St. Louis, MO (SPX) Nov 20, 2025
An international collaboration of physicists including researchers at Washington University in St. Louis has made measurements to better understand how matter falls into black holes and how enormous amounts of energy and light are released in the process. The scientists pointed a balloon-borne telescope called XL-Calibur at a black hole, Cygnus X-1, located about 7,000 light-years from Ear

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 20, 2025
Low Earth orbit (LEO) mega-constellations are rapidly changing how we connect to the world, offering potential for faster communications, more accurate earth observation, and better disaster forecasting. Unlike previous, smaller satellite configurations, these mega-constellations involve thousands of satellites operating together, creating huge challenges for ground-based controllers struggling

Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Nov 20, 2025
After years of design, development, and testing, NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took to the skies for the first time Oct. 28, marking a historic moment for aeronautics research and the agency's Quesst mission. The X-59, designed to fly at supersonic speeds and reduce the sound of loud sonic booms to quieter sonic thumps, took off at 11:14 a.m. EDT and flew for 67 minutes. T

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 19, 2025
Spire Global has shipped nine satellites, designed and built in-house, to Vandenberg Space Force Base in California for an upcoming SpaceX Falcon 9 Twilight mission. This shipment comprises Spire's latest Hyperspectral Microwave Sounder (HyMS) demonstrator - a compact, space-ready sensor developed in collaboration with RAL Space and STAR-Dundee Ltd. The HyMS satellite is engineered to gather hig

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 20, 2025
Yank Technologies has received a 1 million US dollar NASA Phase III Small Business Innovation Research commercialization contract to advance Dust-Tolerant Resonant Connectors for bi-directional vehicle-to-vehicle power transfer on the Moon and Mars. The award builds on the companys earlier NASA Phase I SBIR work on the same technology. Under the new contract with NASA, Yank Technologies wi

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 20, 2025
Scientists analyzing NASA Cassini data have identified previously unknown organic compounds in ice particles emitted from Saturn's moon Enceladus. Evidence suggests these molecules originated from the moon's subsurface ocean and may indicate active organic chemistry beneath the icy shell. A recent study published in Nature Astronomy reports the presence of both familiar and new molecules i

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 20, 2025
China has advanced its lunar exploration program with the return of experimental lunar regolith bricks, which spent a year exposed to the space environment aboard China's space station. These bricks, developed by Ding Lieyun and a team from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, were retrieved last week on the Shenzhou XXI spacecraft and found in good condition during initial inspections

London, UK (SPX) Nov 20, 2025
GMV's UK subsidiary has taken a significant step in space safety with the development and deployment of an advanced collision avoidance system tailored for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellations. This new service has played a key role in securing new agreements with the Space Data Association (SDA), an international group focused on promoting safe and sustainable space operations.

Ithaca NY (SPX) Nov 20, 2025
Sending spacecraft into low Earth orbit could transform next-generation telecommunications, space exploration and national security. But that altitude - which begins roughly 60 miles above the planet's surface - is a fickle place due to atmospheric drag, and spacecraft would require a new kind of propulsion system to remain in orbit there. "At the boundary of space, there's still enough re