NASA’s Ernest rover points to a faster future for Mars and Moon missions
NASA has shared new testing footage of Ernest, a prototype rover built to handle steep terrain, lift its wheels over obstacles, and move faster than current Mars rovers.
NASA has shared new testing footage of Ernest, a prototype rover built to handle steep terrain, lift its wheels over obstacles, and move faster than current Mars rovers.
China’s launch cadence stayed hot with four missions in three days, but the Kuaizhou-11 flight drew concern after hours of silence, even as U.S. Space Force tracking later suggested it reached orbit.
Firefly CEO Jason Kim argues that the moon is shifting from a symbol of exploration to a practical economic frontier, with NASA, Artemis, and commercial lunar missions laying the groundwork.
Netflix’s “Are you still watching?” prompt shows up after a few episodes or a long stretch of playback. Here’s why it appears and how to turn it off on TV, phone, or tablet.
ASN says a NetJets Cessna 680A Citation Latitude crashed near Laredo Airport during an emergency landing attempt, destroying the aircraft and killing one of six people aboard. Here is what the report says, what we can confirm, and what still needs the NTSB to sort out.
NASA has named the four astronauts and backup for Artemis 3, but the bigger story is the mission itself. Jeff Foust reports on the revised flight profile, the lander tests in Earth orbit, and the schedule pressure now hanging over the program.
Amazon says its new InvokeGuardrailChecks API for Bedrock Guardrails lets developers apply individual safety checks at specific points in an agentic workflow, without creating separate guardrail resources. The company says the API runs in detect-only mode and returns numeric scores so applications can decide whether to block, retry, bypass, or log.
Some old iPods can still get a battery replacement, but the answer depends on the model and where you look. Apple support is limited, while third-party repair options may still help.
Researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope say Terzan 5 is a “bulge fossil fragment,” a discovery that could help explain how the Milky Way’s bulge formed.
A new CSIS report finds that the growth in U.S. solid rocket motor production is not enough for Pentagon demands, complicating missile-defense efforts.