Science
Jeff Bezos bungs $10bn at climate change after chump change for Oz bush fires
Then goes and opens rocket engine factory
18 Feb 13:43 | 8
Science
Roundup
SpaceX's next Starlink volley remains stuck on Earth to glee of astronomers everywhere
Plus: Did NASA just accidentally give the game away?
17 Feb 11:00 | 17
Special report
'That's here. That's home. That's us': It's 30 years since Voyager 1 looked back and squinted at a 'Pale Blue Dot'
The Reg talks to Carolyn Porco, Garry Hunt, Alan Stern about the picture that almost wasn't
14 Feb 10:45 | 35
Science
Ever dream of being an astronaut? Now’s your chance. NASA wants new people for the Moon and Mars
You'll need a STEM degree and the ability to be a steely-eyed rocket person
13 Feb 02:38 | 29
Science
Astroboffins agog after spotting the first repeating fast radio burst that pings every 16 days from another galaxy
Aliens? Or something more prosaic? We're hoping for aliens
12 Feb 06:34 | 63
Science
Voyager 2 gets back to sciencing while 'unstoppable' Iran promises world more 'Great Iranian Satellites'
RoundupAlso: UK's OneWeb fires off 34 sats and NG-13 Cygnus scrubbed
11 Feb 10:05 | 20
Science
Raw sunlight is going to cause our asteroid belt to spin itself to death by YORPing – but not for another six billion years
The cosmic ballet goes on...
11 Feb 06:03 | 24
Science
Forget the Oscars, the Solar Orbiter is off to take a close look at our nearest (and super-hot) star
Sun, science and, er, more science
10 Feb 15:20 | 16
Science
NASA's Christina Koch returns to Earth as the longest-serving woman astronaut – after spending 328 days in space
The plucky star-trekker also part of the first all-female spacewalk, too
07 Feb 07:05 | 33
Science
Astroboffins may have raged at Elon's emissions staining the sky, but all those satellites will be more boon than bother
ColumnLeap in space tech is about to democratise the cosmos
06 Feb 11:10 | 161
Science
Billionaire pulls out of reality telly show that was supposed to find him a date to take aboard Musk's space loveboat
RoundupAlso: Eco rocket fuel from Skyrora, more Starlink from SpaceX, ESA's Solar Orbiter gets ready for launch
05 Feb 21:25 | 14
Science
EU tells UK: Cut the BS, sign here, and you can have access to Galileo sat's secure service
ESA shuffles Brits about as Brexit bites
05 Feb 10:30 | 154
Science
The show Musk go on: Elon asks Uncle Sam to let him fly his Starship over Texas, scores fat NASA contract
Grimey man unveils a pair of deals
05 Feb 06:10 | 21
Science
Finally, that cruel dust world Mars proves useful: Helping scientists understand Earth's radio-scrambling plasma
Red Planet's sporadic E layers shed light on our world's interference
04 Feb 08:04 | 15
Science
Shouldn't Uber freeze app accounts to prevent spread of coronavirus by drivers and fares? Oh, OK, it already is
Someone's not getting a five-star rating
04 Feb 06:06 | 22
Science
European Space Agency chief will quit 'perfect job' in 2021 after 'dirty games' to oust him
Jan Wörner dodges another round of 'hurdles' by stepping down
03 Feb 16:46 | 10
Science
Vulture discovers talons are rubbish for building Lego's International Space Station
Some assembly required. Just like the real thing
03 Feb 12:30 | 27
Science
US's secret spy payload offloaded: Rocket Lab demos missile muscle with second Electron guided home
Astronomers wring hands as more small sats sent aloft
31 Jan 16:30 | 20
Science
In case you wanna launch your boss into the Sun, good news: Earth's largest solar telescope just checked and, yeah, it's still pretty fiery
Most detailed close-ups of our star are in – and get a load of these plasma bubbles the size of Texas
30 Jan 08:13 | 50
Science
Voyager suffers a power wobble as boffins start the final countdown for Spitzer
RoundupAlso: four years of preparation + four spacewalks = one working Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer?
29 Jan 11:49 | 33
Popular
Security
It is with a heavy heart we must inform you, once again, folks are accidentally spilling thousands of sensitive pics, records onto the internet
RoundupPlus: Iranians accused of hacking IT service providers to get at their customers
Artificial Intelligence
Good news: Neural network says 11 asteroids thought to be harmless may hit Earth. Bad news: They are not due to arrive for hundreds of years
And also, crucial point, the software may be wrong and we'll never be released by these angels of death
Software
Early adopters delighted as Microsoft pulls plug on Mobile Backend as a Service. Haha, only joking – they're fuming
'Horrible news' for invested devs
Servers
C'mon SPARCky, it's just an admin utility update. What could possibly go wrong?
Who, Me?Now, where was I? [tappity tap] ... BALLS!
Science
SpaceX's next Starlink volley remains stuck on Earth to glee of astronomers everywhere
RoundupPlus: Did NASA just accidentally give the game away?
Networks
How the US-China trade war is felt stateside: Xilinx trims workforce after lucrative Huawei sales pipe blocked
'A combination of losing Huawei and slower than anticipated ramp in 5G'
Software
Microsoft's coding for noobs hits 1.0, decompiling to C# in Visual Studio, and Windows 10X makes its debut... on Mac
RoundupAlso: No HoloLens 2 at Barcelona
Internet of Things
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a flying solar panel: BAE Systems' satellite alternative makes maiden flight in Oz
Spindly thing claimed to stay airborne for a year with 15kg payload
Personal Tech
Don't Flip out or anything, but the 'flexible glass display' on Samsung's latest pholdable doesn't behave like glass
As in, it's easy to damage despite spiel
Artificial Intelligence
Please check your data: A self-driving car dataset failed to label hundreds of pedestrians, thousands of vehicles
RoundupPlus: Trump budget favors AI, 'patent troll' backs down, and CEO quits amid sex pest claims
STORIES
Science
Star wreck: There's a 1 in 20 chance a NASA telescope and US military satellite will smash into each other today
UpdatedBest case? They pass within metres of each other at 14.7 km per second
29 Jan 10:30 | 116
Science
Remember when Europe’s entire Galileo satellite system fell over last summer? No you don’t. The official stats reveal it never happened
We're too outraged to do a Bohemian Rhapsody headline
29 Jan 06:51 | 121
Science
Over the Moon? Not quite: NASA boss has a good whinge about 'counterproductive' Authorization Bill
It's all Boeing to go wrong unless everyone gets to come to the party
28 Jan 13:52 | 31
Science
Boris celebrates taking back control of Brexit Britain's immigration – with unlimited immigration program
Don’t worry: The PM's only going to let the best boffins in... honest
28 Jan 07:07 | 395
Science
Remember that 2024 Moon thing? How about Mars in 2033? Authorization bill moots 2028 for more lunar footprints
Looks like Lucy might move the ball again
27 Jan 12:39 | 64
Science
Brit brainiacs say they've cracked non-volatile RAM that uses 100 times less power
'Within the next decade we'll either have it or we won't,' prof tells The Reg
27 Jan 10:47 | 76
Geek's Guide
German scientists, Black Knights and the birthplace of British rocketry
Geek's Guide to BritainEl Reg visits Westcott and the Isle of Wight in search of more of Britain's forgotten rocket centres
27 Jan 09:15 | 42
Science
SLS goes vertical at Stennis while NASA practises SRB stacking
Shades of Saturn V as Artemis I inches closer to launch
23 Jan 12:49 | 38
Science
Two billion years ago, snowball Earth was defrosted in huge asteroid crash – and it's been downhill ever since
PicSpace prang raised temperatures, melted glaciers, influenced climate, next thing we know: we're sharing AI-filtered selfies on Insta
23 Jan 05:52 | 82
Science
Ancient Ore Crusher or KillBot 2000? NASA gets ready to pick a name for its Mars 2020 Rover
Destined to die a lonely Martian death? How about Doomed Buggy?
22 Jan 11:46 | 61
Science
SpaceX ponders its next mission to blot out the Sun with another 60 Starlink sats
RoundupAlso: ISS batteries changed, Virgin's fleet grows, Rocket Lab makes nod to crap sitcom, and more
21 Jan 11:23 | 6
Science
Fly me to the M(O2)n: Euro scientists extract oxygen from 'lunar dust' by cooking it with molten salt electrolysis
'Being able to acquire oxygen would obviously be hugely useful for future settlers'
21 Jan 07:27 | 89
Science
World-record-breaking boffins reveal the fastest spinning thing on Earth – and it's not George Orwell in his grave
Privacy's dead but, hey, we've got nanoparticles spinning at 300 billion RPM. So that's cool
21 Jan 05:36 | 31
Science
Big Falcon explosion as SpaceX successfully demos Crew Dragon abort systems
Mere months until 'nauts get a ticket to ride?
20 Jan 10:30 | 87
Science
The mysterious giant blobs of gas around our galaxy's black hole are actually massive merger stars being shredded
Yum, long noodle-like stars
16 Jan 06:54 | 30
Science
15 years on, Euroboffins finally work out what it took to send the Huygens Titan probe into such a spin
Negative torque didn't bring the plucky spacecraft down, thankfully
15 Jan 06:03 | 35
Science
NASA is Boeing to get to the bottom of that Starliner snafu... plus SpaceX preps to blow up a Falcon 9
RoundupAlso: Fancy a trip round the Moon? Of course you do, but there's a catch...
14 Jan 09:15 | 33
Science
Geoboffins find the oldest matter on Earth: Ancient stardust created before the Solar System formed
That's way, way, way older than the dust off your oldest PC
14 Jan 05:16 | 23
Science
There's a cling-on off the starboard bow... Small moon spotted orbiting asteroid NASA's Lucy will visit in 2027
Tch-oh, you wait for one cosmic rock and then two show up
10 Jan 20:04 | 10
