Albany NY (SPX) Nov 25, 2025
As the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration prepares to launch the next generation of satellites responsible for U.S. weather forecasting and climate monitoring, it's asking researchers for help ensuring accurate measurements in the face of growing radio frequency interference from wireless technologies. Mustafa Aksoy, an associate professor in UAlbany's College of Nanotechnolog

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 25, 2025
Spire Global, Inc. has completed environmental testing, calibration, and flight qualification for its Hyperspectral Microwave Sounder (HyMS) payload, which is now integrated into a Spire 16U satellite and shipped to Vandenberg Space Force Base for launch aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9 Twilight mission. The HyMS payload will serve as a technology demonstrator, aiming to validate the function of a

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 25, 2025
Researchers have identified fossils of a gigantic lamniform shark that lived off northern Australia 115 million years ago. This predator achieved massive body size much earlier in shark evolutionary history than previously known, taking a leading position in ocean food chains with large marine reptiles. The discovery emerged from an interdisciplinary analysis reconstructing size evolution in anc

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 25, 2025
China is preparing to launch the unmanned Shenzhou XXII spacecraft from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Inner Mongolia, the China Manned Space Agency has announced. The agency confirmed on Monday that the Long March 2F launch vehicle, which will carry Shenzhou XXII, has completed propellant injection. All members of the Shenzhou XXI crew remain in good health aboard the Tiangong spa

London, UK (SPX) Nov 25, 2025
The UK Space Agency has announced a GBP 6.9 million investment to accelerate the development of next-generation satellite technologies. The new funding, delivered through the European Space Agency's ARTES programme, supports five efforts led by UK organisations and aims to expand the nation's role in innovative space communications. Projects selected for funding span a range of application

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 25, 2025
Scientists at the University of Sydney have demonstrated the growth of platinum crystals in liquid metal by applying advanced X-ray tomography techniques. This research offers fresh understanding of the crystal formation process within dense, opaque materials. The team built an electrode using metallic crystals capable of efficiently producing hydrogen from water. These crystals, grown in

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 25, 2025
AST SpaceMobile has confirmed BlueBird 6, a U.S. licensed satellite, will launch on December 15 from Satish Dhawan Space Center in India. This satellite represents the company's first next-generation model, featuring a phased array spanning nearly 2,400 square feet, over triple the size of earlier BlueBird satellites and supporting ten times greater data capacity. Abel Avellan, Founder, Ch

Newark, NJ (SPX) Nov 25, 2025
Recent measurements recorded by NJIT's new network of radio telescopes show how a rare sequence of intense flares from Nov. 9 - 14, including an X5.1 event marking 2025's strongest flare so far, jolted the ionosphere - the plasma-filled atmospheric layer essential for radio signals, GPS accuracy and satellite orbits. The flares triggered R3 (strong) radio blackouts across Africa and Europe

Paris, France (SPX) Nov 25, 2025
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) has concluded nearly two decades of operation, closing a chapter in observational cosmology and initiating new directions for research. The ACT Collaboration has published three major papers in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (JCAP), detailing the sixth and final ACT data release, which significantly advances knowledge about the evolution

Davis, CA (SPX) Nov 25, 2025
The outer planets of the Solar System are swarmed by ice-wrapped moons. Some of these, such as Saturn's moon Enceladus, are known to have oceans of liquid water between the ice shell and the rocky core and could be the best places in our solar system to look for extraterrestrial life. A new study published Nov. 24 in Nature Astronomy sheds light on what could be going on beneath the surface of t