Astronauts finally head home after nine-month ISS stay
A pair of astronauts stranded in space for more than nine months were finally headed home Tuesday after their capsule undocked from the International Space Station.
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Asteroid probe snaps rare pics of Martian moon
On the way to investigate the scene of a historic asteroid collision, a European spacecraft swung by Mars and captured rare images of the red planet鈥檚 mysterious small moon Deimos, the European Space Agency said on Thursday...
Global glacier melt is accelerating, scientists say
Ice loss from the world鈥檚 glaciers has accelerated over the past decade, scientists said on Wednesday, warning that melting may be faster than previously expected in the coming years and drive sea levels higher...
Pod of 157 dolphins stranded on Australian beach
A pod of 157 dolphins was found stranded Wednesday on a remote beach in Australia鈥檚 southern island of Tasmania, environment officials said as veterinarians raced to the scene...
Musk says chatbot Grok 3 will be unveiled Monday
Elon Musk said his startup xAI will release its Grok 3 chatbot on Monday and billed it as the 鈥榮martest AI on Earth鈥� in a fiercely competitive market.
2 astronauts stranded on space station to touch down early
Two American astronauts who have been trapped on the International Space Station since June could return to Earth earlier in March than expected, NASA said on Tuesday...
Top researcher blasts 'nonsense' of superhuman AI
Efforts to build artificial intelligence (AI) that could solve all the world\'s problems at a stroke are 鈥榥onsense鈥�, leading researcher Michael Jordan told scientists in Paris ahead of next week\'s global AI summit.
Save world鈥檚 glaciers to save planet: UN
Saving the world鈥檚 shrinking glaciers is a 鈥榮urvival strategy鈥� for the planet, the UN said on Tuesday, a day after president Donald Trump announced the US would withdraw from the Paris climate accord...
US withdraws from global climate change initiative
The Fed entered the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System, or NGFS, in December 2020, praising it at the time as a place to exchange ideas about the development of environment and climate risk management policies for the financial sector...
SpaceX catches Starship booster, ends with upper stage explosion
The triumph was, however, short-lived when teams lost contact with the upper stage vehicle. SpaceX later confirmed it had undergone 鈥榬apid unscheduled disassembly,鈥� the company鈥檚 euphemism for an explosion...
US further restricts AI chip exports
In recent years, Washington has expanded its efforts to curb exports of state-of-the-art chips to China, which can be used in AI and weapons systems, as Beijing鈥檚 tech advancements spark concern among policymakers...
UK to unleash AI to turbocharge economy
Labour administration said AI would be 鈥榰nleashed鈥� across the whole of the country, with the 鈥榝ull weight鈥� of its half a million strong civil service getting behind the endeavour...
2024 hottest recorded year, crosses global warming limit
The past two years saw average global temperatures exceed a critical warming limit for the first time as the UN demanded 鈥榯rail-blazing鈥� climate action...
US astronauts upbeat 7 months into 8-day mission
Two US astronauts who have been stuck for months on the International Space Station have plenty of food, are not facing a laundry crisis, and do not yet feel like castaways...
NASA eyes SpaceX, Blue Origin to cut Mars rock retrieval costs
NASA announced Tuesday it may turn to Elon Musk鈥檚 SpaceX or Jeff Bezos鈥檚 Blue Origin to help reduce the soaring costs of returning Martian rocks collected by the Perseverance rover to Earth...