3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (366+ words) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A new study shows that little, wrinkly Mercury may be shrinking faster than expected, the cosmos’ version of a grape shriveling into a raisin under the sun. Scientists from the German Aerospace Center’s Institute of Space Research…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (521+ words) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The two NASA astronauts who led the Artemis II moonshot earlier this year are stepping away from spaceflight. NASA announced Wednesday that Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman and pilot Victor Glover will no longer serve as active…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (403+ words) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Scientists have discovered an enormous 10-sided wave pattern in the icy ammonia clouds over Saturn’s south pole. The spinning, meandering decagon appears to be even bigger and more unstable than the hexagon of clouds around Saturn’s north…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (181+ words) BEIJING – A robot sprinter broke another 100-meter record Wednesday at a showcase of China’s growing technological prowess. The record ended China’s five-day World Humanoid Robot Games, in its second year in Beijing, in which more than 2,000 humanoid robots competed in…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (212+ words) BEIJING – A Chinese humanoid robot set a new 100-meter sprint record of 8.86 seconds in Beijing on Tuesday, beating its robot competitors — and the fastest recorded human time. The race was part of China’s World Humanoid Robot Games, an Olympic-style competition…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (580+ words) Achmad Ibrahim And Chan Ho-Him BEIJING – Chinese humanoid robots broke records set by humans, including beating Usain Bolt's 100-meter sprint world record, on the opening day of the Olympics-like World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Saturday. More than 2,000 humanoid…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (435+ words) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Now it’s the moon’s turn to pull a disappearing act. After being shut out of this month’s total solar eclipse, the Americas will have the best seats in the celestial house when Earth’s shadow briefly envelops the…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (225+ words) BEIJING – China has successfully recaptured the first stage of a rocket on land for the first time, state media reported Wednesday, as the country seeks to advance its space program. Although this marks China’s first successful recovery on land, it…...