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On 6 February 1971, Alan Shepard attached a modified six-iron head to a lunar sample-tool handle and hit two golf balls one-handed because his pressurised suit was too stiff for a normal swing. He joked that the second went “miles and miles and miles”; enhanced Apollo photographs analysed in 2021 placed the balls only about 24 and 40 yards away.
1+ day, 16+ min ago (723+ words) Alan Shepard’s improvised lunar six iron produced two modest shots, then enhanced Apollo imagery finally measured how far the balls travelled....
In 1962, Canada’s first satellite went into orbit with a planned life of 1 year — Alouette sent useful data for more than 10 years, carrying long antennas that had been packed for launch by rolling the metal strips up like a carpenter’s measuring tape.
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (529+ words) Alouette I exceeded its one-year design life and used antennas that unrolled from compact coils into long tubular structures. Its radio observations left an enduring archive....
Bacteria living around the roots of rice plants can generate a tiny electrical current as they feed, and scientists in Bangladesh have tested the phenomenon in working paddy soil — producing electricity without reducing the rice harvest
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (232+ words) A team in Bangladesh has harnessed bacteria's hunger to generate electricity from rice paddies, proving that farming's oldest staple can double as a power source without sacrificing yield. Published September 9, 2026 · How we edit Somewhere under a flooded paddy, bacteria are…...
In 1996, astronauts paid out 19.7 kilometres of cable from the shuttle Columbia to test electricity generation in orbit — the system reached 3,500 volts before an electrical arc burned through the tether and sent the satellite drifting away from its ship.
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (673+ words) Columbia’s TSS-1R experiment deployed 19.7 kilometres of tether before electrical arcing caused a break. The lost satellite still left useful data about electricity generation in orbit....
Scientists in Iceland drilled straight into 900°C magma by accident — so energy-dense was the well that resulted, it could produce nearly ten times the power of a conventional geothermal well
3+ week, 1+ day ago (309+ words) In 2009 a drill crew in northeast Iceland went looking for very hot water and hit something that was still moving....
Start with one grain of rice on the first square of a chessboard and double it on every square, and the 64th square alone would hold more than 9.2 quintillion grains — with more than 18.4 quintillion grains across the whole board.
3+ week, 2+ day ago (175+ words) Exponential growth seems harmless until you're obligated to deliver more grain than exists on Earth....
Seventy percent of Americans say they don't want a data centre near them, and a major reason is the constant low-frequency hum from cooling systems that neighbours report as sleepless nights, headaches, and nausea.
3+ week, 4+ day ago (109+ words) The invisible infrastructure powering AI comes with a very audible cost: a constant hum that's keeping neighbours awake and driving them away from their own homes. By Space Daily Editorial Team · Edited by Kiran Journals Published August 19, 2026 · How we edit…...
The treaty that governs the Moon was written in 1967, bans nations from owning it, and created no court or police force to enforce the rule — and 70 countries are now helping write the practical rules for what happens when humans return.
3+ week, 4+ day ago (1156+ words) Seventy Artemis Accords signatories are developing practical expectations for lunar missions, but the non-binding coalition does not amend the 1967 Outer Space Treaty or create an enforcement body. By Space Daily Editorial Team · Edited by Lachlan Brown Published August 19, 2026 · How we…...
On 7 August, Elon Musk said Ship 40's ocean recovery was “not looking good.” Eleven days later, on 18 August, it was towed intact to waters off Christmas Island — the first Starship upper stage ever recovered intact after returning from space.
3+ week, 5+ day ago (891+ words) After 24 days at sea, recovery crews guided the first intact Starship upper stage to calmer water off Christmas Island, preserving an unprecedented post-flight test article....
Starship's 33 engines push down with 74,400 kilonewtons at liftoff — roughly twice the force of the Saturn V that sent humans to the Moon, yet the whole vehicle is designed to be caught like a falling pencil and flown again the next day
4+ week, 1+ day ago (1038+ words) SpaceX's bet is that catching and reusing a 5,000-tonne rocket is cheaper than building a new one, and the engineering challenges of making that work may matter far more than raw horsepower. Published August 16, 2026 · How we edit At the moment…...