The first astronauts to set foot on Mars should hunt for signs of past or present Red Planet life.
That’s the overarching conclusion of an in-depth report about human Mars exploration from the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine that came out today (Dec. 9).
“The detection of life on Mars is a persistent top priority for explorers of many disciplines, and it…
This supermassive black hole flung out matter at 134 million mph: 'On a scale almost too big to imagine'
December 10, 2025
Supermassive black holes are notoriously messy eaters, but the behemoth at the heart of spiral galaxy NGC 3783 really takes the cake — and then flings it out into space at a fifth the speed of light.
Astronomers recently spotted a gale of hot, charged particles erupting…
Russian Soyuz capsule lands on Earth to return crew of 3 home after months on International Space Station (video)
December 10, 2025
Two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut are safely back on Earth after spending eight months aboard the International Space Station.
Soyuz MS-27 crewmates Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky of the Russian federal space corporation Roscosmos, along with Jonny Kim…
India has proposed a mandatory royalty system for AI companies that train their models on copyrighted content – a move that could reshape how OpenAI and Google operate in what has already become one of their most important and fastest-growing markets globally.
On Tuesday, India’s Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade released a proposed framework that would give AI…
Pebble’s founder introduces a $75 AI smart ring for recording brief notes with a press of a button
December 10, 2025
After rebooting the Pebble smartwatch brand, founder Eric Migicovsky is expanding his company’s device lineup with a new smart wearable: an AI-powered smart ring known as Index 01. Named for the finger where the ring is meant to be worn, the new $75 ring is not meant…
Empromptu raises $2M pre-seed to help enterprises build AI apps
December 10, 2025
Shanea Leven says she learned two important lessons when building her first company, CodeSee. The first lesson was knowing the difference between what businesses need versus what sounds visionary; the second was that the fundamentals always apply, even with new technologies…
When glacier guide and photographer Tori Harp first spotted the circular ice cave, she spent eight months monitoring the ice as it formed, envisioning a shot of an ice climber framed by the cave with the New Zealand stars in the background. But when the photographer finally had the chance to make the shot a reality, a surprise aurora made the shot even more epic than the original vision.
Now, Harp…
When I read that DaVinci Resolve now supports 32K video editing, I genuinely wondered if I’d fallen and landed on my head.
Because let’s get real: we’re talking about a picture that’s 32,000 pixels across. Over half a billion pixels per frame. This…
The Mercedes GLB is back as an electric SUV and it's better in just about every way [Images]
December 10, 2025
Mercedes revealed the new GLB, now a fully electric SUV, with more space, luxury, and plenty of other upgrades.
Meet the new Mercedes GLB electric SUV
The new GLB might look the same as its predecessor, but it’s launching with an all-electric powertrain for the first…
Tesla Optimus robot takes a suspicious tumble in new demo
December 10, 2025
A new video surfacing from a Tesla demonstration in Miami this weekend shows the Optimus humanoid robot taking a nasty fall. But it’s not the fall itself that is raising eyebrows, it’s the specific hand movements the robot made on its way down, which strongly suggest it was mimicking a remote operator frantically removing a VR headset.
Humanoid robots are all the hype right now. Billions in…
