General purpose AI classifies transient cosmic events from just a few examples
Thursday, 09 October 2025 07:48
A study co-led by the University of Oxford, Google Cloud and Radboud University shows a general-purpose large language model, Google's Gemini, can identify real celestial changes and explain its reasoning using only 15 example image triplets and brief instructions, achieving about 93% accuracy across ATLAS, MeerLICHT and Pan-STARRS alerts.
The workflow ingests New, Reference and Difference Water signature detected in interstellar comet 3I ATLAS
Thursday, 09 October 2025 07:48
A fragment of ancient ice and dust from another star system has arrived in our cosmic neighborhood as 3I/ATLAS, only the third interstellar comet ever found. Using NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, Auburn University physicists detected hydroxyl gas, the ultraviolet by-product of water, confirming active water release from this visitor.
Swift's vantage point above Earth's atmosphere en Completed Plato spacecraft is ready for final tests
Thursday, 09 October 2025 07:00
By fitting its sunshield and solar panels, engineers have completed the construction of Plato, the European Space Agency’s mission to discover Earth-like exoplanets. Plato is on track for the final key tests to confirm that it is fit for launch.
Stoke Space raises $510 million
Wednesday, 08 October 2025 22:03
Stoke Space, a company developing a fully reusable launch vehicle, has raised $510 million to fund operations through its first launches, bringing its total capital raised to nearly $1 billion.
Defense budgets on both sides of the Atlantic reshape space industry
Wednesday, 08 October 2025 21:10
European rearmament and Trump’s Golden Dome drive surge in investments and valuations, executives say
Blue Origin flies sixth crewed New Shepard flight of 2025
Wednesday, 08 October 2025 19:58
Blue Origin launched its sixth crewed New Shepard flight so far this year Oct.
Space Force sets up ‘working capital fund’ for commercial space services
Wednesday, 08 October 2025 19:48
The Space Force’s working capital fund will be used to buy satellite communications and other commercial space services with funds from internal Department of War customers
AST SpaceMobile gains Verizon ally amid SpaceX’s direct-to-device push
Wednesday, 08 October 2025 19:09
Space Force taps Muon’s wildfire monitoring satellites for weather imaging
Wednesday, 08 October 2025 17:45
Muon Space won a $44.6 million contract to demonstrate dual-use environmental monitoring constellation
Composing crews for Mars missions: Team diversity may foster resilience
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Open source mega-constellations could solve overcrowding
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Tianwen-2 probe takes a selfie with Earth to mark China's National Day
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