Daily Archives: Dec 17, 2025

Could ancient asteroids have spread the seeds of life through the solar system? The latest revelations from NASA's OSIRIS‑REx samples of asteroid Bennu yielded an impressive cache of findings in the form of bio‑essential sugars, complex nitrogen‑rich polymers, and a chemical environment primed for prebiotic chemistry. This gives unprecedented...

Could a fleet of cheap naval drones cripple the energy lifeline of a major power? Recent escalation in the Black Sea by Ukraine suggests that the answer may be yes. In late November, Kyiv's Sea Baby unmanned surface vessels pushed the maritime war into new territory, striking Russian oil...

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has completed a major milestone and is now fully mechanically and optically integrated within NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Engineers on Nov. 25 mated the spacecraft bus to its optical telescope assembly inside the facility's largest clean room-a "defining moment"in the words of...