Our interactive publication covering captivating stories and stunning images from the most recent quarter of the year.

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
The European Space Agency's first full-scale reusable rocket demonstrator, Themis, is now positioned on its launch pad at the Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden. The milestone marks the start of preparations for low-altitude flight tests designed to validate vertical take-off and landing operations using cryogenic propulsion. The first test model, known as T1H for Themis-1 engine-Hop,

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
Terran Orbital Corporation has completed delivery of all 42 satellite bus platforms for the Space Development Agency's Tranche 1 Transport Layer program. The spacecraft, built in partnership with Lockheed Martin, will support a resilient low-Earth orbit communications network providing secure, low-latency data links for U.S. and allied forces worldwide. "Completing delivery of all satellit

London, Canada (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
An international team of scientists, including Western University's Gordon Osinski, has for the first time dated the emergence of microorganisms inside a meteorite crater, demonstrating that life developed within millions of years after the impact event. The discovery was made in Finland's 78-million-year-old Lappajarvi crater and provides direct evidence that meteorite impacts can generat

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 26, 2025
Razor's Edge has announced the close of its fourth investment fund, securing $560 million in commitments, surpassing its $400 million target. The new fund increases the firm's total assets under management to more than $1.25 billion, highlighting strong investor confidence in its national security-driven growth equity model. Founded in 2010, the firm has become a major force in advancing c

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
At the 2025 World Manufacturing Convention in Hefei, researchers from China's Deep Space Exploration Laboratory (DSEL) presented a prototype machine capable of transforming lunar soil into construction bricks. The solar-powered system is the first proof-of-concept device designed to fabricate building materials directly on the Moon. The machine concentrates sunlight using a parabolic refle

London, UK (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
New research has confirmed that the Silverpit Crater, buried beneath the southern North Sea, was created by a hypervelocity impact about 43 to 46 million years ago. The findings resolve a long-running scientific debate over the crater's origins. A team led by Dr Uisdean Nicholson of Heriot-Watt University, funded by the Natural Environment Research Council, combined seismic imaging, micros

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has delivered its most detailed view yet of Sagittarius B2, the Milky Way's largest star-forming cloud, uncovering vast populations of massive stars and intricate webs of cosmic dust in the galactic center region. Located a few hundred light-years from Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the galaxy's core, Sagittarius B2 contains immense reservo

Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
An international team led by Sao Paulo State University (UNESP) has uncovered a population of asteroids that may threaten Earth but remain effectively hidden from current surveys. These objects, which share Venus's orbit, are extremely difficult to observe because of their position in the sky relative to the Sun. The study combined analytical modeling and long-term simulations, revealing t