NASA, Blue Origin Invite Media to Attend Mars Mission Launch
NASA and Blue Origin are reopening media accreditation for the launch of the agency’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) mission. The twin ESCAPADE spacecraft will study the solar wind’s interaction with Mars, providing insight into the planet’s real-time response to space weather and how solar activity drives atmospheric escape. This will beContinue Reading
Have We Reached a Space-Junk Tipping Point?
Tracking many thousands of pieces of space debris still leaves out many millions more that are too small to see from Earth. But they’re not too small to do real damage to satellites and spacecraft. According to European Space Agency estimates, 140 million debris items bigger than one millimeter litter Earth’s orbit today. Low EarthContinue Reading
NASA, International Partners Deepen Commitment to Artemis Accords
NASA, along with leaders from global space agencies and government representatives worldwide, convened on Monday to further the implementation of the Artemis Accords — practical principles designed to guide the responsible exploration of the Moon, Mars, and beyond. The meeting was held during the 76th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) taking place in Sydney…Continue Reading
Travelers and air traffic controllers may face disruptions in a government shutdown
Air travel is bracing for disruptions as Congress races against tonight’s federal funding deadline to avert a shutdown. Why it matters: The U.S. Travel Association told Congressional leaders in a letter sent last Thursday that a shutdown would cost the U.S. economy $1 billion per week and affect millions of travelers…Continue Reading
NASA’s Astrobee Robots Advance Through Strategic Partnership
NASA is continuing the Astrobee mission through a collaboration with Arkisys, Inc., of Los Alamitos, California, who was awarded a reimbursable Space Act Agreement to sustain and maintain the robotic platform aboard the International Space Station. As the agency returns astronauts to the Moon, robotic helpers like Astrobee could one day take over routine maintenanceContinue Reading
NASA signs US-Australia Agreement on Aeronautics, Space Cooperation
At the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) taking place in Sydney this week, representatives from the United States and Australia gathered to sign a framework agreement that strengthens collaboration in aeronautics and space exploration between the two nations. Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy and Australian Space Agency Head Enrico Palermo signed the agreement Tuesday on behalfContinue Reading
New Releases: September 30, 2025
Middle Grade A Little Too Haunted by Justine Pucella Winans The only thing worse than having ghost hunters for parents is having fake ghost hunters for parents. Luna Catalano would know. Her moms are haunted house flippers who use their home reno skills and pretend psychic powers to turn spooky old housesContinue Reading
California police pull over a self-driving Waymo for an illegal U-turn, but they can’t ticket
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Police in Northern California were understandably perplexed when they pulled over a Waymo taxi after it made an illegal U-turn, only to find no driver behind the wheel and therefore, no one to ticket. The San Bruno Police Department wrote in now viral weekend social mediaContinue Reading
Newsom signs first-in-the-nation AI safety disclosures law
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill Monday requiring artificial intelligence (AI) companies to disclose safety information about large-scale frontier models in a key win for the push to regulate AI in Silicon Valley’s home state. S.B. 53, the Transparency in Frontier AI Act, will require developers of theseContinue Reading
How does China’s K visa work and can it compete with the H-1B?
China is rolling out a new visa aimed at foreign talent in STEM just as the US is tightening eligibility for the H-1B., China is rolling out a new visa aimed at attracting foreign talent in the fields of science and technology. The K visa comes into effect from Wednesday,Continue Reading
Will a government shutdown hurt the US economy?
Experts say furloughs and layoffs could slow consumer spending in the months to come., The United States government is set to shut down unless Congress passes an appropriations bill to fund its operations. Without this legislation, federal agencies will be forced to suspend nonessential activities starting on Wednesday at 12:01amContinue Reading
Imgur is No Longer Available to Users in the UK
Even Imgur embeds are affected The UK can no longer view content on Imgur, the popular online image-hosting site. MediaLab, the site’s US-based owners, have geo-blocked the country rather than agree to regulatory requests to improve privacy protections for users who are under 18. Brits who visit the Imgur website,Continue Reading
Starmer takes on Farage | BBC Newscast
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has used his conference speech to attack Reform UK’s Nigel Farage saying he “doesn’t like Britain”. The prime minister warned against “the politics of grievance” and said that the UK is at a “fork in the road”. In response Nigel Farage has accused Starmer ofContinue Reading