After a hectic four years of work ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defence was launched into space and has just flown by Mars. As a keepsake of the spacecraft they channelled so much effort into, the Hera team also commissioned the building of a detailed model made with LEGO® bricks – as well as smaller variants that you can go ahead and build for yourself!

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 18, 2025
Senior officers from the Air Force and Space Force addressed the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support on March 12, emphasizing that both branches remain mission-ready but are grappling with financial limitations and adversarial threats. U.S. Air Force Deputy Chief for Operations Lt. Gen. Adrian Spain affirmed the force's preparedness: "I can confidently st

London, UK (SPX) Mar 18, 2025
SES and Lynk Global have entered into a strategic alliance aimed at accelerating growth in the direct-to-device (D2D) satellite communications sector. Under the terms of the agreement, SES will invest in Lynk Global's Series B funding round and deliver a range of integrated services designed to boost Lynk's D2D network performance. One key feature of the collaboration is the implementation

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 19, 2025
Globalstar, Inc. (Nasdaq: GSAT) has inaugurated a cutting-edge Satellite Operations Control Center (SOCC) at its Covington, Louisiana headquarters on March 17, marking a major upgrade in its operational infrastructure and a step forward in its strategy to enhance satellite and connectivity services. Prominent officials, including House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and FCC Chairman Brendan

Paris, France (SPX) Mar 18, 2025
A record-setting constellation of nine nanosatellites, developed by Israeli high school students, has been successfully launched into low Earth orbit from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Spearheaded by the Ministry of Innovation, Science, and Technology alongside Tel Aviv University and nine local municipalities, the mission marks the largest satellite formation ever deployed by Israe

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 18, 2025
Albedo has confirmed the successful deployment of its Clarity-1 satellite into orbit aboard SpaceX's Transporter-13 Rideshare mission, which launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Shortly after reaching orbit, the satellite established communication with Albedo's Mission Operations team and began executing initial commissioning protocols. Within four hours of separating f

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 19, 2025
An international collaboration led in part by Swinburne University of Technology has uncovered a massive spiral disk galaxy from the early universe, providing new insights into galactic formation. The discovery, made serendipitously through observations with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), revealed a disk galaxy from a time just two billion years after the Big Bang - roughly eleven

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 19, 2025
Observing ultraviolet (UV) light in space opens a window to some of the universe's most energetic phenomena. Yet, the efficient capture of UV photons remains a challenge due to their limited interaction with conventional instrument materials. To address this, scientists are developing thin film coatings engineered at the atomic level to enhance UV light detection capabilities. At NASA's Je

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 19, 2025
NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently convened a diverse group of stakeholders from government, industry, and the international space community to focus on the technologies needed for future resource exploration, both on Earth and in space. The event, held in February at NASA's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley, centered on tools and methods for locating and utili

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 19, 2025
A comprehensive review in *Meteoritics and Planetary Science* reveals how astronomers have traced the source of various meteorite types to specific, previously unknown regions within the asteroid belt. Through a decade of meticulous observations and analysis, researchers have begun to chart the first geologic map of the asteroid belt's impact zones. "This has been a decade-long detective s