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Astris infographic Applied lessons for NASA’s science programs
Monday, 12 January 2026 11:00
It took a year, but the Jared Isaacman era at NASA finally started.
This year must bring greater collaboration against orbital congestion
Monday, 12 January 2026 11:00
India’s PSLV launch fails during ascent, 16 satellites lost
Monday, 12 January 2026 09:33
India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle failed late Sunday during ascent, resulting in the loss of a primary Earth observation satellite and 15 smaller co-passenger spacecraft.
Dark star theory links JWST early universe anomalies
Monday, 12 January 2026 08:57
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 09, 2026
A recent study led by Colgate Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy Cosmin Ilie, with collaborators Jillian Paulin at the University of Pennsylvania, Andreea Petric of the Space Telescope Science Institute, and Katherine Freese of the University of Texas at Austin, argues that dark stars can resolve three key puzzles from the cosmic dawn revealed by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
A recent study led by Colgate Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy Cosmin Ilie, with collaborators Jillian Paulin at the University of Pennsylvania, Andreea Petric of the Space Telescope Science Institute, and Katherine Freese of the University of Texas at Austin, argues that dark stars can resolve three key puzzles from the cosmic dawn revealed by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Sentinel 1 decade long radar record tracks shifting Greenland and Antarctic ice
Monday, 12 January 2026 08:57
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 08, 2026
The Copernicus Sentinel 1 mission has delivered a 10 year record of how ice flows from Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets into the ocean, providing a consistent, high resolution view of a key driver of sea level rise.
Starting in 2014, Sentinel 1 observations now form the first continuous map of surface flow velocities across both the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets at continental scale
The Copernicus Sentinel 1 mission has delivered a 10 year record of how ice flows from Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets into the ocean, providing a consistent, high resolution view of a key driver of sea level rise.
Starting in 2014, Sentinel 1 observations now form the first continuous map of surface flow velocities across both the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets at continental scale MDA Space wins role in US SHIELD missile defense program
Monday, 12 January 2026 08:57
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 09, 2026
MDA Space Ltd. (TSX: MDA) reports it has received an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract from the Missile Defense Agency for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program.
The IDIQ award makes MDA Space eligible to bid on future tasks and service orders under SHIELD, a US defense effort aimed at strengthening protection against threats acr
MDA Space Ltd. (TSX: MDA) reports it has received an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract from the Missile Defense Agency for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program.
The IDIQ award makes MDA Space eligible to bid on future tasks and service orders under SHIELD, a US defense effort aimed at strengthening protection against threats acr Asteroid metals harden under extreme particle blasts
Monday, 12 January 2026 08:57
London, UK (SPX) Jan 09, 2026
Physicists at the University of Oxford have contributed to a study showing that iron-rich asteroids can withstand much higher energy inputs than expected without breaking apart, a result that affects assessments of planetary defence strategies against hazardous objects. The work, published in Nature Communications, indicates that under rapid, intense heating these bodies can even become tougher
Physicists at the University of Oxford have contributed to a study showing that iron-rich asteroids can withstand much higher energy inputs than expected without breaking apart, a result that affects assessments of planetary defence strategies against hazardous objects. The work, published in Nature Communications, indicates that under rapid, intense heating these bodies can even become tougher Creating hallucination-free, psychedelic-like molecules by shining light on life's basic building blocks
Monday, 12 January 2026 08:57
Davis CA (SPX) Jan 08, 2026
UC Davis researchers have developed a new method that uses light to transform amino acids - the building blocks of proteins - into molecules that are similar in structure to psychedelics and mimic their interaction with the brain. Like psychedelics, these molecules activate the brain's serotonin 5-HT2A receptors, which promote cortical neuron growth, and could be candidates to treat a host of br
UC Davis researchers have developed a new method that uses light to transform amino acids - the building blocks of proteins - into molecules that are similar in structure to psychedelics and mimic their interaction with the brain. Like psychedelics, these molecules activate the brain's serotonin 5-HT2A receptors, which promote cortical neuron growth, and could be candidates to treat a host of br Electrons lag behind the nucleus
Monday, 12 January 2026 08:57
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jan 07, 2026
One of the great successes of 20th-century physics was the quantum mechanical description of solids. This allowed scientists to understand for the first time how and why certain materials conduct electric current and how these properties could be purposefully modified. For instance, semiconductors such as silicon could be used to produce transistors, which revolutionized electronics and made mod
One of the great successes of 20th-century physics was the quantum mechanical description of solids. This allowed scientists to understand for the first time how and why certain materials conduct electric current and how these properties could be purposefully modified. For instance, semiconductors such as silicon could be used to produce transistors, which revolutionized electronics and made mod Giant amoeba virus ushikuvirus sheds light on how complex cells evolved
Monday, 12 January 2026 08:57
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 08, 2026
Giant DNA viruses that infect amoebae are providing new evidence that viruses may have helped drive the evolution of complex life, according to researchers at Tokyo University of Science and the National Institute of Natural Sciences in Japan.
In work published online on November 24, 2025, in the Journal of Virology, the team reports the discovery of ushikuvirus, a newly isolated giant vir
Giant DNA viruses that infect amoebae are providing new evidence that viruses may have helped drive the evolution of complex life, according to researchers at Tokyo University of Science and the National Institute of Natural Sciences in Japan.
In work published online on November 24, 2025, in the Journal of Virology, the team reports the discovery of ushikuvirus, a newly isolated giant vir Quantum interferometer boosts sensitivity to tiny laser beam shifts
Monday, 12 January 2026 08:57
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 09, 2026
Researchers at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen have demonstrated a quantum interferometric method that can register extremely small tilts and displacements of a laser beam. The approach is based on weak value amplification, a concept from quantum mechanics that enhances the response of an interferometer when internal beam parameters change only slightly.
In many experiments and tech
Researchers at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen have demonstrated a quantum interferometric method that can register extremely small tilts and displacements of a laser beam. The approach is based on weak value amplification, a concept from quantum mechanics that enhances the response of an interferometer when internal beam parameters change only slightly.
In many experiments and tech Surrey Japan team to probe short lived atomic nuclei in cosmic element quest
Monday, 12 January 2026 08:57
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 09, 2026
Plans to obtain the first precision measurements of some of the rarest and most unstable atomic nuclei are set to advance understanding of nuclear structure and the way chemical elements form during extreme cosmic events such as supernovae, neutron star mergers and X-ray bursts.
The University of Surrey is partnering with researchers in Japan to develop instruments that can measure previou
Plans to obtain the first precision measurements of some of the rarest and most unstable atomic nuclei are set to advance understanding of nuclear structure and the way chemical elements form during extreme cosmic events such as supernovae, neutron star mergers and X-ray bursts.
The University of Surrey is partnering with researchers in Japan to develop instruments that can measure previou Jets from black hole drive record coronal gas stream in nearby galaxy
Monday, 12 January 2026 08:57
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 09, 2026
Astronomers at the University of California, Irvine have identified the largest-known stream of super-heated gas in the universe flowing out of a nearby disk galaxy called VV 340a, with their findings reported in Science. The gas, traced using data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, emerges from both sides of the galaxy as two elongated nebulae powered by an active supermassive black hole a
Astronomers at the University of California, Irvine have identified the largest-known stream of super-heated gas in the universe flowing out of a nearby disk galaxy called VV 340a, with their findings reported in Science. The gas, traced using data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, emerges from both sides of the galaxy as two elongated nebulae powered by an active supermassive black hole a Milky Way stars mapped as major source of ghost particle flux at Earth
Monday, 12 January 2026 08:57
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 09, 2026
Neutrinos, often called ghost particles, are elementary particles that are electrically neutral, extremely light, and interact only rarely with other matter. Trillions pass through Earth and the human body every second without leaving a trace, which makes them difficult to detect but valuable as probes of regions of the universe that are otherwise hidden.
Researchers at the University of C
Neutrinos, often called ghost particles, are elementary particles that are electrically neutral, extremely light, and interact only rarely with other matter. Trillions pass through Earth and the human body every second without leaving a trace, which makes them difficult to detect but valuable as probes of regions of the universe that are otherwise hidden.
Researchers at the University of C