Activists question treaty power to protect high seas
Tuesday, 27 January 2026 12:25
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2026
After years of international negotiation and diplomacy, the High Seas Treaty has come into force in January 2026, with 61 states ratifying the agreement to protect international waters and marine life. The milestone has renewed debate over whether international law can meaningfully safeguard the ocean without robust enforcement and complementary direct action.
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After years of international negotiation and diplomacy, the High Seas Treaty has come into force in January 2026, with 61 states ratifying the agreement to protect international waters and marine life. The milestone has renewed debate over whether international law can meaningfully safeguard the ocean without robust enforcement and complementary direct action.
In a new book titled The Only Stratoship alliance charts staged path for smallsat payloads
Tuesday, 27 January 2026 12:25
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 21, 2026
Stratoship has signed a memorandum of understanding with Queensland based companies Orbit2Orbit and Sunburnt Space Co to build a staged lab to space pathway for small satellite payloads.
The agreement establishes a commercial framework that links laboratory development, stratospheric testing, very low Earth orbit and orbital missions into a coherent progression for customers.
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Stratoship has signed a memorandum of understanding with Queensland based companies Orbit2Orbit and Sunburnt Space Co to build a staged lab to space pathway for small satellite payloads.
The agreement establishes a commercial framework that links laboratory development, stratospheric testing, very low Earth orbit and orbital missions into a coherent progression for customers.
Under t Hydrogen nuclei experiment sharpens view of quarks inside matter
Tuesday, 27 January 2026 12:25
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 26, 2026
The lightest element in the universe is helping nuclear physicists probe the inner structure of matter with new precision. At the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, researchers have compared two isotopes of hydrogen to gain sharper insight into how quarks and gluons are arranged inside protons and neutrons.
Hydrogen sits at the top of the Periodic T
The lightest element in the universe is helping nuclear physicists probe the inner structure of matter with new precision. At the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, researchers have compared two isotopes of hydrogen to gain sharper insight into how quarks and gluons are arranged inside protons and neutrons.
Hydrogen sits at the top of the Periodic T Aalyria spacetime platform tapped for AFRL space data network trials
Tuesday, 27 January 2026 12:25
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 26, 2026
Aalyria has been selected by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's Rapid Architecture Prototyping and Integration Development program to advance software solutions for managing complex military space communications networks under the Space Data Network Experimentation program. The award, executed through AFRL's Space Technology Advanced Research Fast-trackin
Aalyria has been selected by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's Rapid Architecture Prototyping and Integration Development program to advance software solutions for managing complex military space communications networks under the Space Data Network Experimentation program. The award, executed through AFRL's Space Technology Advanced Research Fast-trackin Ancient nitrogen enzyme study illuminates early Earth conditions and life detection
Tuesday, 27 January 2026 12:25
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 26, 2026
By resurrecting a 3.2 billion year old enzyme and testing it inside living microbes, researchers have opened a new experimental window on early Earth and how to recognize signs of life on other worlds. The work, led by scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and supported by NASA, uses synthetic biology to reconstruct ancient biochemistry in the laboratory.
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By resurrecting a 3.2 billion year old enzyme and testing it inside living microbes, researchers have opened a new experimental window on early Earth and how to recognize signs of life on other worlds. The work, led by scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and supported by NASA, uses synthetic biology to reconstruct ancient biochemistry in the laboratory.
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Tuesday, 27 January 2026 12:25
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 26, 2026
Spire Global has been selected by AiDASH to supply advanced space-based weather intelligence for AiDASH's vegetation, storm and ignition risk platform used by electric utilities in North America. The collaboration integrates Spire's high-resolution forecasts and meteorology support into AiDASH's AI-driven tools for vegetation management and outage prediction across modern power grids.
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Spire Global has been selected by AiDASH to supply advanced space-based weather intelligence for AiDASH's vegetation, storm and ignition risk platform used by electric utilities in North America. The collaboration integrates Spire's high-resolution forecasts and meteorology support into AiDASH's AI-driven tools for vegetation management and outage prediction across modern power grids.
AiDA Geoscientists use satellite to determine not the shape of water, but how water shapes land
Tuesday, 27 January 2026 12:25
Blacksburg VA (SPX) Jan 21, 2026
What's the shape of water? In 2022, NASA launched the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite to answer this question by precisely measuring the height and extent of bodies of water.
Virginia Tech geoscientists are using the same satellite to ask a related question: How is water shaping the land?
"We wanted to show how the satellite could be used in ways that it wasn't pr
What's the shape of water? In 2022, NASA launched the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite to answer this question by precisely measuring the height and extent of bodies of water.
Virginia Tech geoscientists are using the same satellite to ask a related question: How is water shaping the land?
"We wanted to show how the satellite could be used in ways that it wasn't pr Lunar soil study limits late meteorite role in supplying Earth oceans
Tuesday, 27 January 2026 12:25
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 26, 2026
A long standing idea in planetary science is that water rich meteorites arriving late in Earth history could have delivered a major share of the planet's water. A new study that mines the Moon's impact history now argues that this late delivery pathway could only have supplied a small fraction of Earth's oceans.
In work published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a te
A long standing idea in planetary science is that water rich meteorites arriving late in Earth history could have delivered a major share of the planet's water. A new study that mines the Moon's impact history now argues that this late delivery pathway could only have supplied a small fraction of Earth's oceans.
In work published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a te ESA at the European Space Conference - Day 1
Tuesday, 27 January 2026 12:01
The European Space Agency discussed plans for its record budget as the 18th European Space Conference began in Brussels, Belgium on 27 January.
After switch from ULA, SpaceX set for speedy national security launch
Tuesday, 27 January 2026 11:32?️
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Space Force set to choose contractors for next-gen GEO spy satellites
Tuesday, 27 January 2026 10:00
The service plans to select satellite manufacturers as soon as March for the Geosynchronous Reconnaissance & Surveillance (RG-XX) program,
Vega C to launch Brazilian satellite
Tuesday, 27 January 2026 09:55
A Brazilian government agency will launch an Earth observation satellite on a Vega C rocket, working with a launch broker rather than contracting directly with Avio.
Northwood Space raises $100 million Series B, lands $49 million Space Force deal
Tuesday, 27 January 2026 09:30
The company makes phased-array ground stations that connect with satellites across multiple orbits
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Oman signs Artemis Accords
Tuesday, 27 January 2026 09:08
Oman signed the Artemis Accords for responsible space exploration Jan.
Europe’s next-generation weather satellite sends back first images
Tuesday, 27 January 2026 08:30
The first images from the Meteosat Third Generation-Sounder satellite have been shared at the European Space Conference in Brussels, showing how the mission will provide data on temperature and humidity, for more accurate weather forecasting over Europe and northern Africa.