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![The inside of a tokamak fusion reactor.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9CF6Q4GXZezPEjRUfaFnH3-320-80.jpg)
We've been 'close' to achieving fusion power for 50 years. When will it actually happen?
By Paul Sutter published
![collage showing 13 space-mission concepts, including a venus sample-return probe and a martian aircraft.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VfuSGgsV7m7GAxgaH4ZWcJ-320-80.jpg)
NASA funds Venus sample-return, interstellar probes and other far-out space tech
By Samantha Mathewson published
Through its NIAC program, NASA has awarded funding to 13 innovative space technology concepts that could shape future missions to Venus, Mars and worlds beyond our solar system.
![an uncrewed aircraft with diamond-shaped wings flies through the air](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ebDDqBQrp5jZD7ZvQVkHmU-320-80.jpg)
DARPA's wild X-65 CRANE aircraft aims for 1st flight in summer 2025
By Brett Tingley published
DARPA and Aurora Flight Sciences have begun building the first full-scale X-65 aircraft to demonstrate a new method of flight control that uses no external moving parts.
![the sun rises above Earth as seen from a space station in orbit](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FEcRPuGNfc9sFKJmJJkNXf-320-80.jpg)
'Cooling glass' could fight climate change by reflecting solar radiation back into space
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
To combat increasing global temperatures, scientists have developed a new cooling glass paint which effectively uses space as a heat sink.
![Quantum Entanglement](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RAJL9ZkHscsQ7oF6AnLppW-320-80.jpg)
Quantum batteries could charge faster by scrambling the rules of cause and effect
By Ben Turner published
Batteries could charge up by relying on a quantum effect known as indefinite causal order, whereby the laws of cause and effect are scrambled and power can move through the system quicker.
![a cat chases a red dot on a couch in a video being played on a computer screen](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MAMFZ5uKEWYiL8oAhFKMik-320-80.jpg)
NASA laser-beams adorable cat video to Earth from 19 million miles away (video)
By Brett Tingley published
NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications experiment streamed a high-definition video of Taters the cat to Earth from 19 miles (31 million km) away in a groundbreaking demonstration.
![a tower bathes the moon's surface below it in light, while darkness surrounds the circle of light it projects. stars can be seen outside of the cone of light](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LJkEQc5TBC4uDZWPJJeJqh-320-80.png)
Massive 'lighthouses' on the moon could light the way for future lunar astronauts
By Leonard David published
Honeybee Robotics has a plan to build massive lighthouses on the moon to provide light, power and communications infrastructure as part of a plan to develop a lunar economy.
![a rocket topped with a red capsule launches in the desert](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/scXLAePgdTCLpJLEX3MCiE-320-80.jpg)
Iran launches 'bio-space capsule' protoype, aims to fly astronauts by 2030
By Andrew Jones published
Iran test launched what it describes as a "bio-capsule" as part of its plan to put its own astronauts into space by the end of the decade.
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