ISS mission splashes down after medical issue

The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying the Crew-11 astronauts has splashed down into the ocean after they left the ISS a month earlier than planned due a medical issue. It’s the first time NASA cut [...]

Intuitive Machines' second Moon mission seems to have gone as well as the first

The second lunar lander by Intuitive Machines has made its way to the Moon, but not without incident. The Athena vehicle may not be upright, which is what happened to the company’s Odysseus lander u [...]

Analysis: Trump’s “Gold Standard Science” is already wearing thin

FDA head uses great-sounding science standards to dismiss COVID vaccine benefits. [...]

The fight over science funding: Congress vs. the OMB

The Senate is restoring science funding to normal levels; that may not be enough. [...]

Google Deepmind upgrades Gemini 3 Deep Think for complex science and engineering tasks

Google Deepmind says its upgraded Gemini 3 Deep Think mode leads major reasoning and coding benchmarks.<br /> The article Google Deepmind upgrades Gemini 3 Deep Think for complex science and eng [...]

US Department of Transportation moves to cut fuel efficiency standards

Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has only been in his post for a day and already making it clear that the agency will be ignoring the role vehicle pollution plays in worsening climate [...]

NASA is shutting down some official social media accounts, including the Curiosity rover's handle

NASA is shutting down several social media accounts run by the Science Mission Directorate, including the official Mars Curiosity Rover account on X. The organization says it made the decision in orde [...]

States are suing the EPA for relinquishing its role as a greenhouse gas emissions regulator

California, Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York are leading a group of 20 other states in suing the US Environmental Protection Agency for renouncing its ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissio [...]

NASA will decide how to bring soil samples back from Mars in 2026

NASA will analyze and explore two different landing options for its Mars Sample Return program, though it will take almost two years to do so and is expected to announce its decision in late 2026. The [...]