'Unprecedented' emissions maps will hone mitigation
Wednesday, 18 February 2026 11:37
To lower agricultural emissions, policymakers and communities first need to pinpoint the sources. Not just by country but crop by crop, field by field. In other words, they need maps. Detailed maps.
In a study published Feb. 13 in Nature Climate Change, researchers have synthesized data from multiple ground sources and models to map global cropland emissions at high resolution - down to ab Deep sea wrinkles reveal ancient chemosynthetic microbes
Wednesday, 18 February 2026 11:37
A chance observation on a Moroccan hillside has revealed that some wrinkled rock textures from the deep sea may actually be fossilized microbial communities, not just products of underwater landslides. While hiking in 2016, University of Texas at Austin geologist Rowan Martindale noticed a slab of sedimentary rock with a distinctive wrinkled surface that looked like classic microbial mat fossils SpaceX unveils space traffic management system
Wednesday, 18 February 2026 11:10
A new SpaceX initiative to provide space traffic coordination services has attracted attention and praise in part because of the conditions it places on users of it.
UK caps launch liability in timely boost for nascent domestic market
Wednesday, 18 February 2026 11:00
A long-awaited cap on liability for U.K. launch operators came into force Feb.
Landspace targets Q2 for next Zhuque-3 orbital launch and recovery attempt
Wednesday, 18 February 2026 10:45
Chinese commercial launch firm Landspace is targeting Q2 for a second orbital launch and booster recovery attempt and aiming for a reuse test in Q4.
NASA hopes fuel leaks are fixed as it launches another countdown test for the Artemis II moonshot
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Simera Sense to offer larger cameras and enhanced autonomy
Tuesday, 17 February 2026 22:24
SAN FRANCISCO – After attracting cubesat customers, Belgium-based Simera Sense is developing higher-resolution optical payloads for larger satellites.
China’s Space Epoch raises new funding, targets 2026 launch and recovery attempt
Tuesday, 17 February 2026 16:44
SatVu to expand thermal imaging constellation with NATO-backed funds
Tuesday, 17 February 2026 15:17
Earth observation startup SatVu said Feb.
Global leaders meet at Space-Comm Expo in London to accelerate future of European space industry
Tuesday, 17 February 2026 15:02
Space-Comm Expo is one of Europe’s premier space industry events and the largestevent in the UK, taking place in just 2 weeks’ time 4-5 March, ExCeL London.
UAE extends Mars probe mission until 2028
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Sateliot to launch satellites with PLD Space
Tuesday, 17 February 2026 12:02
Sateliot will launch two of its next-generation direct-to-device satellites on a PLD Space rocket in what is billed as the first fully private Spanish mission.
River deltas are sinking faster than the sea is rising
Tuesday, 17 February 2026 12:00
Earth’s river deltas, home to about 5% of the global population and some of the world’s major cities, are experiencing subsidence, which exacerbates the risks from sea-level rise. The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission has captured a decade's worth of data showing land sinking faster than previously thought.
Mars relay orbiter seen as backbone for future exploration
Tuesday, 17 February 2026 10:51
NASA has set clear goals at Mars: search for evidence of ancient life, understand the planet's climate and geology, and prepare for human exploration. Those objectives depend on a robust link between spacecraft at Mars and mission teams on Earth, with every image and dataset traveling hundreds of millions of kilometers across interplanetary space. Rocket Lab positions its proposed Mars Telecommu 

