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NASA to Replace ISS

The International Space Station (ISS) will de-orbit in 2031, and three companies are working with NASA to design new space stations to replace ISS. NASA is also using private companies to build the first lunar space station. Maxar and…

Six Ways AI is Changing Robotics

We've had a long-standing fascination with robots. From the Terminator to Transformers to Wall-E and the Iron Giant, they've cared for us (Rosey on The Jetson's), protected us (Robocop), and threatened our very existence (Hal, the Sentinels…

NASA Wants Your Help

NASA wants you. Kurt “Spuds” Vogel, NASA associate administrator for space technology, wants community input on space technology shortfalls to help the agency prioritize approximately 200 topics in space technology to improve how it…

KABOOM! Galaxy Pollution in Action

International researchers studied galaxy NGC 4383 in the nearby Virgo cluster and found a gas outflow so large that it would take 20,000 years for light to travel from one side to the other. The discovery is published in the journal Monthly…