Four teams from different countries have been recognised for their breakthrough work in using artificial intelligence to detect earthquake damage from space, marking the conclusion of a global competition organised by the European Space Agency in collaboration with the International Charter ‘Space and Major Disasters’ – commonly referred to as ‘the Charter’.

The European Space Agency’s upcoming Henon mission will be the first ever CubeSat to independently venture into deep space, communicate with Earth and manoeuvre to its final destination without relying on a bigger spacecraft. Once in its orbit around the Sun, the carry-on luggage-sized CubeSat will observe the Sun’s emissions to demonstrate technologies capable of providing advanced warnings of solar storms hours before they reach Earth.

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 28, 2025
Hypersonix Launch Systems, based in Brisbane, recently completed a $46 million Series A funding round led by High Tor Capital of the UK, with support from Saab and RKKVC, as well as participation by the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation (NRFC) and Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC). The investment will accelerate the development of reusable hydrogen-powered hypersonic aircraft design

Boston MA (SPX) Oct 28, 2025
MIT researchers recently studied a region of space called the Taurus Molecular Cloud-1 (TMC-1) and discovered more than 100 different molecules floating in the gas there - more than in any other known interstellar cloud. They used powerful radio telescopes capable of detecting very faint signals across a wide range of wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum. With over 1,400 observing h

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 28, 2025
Sidus Space has finalized a mission agreement with Lonestar Data Holdings to deploy Lonestar's high-capacity digital data storage payload with edge processing aboard LizzieSat 5, a low Earth orbit satellite within the Sidus LizzieSat micro-constellation. The partnership enables Sidus to design, develop, and integrate the Lonestar payload as well as oversee deployment and payload validation

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 28, 2025
Scientists have reported the first clear evidence of twisting magnetic waves in the Sun's corona, detected with the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope operated by the National Solar Observatory. For decades, the cause of the corona's high temperature, millions of degrees above the solar surface, has puzzled researchers. The team, led by Richard Morton of Northumbria University, focused on torsiona

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2025
Northrop Grumman Corporation and Luminary Cloud are working together to apply artificial intelligence to spacecraft propulsion, implementing a new physics AI foundation model specifically for thruster nozzle design. The collaboration leverages Northrop Grumman's expertise in propulsion physics and Luminary Cloud's AI platform with NVIDIA's support to enable rapid hardware development for spacecr

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2025
Frontgrade Technologies has introduced the SBC-2A72 VPX Single Board Computer, engineered for high-reliability computing in advanced space missions. The board is built around the VA7230 Dual ARM Cortex-A72 processor with integrated GPU, delivering 10.4 GFLOPs and supporting OpenGL and OpenCL standards for payload processing, imaging, and graphics. The SBC-2A72 weighs under 0.65 kilograms and con

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2025
A Michigan State University researcher participated in coordinating a joint analysis of two significant neutrino experiments, T2K in Japan and NOvA in the United States, advancing understanding of the evolution of the universe. The collaboration merged data from both experiments to refine measurement of neutrino properties. These elusive subatomic particles travel through the universe with