Earth Just Received Final NASA Laser Message From 218 Million Miles Away : ScienceAlert
NASA’s Psyche has set a new benchmark for space communications. In December 2024, the spacecraft successfully beamed an…
Comet and potential alien probe 3I/ATLAS larger than predicted
We’re gonna need a bigger telescope. Scientists have discovered that the 3I/ATLAS — a Manhattan-sized interstellar object that…
Voyager 1 Will Soon Be a Light-Day From Earth — Opening a New Chapter of Space Exploration
Launched as part of a mission to study the outer planets, Voyager 1 has now traversed a distance…
Avio Wins €40M ESA Contract to Design Reusable Upper Stage Demo
Credit: Avio / ESA The European Space Agency has awarded Italian rocket builder Avio a €40 million contract…
Space Agency Loses Half Its Funding While China Takes Over Moon And Mars Missions
IN A NUTSHELL 📉 Budget cuts threaten NASA’s ability to maintain its science missions and leadership in space…
‘Tackles a fundamental mechanics problem’
Researchers at Georgia Tech have developed a seashell-inspired material for more powerful plastic, which can both improve the…
Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Hit By Solar Explosion While Racing 137,000 MPH Past Mars
IN A NUTSHELL 🪐 The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is speeding through our solar system, intriguing astronomers with its…
Italy’s crossroads: build its own satellites or lean on Starlink while waiting for IRIS²
MILAN – A report from Italy’s space policy office questioned whether the country is underrepresented in the IRIS² program,…
Space Race Heats Up as Russia and China Target Satellites
Russia and China are developing satellite-killing technologies while Europe and the UK struggle to protect their space assets,…
Eartheye to offer tasking of satellites looking up and down
SYDNEY, Australia — Eartheye Space will begin offering self-service tasking of satellites looking into space in addition to…
Mansi Kasliwal becomes 1st woman to head Caltech’s Palomar Observatory
California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has appointed Prof Mansi Manoj Kasliwal as director of Palomar Observatory, making her…
