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How carrying enough water to make return-trip propellant simplifies a Starship mission to Mars
The idea of a human mission to explore Mars has been studied repeatedly over the past 75 years. More than 1,000 piloted Mars mission studies were conducted inside and outside NASA between about 1950 ...
European Space Agency Confirms Data Breach After Hackers Auction Stolen Information
The European Space Agency has confirmed a data breach after a coalition of prolific hackers listed the stolen information for ...
2025 was the 3rd hottest year ever recorded, European space agency's report finds
Increasing greenhouse gas buildup and exceptionally high ocean temperatures drove the significantly hot conditions, the new ...
Dropbox changing policy: Now threatening to delete files over storage limit
Dropbox previously had a policy where if you downgraded from a paid plan to free, files over the 2GB free tier limit would be kept but simply stop syncing. This allowed me to have access to the copy of older files and backups.I just received an email stating: “This is a reminder that your account is currently over its storage limit.If you don't take action by January 30, 2026 your files will be deleted.What you can do:- Choose a plan that suits your storage needs—starting at 2,000 GB.
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Show HN: First professional-grade AI fonts
Hi HN,We have developed (from scratch) the world's first production-grade Font GenAI system, and have used it to put together the largest collection of fonts on the planet: https://fonthero.com
(1) There have been other serious efforts at developing GenAI fonts. These have struggled to produce consistent, professional-looking fonts and most of them produce irregular and inconsistent results that do not pass the bar of usability. (We of course also have some "claw hands&qu
Show HN: My attempt to formalize "Buddhist" reality
I'm interested in Buddhist philosophy, and specifically studying Nāgārjuna's Middle Way gave me inspiration to formalize it mathematically and see what would emerge as a result.(My background: engineer/co-founder (Qualcomm/Adreno GPU, Bumble, Stereo), 16 years of meditation practice, 2+ years in Southeast Asian monasteries and silent retreats)Starting from one Buddhist-inspired axiom—recursive duality E={E⁻,E⁺} - I derived:1) Boolean logic (from period structure of minimal co
NASA calls Crew-11 splashdown 'near flawless' in 1st astronaut medical evacuation
A Crew-11 member, who NASA has yet to identify, had an undisclosed medical concern that triggered the agency to accelerate ...
NASA Crew-11 astronauts splash down after medical issue cuts ISS mission short
Crew-11—which includes two American astronauts, a Japanese astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut—splashed down in the Pacific ...
Ailing astronaut returns to Earth early in NASA's first medical evacuation
SpaceX guided the capsule to a middle-of-the-night splashdown in the Pacific near San Diego, less than 11 hours after the ...
After a medical evacuation from space, NASA's Crew-11 returns to Earth a month early
Four people from NASA's Crew-11 mission splashed down off San Diego, successfully completing five months aboard the International Space Station. The trip was cut short due to a medical issue.
Astronauts evacuated from ISS returned to Earth. What is NASA saying?
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said all four Crew-11 astronauts are 'in good spirits' after they landed early Thursday ...
NASA astronauts depart space station due to a medical issue, beginning their early trip home
The crew undocked from the orbiting outpost at 5:20 p.m. ET Wednesday — about a month earlier than planned —and are scheduled ...
NASA brings astronauts home early after health issue in first-ever evacuation
NASA completed its first-ever medical evacuation from space, bringing four astronauts back to Earth early after a health ...
NASA astronauts back on Earth after unprecedented medical emergency on ISS
The SpaceX Crew-11 Dragon spacecraft splashed down this morning as four astronauts completed an unprecedented medical ...
Why did Crew-11 return early? What NASA says about medical evacuation
For the 1st time in the history of the International Space Station, an astronaut experienced a health issue that required ...
NASA astronauts seen for first time since medical evacuation
This was the first evacuation prompted by a medical issue in NASA’s near 68-year history, and the first from the ISS since it ...
How microgravity repositions the human brain and why it matters for deep space travel
What happens to the human brain when the force of gravity is removed from the equation? New research is beginning to reveal ...
'Death by a thousand cuts': James Webb Space Telescope figures out how black hole murdered Pablo's Galaxy
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered a young galaxy that "lived fast and died young" as it was gradually starved by its central supermassive black hole
Astronomers watch 2 supermassive black holes caught in a twisted dance with never-before-seen jet behavior
"This result shows that the Event Horizon Telescope is not only useful for producing spectacular images, but can also be used ...
Some objects we thought were planets may actually be tiny black holes from the dawn of time
Scientists have discovered more than 6,000 planets beyond our solar system. What if some of them aren't planets at all, but ...