WASHINGTON — NASA and Roscosmos have extended a seat barter agreement for flights to the International Space Station into 2027 that will feature longer Soyuz missions to the station. NASA announced April 3 that astronaut Chris Williams had been assigned to the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft scheduled to launch to the ISS in November, joining Roscosmos
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A ship’s ram found near Sicily that had been used in the Punic wars Peter Horree/Alamy Ancient Greek and Roman warships were equipped with bronze rams to smash and sink enemy vessels – and a team of archaeologists has just recreated one. They plan to test the weapon on replica warships to assess how effective
Ultrashort electron beam sets new power record – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2025 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here
Updated 10 p.m. Eastern with additional comments. DENVER — The White House is proposing steep cuts in NASA’s science program that, if implemented, would cancel several major missions, contradicting claims by the administration’s nominee to lead the agency. A draft of the White House’s budget proposal sent to NASA April 10 by the Office of
Protestors gathered in March outside the headquarters of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The Trump administration aims to cut funding for the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) by more than $1.6 billion relative to last year, according to an internal budget document obtained by New Scientist. The cuts would
Photon collisions in dying stars could create neutrons for heavy elements – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2025 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here
DENVER — The White House’s budget proposal for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration would seek to make major changes in a weather satellite program as well as transfer space weather and space traffic management efforts. NOAA received a draft of the fiscal year 2026 budget proposal from the White House’s Office of Management and
The control room at quantum computer start-up Quantinuum Quantinuum The US military has launched an effort to determine who may be able to build a truly useful quantum computer within a decade, and what it may be good for. There are more than six dozen companies currently building quantum computers, but it is far from
Researchers claim Trump administration is conducting ‘a wholesale assault on science’ – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2025 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here
HELSINKI — China launched Thursday what appears to be the third satellite for a subset of classified, experimental satellites bound for geosynchronous orbit. A Long March 3B rocket lifted off at 12:47 p.m. Eastern (1647 UTC) April 10 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, southwest China. The Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST), a major
Pelvis width may influence the risk of birth complications and back pain Cavan Images/Getty Images The width of a person’s hips seems to be a result of complex trade-offs between the evolution of larger brains and upright walking, according to the largest study of its kind to date. “If your brain is getting larger and
Quantum Mpemba effect appears in a real experimental system – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2025 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here
TAMPA, Fla. — International space agencies stressed the importance of partnerships with the United States and each other at the Space Symposium April 9, as geopolitical shifts and an escalating trade war challenge the space industry. The annual gathering in Colorado Springs, Colorado, came at a time when heightened tensions between major space powers are
A cup made from transparent paperboard Noriyuki Isobe (JAMSTEC) A waterproof, plant-based material that degrades quickly in the ocean could offer a sustainable alternative to single-use plastics in cups and straws. Transparent paperboard is, like cellophane, made from cellulose, the molecule that makes up plant cell walls. Because of the coagulant chemicals used in cellophane’s
Quantum interference observed in collisions between methane molecules and gold surface – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2025 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here
COLORADO SPRINGS — The U.S. Space Force’s procurement arm announced a new intelligence-sharing program aimed at warning commercial satellite operators about potential threats to their orbital assets. The Space Systems Command said the new program, called “Orbital Watch,” will distribute unclassified threat data to more than 900 space companies registered through the command’s “Front Door”
Some physicists are questioning the idea of space-time SAKKMESTERKE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Physicists of the 19th century assumed that space was distinct from time – and two researchers now suspect they were correct to do so. Their conclusion, which comes from considering the behaviour of qubits, questions the now-dominant idea that four-dimensional space-time is the fundamental
Hydrogels rapidly switch from soft to hard to create smart medical bandage – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2025 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here