SES wins U.S. military agreement to provide managed Ku-band satellite connectivity for global missions
SES Space & Defense has won a five-year Blanket Purchase Agreement from the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems…
Scientists examining samples returned from asteroid Bennu found ribose and glucose inside — and with phosphate and every RNA nucleobase already detected in the same asteroid material, every chemical component needed to build RNA was present in the early solar system, long before life existed on Earth.
The Bennu sample is becoming less like a single asteroid story and more like a chemistry inventory from…
In 2026, the FCC authorized radio operations for Reflect Orbital’s first 18-metre space mirror, a single demonstration for a proposed 50,000-satellite system that one astronomy model says could raise the natural night-sky background by 200% to 300%
The Federal Communications Commission has authorized radio operations for Eärendil-1, a demonstration satellite built around a reflector measuring…
A red dwarf star called TRAPPIST-1, just 40 light-years from Earth, hosts seven Earth-sized planets — including three orbiting in the narrow zone where liquid water could potentially survive
TRAPPIST-1 is not impressive by the usual standards of stargazing. It is too faint to see with the…
Artemis moon astronauts visit Capitol Hill photo of the day for July 6, 2026
The Artemis 2 astronauts look up at footage from their flight during a visit to Capitol Hill. (Image…
Japan launched RV-X in first test flight and landed it safely | Ukraine news
A short hop confirmed RV-X recovery systems, but engineers warn higher altitude tests will be needed to prove…
An asteroid struck somewhere north of Australia 11 million years ago, scattering molten glass across a 900-kilometre ellipse in South Australia — yet scientists still cannot find the crater it left behind
The glass is small enough to sit in a museum drawer, but the event it points to was…
Venus Aerospace raises $91 million to advance its revolutionary rocket engine design
Houston-based company Venus Aerospace announced today (June 8) the closing of its “Series B” financing round, which raised…
Space medicine breakthrough? Kidney and liver tissue bioprinted off Earth for 1st time ever
A company just produced kidney and liver tissue in space for the first time, using a method called…
SpaceX has asked to place 100,000 Gen3 satellites into 20 orbital shells split between 323–327.5 and 473–477.5 kilometers above Earth, each weighing up to 2,500 kilograms — more than 200 million kilograms of spacecraft before a single launch vehicle or drop of propellant is counted
SpaceX has applied to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission for permission to operate a 100,000-satellite “Gen3” system in…
Sovereign space access for Germany and Canada: Isar Aerospace and Maritime Launch Services sign contract to advance orbital launch capability from Spaceport Nova Scotia
Halifax/Munich, 07 July 2026 – Space company Isar Aerospace and spaceport operator Maritime Launch Services Ltd. (CBOE: MAXQ,…
4 hours of searching led to this spectacular Milky Way cave photo – “I’m always drawn to locations that feel unique and relatively undiscovered”
This photograph, Galaxy on the Rise, was captured in Tenerife, the Canary Islands, where the photographer spent nearly…