Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 15, 2025
Outpost Technologies Corporation (Outpost Space), a leader in reusable space logistics platforms, has secured a $1.8 million contract from the U.S. Space Force under the SPACEWERX Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) initiative. The award, granted through the ICED-T (Innovative Cargo Exoatmospheric Delivery Technology) topic, supports Outpost's Shielding Technology for Exoatmospheric Experi

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 15, 2025
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB), a prominent player in global launch services and space systems, has been selected to participate in expansive defense initiatives by both the United States and United Kingdom to support the advancement of hypersonic technologies using its HASTE launch vehicle and engineering capabilities. The U.S. Air Force has brought Rocket Lab onboard its $46 billion

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2025
In a major step forward for quantum sensing and Earth science, NASA is preparing to fly the first quantum gravity sensor in space. Developed in partnership with academic institutions and private industry, the instrument is designed to measure variations in Earth's gravity with unprecedented precision. The effort is funded by NASA's Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO) and could revolutionize h

London, UK (SPX) Apr 10, 2025
Hughes Network Systems Ltd, operating as Hughes Europe, has launched low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite broadband services across the continent, marking a significant step forward in high-performance connectivity for businesses and public sector users. The offering integrates OneWeb's LEO satellite infrastructure, now under Eutelsat, with Hughes' network expertise and advanced ground equipment.

Sihanoukville, Cambodia (AFP) April 16, 2025
Once a collection of sleepy fishing villages, vast Chinese investments have transformed Cambodia's Sihanoukville into a half-finished gambling resort with signs everywhere in Mandarin. China is the largest investor and trading partner in Cambodia, much of it directed towards the Gulf of Thailand port, a key strategic location in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) championed by leader Xi Jinp

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 10, 2025
While sunrise is constant, the intensity of sunlight that reaches Earth's surface is not. A new perspectives article by an international research team reveals that this solar variability occurs over decades, and is closely linked to air pollution trends and environmental policy. Published March 15 in Advances in Atmospheric Science, the study outlines the global phenomena of "dimming" and "brigh

Beijing, China (SPX) Apr 16, 2025
How gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), the most powerful and spectacular explosions known in the universe since the Big Bang, fuel their high-energy radiations? What kind of physical reactions can trigger and sustain such violent, energetic outflow? This has captivated astronomers. Over the past decades, thousands of GRBs have been observed; however, the origin and the product of the burst - the central c

Berkeley CA (SPX) Apr 16, 2025
Astronomers tallying up all the normal matter - stars, galaxies and gas - in the universe today have come up embarrassingly short of the total matter produced in the Big Bang 13.6 billion years ago. In fact, more than half of normal matter - half of the 15% of the universe's matter that is not dark matter - cannot be accounted for in the glowing stars and gas we see. New measurements, howe

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2025
A new study led by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has unveiled a detailed geochemical model of TOI-270 d, an exoplanet roughly midway in size between Earth and Neptune, suggesting it may be a massive rocky world blanketed by an extremely hot and dense atmosphere. Located just 73 light years away, TOI-270 d may serve as a crucial reference point for understanding the vast class of sub-Neptun

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2025
A new study led by the Southwest Research Institute offers groundbreaking insights into TOI-270 d, an exoplanet orbiting 73 light years from Earth. The planet, falling between Earth and Neptune in size, may be a rocky super-Earth cloaked in a dense, scorching atmosphere. Researchers believe TOI-270 d could serve as a key reference point for understanding sub-Neptune exoplanets-a planetary class