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Starship, the largest rocket ever made, successfully launched
Thursday, March 14, 2024
SpaceX's third launch attempt of Starship took the spacecraft farther and higher than ever before.
Keeping up with the first possible U.S. soft moon landing in decades
Thursday, February 22, 2024
Intuitive Machines will attempt a landing on the moon Thursday evening. If it succeeds, it will be the first U.S. soft landing in decades.
A new Russian weapon system for targeting satellites is under development
Thursday, February 15, 2024
There's a new Russian weapon under development. A source has confirmed to NPR that the weapon is some kind of space-based nuclear system for targeting satellites.
Several nations pause funding to UNRWA over alleged staff involvement in Hamas attack
Saturday, January 27, 2024
The U.N. agency charged with providing relief to Palestinians has fired several employees over their alleged involvement in the Oct. 7 attack in Israel.
Israeli mother keeps hope alive that her son, held hostage by Hamas, will be freed
Thursday, January 25, 2024
Alon Ohel was taken hostage on Oct. 7 in a village near Gaza, his family recently held a concert in the hopes that he might hear it.
Israeli military has had its deadliest single incident so far in the war in Gaza
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
The Israeli military confirmed the deaths of 21 soldiers near Israel's border with Gaza.
As Israel-Hamas war approaches grim milestone, fears of widening conflict
Saturday, January 20, 2024
The death toll in Gaza is approaching 25,000 since Israel's war against Hamas began. After a weeklong blackout, cell and internet services are slowly returning.
This week in science: A moon mission, galaxy radio waves and tracking fishing boats
Thursday, January 11, 2024
NPR's TKTKTK talks to Regina Barber and Geoff Brumfiel of Short Wave about a new moon mission, a global map of fishing ships, and mysterious rings of radio waves surrounding some galaxies.
There's already trouble for the Peregrine moon mission
Monday, January 08, 2024
On Monday, NASA launched America's first robotic mission to the moon's surface since the Apollo era. The small probe, called Peregrine-1, is already having issues.
This year in science: AI, James Webb Space Telescope research and climate change
Thursday, December 28, 2023
NPR's Short Wave hosts Geoff Brumfiel and Regina Barber wrap up of the year in AI, James Webb Space Telescope research and climate change.
Exploding rockets and asteroid findings: This year in space news
Tuesday, December 26, 2023
From Elon's giant rocket explosions to asteroid sample returns, we round up the news from a big year off-world.
A 'successful failure': SpaceX's Starship achieves liftoff, loses contact mid-flight
Saturday, November 18, 2023
The rocket cleared the launchpad and separated from its booster, surpassing the first attempt. But minutes later, controllers lost contact with the vehicle.
Satellite images show Israeli forces hold ground around Gaza City's water facilities
Friday, November 10, 2023
Israeli forces control the area around a desalination facility and a sewage treatment plant, and troops appear to be stationed in several schools in Gaza City.
Artificial intelligence is being used to ID goose faces
Saturday, November 04, 2023
AI comes to the animal kingdom: researchers have used advanced facial recognition techniques to track geese and other animals. (This story first aired on All Things Considered on November 2, 2023.)
Open source analysis gives clues on Israel's ground war in Gaza
Friday, November 03, 2023
Israel military hasn't been transparent about what it's doing in Gaza, but satellite images and social media posts are providing some clues to its actions in the ground war in Gaza.
Satellites and social media offer hints about Israel's ground war strategy in Gaza
Friday, November 03, 2023
The Israeli military appears to have encircled Gaza City, but so far, it's made only limited forays into the densest urban areas.
Enhance! HORNK! Artificial intelligence can now ID individual geese
Thursday, November 02, 2023
Yes, that's right, somebody has developed AI for goose faces.
Using AI to follow one goose in a flock could help with conservation efforts
Wednesday, November 01, 2023
Artificial Intelligence is coming to the animal kingdom. Researchers have used advanced facial recognition techniques to track individual geese in a population, and other animal species too.
Questions still swirl around Al Ahli Arab Hospital blast in Gaza. Here's what we know
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
Israel and Hamas have put forth dueling explanations about what caused the deadly blast at Gaza's Al Ahli Arab Hospital. Publicly available evidence presents problems for both versions of the story.
What new analysis shows about the Gaza hospital explosion
Monday, October 23, 2023
New analysis sheds some light on what happened after a horrific explosion at the Al Ahli Hospital last week. But many questions remain.