A Rapidly-Growing Black Hole in a Nearby Galaxy Could Provide a Window Into the Early Universe.
An international team led by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) recently made a…
We tend to assume life needs a star to begin, but a 2025 study found that some moons carried into deep space by planets expelled during supernova explosions could preserve subsurface oceans for billions of years — heated not by sunlight, but by the repeated gravitational flexing of their orbits.
The usual picture of life begins with a star. A planet forms around it, settles into an orbit…
Japan’s space agency conducts first test flight for experimental reusable rocket
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China unveils members of state-backed commercial space consortium
HELSINKI — A Chinese government body has published a national commercial space consortium membership list, offering a rare…
The U.S. just approved a giant space mirror to test ‘sunlight on demand.’ Low Earth orbit is getting weird
A giant mirror to create “sunlight on demand” was just approved by the United States Federal Communications Commission…
King Charles launches new space initiative at Harwell campus
Harwell Science and Innovation Campus is the UK’s largest space cluster, and the gateway will be a dedicated…
An exoplanet 124 light-years away may harbour a global ocean beneath a hydrogen-rich atmosphere. Webb has produced two tentative hints of dimethyl sulfide—a gas produced mainly by marine microorganisms on Earth—but independent analyses dispute whether the molecule has been detected at all, leaving scientists divided over what the data mean.
A planet called K2-18b, 124 light-years away in the constellation Leo, has become the most closely watched world…
FCC Grants Approval For Sun-Reflecting Space Mirror That’s Been Widely Criticized By Astronomers
The Federal Communications Commission has approved Reflect Orbital’s request to launch a demonstration satellite that can reflect sunlight…
A ravenous black hole in our backyard could be our window into the ancient universe
A supermassive black hole at the heart of a nearby galaxy is behaving similarly to black holes that…
This Startup Aims To Catapult Satellites Into Space
Catapulting satellites into space. Making all the data center heat useful. Why memory technology needs disrupting. All that…
Metallic space balls found on Australian beach
Mysterious metal spheres washed ashore on a northern Australia beach, and officials say the unidentified floating objects are…
SpaceX wants to launch 100,000 more Starlink satellites – for 100x the bandwidth
Joe Raedle/Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeawaysStarlink’s 100,000 satellites…