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US<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/us/75822/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/us/75822/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Meta Lures Seattle AI Founder With $100M-Plus Offer To Join Its Superintelligence Dream Team <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AllenInstituteForAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AllenInstituteForAI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GeekWire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeekWire</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MarkZuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarkZuckerberg</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MattDeitke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MattDeitke</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MetaSuperintelligenceLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MetaSuperintelligenceLab</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Superintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Superintelligence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SuperintelligenceLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SuperintelligenceLab</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a></p>
Cosmic Log<p>Blue Origin sends six spacefliers on a suborbital ride<br>Jeff Bezos’&nbsp;Blue Origin&nbsp;space venture launched six more travelers to the edge of the final frontier today, even as the billionaire and his new wife finished up a weekend of wedding festivities in Venice.</p><p>The New Shepard rocket lifted off from the Kent, Was<br><a href="https://cosmiclog.com/2025/06/29/blue-origin-sends-six-spacefliers-on-a-suborbital-ride/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cosmiclog.com/2025/06/29/blue-</span><span class="invisible">origin-sends-six-spacefliers-on-a-suborbital-ride/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GeekWire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeekWire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BlueOrigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlueOrigin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JeffBezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeffBezos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NewShepard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewShepard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SpaceTourism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceTourism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SuborbitalSpaceflight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SuborbitalSpaceflight</span></a></p>
Cosmic Log<p>Scientists hail Rubin Observatory’s debut and look ahead<br>It’s been more than two decades since the University of Washington helped kick off the effort to get the&nbsp;Vera C. Rubin Observatory&nbsp;built in Chile — and now that it’s finished, UW astronomers are gearing up to get in on the first decade of discoveries.</p><p>The university’s r<br><a href="https://cosmiclog.com/2025/06/27/scientists-hail-rubin-observatorys-debut-and-look-ahead/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cosmiclog.com/2025/06/27/scien</span><span class="invisible">tists-hail-rubin-observatorys-debut-and-look-ahead/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GeekWire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeekWire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RubinObservatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RubinObservatory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UniversityOfWashington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UniversityOfWashington</span></a></p>
Cosmic Log<p>Starfish’s second spacecraft launched for docking test<br>Starfish Space’s&nbsp;second Otter Pup spacecraft went into Earth orbit today, marking the first step in what the Seattle-area startup hopes will be a successful demonstration of the vehicle’s ability to dock with other satellites.</p><p>Otter Pup, which is about the size of a microwave oven, was one of 70 pay<br><a href="https://cosmiclog.com/2025/06/23/starfishs-second-spacecraft-launched-for-docking-test/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cosmiclog.com/2025/06/23/starf</span><span class="invisible">ishs-second-spacecraft-launched-for-docking-test/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GeekWire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeekWire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Satellites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Satellites</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/StarfishSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StarfishSpace</span></a></p>
Cosmic Log<p>New Frontier Aerospace tests 3D-printed rocket engine<br>Kent, Wash.-based&nbsp;New Frontier Aerospace&nbsp;says it has put its 3D-printed Mjölnir&nbsp;rocket engine through a series of successful hot-fire tests, in preparation for an initial flight test of a hypersonic drone that could take place as early as next year.</p><p>Mjölnir is named after&nbsp;the h<br><a href="https://cosmiclog.com/2025/06/23/new-frontier-aerospace-tests-3d-printed-rocket-engine/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cosmiclog.com/2025/06/23/new-f</span><span class="invisible">rontier-aerospace-tests-3d-printed-rocket-engine/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GeekWire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeekWire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/3DPrinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3DPrinting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HypersonicFlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HypersonicFlight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NewFrontierAerospace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewFrontierAerospace</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a></p>
Cosmic Log<p>Get a sneak peek at the Rubin Observatory’s gems<br>The team behind the&nbsp;Vera C. Rubin Observatory&nbsp;just couldn’t wait to start sharing views from the world’s newest eye on the sky, so they’re providing an advance peek at three pictures and a video.</p><p>The images include a wide-angle view of the Trifid and Lagoon nebulas in the constellation Sagittarius, a couple o<br><a href="https://cosmiclog.com/2025/06/22/get-a-sneak-peek-at-the-rubin-observatorys-gems/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cosmiclog.com/2025/06/22/get-a</span><span class="invisible">-sneak-peek-at-the-rubin-observatorys-gems/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GeekWire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeekWire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RubinObservatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RubinObservatory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a></p>
Cosmic Log<p>Bill Shatner and Neil deGrasse Tyson riff on the cosmos<br>William Shatner set a record as the oldest human to go into space at the age of 90 — but at the age of 94, he’s not that interested in taking a second space trip to break his own record.</p><p>“You know, I had such a meaningful experience,” he told me. “Maybe I t<br><a href="https://cosmiclog.com/2025/06/19/bill-shatner-and-neil-degrasse-tyson-riff-on-the-cosmos/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cosmiclog.com/2025/06/19/bill-</span><span class="invisible">shatner-and-neil-degrasse-tyson-riff-on-the-cosmos/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GeekWire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeekWire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BlueOrigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlueOrigin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NeilDeGrasseTyson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeilDeGrasseTyson</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NewShepard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewShepard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/StarTrek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StarTrek</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WilliamShatner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WilliamShatner</span></a></p>
Cosmic Log<p>Portal Space puts its spacecraft factory near home base<br>Portal Space Systems&nbsp;says it’s decided to set up its 50,000-square-foot spacecraft manufacturing facility just 3 miles away from its existing design and testing hub in Bothell, Wash.</p><p>By the end of 2026, the factory should be ready to start producing Portal’s Supernova space vehicles, which are being desig<br><a href="https://cosmiclog.com/2025/06/17/portal-space-puts-its-spacecraft-factory-near-home-base/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cosmiclog.com/2025/06/17/porta</span><span class="invisible">l-space-puts-its-spacecraft-factory-near-home-base/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GeekWire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeekWire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PortalSpaceSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PortalSpaceSystems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a></p>
Cosmic Log<p>Inside Zeno Power’s ‘test kitchen’ for nuclear batteries<br>Researchers are fine-tuning a recipe at&nbsp;Zeno Power’s&nbsp;office-lab complex in Seattle’s South Lake Union district — but it’s not the kind of recipe you can taste-test. Instead, this recipe specifies the ingredients for a new kind of nuclear battery, and Zeno is hoping it’ll get a glowing revie<br><a href="https://cosmiclog.com/2025/06/16/inside-zeno-powers-test-kitchen-for-nuclear-batteries/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cosmiclog.com/2025/06/16/insid</span><span class="invisible">e-zeno-powers-test-kitchen-for-nuclear-batteries/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GeekWire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeekWire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nuclear</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ZenoPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZenoPower</span></a></p>
Cosmic Log<p>Space Force enlists Integrate for mission management<br>Seattle-based&nbsp;Integrate&nbsp;has been awarded a $25 million contract from the U.S. Space Force to support the deployment of its multiplayer project management software for government teams — and for the commercial space contractors they’re working with.</p><p>The award marks a new chapter for the startup. It’s als<br><a href="https://cosmiclog.com/2025/06/11/space-force-enlists-integrate-for-mission-management/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cosmiclog.com/2025/06/11/space</span><span class="invisible">-force-enlists-integrate-for-mission-management/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GeekWire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeekWire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/IntegrateSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntegrateSpace</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SpaceForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceForce</span></a></p>
Cosmic Log<p>Xplore shares hyperspectral images from its first satellite<br>Bellevue, Wash.-based&nbsp;Xplore&nbsp;has released the first hyperspectral images from its XCUBE-1 satellite, six months after the shoebox-sized spacecraft was sent into orbit.</p><p>The pictures, captured with a resolution of 5 meters (16 feet) per pixel, show a river in Arizona, rugged terrain in Saudi Arabia,<br><a href="https://cosmiclog.com/2025/06/10/xplore-shares-hyperspectral-images-from-its-first-satellite/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cosmiclog.com/2025/06/10/xplor</span><span class="invisible">e-shares-hyperspectral-images-from-its-first-satellite/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GeekWire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeekWire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Satellites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Satellites</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Xplore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Xplore</span></a></p>
Cosmic Log<p>Software predicts a bonanza of solar system discoveries<br>A new type of computer simulation predicts that the&nbsp;Vera C. Rubin Observatory&nbsp;in Chile will discover millions of previously undetected objects in the solar system over the course of the coming decade.</p><p>The discovery campaign, which is due to begin in earnest later this year, should expand th<br><a href="https://cosmiclog.com/2025/06/03/software-predicts-a-bonanza-of-solar-system-discoveries/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cosmiclog.com/2025/06/03/softw</span><span class="invisible">are-predicts-a-bonanza-of-solar-system-discoveries/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GeekWire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeekWire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LSST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LSST</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RubinObservatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RubinObservatory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a></p>
Cosmic Log<p>Blue Origin sends world travelers on brief space odyssey<br>Six well-traveled adventurers rode Blue Origin’s suborbital rocket ship to go where they’ve never gone before: the edge of space. The 10-minute mission lifted off from the Kent, Wash.-based company’s Launch Site One in West Texas at 8:39 a.m. CT (6:39 a.m. PT) today<br><a href="https://cosmiclog.com/2025/05/31/blue-origin-sends-world-travelers-on-brief-space-odyssey/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cosmiclog.com/2025/05/31/blue-</span><span class="invisible">origin-sends-world-travelers-on-brief-space-odyssey/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GeekWire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeekWire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BlueOrigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlueOrigin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NewShepard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewShepard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SpaceTourism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceTourism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SuborbitalSpaceflight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SuborbitalSpaceflight</span></a></p>
Cosmic Log<p>Wireless charging system cleared for moon missions<br>Astrobotic&nbsp;says it has completed flight model acceptance testing for a wireless charging system that incorporates technology from Seattle-based&nbsp;WiBotic&nbsp;— and that could&nbsp;help rovers roam across the surface of the moon.</p><p>The system is designed to provide reliable, high-efficiency power transfer amid t<br><a href="https://cosmiclog.com/2025/05/23/wireless-charging-system-cleared-for-moon-missions/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cosmiclog.com/2025/05/23/wirel</span><span class="invisible">ess-charging-system-cleared-for-moon-missions/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GeekWire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeekWire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Astrobotic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astrobotic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WiBotic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WiBotic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Wireless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wireless</span></a></p>
Cosmic Log<p>Starfish gets set for second satellite docking attempt<br>Two years after its first space mission&nbsp;literally took a turn for the worse, Tukwila, Wash.-based&nbsp;Starfish Space&nbsp;is getting ready for a second test mission aimed at having its Otter Pup spacecraft dock with another satellite in orbit.</p><p>Otter Pup 2 is due for launch from California’s Vandenberg Space F<br><a href="https://cosmiclog.com/2025/05/20/starfish-gets-set-for-second-satellite-docking-attempt/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cosmiclog.com/2025/05/20/starf</span><span class="invisible">ish-gets-set-for-second-satellite-docking-attempt/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GeekWire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeekWire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Satellites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Satellites</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/StarfishSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StarfishSpace</span></a></p>
Cosmic Log<p>Zeno Power raises $50M to create nuclear batteries<br>Zeno Power, a startup that’s headquartered in Seattle as well as Washington, D.C., today announced the completion of a $50 million funding round to boost the development of nuclear batteries for maritime and space applications.</p><p>The Series B round was led by Hanaco Ventures, with participation from Seraphim, Balerion<br><a href="https://cosmiclog.com/2025/05/14/zeno-power-raises-50m-to-create-nuclear-batteries/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cosmiclog.com/2025/05/14/zeno-</span><span class="invisible">power-raises-50m-to-create-nuclear-batteries/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GeekWire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeekWire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nuclear</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ZenoPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZenoPower</span></a></p>
Cosmic Log<p>Interlune makes progress on its plans to mine the moon<br>Seattle-based&nbsp;Interlune&nbsp;provided a triple-barreled update today on its progress toward mining helium-3 on the moon and returning that resource to Earth.</p><p>The startup joined&nbsp;Vermeer Corp., an industrial equipment manufacturer headquartered in Iowa, to&nbsp;unveil a full-scale prot<br><a href="https://cosmiclog.com/2025/05/07/interlune-makes-progress-on-its-plans-to-mine-the-moon/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cosmiclog.com/2025/05/07/inter</span><span class="invisible">lune-makes-progress-on-its-plans-to-mine-the-moon/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GeekWire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeekWire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DepartmentOfEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Helium3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Helium3</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Interlune" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Interlune</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mining</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a></p>
Cosmic Log<p>New clues in the search for the roots of consciousness<br>Seven years after they started, neuroscientists have published the results of a landmark study that was designed to determine which theory of human consciousness came closest to the mark — and those results are decidedly mixed.</p><p>The bad news i<br><a href="https://cosmiclog.com/2025/04/30/new-clues-in-the-search-for-the-roots-of-consciousness/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cosmiclog.com/2025/04/30/new-c</span><span class="invisible">lues-in-the-search-for-the-roots-of-consciousness/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GeekWire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeekWire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AllenInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AllenInstitute</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Brain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brain</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ChristofKoch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChristofKoch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Consciousness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Consciousness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neuroscience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a></p>
Cosmic Log<p>Radian unveils plan for reusable re-entry vehicle<br>Seattle-based&nbsp;Radian Aerospace&nbsp;says it’s developing a reusable re-entry vehicle that can be used to test aerospace components under stressful conditions and then bring them back down to Earth.</p><p>The Radian Reusable Re-entry Vehicle, or R3V, is meant to advance technologies that the company is building in<br><a href="https://cosmiclog.com/2025/04/29/radian-unveils-plan-for-reusable-re-entry-vehicle/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cosmiclog.com/2025/04/29/radia</span><span class="invisible">n-unveils-plan-for-reusable-re-entry-vehicle/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GeekWire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeekWire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HypersonicFlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HypersonicFlight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RadianAerospace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RadianAerospace</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a></p>
Cosmic Log<p>Astronomers process test images at Rubin Observatory<br>The&nbsp;Vera C. Rubin Observatory&nbsp;in Chile has begun generating test images of the night sky, thanks to the Simonyi Survey Telescope and its giant camera as well as a data management team that includes scientists from the University of Washington.</p><p>Team members started taking on-sky engineering data w<br><a href="https://cosmiclog.com/2025/04/22/astronomers-process-test-images-at-rubin-observatory/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cosmiclog.com/2025/04/22/astro</span><span class="invisible">nomers-process-test-images-at-rubin-observatory/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GeekWire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeekWire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LSST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LSST</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RubinObservatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RubinObservatory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a></p>