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Apple Watch Ultra 4 Drops GLONASS Support

Apple removed GLONASS support from the Apple Watch Ultra 4, according to technical specifications listed for the device. The Ultra 4 supports GPS, Galileo, QZSS, and BeiDou, while the prior-generation Ultra 3 supported GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, and BeiDou. GPS, Galileo, BeiDou, and QZSS use CDMA-based signaling and support multiple frequencies for more accurate positioning. Consumer devices typically only receive an L1 signal from GLONASS, so …

1 hour ago • MacRumors

Jell-O and Beer May Hold the Keys to Brewing Houses on Mars

The yeast used won’t brew beer, but it can help brew a building.

3 hours ago • CNET Tech

NASA Invites Media to Djibouti Artemis Accords Signing Ceremony

The Republic of Djibouti will sign the Artemis Accords during a ceremony at 11 a.m. EDT, Monday, Sept. 14, at NASA Headquarters in Washington, becomin…

3 hours ago • NASA

SpaceX sues Paxton, Texas county over public records

SpaceX filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) and Grimes County to block the release of the company’s public records, a…

4 hours ago • The Hill

NASA Answers President’s Call to Establish United States Space Academy

Less than two weeks after an Executive Order was signed to create the first United States Space Academy, NASA-led work is in full swing to make the ac…

4 hours ago • NASA

NASA’s Life-Saving Technology Where Cell Signals Can’t Go

Search and rescue technology developed in part by NASA saved five lives 3 Min Read NASA’s Life-Saving Technology Where Cell Signals Can’t Go Rescued a…

4 hours ago • NASA

Stocks Drop as Treasury Yields Hit New Highs: Stock Market Today

Oil prices extended their run higher Thursday, lifting Treasury yields ahead of Friday's critical inflation update and next week's Fed meeting. Stocks…

4 hours ago • Kiplinger

Avian flu, drone swarms, and mass surveillance included in Anthropics safety report

Anthropic releases alarming September safety report, shortly after former employees signal concern over an AI armageddon. If humanity was to end at th…

5 hours ago • Mashable Tech

Norway spent 40 minutes convincing a helicopter's GPS it was flying into the sea

The false tracks were created as part of Jammertest, an annual Norwegian exercise that examines how equipment responds when satellite-navigation signa…

5 hours ago • TechSpot

Europe will go it alone on Venus mission after NASA yanks radar instrument

Europe is looking inward, and perhaps to China, as the White House tries to cancel some NASA partnerships. The European Space Agency is moving "full s…

5 hours ago • Ars Technica

The Planet Mercury Has Been Shrinking—More Than Scientists Expected

The solar system's smallest planet has gotten smaller still. Mercury's tortured surface obscures some signs of its past. —Jpl/NASA/Johns Hopkins Unive…

6 hours ago • Time

Greece picks its first astronaut for a 2027 Vast mission to the ISS

Adrianos Golemis is set to become Greece’s first astronaut, subject to approval by the space station partners. The European Space Agency has signed an…

7 hours ago • The Next Web

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On this day in space! Sept. 10, 2011: NASA launches GRAIL probes to the moon to map lumpy lunar gravity

On Sept. 10, 2011, NASA's GRAIL spacecraft launched on a mission to the moon! Here's why the moon gravity mapping mission mattered. On Sept. 10, 2011, NASA's GRAIL spacecraft launched on a mission to the moon! GRAIL, which stands for Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory, was sent to the moon to map its gravitational fields. Scientists could study the moon's interior structure by looking at maps of the moon's gravity. Asteroid impacts from bil…

7 hours ago • Space.com

LINK spacecraft gets close to NASA's Swift Observatory, but not close enough to save it

Operations aboard the Katalyst Space LINK satellite continue, despite the spacecraft's inability to complete its mission of boosting the orbit of NASA…

7 hours ago • Space.com

There could be no Atlantic hurricanes this year – but there’s a catch

The last time there were no hurricanes during the Atlantic season was before the satellite era

7 hours ago • The Independent World

NASA, NFL Team Up to Showcase Space, Aeronautics Innovation

Through a new collaboration between NASA and the National Football League (NFL), the agency will soon bring America’s strengths in space exploration a…

7 hours ago • NASA

Sandra Bullock Movies Ranked by Tomatometer

Discover Bullock's biggest movies, including 'Speed', 'Gravity', 'The Blind Side', 'The Lost City' and much more! Sandra Bullock Movies Ranked by Toma…

8 hours ago • Rotten Tomatoes News

Dust and Water in Sagittarius A*

A brilliant concentration of stars takes center stage in this Aug. 11, 2026, image taken by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Webb observed IRS 3, a …

8 hours ago • NASA

NASA and IBM open source lunar mapping tools

Can help you pick the perfect spot for your future evil lair, or boffins make discoveries about Earth's satellite IBM and NASA have got together again…

8 hours ago • The Register

Space debris is multiplying, so satellite makers are building better ways to survive a hit

Odin Space, a Santa Ana, California-based company, has started selling adhesive strips fitted with vibration sensors for satellites. The strips are de…

9 hours ago • TechSpot

Can’t buy the best-in-class DJI Lito X1 beginner drone? I tested the Potensic Atom 3 at length, and it’s the next best thing

Potensic's Atom 3 is its best beginner drone yet, and a true DJI alternative. However, the DJI Lito X1 makes life tough for any challenger, offering o…

9 hours ago • TechRadar

Satellite images reveal surge in building activity at Iranian nuclear site after Trump’s bomb threat

IBM is launching a new open source AI model to get NASA back to the Moon — and making petabytes of lunar data available to study

IBM and NASA release one of the first open source AI models to spur on the next generation of lunar exploration. IBM and NASA launch open source AI mo…

13 hours ago • TechRadar