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Improving the accuracy of space situational awareness data and using tighter thresholds for potential conjunctions can help retire most satellite collision risk in LEO, a new study concludes.

Gaza Journalist Deaths Reach 262 as Al Jazeera Correspondent Killed During Ceasefire

An Israeli drone strike reportedly killed Al Jazeera correspondent Mohammed Wishah in Gaza on Wednesday, bringing the journalist death toll to 262 and sharpening a question that press freedom organizations have been raising with increasing urgency: whether the unprecedented rate of journalist deaths in this conflict can still be explained as a tragic byproduct of […]

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Space Sovereignty Is No Longer Optional

Wednesday, 08 April 2026 16:50

A Critical Infrastructure Under Strain Space has quietly become the infrastructure beneath modern life.

Russia's Extremist Label for Nobel-Winning Memorial Would Criminalize Human Rights Work Itself

A Nobel Peace Prize laureate is about to be classified alongside terrorist organizations. That is the reality facing Memorial, the storied Russian human rights group, as the country’s Supreme Court prepares to rule on a Ministry of Justice petition to designate it an “extremist organisation” — a legal classification that would criminalize any contact with […]

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The people who thrive in chaos aren't reckless. They learned early that stability was the thing that kept betraying them.

People who thrive in chaos aren't adrenaline junkies — they're running nervous systems that were trained by unstable childhoods to treat calm as the precursor to catastrophe. New neuroscience research reveals why stability feels threatening when it was the thing that kept betraying you.

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Tracking the next SDA challenge

Wednesday, 08 April 2026 13:00
Illustration of a satellite in orbit. Credit: Leidos

A flurry of commercial innovation has left the U.S. government with no shortage of sensors and AI-driven insights to monitor the increasingly packed and contested space environment.

How the Iran-U.S. Conflict Is Quietly Devastating Coastal Asia's Fishing Economy

Sassoon Dock, the historic fishing hub that has anchored Mumbai’s maritime economy since the British colonial era, sits largely empty as a fuel crisis driven by weeks of escalating conflict in the Middle East has made it too expensive for boats to leave shore. Diesel prices for India’s fishing fleet have surged significantly, reaching price […]

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ROSE-L radar unfolds in crucial ground test

Wednesday, 08 April 2026 12:19
ROSE-L radar wing deployment test

An important milestone has been reached in developing the upcoming Copernicus Radar Observing System for Europe in L-band satellite, known as ROSE-L. Engineers have tested the deployment of a structural model of its huge radar antenna – a key step towards preparing this new satellite for launch and its mission to monitor Earth’s land, oceans and ice from orbit.

The specific personality trait that makes someone volunteer for a one-way colony mission and why it terrifies the people who love them

The psychological trait that predicts who volunteers for a permanent colony mission isn't bravery — it's novelty seeking, a neurobiological disposition that makes the unknown more rewarding than the familiar. Understanding it explains why the decision terrifies the people left behind.

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A lunar base or a lunar economy?

Wednesday, 08 April 2026 12:00
NASA lunar base

We applaud the lunar base vision laid out by NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on March 24.

LeoLabs ‘Delta’ moves beyond collision warnings to identify potential adversarial activity

The Lebanon Loophole: How a US-Iran Ceasefire Was Deliberately Designed to Leave One Country Out

The Two-Week Deal and Its Limits The US and Iran have announced a two-week suspension of bombing and attacks on Iranian territory, with both sides characterizing the arrangement as a ceasefire. But the agreement’s geographic scope has already become the central point of contention. Al Jazeera has confirmed that Lebanon has been excluded from the […]

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