NASA is reviving discussions to rescue the Hubble Space Telescope, which is operating well but is on track to reenter Earth's atmosphere about six years from now.The agency issued a request for information (RFI) on Oct. 29 for "in-space servicing" capabilities, which could include boosting Hubble's orbit (which is naturally degrading due to atmospheric drag), or even a mission to "enhance its capabilities" in some way.Hubble, which launched in April 1990 in partnership with the European Space Ag

New research suggests that collisions between stars in the early universe were common, which could help explain the rapid growth of supermassive black holes and the existence of strange Little Red Dots seen by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).The team behind this research performed simulations of the early universe and found stellar systems were densely packed, leading to stars frequently slamming into each other. While rapid collisions would have destroyed the stars involved, slower collis

The three Americans currently living off Earth just made sure their electoral voices were heard.Anil Menon told us today (Nov. 3) that he and fellow NASA astronauts Luke Delaney and Jessica Watkins voted in the U.S. midterm elections from the International Space Station (ISS)."Yes, you can even vote from space! All three U.S. crew members had the privilege of voting from space station. We filled out an electronic ballot and sent it securely to the election officials," Menon wrote in an X post th

If you were on the Internet in the early 2000s looking for free browser games to play, OGame was a blooming sci-fi strategy sensation that couldn't be ignored. With online servers providing the structure for a living and evolving universe where players fought, traded, and created empires from scratch, its limited visual presentation was no issue.Times have changed, but GameForge hasn't gone anywhere. OGame has been ported to mobile devices, and content updates have kept it alive and fresh for mu

Europe's Hera planetary defense spacecraft is closing in on the binary asteroid system targeted by NASA's DART deflection test, and can now tell the two rocky bodies apart. Hera is nearing the end of its voyage to the Didymos asteroid system, having launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in October 2024. The spacecraft snapped the image of Didymos and the smaller Dimorphos on Oct. 18 from a distance of 795 miles (1280 kilometers) from the pair, which are currently about 122 million miles (197 mill

Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have investigated a cosmic cat's tail, finding it likely formed after two Pluto-sized bodies smashed together.The feature, nicknamed the Cat's Tail, extends out from the debris disk known as Beta Pictoris which is located in a planetary system located 63 light-years away. This tail would put that of the average tabby to shame: It's so long that it could curl around the sun-Earth system about 500 times. That's about as long as 200 trillion house cats.

On Aug. 2, 2027, darkness will fall on Tatooine. The path of the "eclipse of the century" crosses southern Tunisia, putting several of the most famous Star Wars filming locations in the moon's shadow for up to four minutes. Around Tozeur, eclipse chasers can experience totality among the dunes of Mos Espa and the rocky Jundland Wastes, while on Djerba, locations used for Mos Eisley and Obi-Wan Kenobi's home will also briefly go dark.Other iconic sites are tantalizingly close to — but beyond �

An Astrobee, a tiny robot cube, is zipping around the International Space Station helping out the astronauts on board. (Image credit: NASA/Jessica Watkins)A tiny robot cube is zipping around the International Space Station, trying to help astronauts with the endless challenging tasks onboard. What is it?Reminiscent of Rocky rolling around the lab helping out Dr. Ryland Grace in Project Hail Mary, the Astrobee robot is a helpful assistant for astronauts aboard the space station. A metal cube abou

NASA's Artemis IV moon mission will be a complicated affair — especially if SpaceX's Starship ends up being the lunar lander.For all of the changing components of the Artemis program over the past several years, one of its most persistent may be the question of how many refueling flights Starship will need to land astronauts on the moon. By summer 2021, it was common knowledge that Starship would require multiple launches to pull off an Artemis moon landing. A Government Accountability Office

ISG administrators have clawed back nearly £46m since the contractor collapsed but trade creditors are still not expected to see a penny.
The latest report from EY-Parthenon leaves unsecured creditors facing losses on estimated claims of £885m, two years after the group’s failure.
HMRC is expected to recover part of its £91m preferential claim, although the taxman will also face a shortfall.
Administrators recovered nearly £7m in the six months to 19 September 2026 as they chased outstandi

Graham has won the tender race to build the first tower on the £1.2bn Kings waterfront development in Liverpool.
Metropolitan Demolition has now cleared the plot to allow work to start on No.1 Kings – the 28-storey ‘pathfinder’ tower for the wider site.
Work will see the delivery of 255 new homes for rent, alongside ground floor retail, first-floor resident amenities and rooftop social spaces for a scheme with a GDV of £80m.
Hugh Frost, Chairman of developer Beetham Davos Limited said: �

Betelguese, one of the brightest stars in the night sky, has been putting on quite a show lately — but not in the way you might expect. The famous red supergiant in the constellation Orion has been growing noticeably fainter in recent months. Of the 21 brightest stars in the night sky, Betelgeuse is perhaps the most enigmatic. Its changing brightness poses a puzzle: how do the star's pulsations, dust eruptions, and a possible companion contribute to its fading?A giant star with a puzzling name

Plans have been unveiled for a £20bn-plus data centre development at Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire, with the first phase targeted to be operational in early 2028.
Energy giant Drax has teamed up with investment group Brookfield and its UK-based AI infrastructure business Radiant to develop one of Britain’s largest data centre campuses.
The partners are targeting more than 1GW of capacity, with Brookfield estimating that total investment could exceed £20bn if the scheme is delivered i

London’s Newham Council has ordered emergency works at a Galliard Homes development in Canning Town as structural safety fears force residents out of five blocks.
Dangerous structure notices were served demanding immediate temporary works and risk mitigation at Centurion Tower, Sovereign Tower and St Vincent’s Court in Canning Town, east London.
The crisis widened on Friday when residents of neighbouring Thanet Tower and Prince Court were also told to leave following a further engineering as

Clancy is set to sign a £39m deal to design and build Southern Water’s Andover Link Main pipeline in Hampshire.
The contractor will deliver the underground link between Winchester and Andover, alongside new and upgraded pumping infrastructure to strengthen drought resilience.
The 22.8km pipeline will connect Crab Wood service reservoir near Winchester with Micheldever Road service reservoir on the outskirts of Andover.Some early preparation work, such as vegetation clearance, is expected to s