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China turns on giant neutrino detector that took a decade to build

The Register 29 Aug 2025
700 meters under a mountain, a 20,000-tonne detector and a giant sphere await elusive particles. More than a decade after construction began, China has commenced operation of what it claims is the world’s most sensitive neutrino detector ... .
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Firefly reckons thermal tweaks will stop next rocket tearing itself apart

The Register 28 Aug 2025
Company cleared to launch again after April failure. Firefly Aerospace has been given the green light to resume launches after its April failure ... .
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Trump stomps feet, pulls out 't-word' again over China rare earths ban

The Register 27 Aug 2025
'They have to give us magnets'. world war fee The Chinese lockdown on rare-earth minerals has drawn the ire of President Trump, who is threatening crushing tariffs if the Middle Kingdom doesn't cough up more rare earths. .
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Unlike most of Musk's other ventures, Starship keeps it together for Flight Test 10

The Register 27 Aug 2025
Explosions all expected and on schedule this time. SpaceX has finally managed a test flight of Starship without anything creating an impromptu firework display ... .
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Two scrubs, one Starship: Third time lucky for SpaceX?

The Register 26 Aug 2025
We've going to Mars! Oh no – anvil clouds!. Elon Musk's monster rocket, Starship, remains firmly on the launchpad after two scrubs in a row, first due to an oxygen leak and then some clouds ... .
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Mysterious X-37B spaceplane flies again, this time carrying a quantum GPS alternative

The Register 25 Aug 2025
Satnav birds would be a high-priority target in war. This tech could be a more resilient alternative. The US military’s Boeing-built X-37B spaceplane is in space again for its eighth mission ... .
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Spectrum Brands (SPB) Stock Trades Up, Here Is Why

The Call 22 Aug 2025
What Happened?. Shares of household products company Spectrum Brands (NYSE. SPB) jumped 4.7% in the afternoon session after the head of the Federal Reserve hinted that interest rate cuts could be on the way ... Federal Reserve ... More News. View More ... .
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Dwarf planet Ceres may have been habitable - for microbes - a couple of billion ...

The Register 22 Aug 2025
Radioactive decay produced a warm internal ocean. Dwarf planet Ceres, the unpleasant lump of icy rock orbiting between Mars and Jupiter, once had an environment in which microbes might have thrived ... .
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Viking 1 at 50: NASA's first raid on the red planet

The Register 22 Aug 2025
Launched in 1975, the probe outlived its 90-day mission by years and set the standard for Mars landings. It's been 50 years since NASA sent Viking 1 on a mission to Mars ... .
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Molten salt nuclear reactors slated to power Google datacenters in 2030

The Register 19 Aug 2025
More than 60 years after first demos of this tech, Kairos will bring it back to Oak Ridge. Oak Ridge, Tennessee, could be home to a molten salt reactor once again if Google-backed Kairos Power has its way. .
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China sends an AI to its space station, where Taikonauts use it to prep for spacewalk

The Register 19 Aug 2025
Single spacesuit now worn 20 times. Taikonauts aboard China’s Tiangong space station used an AI model to prepare for a spacewalk ... .
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NASA starts bolting together Artemis III rocket for 2027 Moon shot

The Register 19 Aug 2025
Funding fights and Starship stumbles could still bring it back down to Earth. NASA has begun assembling the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that will send humans on a lunar landing mission in 2027 ... .
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