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open Astroscale space janitor attempts fly-around of derelict upper stage 7
open Glass rain, supersonic winds, and Eau de Rotten Egg – just another day on HD 189733 b 18
open Europe blasts back into the heavy launch biz with first Ariane 6 flight 55
open Texas court blocks FTC noncompete ban, and you can blame SCOTUS 57
open Time Lords decree: No leap second needed in 2024 45
open ITER delays first plasma for world's biggest fusion power rig by a decade 105
open Amazon puts down its Astro robotic business watchdog 19
By harrys
open Oak Ridge boffins twist exotic metal into eco-friendly, solid-state cooler 17
By ThatOne
open War on Texas law requiring ID to savor smut online heads to Supreme Court 51
open Nintendo sues alleged Switch pirate pair for serious coin 20
open MIT's bionic leg upgrade leaves amputees walking like the wind 18
open Trouble in space as Boeing's not going, and China's back from the Moon 15
open China working on standard for brain-computer interfaces 8
open Boeing to reacquire spun-off supplier Spirit AeroSpace to shore up safety 25
By herman
open Chinese space company accidentally launches rocket in test gone wrong 50
open Mars is slam-dunked by hundreds of basketball-sized meteorites every year 19
open NASA tests the ups and downs of air taxi comfort with VR 10
open Infosys CEO to pay a whole $30K in penance for non-disclosure that enabled insider trading 7
open ISS 'nauts told to duck and cover after dead Russian sat sprays space junk 18
By 0laf
open Perseverance pays off as Mars rover's SHERLOC brought back from the brink 12
By petef
open How many Microsoft missteps were forks that were just a bit of fun? 22
open Microsoft founder Paul Allen's tech museum closes, sells off collection 44
By Zwack
open Resource burden of electric vehicles set to triple by 2050 50
By Julz
open Glastonbury to turn festivalgoer pee into eco-friendly fertilizer 39
open China's Chang'e-6 capsule returns with lunar loot from the far side 25
open Humanity's satellite habit could end up choking Earth's ozone layer 92
open NASA ought to pay up after space debris punched a hole in my roof, homeowner says 54
By mtp
open Starliner to remain docked to the ISS into July – with no new departure date 49
open India to build re-usable launch vehicle after nailing third landing of mini-spaceplane 16
open NASA finds humanity would totally fumble asteroid defense 99
open BOFH: Why's the network so slow? 102
open Micron mega-fab mildly endangered by definitely endangered American bats 12
By Rattus
open X boss Elon Musk tries to make nice with world at ad biz conference 47
open Additional hatch operations on a Boeing vehicle – but this time it's Starliner 51
open Footage of Nigel Farage blowing up Rishi Sunak's Minecraft mansion 'not real' 87
open 50 launches, 1 knighthood – Rocket Lab CEO talks heavy-lift rockets, Venus, and Musk 10
open Apple's Macintosh 128K on a Pi Pico gets thumbs-up from Upton 8
By rwrand
open Tiny solid-state battery promises to pack a punch in pocket gadgets 72
open Wrongful termination lawsuit accuses Neuralink of Herpes B-infected monkey business 21
open The Hubble Space Telescope is back in business 13
open Virgin Galactic celebrates flight hiatus with a reverse stock split 9
open Voyager 1 makes stellar comeback to science operations 32
open AI Octopus predicts results of Euro 2024: It isn't looking good for England 17
By jmch
open BOFH: An 'AI PC' for an Acutely Ignorant user 91
open NASA hits wrong button, broadcasts ISS emergency training by mistake 17
By Zibob
open Dr Ed Stone, former director of JPL, Voyager project scientist, dies at 88 18
open Italian premier taps Pope Francis to warn G7 of AI disaster if ethics ignored 5
open Space health shocker: Astronauts return mostly fine 12
open Elon Musk ends OpenAI lawsuit without explaining why 22
open Gates-backed nuclear plant breaks ground without guarantee it'll have fuel 80