The 2026 Breakthrough Prize honored advances in dark matter, quantum physics, gene editing and nonlinear mathematics.

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NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has been avoiding questions about severe cuts proposed to the agency’s budget by President ...

Potential budget cuts at NASA are threatening future missions just weeks after Artemis II's historic trip around the moon.

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The world’s first commercial space science telescope, Mauve, just sent back data from low-Earth orbit, achieving “first light” — and signaling a potential new era for low-cost observation. Launched ...

The mission, called Space Reactor 1 Freedom, will test advanced nuclear electric propulsion. Upon reaching Mars, the spacecraft would deploy helicopters to explore the planet from the air. This ...

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Space hotels are on the brink of becoming feasible, as several countries are trying to launch luxury accommodations in space.

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