Science & Tech news · 5 November 2026
Astronauts Install Final ISS Solar Array, Completing 30% Power Upgrade
NASA's Anil Menon and CSA's Joshua Kutryk conducted a spacewalk on November 5 to install the eighth and last roll-out solar array on the ISS, boosting its power capacity by roughly 30%.
CERN's LHCb Finds First Single-Experiment Evidence of Ultra-Rare Beauty Particle Decay
Physicists at CERN announced 3.2-sigma evidence for a Bd meson decaying into two muons, a process predicted to occur only once in ten billion beauty-particle decays and sought for over four decades.
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FCC Direct-to-Device Proposal Raises Radio Astronomy Interference Fears
A new FCC proposal to let billions of Internet of Things devices transmit signals to satellites using key spectrum bands could seriously harm radio astronomy, scientists warn, with a public comment period closing November 9.
Trump Moves to Weaken Methane Limits on Oil and Gas Producers
President Trump has announced a rollback of Biden-era methane regulations for oil and gas producers, claiming the changes will save consumers and energy companies $45 billion.