Science & Tech news · 8 November 2026
Pakistani astronaut to join China's Shenzhou 24 mission to space station
A Pakistani astronaut will join the crew of China's Shenzhou 24 spacecraft, state media reported Saturday. He would be the first foreign national to board China's space station.
Study estimates human metabolism produced 2.05 billion tonnes of CO2 in 2015
A University of Bath-led study estimates that CO2 from human metabolism rose 74% between 1985 and 2015, reaching 2.05 billion metric tons a year, mainly because of population growth.
Rubin Observatory finds two hidden companions of the Milky Way
Preview data covering about 7% of the night sky revealed two previously unknown Milky Way satellites, a dwarf galaxy and a star cluster. Astronomers think hundreds more may still be hidden.
NASA's Swift Observatory re-enters atmosphere after nearly 22 years
NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory re-entered Earth's atmosphere on Wednesday above North Sumatra, Indonesia, ending a mission planned for two years that lasted nearly 22.
Caltech robot builds first section of a truss in space without astronauts
A Caltech-designed robotic truss builder, part of a DARPA program, has autonomously assembled a structure in space for the first time. Time limits meant it built only the initial section of its planned antenna truss.