humanContinue Reading

NASA spacecraft beams back blue images of Mars on its way to a metal asteroid — Space photo of the week

Jamie Carter is a Cardiff, U.K.-based freelance science journalist and a regular contributor to Live Science. He is the author of A Stargazing Program For Beginners and co-author of The Eclipse Effect, and leads international stargazing and eclipse-chasing tours. His work appears regularly in Space.com, Forbes, New Scientist, BBC Sky at Night, Sky & Telescope, and other majorContinue Reading

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This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. In October, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued pharmaceutical companies tied to Tylenol in state court, repeating claims made a month earlier by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that the pain relief drug was linked to autismContinue Reading

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Daily builds of Ubuntu 26.10 ‘Stonking Stingray’ are now available for download, as development on the distro’s next major release kicks in to gear. As the name suggests, new ISOs are produced from development code on a (mostly) daily basis, giving those keen to test October’s release in advance theContinue Reading

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 211 — Oysters in Space

Oysters in Space – With Jacob Scoccimerra of Monolith Space – YouTube Watch On On Episode 211 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Jacob Scoccimerra of Monolith Space. When one ponders the diet of Mars-bound astonauts, oysters don’t often come to mind… but they should. As it turns outContinue Reading

SpaceX Starship Flight 12: Don’t miss these stunning photos from the launch of the most powerful Starship yet

SpaceX’s Starship V3 rocket launches on a test flight from Starbase, Texas on May 22, 2026. (Image credit: SpaceX) SpaceX Starship’s massive V3 launch looked incredible. Starship launch blasted off on Friday (May 22) from SpaceX’s Starbase test site in South Texas, at 6:30 p.m. EDT (5:30 p.m. local time or 2230 GMT). The massiveContinue Reading