Fusion rockets could remake space travel within a decade

Schematic of the Fusion Driven Rocket including major subsystems

Fusion startups Pulsar Fusion and Helicity Space join Princeton researchers and NASA studies in pushing real fusion rockets that could shrink travel across the solar system.

The file demonstrates the way of thinking of the entropic gravity, holographic principle, entropy distribution, and derivation of Einstein GR equations from these considerations

Quanta’s dive into AdS/CFT shows why gravity looks holographic, hinting our 3D universe could emerge from a 2D quantum boundary and what that mind-bending idea means for physics.

Magnet-making microbes extended C. elegans lifespans by over 43% and protected their brains and guts, hinting at a wild new frontier for anti-aging science.

How diffractive solar sails could smash killer asteroids with 100 km/s kinetic impact.

$Concept art from NASA depicting a diffractive solar sail. Original title of "Diffractive lightsail concept".$

A Beihang University study and NASA-backed sail research show how diffractive solar sails might hurl a 100 km/s impactor into a killer asteroid.

Trump’s EPA repeals Biden carbon standards and moves to erase remaining climate rules for power plants, setting up fierce legal and political fights.

NASA’s $4.3B Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has launched on a Falcon Heavy to L2, promising a wide-field assault on dark energy, dark matter, and exoplanets.

President Trump signs an executive order for a NASA-led U.S. Space Academy, aiming to train future leaders for Space Force, NASA and commercial space.

SpaceX is building Starbase Louisiana, a $100B Starship mega-spaceport on 125,000 acres of Gulf Coast marsh, aiming for thousands of launches a year.

NASA’s PUNCH mission just nailed solar storm arrival timing to within 30 minutes, promising earlier warnings for satellites, astronauts and power grids.

Singletto, a biotechnology startup based in Seattle, has made headlines as its FDA-approved, virus-neutralizing mask is now available for purchase on Amazon. This advancement follows the company’s recent successes, including U.S. Department of Defense backing and a substantial funding round, signaling a major leap for consumer-accessible advanced PPE.