The first version of TerraMind, a powerful next-generation AI model designed to help us better understand and protect our planet, was released today.

Image: ESA’s Biomass satellite, encapsulated within a Vega-C rocket fairing, has been rolled out to the launch pad at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana ahead of liftoff, planned for 29 April at 11:15 CEST.

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 22, 2025
A significant step forward has been achieved in the development of Blue Origin's Orbital Reef, a NASA-backed commercial space station concept, as the project recently passed an important human-in-the-loop testing phase. This test supports NASA's broader goal of advancing commercially operated destinations in low Earth orbit. The human-in-the-loop tests involved individuals or small teams c

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 22, 2025
Preparations are nearly complete for the launch of China's upcoming crewed spaceflight, Shenzhou XX, which will ferry three astronauts to the Tiangong space station. The China Manned Space Agency confirmed that both the spacecraft and its Long March 2F rocket were rolled out to the launch tower at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert on Wednesday night. The agency reporte

Washington DC (UPI) Apr 21, 2025
SpaceX launched its Bandwagon-3 mission into orbit Monday night from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, with more satellites on board and a re-entry capsule that will become a first for Europe. The Bandwagon-3 mission, atop a Falcon 9 rocket, lifted off at 8:48 p.m. EDT, from Space Launch Complex 40. "Liftoff!" SpaceX wrote in a post on X one minute after the launch.

London, UK (SPX) Apr 22, 2025
Researchers from King's College London, Harvard University, and UC Berkeley have introduced a new approach to dark matter detection that they believe could yield results within 15 years. The proposed method involves a device they liken to a "cosmic car radio," capable of detecting hypothetical particles known as axions, widely considered among the most promising dark matter candidates. Dar

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 22, 2025
An international research collaboration led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has identified the most remote spiral galaxy candidate ever recorded. Existing just one billion years after the Big Bang, this immense galactic system already displays a well-developed structure including a central bulge of aged stars, an expansive star-forming disk, and pronounced spiral arms. The findings, based on

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 22, 2025
A bold new theory from astrophysicists at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy suggests the universe itself may be rotating-albeit at a nearly imperceptible pace. The study, led by Istvan Szapudi and published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, could offer a fresh explanation for the longstanding "Hubble tension" that has puzzled scientists for years. Cur

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 22, 2025
A collaborative effort between researchers from Mainz, Valencia, Madrid, and Zurich has revealed new insights into one of biology's greatest leaps in complexity: the emergence of the eukaryotic cell. Published in PNAS, the study reframes eukaryogenesis as a phase transition in the evolutionary algorithm of life-a transition so profound it divides the biological record into two distinct computati

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 22, 2025
India's space agency, ISRO, has launched a suite of groundbreaking experiments aboard Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4), in close partnership with NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA). These projects aim to deepen our understanding of life and technology in microgravity, laying vital groundwork for future long-duration missions and bolstering India's leadership in the global space sector. Among I