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Launch to ISS pushed to Thursday over weather: NASA
1+ hour, 52+ min ago (609+ words) The US space agency is now targeting February 12 for the lift-off of Crew-12's mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with a window opening at 5:38am local time (1038 GMT). "Mission teams completed a weather review on Monday and elected to waive…...
From Quantum Physics to Coastal Resilience Brad Bartz to Present Who Turned the Power Back On at AltaSea
1+ hour, 52+ min ago (363+ words) Bartz, who founded ABC Solar more than 25 years ago, is known for emphasizing practical deployment of solar and battery technologies under challenging conditions. His upcoming talk begins with a surprising starting point: quantum mechanics. "Solar power begins with a quantized…...
Shenzhen district powers dense robot innovation ecosystem
1+ hour, 52+ min ago (459+ words) Inside this corridor, an embodied intelligent robot serving customers in a cafe has become a shorthand scene for how quickly hardware ideas now reach real-world use, reflecting a broader shift by local robotics firms toward practical, industry-specific applications such as…...
Abundant element alloy enables rare earth free cryogenic cooling
1+ hour, 52+ min ago (650+ words) Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 04, 2026 - In collaboration with the National Institute of Technology (KOSEN), Oshima College, the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) has developed a new regenerator material composed solely of ab Abundant element alloy enables rare earth free cryogenic…...
Amino acids in Bennu asteroid hint at icy radioactive origin
7+ hour, 24+ min ago (480+ words) Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 10, 2026 - Amino acids discovered in samples from the Bennu asteroid may have formed in an icy, radioactive environment in the early solar system, according to a new study led by Penn State researchers. The fi Amino…...
JWST study links sulfur rich gas giants to core growth in distant HR 8799 system
7+ hour, 24+ min ago (697+ words) Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 10, 2026 - Gas giants are large planets composed mainly of hydrogen and helium with dense cores but no solid surfaces. Astronomers have long debated how the most massive of these worlds form and where the boun JWST…...
Enceladus waves shape Saturn space weather
7+ hour, 24+ min ago (579+ words) Paris, France (SPX) Feb 10, 2026 - Enceladus, a small icy moon of Saturn, generates electromagnetic ripples that stretch more than half a million kilometers through the giant planet's space environment. A new analysis of data from NA Enceladus waves shape Saturn space…...
Firefly prepares Alpha Flight 7 stairway to seven mission
7+ hour, 24+ min ago (531+ words) The Alpha FLTA007 rocket will launch no earlier than February 18 on a mission focused on achieving nominal performance of both the first and second stages rather than deploying an operational payload. Flight 7 is the final Alpha mission in the rocket's current…...
Pressure driven leakage from marine snow feeds deep ocean microbes
7+ hour, 24+ min ago (680+ words) The study, led by biologists at the Department of Biology and research centers Nordcee and the Danish Center for Hadal Research, focuses on so called marine snow. These tiny clumps of dead algae, microbes and other organic material form in…...
Astroscale Japan to mature electric refueling for future GEO servicing
7+ hour, 24+ min ago (200+ words) The Space Strategy Fund is a multiyear framework that backs ambitious technology development activities by private companies, startups and universities. Its organizers aim to expand the space market, contribute to solutions for global and social challenges, and push development at…...