2025-07-16
ESA spaceplane project revives bankrupt firm’s hypersonic engine
A bankrupt company’s propulsion system for hypersonic planes is being revived by Invictus, a new European Space Agency (ESA)-backed project aiming to build and fly a hydrogen-powered spaceplane by 2031. The proposed engine for the plane is based on so-called pre-cooler technology, developed over decades by UK aerospace firm Reaction Engines, which went bust in November. Many of Reaction Engines’ top engineers found a new home at British aerospace and defence company Frazer-Nash Consultancy, which is now leading the Invictus consortiu [...]
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German defence ministry asks startup to build hypersonic spaceplane
Germany’s armed forces have commissioned Bremen-based startup Polaris to develop a two-stage, fully reusable hypersonic space plane — and given the team just three years to build it. Dubbed Auro [...]
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Can I offer you a nice image of the Sun in these trying times?
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Capturing the trillion dollar opportunity with autonomous professional services
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Doctor Who ‘The Story and the Engine’ review: Just a trim, thanks
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2025-03-20
Game companies will standardize accessibility labels on storefronts and product pages
Console makers and game developers like Microsoft, Nintendo and Electronic Arts have created a new initiative, managed by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), that aims to make it easier to k [...]
2025-04-22
ESA and IBM launch AI model with ‘intuitive’ understanding of Earth
IBM and the European Space Agency (ESA) today launched TerraMind, a new open-source AI model with an “intuitive” understanding of Earth. According to the research team, the system is the best-perf [...]
2025-06-01
Google plans to appeal the antitrust ruling against its search engine dominance
The complex and consequential antitrust trial against Google and its search engine practices recently heard its closing arguments, and the tech giant is already planning to appeal. In a post made on X [...]