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TAMPA, Fla. — Spanish startup FOSSA Systems has raised about $10.5 million to expand its connectivity constellation in a funding round that included a technology investment vehicle backed by Spain’s government. The support from the Spanish Society for Technological Transformation (SETT) comes a year after the fund injected 14 million euros into Spain’s Sateliot, which

A sample is collected from a rock art figure in Tebellín, Spain ABAMIA ARKEOS-ALBERTO MARTÍNEZ VILLA Ancient human DNA can survive on cave walls and rock art for thousands of years, a study of caves in Spain and Portugal has found. This opens up new ways to understand prehistoric humans and answer questions about whether

Quiz of the week: how do scientists hope to protect Earth from dangerous solar storms? – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2026 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here

WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab launched a radar-imaging satellite for Japanese company Synspective on June 26, a flight delayed by a responsive space mission. The Electron rocket lifted off from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand at 1:43 p.m. Eastern on a mission called “10 Owl of 10” by the company. The payload, a

Tracy Hutchinson has a rare mutation of the TP53 gene Tracy Hutchinson I started to wonder if something funky was going on when multiple people in my family got cancer around the same time. In 1990, my older sister Rebecca was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, when she was 21 and I was 14. While

Beyond the data: art meets climate at the edge of the world – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2026 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here

WASHINGTON — NASA has selected Rocket Lab to launch a pair of science missions on three Electron rockets in 2027. NASA announced June 25 it selected Rocket Lab to launch its Polarized Submillimeter Ice-cloud Radiometer, or PolSIR, and Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor-2, or TSIS-2, missions on Electron rockets. PolSIR consists of two 16U

Home batteries can charge up when electricity is cheap and sell energy back to the grid at peak times Mischa Keijser/Westend61/Getty Images Think of climate solutions in homes and you will probably think of solar panels on the roof. But a suitcase-sized battery in the closet can be a cheaper way to save money and

New model of ocean waves sheds fresh light on the spread of microplastic pollution – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2026 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force is launching a new competition for mobile satellite-control antennas, formally restarting a program it canceled after abandoning a $1.7 billion contract with AeroVironment and shifting toward a more commercial procurement strategy. The Space Force’s Rapid Capabilities Office earlier this month issued a pre-solicitation under the Satellite Communication Augmentation Resource

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover alongside a rock with markings that resemble features made by microbes NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS NASA’s Perseverance rover has found complex carbon compounds in a Martian crater that had previously shown tantalising possible signs of ancient life. On Earth, these compounds are typically associated with dead organisms, but scientists say it is too early

Can we create a shield to protect Earth from solar storms? – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2026 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here

WASHINGTON — A report by NASA’s inspector general is the latest to highlight the problems that the increasing number of launches is posing to spaceports. NASA’s Office of Inspector General released a report June 22 on NASA launch infrastructure at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. It concluded that

Fans don’t always cool you down Scott Barbour/Getty Images With Europe in the grip of a mega heatwave and deaths already being reported, staying cool isn’t just about comfort – for many, it is a matter of life and death. Many people will be relying on fans rather than air conditioning, so it is important

Encapsulation enhances surface structure imaging of 2D quantum material – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2026 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here

TAMPA, Fla. — The White House has issued an executive order aiming to unify and accelerate U.S. development of quantum technologies, including space systems that could enable next-generation navigation, sensing and secure communications. The “Ushering in the Next Frontier of Quantum Innovation” order, signed by U.S. President Donald Trump June 22, gives NASA 120 days

A scanning electron microscope image of the magic mushroom species Psilocybe cubensis, the highly potent psychedlic that the woman with Alzheimer’s was given Ted Kinsman/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY A woman with severe Alzheimer’s disease who spent years communicating in monosyllables started initiating conversations after receiving a large dose of psilocybin. The woman, who also had urinary

Belgian Nobel-prize-winning theoretical physicist François Englert dies aged 93 – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2026 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here