Solar probes follow hyperactive sunspot region through three full rotations
Tuesday, 06 January 2026 04:22
The sun rotates about once every 28 days, so active regions on its surface are usually visible from Earth for only around two weeks before they move out of view behind the limb. Ioannis Kontogiannis, a solar physicist at ETH Zurich and the Istituto ricerche solari Aldo e Cele Dacco (IRSOL) in Locarno, notes that ESA's Solar Orbiter mission, launched in 2020, has extended this viewing window by o ALMA views giant dusty disk in Gomezs Hamburger with signs of early giant planet formation
Tuesday, 06 January 2026 04:22
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array ALMA have identified the earliest phases of giant planet formation inside the dense layers of gas and dust in the nearly edge-on disk known as Gomez's Hamburger GoHam. The team presented the research, which is in preparation for publication, at a press conference during the American Astronomical Society's annual meeting in Januar Starfighters completes supersonic tests for GE Aerospace ramjet program
Tuesday, 06 January 2026 04:22
Starfighters Space Inc has completed a supersonic flight test campaign for GE Aerospace in which a company F-104 aircraft carried an advanced propulsion test vehicle on multiple flights at supersonic speed. The work supports GE Aerospace's Atmospheric Test of Launched Air-breathing System (ATLAS) program, which is focused on solid fuel ramjet propulsion.
As part of the ATLAS program, Starf Momentus to flight test 3D printed fuel tank on Vigoride 7
Tuesday, 06 January 2026 04:22
Momentus Inc. has developed an additively manufactured metal fuel tank that will undergo flight testing on the companys Vigoride-7 Orbital Service Vehicle in orbit. The tank, produced in collaboration with Velo3D, is intended as a space-rated component for use on future missions.
The tank was designed by Momentus and manufactured using Velo3Ds metal 3D printing systems. The companies used Third COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation radar satellite enters service ramp-up
Tuesday, 06 January 2026 04:22
The third satellite in the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation radar constellation has been launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on a SpaceX Falcon 9 for the Italian Space Agency and the Italian Ministry of Defense, extending Italy's dual-use Earth observation capability.
Built by Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales and Leonardo, and operated in orbit by Teles Chinese astronauts hone extreme cave survival skills
Tuesday, 06 January 2026 04:22
Twenty-eight astronauts and trainees have completed China's first cave-survival training program, a nearly monthlong exercise run by the Astronaut Center of China in Chongqing's Wulong district.
The course included more than 10 core activities such as environmental monitoring, cave mapping, simulated communication with ground control, and a series of psychological and behavioral drills in Array Labs raises $20 million to scale production of radar satellites for 3D Earth mapping
Monday, 05 January 2026 18:57
Startup aims to mass-produce radar hardware and deploy formation-flying satellites
Cloud-9: a new celestial object found by Hubble
Monday, 05 January 2026 16:15
A team using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered a new type of astronomical object – a starless, gas-rich, dark-matter cloud that is considered a 'relic' or remnant of early galaxy formation. Nicknamed 'Cloud-9,' this is the first confirmed detection of such an object in the Universe.
Press conference with ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot
Monday, 05 January 2026 15:30
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Media representatives joined French ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, on Monday 5 January, for a hybrid press conference to learn more about her first mission to space.
This event, held at the European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Germany, was the final media event in Europe ahead of her launch to the International Space Station.
Sophie selected the name ‘εpsilon’ for her first mission, currently planned no earlier than 15 February, reflecting the power of small, yet impactful contributions, and how many parts come together to make a whole.
During εpsilon, Sophie will conduct a wide range of tasks on the International
Minibus provides $24.4 billion for NASA for fiscal year 2026
Monday, 05 January 2026 15:22
House and Senate appropriators have released the text of a final appropriations bill for fiscal 2026 that largely rejects the steep cuts the Trump administration proposed for NASA.
ARCHE ORBITAL SYSTEMS Signs Strategic MoU with MSRO to Advance National Space Capabilities for the Maldives
Monday, 05 January 2026 15:09
Dubai / Male’ November 18, 2025 – ARCHE ORBITAL SYSTEMS, a global space-technology company specializing in advanced mission design and in-orbit services operations, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) […]
No more free rides: it’s time to pay for space safety
Monday, 05 January 2026 13:00
A small but important change can be found at the end of President Trump’s sweeping December 18, 2025, Executive Order, “Ensuring American Space Superiority.
Tree planting for εpsilon
Monday, 05 January 2026 12:34
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Tree planting for εpsilon China’s astronauts complete cave training amid preparations for moon missions
Monday, 05 January 2026 12:26
China’s astronaut corps has completed a near month-long underground cave training, conducted in part to prepare for future crewed lunar landing missions.
L3Harris to sell majority stake in space propulsion unit to AE Industrial
Monday, 05 January 2026 11:56
Private equity firm to revive Rocketdyne name, L3Harris keeps RS-25 engine
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