The Starship Entity✨2026

Coping with catastrophe In her latest book, MIT Professor Miho Mazereeuw examines successful examples of “anticipatory design” in Japan, where structures and spaces are built with dual uses, for daily living and for when nat...

Coping with catastrophe news.mit.edu/2026/coping-...
Japan incorporates more disaster planning into its buildings and public spaces than any other nation. Miho Mazereeuw’s new book explains how they do it.

Scoria Cones on Earth and Mars science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...
The hill-shaped features are a sign of explosive volcanic activity—a rarity on the Red Planet.

The Dusty Surroundings of Orion and the Pleiades apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26030...
This image contains the Pleiades star cluster, Barnard's Loop, Orion Nebula, Aldebaran, Betelgeuse, Witch Head Nebula, Eridanus Loop, and the California Nebula.

Space Weather Alerts 🌌 Electron Storm spaceweather.com www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/ale... www.swift-sgra.com

Weather Europe Alerts 🇪🇺 Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal & Spain www.meteoalarm.org

Weather Canada Alerts 🍁 Aberta, BC, Manitoba, NL, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan & Yukon weather.gc.ca

Ship 39 rolled out to SpaceX Massey's for its first major tests ahead of Starship Flight 12, passing initial testing aimed at setting the stage for its return for Static Fire tests later in March.

➡️https://youtu.be/_bXB6LP2T_A

YouTube video by StarTalk Is AI Hiding Its Full Power? With Geoffrey Hinton

#StarTalk 🎆 Is AI Hiding Its Full Power? With Geoffrey Hinton www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6Zc...
Neil, Chuck, & Gary dive into the mechanics of thinking, how AI got its start, and what deep learning really means with cognitive and computer scientist, Nobel Laureate, and one of the architects of AI

This Week In Spaceflight with Elysia Segal!

Coming up at 12:30pm EST (17:30 UTC) on YouTube!

Seeya there ➡️ youtu.be/kKliUCADMlU

YUKON MOON HALOS: Joel Weatherly witnessed a display of ice halos around the Moon. "They appeared while I was guiding an aurora tour in the Yukon Territory for Classic Canadian Tours," says Weatherly "It was a truly exceptional display of atmospheric optics!" spaceweathergallery2.com/indiv_upload...

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The Moon During a Total Lunar Eclipse apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26030...
The featured time-lapse video was digitally processed to keep the Moon bright and centered during the 5-hour eclipse of 2018 January 31.

Cyclone Alerts 🌀 Pacific Ocean www.nhc.noaa.gov www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/jtwc.html

Space Weather Alerts 🌌 Electron Storm spaceweather.com www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/ale... www.swift-sgra.com

Weather Europe Alerts 🇪🇺 Estonia, Finland, France, Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Spain & Ukraine www.meteoalarm.org

Wildfires Canada Alerts 🔥 Alberta cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/interactive-...

Weather Canada Alerts 🍁 Alberta, BC, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec & Yukon weather.gc.ca

Featured video: Coding for underwater robotics www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IzL... news.mit.edu/2026/feature...
Lincoln Laboratory intern Ivy Mahncke developed and tested algorithms to help human divers and robots navigate underwater.

Mixing generative AI with physics to create personal items that work in the real world A system known as PhysiOpt complements generative AI models with physics simulations to create 3D models of personal items. Users can prompt the system using text or images, and get a blueprint that w...

Mixing generative AI with physics to create personal items that work in the real world news.mit.edu/2026/mixing-...
To help generative AI models create durable, real-world accessories and decor, the PhysiOpt system runs physics simulations and makes subtle tweaks to its 3D blueprints.

Creative Brain Week is back for 2026! www.tcd.ie/news_events/...
Now in its fifth year, the event returns to Dublin next week, March 2–6, 2026, seeding new ideas into society, culture and health with talks, exhibitions and workshops.

TU Delft Campus makes switch to geothermal energy After years of preparation, research and construction, the moment has arrived: the geothermal well on TU Delft Campus has officially been put into operation. The well supplies sustainable heat to the ...

TU Delft Campus makes switch to geothermal energy www.tudelft.nl/en/2026/tu-d...
As a result, CO₂ emissions from building heating will decrease significantly, with reductions expected to reach approximately 80% by 2027.

Tracking mysteries of loss of Y chromosome, cancer — Harvard Gazette Research suggests it may explain higher incidence, severity of some disease in men.

Tracking mysteries of loss of Y chromosome, cancer news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
Research suggests it may explain higher incidence, severity of some disease in men

Turning curiosity about engineering into careers A collaboration between MIT’s Leaders for Global Operations, Boeing, and Engineering Tomorrow is bringing aspiring engineers from the classroom to the factory floor.

Turning curiosity about engineering into careers news.mit.edu/2026/turning...
A collaboration between MIT’s Leaders for Global Operations, Boeing, and Engineering Tomorrow brings aspiring engineers from the classroom to the factory floor.

MIT-Royalty Pharma Faculty Founder Initiative supports biotech innovators The MIT–Royalty Pharma Faculty Founder Initiative helps translate early-stage biotech research into venture-ready innovation, offering substantial prize funding alongside workshops, classes, and mento...

MIT-Royalty Pharma Faculty Founder Initiative supports biotech innovators news.mit.edu/2026/mit-roy...
Offering substantial prize funding alongside workshops, classes, and mentorship, the initiative helps translate early-stage biotech research into venture-ready innovation.

Rocket Lab has launched the suborbital “That’s Not A Knife” mission, as part of their HASTE (Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron) program this evening at 7:00pm EST (00:00 UTC Saturday) from their LC-2 in Wallops Island, Virginia.

[Video Credit 🎥: Rocket Lab, via YouTube]

Harnessing the Sun to Extract Oxygen on the Moon www.nasa.gov/image-articl...
The concentrator is part of the Carbothermal Reduction Demonstration (CaRD) project, which aims to produce oxygen from simulated lunar regolith for use at the Moon’s south pole.

Chesapeake Bay Locked in Ice science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...
Nearly 50 years ago, the first Landsat satellite captured the rare sight of Mid-Atlantic waterways frozen over.

Lunar Occultation of Mercury apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26022...
Fans of the western sky after sunset have lately enjoyed this month's remarkable array of bright planets. Witnessed from some locations, on Feb. 18 planet Mercury even appeared to slide behind the Moon, an event known as a lunar occultation

Earthquake tremors felt across Kolkata, people rush out of buildings Tremors were felt across Kolkata and nearby areas, with panicked residents and office workers rushing out of buildings.

5.4 earthquake tremors felt across Kolkata, people rush out of buildings www.indiatoday.in/india/story/...
Tremors were felt across Kolkata and nearby areas, with panicked residents and office workers rushing out of buildings.

A COMET IS PLUNGING TOWARD THE SUN: Remember Comet Lovejoy (C/2011 W3)? On Dec.16, 2011, that comet skimmed the surface of the sun and survived, becoming a spectacular sight in the southern sky. spaceweather.com