How to spot life in the clouds on other worlds
Thursday, 13 November 2025 09:38
Ithaca NY (SPX) Nov 12, 2025
An exoplanet with dense or even total cloud cover could help astronomers searching for signs of life beyond our planet.
Cornell University researchers have created the first reflectance spectra - a color-coded key - of diverse, colorful microorganisms that live in the clouds floating above Earth's surface. Astronomers don't know if these bacteria exist elsewhere in the universe and in enou
An exoplanet with dense or even total cloud cover could help astronomers searching for signs of life beyond our planet.
Cornell University researchers have created the first reflectance spectra - a color-coded key - of diverse, colorful microorganisms that live in the clouds floating above Earth's surface. Astronomers don't know if these bacteria exist elsewhere in the universe and in enou Confirmed stellar coronal mass ejection observed by XMM Newton and LOFAR
Thursday, 13 November 2025 09:38
Noordwijk, Netherlands (SPX) Nov 13, 2025
Astronomers using the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton space observatory and the LOFAR telescope have definitively spotted an explosive burst of material thrown out into space by another star - a burst powerful enough to strip away the atmosphere of any unlucky planet in its path.
The burst was a coronal mass ejection (CME), eruptions we often see coming from the Sun. During a CME, massi
Astronomers using the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton space observatory and the LOFAR telescope have definitively spotted an explosive burst of material thrown out into space by another star - a burst powerful enough to strip away the atmosphere of any unlucky planet in its path.
The burst was a coronal mass ejection (CME), eruptions we often see coming from the Sun. During a CME, massi The Pleiades is part of an enormous stellar complex birthed by the same star-forming event
Thursday, 13 November 2025 09:38
Pasadena, CA (SPX) Nov 13, 2025
New work from a research team including Carnegie's Luke Bouma demonstrates that the Pleiades star cluster - also known as the Seven Sisters - is part of an enormous stellar complex spread over nearly 2,000 light-years. Their work uses one of the most historically significant stellar clusters to demonstrate a new approach for tracing stellar origins - which have posed long-standing challenges for
New work from a research team including Carnegie's Luke Bouma demonstrates that the Pleiades star cluster - also known as the Seven Sisters - is part of an enormous stellar complex spread over nearly 2,000 light-years. Their work uses one of the most historically significant stellar clusters to demonstrate a new approach for tracing stellar origins - which have posed long-standing challenges for Next-generation GHGSat satellites to expand commercial greenhouse gas monitoring
Thursday, 13 November 2025 09:38
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 13, 2025
SFL Missions Inc. has secured a contract from GHGSat, Montreal, to supply two additional commercial microsatellites for the GHGSat greenhouse gas monitoring constellation. The satellites, designated GHGSat-C18 and GHGSat-C19, are in development at SFL Missions' Toronto facility, which is currently working on 37 satellites for clients in the commercial, government, and research sectors.
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SFL Missions Inc. has secured a contract from GHGSat, Montreal, to supply two additional commercial microsatellites for the GHGSat greenhouse gas monitoring constellation. The satellites, designated GHGSat-C18 and GHGSat-C19, are in development at SFL Missions' Toronto facility, which is currently working on 37 satellites for clients in the commercial, government, and research sectors.
GHG BlackSky to deliver advanced Gen-3 tactical ISR capabilities to international customer
Thursday, 13 November 2025 09:38
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 10, 2025
BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) has announced the award of a contract worth more than $30 million spanning several years, focused on integrating its third-generation high-cadence tactical intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance services into a strategic international defense customer's secure operational environment.
The awarded project accelerates the customer's sovereign spa
BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) has announced the award of a contract worth more than $30 million spanning several years, focused on integrating its third-generation high-cadence tactical intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance services into a strategic international defense customer's secure operational environment.
The awarded project accelerates the customer's sovereign spa European Response to Escalating Space Security Crisis
Thursday, 13 November 2025 09:38
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 10, 2025
Facing a new era of satellite surveillance and jamming, European governments are moving rapidly to strengthen their defenses in orbit. The twin challenges posed by Russian and Chinese activities have forced the continent to confront longstanding vulnerabilities in both military and civilian space infrastructure. While much of the public discourse addresses threats, a parallel focus has emerged:
Facing a new era of satellite surveillance and jamming, European governments are moving rapidly to strengthen their defenses in orbit. The twin challenges posed by Russian and Chinese activities have forced the continent to confront longstanding vulnerabilities in both military and civilian space infrastructure. While much of the public discourse addresses threats, a parallel focus has emerged: Europe Faces Satellite Espionage Threat from Russia and China
Thursday, 13 November 2025 09:38
London, UK (SPX) Nov 10, 2025
Germany and the United Kingdom have raised alarms regarding the escalating danger posed by Russian and Chinese activity in space, with recent incidents putting focus on the growing threat to Western satellites. Both countries have publicly accused Russia of stalking, jamming, and interfering with their orbital systems, while experts have warned that China's rapid technological advances could wie
Germany and the United Kingdom have raised alarms regarding the escalating danger posed by Russian and Chinese activity in space, with recent incidents putting focus on the growing threat to Western satellites. Both countries have publicly accused Russia of stalking, jamming, and interfering with their orbital systems, while experts have warned that China's rapid technological advances could wie Europe hosts first in-orbit satellite cybersecurity competition
Thursday, 13 November 2025 09:38
London, UK (SPX) Nov 10, 2025
D-Orbit, a leader in orbital logistics, together with mhackeroni, a prominent ethical hacking team, concluded CTRLSpace CTF, Europe's first cybersecurity competition using an operational spacecraft as the testbed. The event, supported by ESA's Security Cyber Centre of Excellence and Security Office, culminated at ESA ESTEC in the Netherlands, where five teams participated in live scenarios aboar
D-Orbit, a leader in orbital logistics, together with mhackeroni, a prominent ethical hacking team, concluded CTRLSpace CTF, Europe's first cybersecurity competition using an operational spacecraft as the testbed. The event, supported by ESA's Security Cyber Centre of Excellence and Security Office, culminated at ESA ESTEC in the Netherlands, where five teams participated in live scenarios aboar Hydroponic plant factories enable continuous urban edamame harvest
Thursday, 13 November 2025 09:38
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 13, 2025
Researchers in Japan achieved year-round indoor cultivation of edamame using hydroponic nutrient film technique and LED lighting. Controlled plant factories allow crops to grow independently of outdoor climate by regulating light, temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, and nutrients. This approach bypasses the usual challenges of open-field farming for legumes, which include lengthy growth cycle
Researchers in Japan achieved year-round indoor cultivation of edamame using hydroponic nutrient film technique and LED lighting. Controlled plant factories allow crops to grow independently of outdoor climate by regulating light, temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, and nutrients. This approach bypasses the usual challenges of open-field farming for legumes, which include lengthy growth cycle Distant Siblings Revealed as Pleiades Star Cluster Expands
Thursday, 13 November 2025 09:38
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 13, 2025
Astronomers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have determined the Pleiades star cluster extends far beyond its well-known core, revealing thousands of stellar siblings previously undetected. By analyzing data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite and the European Space Agency's Gaia space telescope, the research team identified a widespread stellar association surrou
Astronomers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have determined the Pleiades star cluster extends far beyond its well-known core, revealing thousands of stellar siblings previously undetected. By analyzing data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite and the European Space Agency's Gaia space telescope, the research team identified a widespread stellar association surrou SES expands launch contract with Relativity Space
Thursday, 13 November 2025 09:25
Relativity Space, a launch startup developing a reusable rocket, has expanded a contract to provide launches for satellite operator SES.
Watch: Sentinel-6B launch live broadcast
Thursday, 13 November 2025 08:45
Sentinel-6B, the next sea-level monitoring satellite for the Copernicus Earth observation programme, is ready for launch at the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California in just a few days. Here’s how you can watch the liftoff live on ESA Web TV.
The hidden danger of lunar micrometeoroid storms
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Firefly identifies cause of Alpha booster test failure
Wednesday, 12 November 2025 23:01
Firefly Aerospace says contamination in a fluid line caused the loss in September of an Alpha first stage being tested for an upcoming launch.
Airspace closure suggests China is preparing for a Shenzhou landing after debris impact scare
Wednesday, 12 November 2025 21:38