Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 07, 2025
Researchers have pushed graphene's promise further by directly observing Floquet effects in the one-atom-thick carbon lattice, confirming that Floquet engineering can precisely tune metallic and semi-metallic quantum materials. The international effort was led by the University of Goettingen with collaborators in Braunschweig, Bremen, and Fribourg, and the findings appear in Nature Physics.

Washington DC (UPI) Sep 14, 2025
SpaceX launched the latest in a series of cargo freighter missions to the International Space Station Sunday evening from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The Northrop Grumman NG-23 Cygnus XL was launched at 6:11 p.m. EDT into low-Earth orbit atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, shuttling supplies and experimental equipment to the ISS. The mission, hauling 11,000 pounds of

WASHINGTON — The chief executive of commercial space station developer Vast says he supports NASA’s revised approach to supporting development of such stations, calling it the best way to avoid a gap in U.S.

NASA has restored contact with one of a pair of space science satellites that ran into problems shortly after its July launch.

Maxar executive Susanne Hake pressed the case that commercial firms can deliver faster and for less cost than bespoke government satellites, but need predictable funding and contracts to keep investing

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Group photo taken at the General Assembly on Defence, Space and Cybersecurity, held on Friday 12 September 2025, at ESRIN, ESA’s Centre for Earth Observation Programmes in Italy. 

The event was organised by the European Parliament and the European Commission, in collaboration with the European Space Agency, to promote dialogue between European and national decision-makers and industry leaders. Representatives from major European entities debated the future of the European Union, which is facing unprecedented challenges, in an increasingly complex geopolitical context. Participants examined Europe’s needs in key sectors such as space, cybersecurity, and defence, within the broader context of the

Satellite manufacturer Apex has raised $200 million in a new funding round that values the company at more than $1 billion.

Cailabs, a French company that manufactures optical ground stations for satellite communications, has raised 57 million euros ($67 million) to scale up production.