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Europe is taking a giant leap toward sustainable space access with its first reusable rocket test this year. The Themis demonstrator represents a bold shift in how the continent reaches the stars.
A microplate reader the size of a cellphone just arrived at the International Space Station, promising to give scientists real-time research data from space experiments. The breakthrough could eliminate months-long waits for samples to return to Earth.
College students from Chandigarh University just earned official NASA recognition for discovering two new asteroids. Their achievement puts India on the map in global space research and shows what young minds can accomplish with the right tools and determination.
The International Space Station welcomed four new astronauts this weekend, restoring full operations after NASA's first medical evacuation in 65 years left the station short-staffed. The fresh crew brings decades of combined experience to continue vital space research.
A cancer drug refined aboard the International Space Station just became the first injection that takes minutes instead of hours to deliver. The breakthrough shows how weightlessness can solve problems gravity creates on Earth.
Scientists discovered that Mars, despite being just one-tenth Earth's mass, plays a surprisingly important role in keeping our planet's climate cycles stable. This finding could change how we search for habitable worlds beyond our solar system.
NASA just successfully tested a revolutionary wing design that could save airlines millions per plane each year while dramatically reducing emissions. The breakthrough technology makes air flow smoother over wings, cutting fuel consumption on flights worldwide.
Physicists just made a breakthrough that brings dark matter research from expensive supercomputers to your laptop. The new tool could finally explain how galaxies form and even reveal secrets about black hole creation.
Two college students in India are building gamma-ray detecting satellites using local metal shop materials that cost $700 instead of the industry standard $180,000. Their startup Nebula Space Organisation is breaking the aerospace monopoly to make space research accessible to everyone.
Scientists sent bacteria-fighting viruses to the International Space Station and discovered they evolved in ways that could defeat drug-resistant infections here on Earth. The breakthrough shows how space research might help solve one of medicine's biggest challenges.