The Download: a secretive antiaging drug and joining virtual power plants
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. A startup claims it’s …
How to sign up for a virtual power plant—and decide whether you should
MIT Technology Review’s How To series helps you get things done. Your thermostat may not look like a power plant. Neither does your electric vehicle, home batt…
The Scientific and Ethical Arguments for Ending Food Stamps
For most of human history, the rich were well-fed and rarely worked whereas the poor were often overworked and underfed. Yet in 21st century America, many of ou…
RFC 10038: Distributing the Segment Routing over IPv6 (SRv6) Locator Using DHCPv6
In an SRv6 network, each SRv6 Segment Endpoint Node must be assigned an SRv6 Locator, and segment identifiers (SIDs) are generated within the address space of t…
The Strange Fungus That Grows Around Whiskey Distilleries
Irish whiskey is one of Ireland’s great export success stories. Exports were worth over €930 million in 2025, with the country’s much-loved spirit being sold al…
RFC 10037: Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) Extension for DNS Time-to-Live (TTL) Values
This document specifies an extension to the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP), which allows the Time-to-Live (TTL) values for relevant DNS record types t…
What time will SpaceX launch NASA's Roman Space Telscope on Aug. 30? (Full mission timeline)
SpaceX will launch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, NASA's next great observatory, atop a Falcon Heavy rocket on Aug. 30. Here's what time it flies.…
RFC 10034: RTP Payload Format for Visual Volumetric Video-Based Coding (V3C)
A visual volumetric video-based coding (V3C) ISO/IEC 23090-5 bitstream is composed of V3C units that contain V3C atlas sub-bitstreams, V3C video sub-bitstreams,…
Our choice as one of the best budget telescopes now has 17% off — this telescope deal is worth grabbing fast
Our expert tester rated the Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ telescope with an impressive review and it's now at one of its lowest prices this year in this…
President Honors NASA’s Artemis II Crew with Highest US Space Award
President Donald J. Trump awarded NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen with …
The night we nearly saw a 'blood moon' (and why I love near-misses in astronomy)
Astronomy is often about being close to extraordinary things without fully experiencing them. Here's why to love partials, grazings, faint objects and other alm…
President Trump Signs Executive Order to Create US Space Academy
To strengthen the nation’s space workforce and develop the next generation of space leaders, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order on Friday to es…
'It's going to be beautiful': President Trump signs order to create US Space Academy
President Trump just signed an executive order creating the U.S. Space Academy, which will train students for a career studying, exploring, exploiting or helpin…
'Silo' season 3: Common and Alexandria Riley talk shocking truths and writers tearing their on-screen marriage apart (interview)
Warning: Potential "Silo" Spoilers Ahead! Get back in the Silo if you aren't up to date!…
Relive private Chinese rocket's explosive 1st landing attempt (video)
LandSpace's first attempt to land its Zhuque-3 rocket was quite a spectacle, as newly released video footage reminds us.…
On Cloud 9: Have astronomers discovered the first starless galaxy?
Astronomers are closer than ever to confirming the discovery of the first starless or "failed" galaxy, packed with dark matter and gas but with virtually no sta…
SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launching NASA's Roman Space Telescope on Aug. 30: How to watch it live
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is scheduled to lift off atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket early Sunday morning (Aug. 30). Here's how to watch it live.…
On this day in space! Aug. 28, 1993: Galileo spacecraft flies by asteroid Ida on the way to Jupiter only to find a tiny moon!
On Aug. 28, 1993, NASA's Galileo spacecraft flew by the asteroid Ida on its way to Jupiter. Here's why it mattered.…
Curiosity climbs to new heights on Mars | Space photo of the day for Aug. 28, 2026
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured a gorgeous new panorama to celebrate climbing a total of 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) throughout its now 14-year exploration of …
President Trump gives Artemis II moon astronauts the Congressional Space Medal of Honor
The astronauts of NASA's Artemis II mission, who flew around the moon this past April, just received the United States' highest space honor.…
Partial lunar eclipse stuns skywatchers with an ‘almost blood moon’. Here are the best photos
A gorgeous partial lunar eclipse delighted stargazers overnight on Aug. 27-28, as Earth's shadow darkened the full "Sturgeon Moon" in an impressive display of o…





