Scientists at the Hefei Institute of Physical Sciences have unveiled a new life-saving technology with China's first AI robot lifeguard. The unmanned autonomous device is able to detect a drowning swimmer and signal a rescue boat, all without human intervention. Researchers tested the pioneering technology on a river in Luohe, Henan province, in late October.
Fresh from the excitement of this week’s Wolf Moon, there’s another treat in store for sky-watchers this week, with Mars appearing large and bright in the sky.
Colossal Biosciences, which aims to revive extinct species, has raised an additional $200 million. Critics say de-extinction in its purest sense isn’t possible.
Expert says the planet parade will be best viewed around 21 January and recommends downloading a sky map app to help spot them
Blue Origin, the company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, has successfully launched its New Glenn rocket into orbit. The company’s first rocket took off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida just after 2.a.m. ET.
STORY: SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Florida on Wednesday, sending two commercial moon landers into space. It's an unusual "double moonshot" launch that highlights the global rush to explore the lunar surface.One lander is the Resilience, made by Japanese company ispace.It's ispace's second attempt at a moon landing, after a first try in 2023 failed due to an altitude miscalculation.The other lander, named Blue Ghost, is the first by Texas-based Firefly Aerospace.Firefly is now the third company to launch a moon lander under NASA's public-private Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.Countries and private companies worldwide have been aiming for the moon in recent years.They have an eye on its potential to host astronaut bases, as well as possible resources that could be mined for in-space applications.It's turning Earth's natural satellite into a stage for national prestige and geopolitical competition, with echoes of the Cold War-era space race.According to an ispace executive, Resilience is carrying $16 million worth of customer missions and six payloads in total, including an in-house "Micro Rover" that will collect lunar samples.The lander is expected to touch down on the moon's surface around May to June after taking an "energy efficient" route.Firefly's Blue Ghost aims to reach the moon 45 days after launch - around March 2. It's carrying 11 payloads from a range of customers, most of them funded by NASA.The U.S. space agency has a goal to send humans back to the moon, for the first time since 1972, by 2027 - though that will likely be pushed back.While China plans to put its own crews on the lunar surface by 2030, following a series of robotic missions.NASA's move to fund public-private missions, like Firefly's Blue Ghost, is aimed at studying the moon's surface and stimulating private lunar demand, before the agency sends humans there through its Artemis program.But it faces potential changes with the incoming administration of Donald Trump.The president-elect has largely sided with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's vision to focus heavily on Mars.
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SpaceX conducted the seventh flight test of its Starship launch vehicle on Thursday, which the company called "the most capable" Starship yet -- and the only fully reusable one. It was a mixed bag for the aerospace giant as they successfully caught the first stage booster upon its return to Earth, but lost communications with the Starship as it headed into space. The more than 400-foot rocket, powered by 33 Raptor engines, appeared to lift off successfully at 4:37 p.m. CT from SpaceX's launchpad at its Starbase facility near Brownsville, Texas.
India docked two satellites in space Thursday to become the fourth nation to complete such a mission, officials said, in a milestone for the country’s scientific ambitions. On Thursday, they were maneuvered back together in a "precision" operation, according to the the Indian Space Research Organization, or ISRO. “India docked its name in space history!” the ISRO said in a post on social media site X, adding that “control of two satellites as a single object is successful.”
Elon Musk plans to use world’s biggest rocket to colonise Mars
It may look like a pickled vegetable, but when fully ripe it can launch its seeds across a remarkable 10-metre radius
Study highlights role of women in Celtic Britain and challenges assumptions most societies were patrilocal
A live translation tool could soon enable people to engage in conversations in real-time despite speaking different languages.
In a remarkable unveiling, the potential true appearance of "Juanita," Peru's iconic mummy has been revealed: a teenage Inca girl sacrificed more than half a millennium ago on the lofty Andean peaks.View on euronews
Oxfordshire police have warned the public about a “forceful female” who “intimidated” elderly residents.
A spacecraft has captured incredibly detailed images of Mercury during a close flyby. BepiColombo, a joint ESA-JAXA mission, made its closest approach on January 8, 2025. Flying 295 km above Mercury, it photographed icy craters, volcanic plains, and the planet's largest impact crater. Mercury reflects two-thirds less light than Earth's Moon, making its surface appear remarkably dark. The flyby used gravity assist to steer BepiColombo closer to its 2026 orbital mission. These are the last images from M-CAMs before separation for a detailed planetary study. BepiColombo's mission launched in 2018 to explore Mercury's geology, magnetic field, and exosphere. Scientists aim to analyse this new data to understand Mercury's evolution further.
A home security camera captured a falling meteorite and the sound it made when it hit the walkway leading to a house in Canada, the incident occurring just moments after the homeowner departed for a walk with his dogs. Joe Velaidum of Prince Edward Island told
Even without recovering New Glenn’s reusable booster, Blue Origin has joined the ranks of commercial companies with rockets able to launch into orbit.
Shares of iPhone and iPad maker Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) fell 3.2% in the afternoon session after data from research firm Canalys revealed the company (AAPL) is losing dominance in China. The data revealed that iPhone shipments in China fell 17% to 42.9 million units in 2024, pushing Apple down to third place in market share. The decline was partly blamed on the lack of artificial intelligence features in new iPhones. This weak print is significant for Apple since China accounted for roughly 17% of i
The joint European-Japanese mission is only the second survey of Mercury, the least explored planet in the inner solar system.View on euronews
TikTok has warned of a looming shutdown in just six days, as the Supreme Court is currently weighing the law that would ban the app. The law gives TikTok parent company ByteDance until January 19 to divest its U.S. operations or face a ban in the country. TikTok is hoping for a pause to the law, but if that doesn’t happen, the app will effectively be banned in the country.
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