Europe Faces Satellite Espionage Threat from Russia and China
Thursday, 13 November 2025 09:38
Germany and the United Kingdom have raised alarms regarding the escalating danger posed by Russian and Chinese activity in space, with recent incidents putting focus on the growing threat to Western satellites. Both countries have publicly accused Russia of stalking, jamming, and interfering with their orbital systems, while experts have warned that China's rapid technological advances could wie Europe hosts first in-orbit satellite cybersecurity competition
Thursday, 13 November 2025 09:38
D-Orbit, a leader in orbital logistics, together with mhackeroni, a prominent ethical hacking team, concluded CTRLSpace CTF, Europe's first cybersecurity competition using an operational spacecraft as the testbed. The event, supported by ESA's Security Cyber Centre of Excellence and Security Office, culminated at ESA ESTEC in the Netherlands, where five teams participated in live scenarios aboar Hydroponic plant factories enable continuous urban edamame harvest
Thursday, 13 November 2025 09:38
Researchers in Japan achieved year-round indoor cultivation of edamame using hydroponic nutrient film technique and LED lighting. Controlled plant factories allow crops to grow independently of outdoor climate by regulating light, temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, and nutrients. This approach bypasses the usual challenges of open-field farming for legumes, which include lengthy growth cycle Distant Siblings Revealed as Pleiades Star Cluster Expands
Thursday, 13 November 2025 09:38
Astronomers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have determined the Pleiades star cluster extends far beyond its well-known core, revealing thousands of stellar siblings previously undetected. By analyzing data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite and the European Space Agency's Gaia space telescope, the research team identified a widespread stellar association surrou SES expands launch contract with Relativity Space
Thursday, 13 November 2025 09:25
Relativity Space, a launch startup developing a reusable rocket, has expanded a contract to provide launches for satellite operator SES.
Watch: Sentinel-6B launch live broadcast
Thursday, 13 November 2025 08:45
Sentinel-6B, the next sea-level monitoring satellite for the Copernicus Earth observation programme, is ready for launch at the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California in just a few days. Here’s how you can watch the liftoff live on ESA Web TV.
The hidden danger of lunar micrometeoroid storms
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Firefly identifies cause of Alpha booster test failure
Wednesday, 12 November 2025 23:01
Firefly Aerospace says contamination in a fluid line caused the loss in September of an Alpha first stage being tested for an upcoming launch.
Airspace closure suggests China is preparing for a Shenzhou landing after debris impact scare
Wednesday, 12 November 2025 21:38
Solar storms delay the launch of Blue Origin's big new rocket with Mars orbiters for NASA
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Solar storms bring colorful northern lights to unexpected places
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Live Event: The Role of Space-Based Interceptors in Golden Dome (Replay)
Wednesday, 12 November 2025 18:57
French startup U-Space raises €24 million for smallsat manufacting
Wednesday, 12 November 2025 16:21
SAN FRANCISCO – French startup U-Space has raised €24 million ($27.8 million) to expand its role in the small satellite constellation market. With funding from the Series A round, Toulouse-based […]
First confirmed sighting of explosive burst on nearby star
Wednesday, 12 November 2025 15:00
Astronomers using the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton space observatory and the LOFAR telescope have definitively spotted an explosive burst of material thrown out into space by another star – a burst powerful enough to strip away the atmosphere of any unlucky planet in its path.
The path to Mars: Small, unsexy problems
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