Lunar impacts limit late delivery of Earth ocean waterWashington DC (SPX) Mar 05, 2026 A long-standing idea in planetary science proposes that water rich meteorites arriving late in Earth history delivered a major share of the planet's water inventory. A new study led by researchers at Universities Space Research Association and the University of New Mexico uses the Moon's surface record to impose strict limits on that scenario, concluding that impacts over the last 4 billion year
NASA and DOE plan fission power plant on Moon by 2030Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 15, 2026 NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy have renewed their long standing partnership to develop a fission surface power system that can operate on the Moon as part of the Artemis campaign and future missions to Mars. The agencies plan to deploy a lunar surface reactor by 2030 to support sustained human and robotic activities and to advance U.S. leadership in space exploration and commerce.
NASA astronaut who required evacuation from ISS 'doing very well'New York (AFP) Feb 25, 2026 The astronaut who faced a health issue prompting the first-ever medical evacuation in International Space Station history is "doing very well," he said in a statement issued by NASA on Wednesday. Mike Fincke, 58, said he's "doing very well and continuing standard post-flight reconditioning" at NASA's center in Houston. NASA had previously declined to identify which astronaut experienced
AI Sovereignty in South Africa: Infrastructure Without Law Is a Foundation Without WallsAs we stand in February 2026, there is no industry or area of our daily lives that has not been infiltrated, touched, or impacted by Artificial Intelligence (AI)—whether we are aware of it or not.
Open source microscope enables low cost live cell imaging in zero gravityNew York (SDX) Feb 23, 2026 As space agencies advance plans for human missions to the Moon and Mars, researchers are working to understand how the absence of gravity affects living cells over time. A team led by Newcastle University in the United Kingdom has now developed a rugged, low cost microscope platform that can monitor living cells in real time during zero gravity, and they are making the system openly available to
NASA chief rules out March launch of Moon mission over technical issuesWashington, United States (AFP) Feb 21, 2026 NASA chief Jared Isaacman on Saturday ruled out a March launch for Artemis 2, the first crewed flyby mission to the Moon in more than 50 years, citing technical issues. Workers detected a problem with helium flow to the massive SLS rocket that will "take the March launch window out of consideration," Issacman said in a post on X. "I understand people are disappointed by this development.
AI-driven solar model aims to extend space weather warningsNew York (SDX) Feb 23, 2026 New research by Southwest Research Institute and the National Science Foundation's National Center for Atmospheric Research has produced a new tool that could eventually extend space weather forecasts from hours to weeks. The approach aims to provide earlier warnings of solar activity that can disrupt GPS, power grids, satellites and astronaut operations. The work targets a longstanding he
Curiosity Studies Nodules on Boxwork FormationsDescription NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover discovered these bumpy, pea-sized nodules while exploring a region filled with boxwork formations — low ridges standing roughly 3 to 6 feet (1 to 2 meters) tall with sandy hollows in-between. This mosaic is made up of 50 individual images taken by Curiosity’s Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI), a camera on […]
Dynamic terrain model boosts airborne gamma ray survey accuracyLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 18, 2026 A research team led by Professor Hexi Wu and Dr Weicheng Li has developed a dynamic three dimensional terrain correction method that significantly improves the quantitative inversion accuracy of airborne gamma ray spectrometer surveys. The approach combines a novel sourceless efficiency calibration technique with a flight path based terrain model to tackle long standing challenges caused by over
Ask HN: How do you test your MyBatis dynamic SQL queries?(Full Disclosure: I am developing this plugin and drafting this post with the assistance of AI agents. It’s been an eye-opening experiment in how AI can help "scratch an itch" faster than ever.)I’m currently working on a project using MyBatis, and one of the biggest friction points for me is verifying dynamic SQL. Whenever I have a complex query with , , or OGNL expressions, the feedback loop is painfully slow.My current "workflow" (which I find incredibly tedious) is: 1. Copy the raw SQL from the XML mapper. 2. Manually scrub the XML tags like and . 3. Replace all #{param} placeholders with actual values, one by one. (or :param) 4. Finally, paste the cleaned-up SQL into the IDE’s database console to see if it even runs.I was surprised to find that, despite many MyBatis plugins existing, none of them seem to offer a "direct execution with parameters" feature within the IDE. I expected this to be a standard feature by now, but it feels like we’re still stuck with manual labor for query
Show HN: Funxy v0.6 – scripts that ship as standalone executablesHi HN,New release: `funxy build` now produces standalone executables. (Previously I shared the Go embedding — this is the other direction: ship scripts as binaries.) You compile a script, get a binary — bytecode + VM + all deps baked in. No Funxy on the target machine.```bash funxy build server.lang -o myserver scp myserver prod:~/ ssh prod './myserver' ```Embedding: files, directories, glob patterns (`.html`), brace expansion (`.{js,css}`). Everything goes into the binary and is available via `fileRead`, `fileReadBytes`, `isFile` — the script doesn't know if it's disk or embedded.```bash funxy build webapp.lang --embed templates,static --embed "assets/*.css" -o webapp ```Dual-mode: the binary is also a full Funxy interpreter. By default it runs the embedded app. Pass `$` and it switches to interpreter mode — run any script, use `-pe` one-liners, same as regular `funxy`:```bash ./myserver # runs embedded app ./myserver --port 8080 # flags via sysArgs ./myserver $ other.lang # interpret
Einstein effect clears planets from tight double star systemsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 02, 2026 Of the more than 4,500 stars known to have planets, one puzzling statistic stands out. Even though nearly all stars are expected to have planets and most stars form in pairs, planets that orbit both stars in a pair are rare. Of the more than 6,000 extrasolar planets, or exoplanets, confirmed to date - most of them found by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope and the Transiting Exoplanet Survey S
Lunar soil test chamber paves way for future moon constructionParis, France (SPX) Feb 04, 2026 Before any building rises on the Moon, engineers will need to understand the soil beneath their structures just as they do on Earth. To address this challenge, a recent ESA Discovery project led by the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) has produced a design for a specialised calibration chamber that will allow cone penetration instruments to be tested under lunar conditions, providing the g
Visualizing Perseverance’s AI-Planned Drive on MarsDescription This animation of NASA’s Perseverance was created with the Caspian visualization tool using data acquired during an 807-foot (246-meter) drive on the rim of Jezero Crater made by the rover on Dec. 10, 2025, the 1,709th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The mission’s “drivers,” or rover planners, use the information to understand the Perseverance’s […]
Resurrecting Ancient Enzymes in NASA’s Search for Life Beyond EarthNASA-supported scientists have resurrected an enzyme first used by organisms on Earth 3.2-billion years ago and, in the process, have validated a chemical biosignature in rocks that is used to understand ancient life on Earth. The research provides a new understanding of what Earth’s biosphere was like early in our planet’s history and confirms a […]
Hubble’s Album of Planet-Forming DisksThis collection of new images taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope showcases protoplanetary disks, the swirling masses of gas and dust that surround forming stars, in both visible and infrared wavelengths. Through observations of young stellar objects like these, Hubble helps scientists better understand how stars form. These visible-light images depict dark, planet-forming dust disks […]
The Quiet Transformation of GPS - What's Coming by 2026Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 15, 2026 GPS has long been perceived as a finished system - dependable, standardized, and largely unchanged from the user's point of view. For most people, navigation simply works, and that reliability creates the illusion of stagnation.
Multiple satellite filings demonstrate transparency, responsibility and ambition: China Daily editorialBeijing, China (SPX) Jan 13, 2026 Low-Earth orbit slots are finite, nonrenewable and increasingly scarce. Once they are occupied or effectively locked by early movers, latecomers face severe constraints on their ability to deploy satellite systems critical for communications, navigation, remote sensing and digital services. Under the long-standing "first-come, first-served" principle of the International Telecommunication
NASA, Department of Energy to Develop Lunar Surface Reactor by 2030NASA, along with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), announced Tuesday a renewed commitment to their longstanding partnership to support the research and development of a fission surface power system for use on the Moon under the Artemis campaign and future NASA missions to Mars. A recently signed memorandum of understanding between the agencies solidifies […]
Ancient deltas reveal vast Martian ocean across northern hemisphereBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 13, 2026 Using high resolution images from several Mars orbiters, an international team led by the University of Bern has identified a system of fan deltas in southeast Coprates Chasma that record the highest stand of an ancient ocean in Mars Valles Marineris. The geomorphologic structures, preserved today as scarp fronted deposits near the lower end of the canyon system, closely resemble classic river d



















