Perseverance reveals more detail on Martian organic chemistry Building blocks for life could have been present for up to 2.6 billion years on the Red Planet, rover discovery shows Science12 Jul 2023 | 8
Methane-spotting satellite that gives true readings of industry emissions hits skies in 2024 Potent greenhouse gas even worse for climate than too much carbon dioxide Science12 Jul 2023 | 28
Japan schedules August launch for 'Moon Sniper' lander Nifty XRISM plasma-spotting scope to ride the same Mitsubishi Science12 Jul 2023 | 1
Starlink satellites leak astronomy-disturbing EM radiation, say boffins The light pollution problem is so 2022 Science10 Jul 2023 | 10
NASA humanoid robot to be tested as remote oil rig attendant Doing the dirty work for Australia's Woodside Energy will help prepare bot for work in space Science10 Jul 2023 | 9
NASA 'quiet' supersonic jet is nearly ready for flight If it works, the X-59 could enable a new era of commercial supersonic travel that doesn't shatter windows Science07 Jul 2023 | 125
India's space agency set to launch lunar lander, rover On a shoestring budget, Chandrayaan-3 aims to observe Luna, Earth, even exoplanets Science07 Jul 2023 | 15
SpaceX says, sure, Starship blew up but you can forget about the rest of that lawsuit Won't someone think of the (checks notes) Kemp's Ridley sea turtle? Science06 Jul 2023 | 54
Brits negotiating draft deal to rejoin EU's $100B blockbuster science programme Prime minister set to look over promises for potential pact at the weekend Science06 Jul 2023 | 172
Ariane 5 to take final flight, leaving Europe without its own heavy-lift rocket Final update (literally) Launch will leave continent dependent on the US for space missions Science04 Jul 2023 | 70
Mars helicopter phones home after 63 days of silence If Japanese space boffins have their way, it could be joined by a robotic hummingbird Science03 Jul 2023 | 14
Europe's Euclid telescope launches to figure out dark energy, the universe, and everything Interview We speak to project scientist on effort to build 3D map of space going back ten billion years Science01 Jul 2023 | 30
Report reveals US Space Force unprepared to counter orbital threats 20 years of searching for spider holes has given Russia, China lots of time to secure the skies for themselves Science30 Jun 2023 | 30
Virgin Galactic finally gets its first paying customers to edge of space Video It only took nearly 20 years and one death to get there Science29 Jun 2023 | 77
UK's dream of fusion power by 2040s will need GPUs Boffins plan 'digital twin' to help hit deadline, recruit heavy-hitting partners Science29 Jun 2023 | 21
Fire-resistant drones promise to help rescuers in a hot spot NASA space suits provide inspiration to Swiss and Brit boffins Science28 Jun 2023 | 2
NIST boffins shrink atomic beam clock to the size of a postage stamp It's not the most accurate atomic clock in the world, but the NIST team behind it believes they can fix that Science27 Jun 2023 | 14
Way out in deep space, astronomers spot precursor of carbon based life James Webb scope finds CH3+ – aka methyl cations – without which you probably wouldn't be reading this Science27 Jun 2023 | 30
NASA and miners face off over lithium deposits at satellite calibration site There's smartphone batteries to be mined, but at what cost? Science26 Jun 2023 | 17
Wind tunnels for fluid dynamics boffins among UKRI's £72M funding Funds will focus on energy, transportation, astronomy, and healthcare Science26 Jun 2023 | 25
MIT discovery suggests a new class of superconductors You who think superconductivity can't happen without spin polarization? Hold my FeSe Science23 Jun 2023 | 23
Missing Titan sub likely destroyed in implosion, no survivors Debris points to 'catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber,' says Coast Guard Science22 Jun 2023 | 315
Intelsat and SES merger to create $10B satellite giant is off Hear that, Amazon Kuiper and Starlink? The coast is clear... Unlike the skies. Ahem Science22 Jun 2023 | 1
Pangolin-inspired robot can roll around your guts administering treatments Flexing device works where surgeons find hard to reach Science22 Jun 2023 | 4
Existential dread time: One day Earth's oceans will boil. This exoplanet might reveal when LP 890-9c gives us a glimpse into our world's far future, astronomer tells El Reg Science22 Jun 2023 | 26
BepiColombo probe turns to the dark side … of Mercury Sends home snaps on third fly-by of six as it heads for orbit in 2025 Science21 Jun 2023 | 13
Time running out for crew of missing Titanic tourist submarine It has enough air to last until Thursday, but if it isn't already on the surface rescue operations could be impossible Science20 Jun 2023 | 206
NASA to tear the wings off plane in the name of sustainability They'll be replaced with longer, thinner wings supported by a truss Science14 Jun 2023 | 97
Software picks out more satellite photobombs in Hubble image Multi-exposure masking helps mitigate modern era interferance Science13 Jun 2023 | 18
Caltech claims to have beamed energy to Earth from satellite Tech has potential to power war-torn spots and remote regions The Reg in Space07 Jun 2023 | 43
Whistleblower claims Uncle Sam is sitting on hoard of alien vehicles and tech Ex-UAP analyst reckons he was harassed for telling Congress Science07 Jun 2023 | 77
Scientists think they may have cracked life support for Martian occupation Outdated ISS system will need an upgrade if we're to go further into space The Reg in Space07 Jun 2023 | 82
NASA's heavy metal Psyche asteroid trip is a go for October Team problems found last year seem to have been resolved Science07 Jun 2023 | 4
James Webb smells someone having barbecue in galaxy 12 billion light years away Most distant smoke and smog discovery could help explain star formation in the early universe The Reg in Space06 Jun 2023 | 14
This ain't Boeing very well: Starliner's first crewed flight canceled yet again Flammable tape and unreliable parachutes ground craft this time around Science02 Jun 2023 | 82
Boffins snap X-ray closeup of single atom – and by closeup we mean nanometres Achievement took 12 years of blood, sweat and science Science01 Jun 2023 | 8
NASA experts looked through 800 UFO sightings and found essentially nothing Video We need better data! If only everyone could carry a high-quality camera and apps to share pics... Science01 Jun 2023 | 78
Brits and Yanks join forces to make fusion magnets cool again How cool? About -250°C Science31 May 2023 | 23
Airline puts international passengers on the scales pre-flight An aircraft mass properties engineer and an eating disorder therapist weigh in on Air New Zealand's plan Science31 May 2023 | 122
CERN spots Higgs boson decay breaking the rules So much for the Standard Model of particle physics? Science30 May 2023 | 46
Mars helicopter went silent for six sols, imperilled Perseverance rover Ingenuity's still setting records, but waking it up and chatting are getting harder The Reg in Space30 May 2023 | 42
Neuralink says US OK's human experiments with Elon's brain chips Hopefully this tech works better than his self-driving cars Science26 May 2023 | 36
LIGO cranks up the sensitivity to sniff out gravitational waves The instrument that proved Einstein right is back The Reg in Space26 May 2023 | 23
IR35 costs UK Research and Innovation £36M – the same it spent funding tech projects Quango tax blunder follows similar payments from Defra and MoJ Science26 May 2023 | 26
Experimental brain-spine computer interface helped a paralyzed man walk Comment Pioneering research effectively reconnects patient's motor cortex with his spinal cord Science26 May 2023 | 42
After network glitch, South Korea's commercial sat-slinger succeeds Nuri rocket has done the business – now to get into the business Science26 May 2023 | 3
Virgin Galactic flies final test before opening for business $450k buys you about 90 minutes of space adventure and a sub-orbital glimpse of Earth Science26 May 2023 | 38
Encoded 'alien message' will reach Earth today, but relax: It's just a drill SETI encouraging everyone to break out their decoder rings, get in on the simulated first-contact fun Science24 May 2023 | 23
Virgin Orbit-uary: Beardy Branson's satellite launch biz shutters Rocket Lab, Stratolaunch, and Vast pick at the corpse Science24 May 2023 | 25
Lightning just as frightening on Jupiter as it is on Earth Juno probe strikes at the similarities despite differences in planets' size and structure Science24 May 2023 | 6
Nearly 1 in 5 academics admit close encounters of the anomalous kind Boffins call for end to UFO stigma Science23 May 2023 | 78
China seeks space cargo launches well below prices NASA pays SpaceX Asia In Brief Plus: ChatGPT hallucinates Japan's PM; Infosys scores huge BP deal; Grab on the way to becoming a bank; and more Science22 May 2023 | 8
Astronomers spot Earth-sized exoplanet probably 'carpeted' by volcanoes The floor is lava. Literally. But at least there might be water Science18 May 2023 | 19
Elizabeth Holmes is going to prison – with a $500m bill 'Liz' learns you don't screw over rich people Science17 May 2023 | 72
Stratolaunch takes hypersonic flight dreams to new heights with mid-air release success Paul Allen must be smiling up there ahead of test flight in summer Science17 May 2023 | 9
North Korea shows off surveillance satellite it claims it can launch To counter the 'US imperialists and the South Korean puppet villains' Science17 May 2023 | 13
Supernova peekaboo could provide clues to our universe's age Gravitational lensing technique offers hope in cracking cosmological conundrum Science16 May 2023 | 7
NASA freezes ice-hunting cubesat Moon mission for good after thruster fail Lunar Flashlight's innovative hardware worked ... other than its engines. Let's call it a draw Science15 May 2023 | 6
Dyson moans about state of UK science and tech, forgets to suck up his own mess Opinion Brexit-supporting offshore merchant wonders what has happened to all the investment Science15 May 2023 | 414
Astronomers say they've seen the largest explosion yet – and we just had to talk to them The culprit: A supermassive black hole, a billion times more massive than the Sun, feeding on a giant gas cloud Science13 May 2023 | 27