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AST SpaceMobile and Verizon Partner to Deliver Space-Based Cellular Service Across the U.S.
AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS), the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network directly accessible by standard smartphones, has signed a definitive commercial agreement with Verizon (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) to deliver direct-to-cellular service for Verizon customers beginning in 2026. The partnership aims to extend Verizon's award-winning network with space-based Completed Plato spacecraft is ready for final tests
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.
Open source mega-constellations could solve overcrowding
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Composing crews for Mars missions: Team diversity may foster resilience
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Dancing dust devils trace raging winds on Mars
Tianwen-2 probe takes a selfie with Earth to mark China's National Day
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Satellites reveal the power of ocean swell
During recent storms, satellites recorded ocean waves averaging nearly 20 metres high – as tall as the Arc de Triomphe in Paris and the largest ever measured from space. Moreover, satellite data now reveal that ocean swells act as storm ‘messengers’: even though a storm may never make landfall, its swell can travel vast distances and bring destructive energy to distant coastlines.
Rehearsing for Sentinel-6B’s early days in space
Last month, mission controllers at ESA's mission control centre started a major simulations exercise to ensure that the next Copernicus Sentinel Earth Observation mission, Sentinel-6B, safely navigates its first days in space. As the launch is approaching, so is the end of this critical pre-launch phase.
Starlink's Direct-to-Device Era: What It Means for Rural Connectivity and Media in Canada
The idea of connecting a phone directly to a satellite has moved from science fiction to reality. Starlink's direct-to-device (D2D) service promises to reach rural communities without cell towers or reliable fixed broadband. For Canada - especially remote provinces, territories, and Northern communities where broadband gaps persist - this could reshape how people stream media, pay online, and access remote education. Space agencies track rare 3I/ATLAS interstellar object near Mars
NASA and the European Space Agency are tracking the 3I/ATLAS interstellar object as it travels past Mars on its way toward the Sun and through the solar system.
The object is thought to be a comet and is only the third interstellar object to be identified within the solar system, according to NASA.
NASA's Mars Perseverance rover might have captured an image of 3I/ATLAS, which sci