The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile kicked off its ten‑year Legacy Survey of Space and Time on June 30, capturing a new image every 40 seconds and revisiting each patch of the southern sky about 800 times. Its 3,200‑megapixel camera will generate roughly ten terabytes of data nightly, creating an ultra‑high‑definition time‑lapse of the cosmos. Scientists expect the data to tighten dark‑energy and expansion measurements.

Researchers at NTU Singapore and Waseda University unveiled a flexible diving suit that lets cyborg cockroaches stay submerged for up to three hours. The suit attaches an oxygen‑generation tank and silicone tubes to the insects’ spiracles, then can be removed painlessly. Demonstrated in a Nature Communications paper, the bio‑robots could soon aid search‑and‑rescue teams navigating flooded disaster zones. The system remained functional across repeated dives.

NASA shifted from the Lunar Gateway to a $20 billion Moon Base, awarding nearly $600 million to Astrobotic, Firefly Aerospace and Intuitive Machines for three 2028 payload deliveries. Each lander will carry a Stereo Camera, a Laser Retroreflector Array and a Linear Energy Transfer Spectrometer, building a distributed network of lunar environmental data that underpins future crewed missions.