Google Deepmind upgrades Gemini 3 Deep Think for complex science and engineering tasks

Google Deepmind says its upgraded Gemini 3 Deep Think mode leads major reasoning and coding benchmarks.<br /> The article Google Deepmind upgrades Gemini 3 Deep Think for complex science and eng [...]

Intuitive Machines' second Moon mission seems to have gone as well as the first

The second lunar lander by Intuitive Machines has made its way to the Moon, but not without incident. The Athena vehicle may not be upright, which is what happened to the company’s Odysseus lander u [...]

Trump makes a last-minute backtrack on his pick to lead NASA

NASA's next mission will be to find a new agency leader, following a dramatic reversal from President Donald Trump. In a post made on Truth Social, the president withdrew his nomination of Jared [...]

A potential Starlink competitor just got FCC clearance to launch 4,000 satellites

Aspiring Starlink competitor Logos Space Services has secured FCC clearance to launch more than 4,000 broadband satellites into low Earth orbit by 2035, as reported by Space News. Under FCC regulatio [...]

White House budget proposal could shatter the National Science Foundation

"This kind of cut would kill American science and boost China." [...]

US Department of Transportation moves to cut fuel efficiency standards

Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has only been in his post for a day and already making it clear that the agency will be ignoring the role vehicle pollution plays in worsening climate [...]

June research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed

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The fight over science funding: Congress vs. the OMB

The Senate is restoring science funding to normal levels; that may not be enough. [...]

NASA will decide how to bring soil samples back from Mars in 2026

NASA will analyze and explore two different landing options for its Mars Sample Return program, though it will take almost two years to do so and is expected to announce its decision in late 2026. The [...]