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A new preprint provides analytical equations to calculate the maximum theoretical performance of a drone swarm defending a target. The research shows that with certain constraints, coverage is capped, and that a common reinforcement learning approach significantly underperforms these theoretical limits.
JWST observations of the 24 million-year-old star CPD-72 2713 reveal its debris disk is misaligned with the star's equator by at least 27 degrees. The study also ruled out a massive planet as the cause, deepening the mystery of the system's formation.
Voyager Technologies' Griffin-1 lander has finished environmental testing at NASA's JPL. It is set to carry Astrolab's FLIP rover and nine other payloads to the Moon's south pole on a Falcon Heavy later this year.
NASA's upcoming SpaceX CRS-35 resupply mission will deliver several advanced biomedical experiments to the International Space Station, focusing on bone loss, cartilage degeneration, and cardiac function in microgravity.
NASA has formally requested plans from U.S. private companies to develop commercial space stations, signaling a strategic shift away from government-owned platforms like the International Space Station (ISS).
NASA successfully demonstrated a large, inflatable heat shield designed to enable heavier payloads to land on planets with atmospheres, like Mars, and to return large items from orbit.
The crew of NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 mission has safely returned to Earth, splashing down after their tour on the International Space Station and marking another successful rotation for the Commercial Crew Program.
NASA is preparing the Artemis II crew for their upcoming lunar flyby by using an annotated photograph from the Artemis I mission that highlights historic Apollo landing sites.
Astronomers propose that a gas giant planet, by interacting with its dying star, created a complex gas cloud and may have been reborn as a new 'second-generation' planet.
NASA is spearheading a collaborative effort to create a new, unified geodetic framework for the Moon to ensure safe and precise navigation for upcoming Artemis missions.
NASA has successfully constructed and tested the titanium pressure vessel for its DAVINCI probe, designed to survive a one-hour descent through the extreme heat and pressure of Venus's atmosphere to analyze its composition.
NASA is using a special paint that visualizes air pressure on aircraft wings in real-time, aiming to collect data that will help design more fuel-efficient and quieter airplanes.
Recent observations from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal the disappearance of a massive dust cloud around the star Beta Pictoris, indicating a recent, cataclysmic collision between large planetary bodies.
NASA and its international partners are advancing technologies to grow fresh food in space, a critical step for enabling long-duration human missions and improving astronaut well-being.
NASA has opened applications for its Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunities (NSTGRO) for the fall 2026 term, aiming to fund students developing innovative technologies for future space missions.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a public warning letter to FairyGene, Inc., signaling regulatory enforcement action.
NASA has issued updated technical guidance for Aluminum Alloy 2219, a material used since the Apollo missions, reflecting a more nuanced understanding of its properties based on new data.
NASA has successfully completed ground tests for a novel dual-mode propulsion system for CubeSats, combining 'green' chemical and electric propulsion to enable more complex in-orbit maneuvers.
Côte d'Ivoire has become the 75th nation to sign the Artemis Accords, a U.S.-led framework of principles for civil space exploration.
A NASA visualization compiled from a year of satellite images shows Earth's seasonal changes, revealing the planet's dynamic climate system from a unique, continuous full-disc perspective.
Despite decades of rapid lengthening, the Arctic's sea ice melt season has unexpectedly leveled off since 2007, a pause that masks the region's continued vulnerability.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has launched a public database showcasing successful uses of non-animal testing methods in drug development, aiming to build confidence and encourage their adoption.
NASA has awarded three additional crewed missions to SpaceX, further solidifying the company's role in transporting astronauts to the International Space Station.
NASA's Curiosity rover commemorated its 5,000th Martian day by capturing a panoramic 'postcard' of Gediz Vallis, a feature potentially carved by a late-era river on Mars.
Google has developed a method called 'Retrieve-for-Train' that replaces slow, data-intensive retrieval steps in complex AI search tasks with a faster, trained model, aiming to reduce inference bottlenecks.
NASA is preparing for the next round of its Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program, signaling continued integration of private-sector satellite data into its Earth science research.
A NASA photograph from the International Space Station highlights how the major industrial city of Monterrey, Mexico, is geographically constrained and defined by the surrounding Sierra Madre Oriental mountain range.
NASA has updated the Artemis Accords to require signatory nations to make all scientific data from lunar missions publicly and openly available.
A total solar eclipse will pass over parts of Europe on August 12, 2026, representing the first such event for mainland Europe since 1999 and generating significant interest for observation and tourism.
Satellites have confirmed a persistent thermal anomaly at the summit of Mount Michael, a remote volcano in the South Atlantic, indicating the presence of a rare, stable lava lake.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a formal warning letter to medical device manufacturer Dental Technologies, Inc., signaling significant regulatory violations.
The FDA has granted accelerated approval to camizestrant in combination with a CDK4/6 inhibitor for a specific, hard-to-treat form of advanced breast cancer characterized by ESR1 mutations.
Google and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute have published the first complete, high-resolution wiring diagram of an adult fruit fly brain, a landmark achievement in connectomics.
NASA has successfully launched the DISSOLUTION mission, which used a main rocket payload and four smaller sub-payloads to simultaneously measure the plasma environment within high-altitude clouds known to disrupt radio and GPS signals.
The Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) now requires a fully electronic, interoperable system to trace prescription drugs at the individual package level throughout the U.S. supply chain, marking a significant shift in pharmaceutical logistics and security.
Google has developed TimesFM-3, a large, pre-trained foundation model designed for zero-shot time-series forecasting, claiming state-of-the-art performance on unseen data without model-specific training.
NASA has successfully launched the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, a next-generation observatory designed to study dark energy, dark matter, and exoplanets with a field of view 100 times larger than Hubble's.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is actively promoting the transition of Complex Innovative Designs (CIDs) from a pilot program to broader practice, aiming to make clinical trials more efficient.
The FDA is publicly exploring the use of advanced computer modeling and simulation to determine correct dosages for combination drug therapies and new uses for existing drugs, signaling a potential shift in drug development and approval processes.
In an exceptional weather event, a cold front brought widespread snow to Chile's Atacama Desert, one of the most arid environments on Earth.
NASA is pioneering an integrated software approach that allows spacecraft to automatically detect and fix problems, aiming to enable more complex and autonomous deep-space missions.
NASA has launched a new pilot program to cultivate a technical aerospace workforce by partnering with state governments and community colleges, starting in Ohio.
NASA has launched a university student competition to generate fresh concepts for integrating Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) into local community infrastructure.
NASA-led research is using high-altitude aircraft to study the formation and atmospheric impact of 'fire clouds,' or pyrocumulonimbus events, generated by intense wildfires.
NASA's latest "Benefits for Humanity" report highlights how research aboard the International Space Station is foundational for enabling future long-duration missions to the Moon and Mars under the Artemis program.
NASA has provided updates on its Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, highlighting key development milestones from private partners like Blue Origin, Draper, and Firefly Aerospace, who are building landers to deliver cargo to the Moon.
The United States is hosting the International Atomic Energy Agency's launch of a new initiative to explore using advanced nuclear technologies to decarbonize maritime shipping.
A powerful heat dome over the western U.S. in early June 2024 brought record or near-record temperatures, highlighting the increasing frequency and intensity of these extreme weather phenomena.
The Department of Energy announced that a third advanced nuclear reactor has reached initial criticality this year, a rare cluster of milestones for a technology stack that has spent decades in demonstration.
NASA reports that the James Webb Space Telescope has detected a previously undetected planet in a star system that had already been studied for years, showing how much remains hidden even in the most-observed neighborhoods of the sky.
The FDA approved the first treatment specifically for chronic Hepatitis Delta virus (HDV), the most aggressive form of viral hepatitis and previously without an approved therapy in the US.
The FDA cleared the first continuous glucose monitor authorized for over-the-counter use in children, extending real-time glucose visibility beyond adults and prescription pathways.
The FDA has broadened over-the-counter access to naloxone nasal spray for opioid overdose reversal, expanding the number of products and settings that can distribute it without a prescription.
The FDA published a proposed rule to modernize how domestic and foreign drug manufacturers register facilities and list products, tightening visibility over a fragmented global supply chain.
The FDA has approved the first gene therapy indicated for children as young as five with sickle cell disease, opening a curative pathway well before adulthood.
Between early 2024 and mid-2026, several companies moved orbital computing from research payloads toward the language of commercial cloud infrastructure. What has actually been proven so far is closer to onboard processing, edge experiments, and hosted demonstrations than to a scalable orbital data-center business serving unaffiliated paying customers.