Week in images: 27-31 October 2025
Friday, 31 October 2025 13:15
Week in images: 27-31 October 2025
Discover our week through the lens
Turning up the heat in ESA’s Astronaut Reserve Training
Friday, 31 October 2025 12:30
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Turning up the heat in ESA’s Astronaut Reserve Training Resources, reactors and rivalries will decide the new moon race
Friday, 31 October 2025 12:00
Seas of the Sun: The story of Cluster
Friday, 31 October 2025 10:30
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What began with tragedy ended in triumph. This is the untold story of the European Space Agency’s pioneering 25-year Cluster mission to study how invisible solar storms impact Earth's environment.
Like a ship in a never-ending storm, Earth is bombarded by swarms of particles ejected from the Sun at supersonic speeds. Most of these solar wind particles are deflected by the magnetosphere and sail harmlessly by, but Earth’s shield is not bulletproof.
Since 2000, Cluster sailed the seas of the Sun and revealed the complexities of the Sun–Earth connection. After two-and-a-half incredibly successful decades in space, ESA took the decision
European Commission weighs inviting Ukraine to Europe’s GOVSATCOM platform
Friday, 31 October 2025 09:00
Krakow — The European Commission on Oct.
Earth from Space: Ghostly lake
Friday, 31 October 2025 08:00
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To celebrate Halloween, we bring you these spooky sights of Lake Carnegie in Australia, captured from space by Copernicus Sentinel-2. Flickering flame: spooky spirits or serious science?
Friday, 31 October 2025 07:54
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Flickering flame: spooky spirits or serious science? Xairos proceeds with next phase of Quantum Time Transfer Project back by ESA
Friday, 31 October 2025 06:52
London, UK (SPX) Oct 31, 2025
Xairos UK Ltd has launched Phase 2 of its quantum time transfer project supported by the European Space Agency's Navigation Innovation and Support Programme (NAVISP). Acting as prime contractor, Xairos leads a consortium with ViaSat and Heriot-Watt University to improve the precision and security of timing synchronization between terrestrial and satellite clocks using quantum technology.
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Xairos UK Ltd has launched Phase 2 of its quantum time transfer project supported by the European Space Agency's Navigation Innovation and Support Programme (NAVISP). Acting as prime contractor, Xairos leads a consortium with ViaSat and Heriot-Watt University to improve the precision and security of timing synchronization between terrestrial and satellite clocks using quantum technology.
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Friday, 31 October 2025 06:52
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 31, 2025
GMV and the Real Betis professional soccer team have inaugurated a satellite tracking and collision prediction station at the Rafael Gordillo Sports Complex near Seville. This facility enhances Europe's space monitoring capabilities and positions Real Betis as the first soccer club with dedicated infrastructure for space sustainability.
The installation is part of GMV's Focusear network, w
GMV and the Real Betis professional soccer team have inaugurated a satellite tracking and collision prediction station at the Rafael Gordillo Sports Complex near Seville. This facility enhances Europe's space monitoring capabilities and positions Real Betis as the first soccer club with dedicated infrastructure for space sustainability.
The installation is part of GMV's Focusear network, w VLT telescope images cosmic nebula resembling a bat above Chile
Friday, 31 October 2025 06:52
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 31, 2025
Astronomers have captured a striking cloud of gas and dust shaped like a bat high above the European Southern Observatory's Paranal site in Chile. The cosmic bat was imaged by the VLT Survey Telescope (VST), whose expansive field of view revealed a nebula spanning four full Moons.
Located roughly 10,000 light-years away, this nebula lies between the southern constellations Circinus and Nor
Astronomers have captured a striking cloud of gas and dust shaped like a bat high above the European Southern Observatory's Paranal site in Chile. The cosmic bat was imaged by the VLT Survey Telescope (VST), whose expansive field of view revealed a nebula spanning four full Moons.
Located roughly 10,000 light-years away, this nebula lies between the southern constellations Circinus and Nor OrbitsIQ acquires UNIO Enterprise to advance global connectivity
Friday, 31 October 2025 06:52
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 31, 2025
OrbitsIQ Global, a Luxembourg-headquartered telecommunications company focused on integrating satellite and terrestrial connectivity for mobile assets, has acquired UNIO Enterprise, a Munich-based broadband connectivity provider that integrates space-based and ground networks, including 4G and 5G. Both firms will collaborate to advance seamless connectivity solutions for vehicles, planes, and bo
OrbitsIQ Global, a Luxembourg-headquartered telecommunications company focused on integrating satellite and terrestrial connectivity for mobile assets, has acquired UNIO Enterprise, a Munich-based broadband connectivity provider that integrates space-based and ground networks, including 4G and 5G. Both firms will collaborate to advance seamless connectivity solutions for vehicles, planes, and bo Consequences of Undecidability in Physics on the Theory of Everything
Friday, 31 October 2025 01:25
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 31, 2025
A collaborative team led by Dr. Mir Faizal at the University of British Columbia Okanagan has mathematically proven that the universe cannot be a computer simulation. Working alongside Drs. Lawrence M. Krauss, Arshid Shabir, and Francesco Marino, the researchers demonstrated that reality's fundamental nature cannot be reproduced through computation or algorithms.
The study, published in th
A collaborative team led by Dr. Mir Faizal at the University of British Columbia Okanagan has mathematically proven that the universe cannot be a computer simulation. Working alongside Drs. Lawrence M. Krauss, Arshid Shabir, and Francesco Marino, the researchers demonstrated that reality's fundamental nature cannot be reproduced through computation or algorithms.
The study, published in th Don't Look Up, Space is Filled With Junk
Friday, 31 October 2025 01:25
Durham NC (SPX) Oct 31, 2025
In the early days of space exploration, satellites were rare. Each launch was a feat of engineering and ambition, sending machines far above the Earth into orbits where they could drift undisturbed.
These high-altitude paths offered vast expanses of space, minimizing the risk of collision. The sky was a lot quieter.
These days, however, "aim higher" is no longer the mantra. Low Earth
In the early days of space exploration, satellites were rare. Each launch was a feat of engineering and ambition, sending machines far above the Earth into orbits where they could drift undisturbed.
These high-altitude paths offered vast expanses of space, minimizing the risk of collision. The sky was a lot quieter.
These days, however, "aim higher" is no longer the mantra. Low Earth Expanded orbital computing initiative announced for next Momentus mission with DPhi Space partnership
Friday, 31 October 2025 01:25
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 31, 2025
Momentus Inc., a U.S. commercial space company, will partner with DPhi Space to fly a Clustergate-2 edge computing payload on its upcoming Vigoride 7 mission, scheduled for launch in early 2026. The payload will enable direct software deployment and AI agent testing in orbit. Clustergate-2 functions as a modular platform allowing users to develop, upload, and operate software applications on a s
Momentus Inc., a U.S. commercial space company, will partner with DPhi Space to fly a Clustergate-2 edge computing payload on its upcoming Vigoride 7 mission, scheduled for launch in early 2026. The payload will enable direct software deployment and AI agent testing in orbit. Clustergate-2 functions as a modular platform allowing users to develop, upload, and operate software applications on a s