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HiRISE camera aboard Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter passes 100000 image milestoneLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2025 After nearly two decades in orbit around Mars, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has logged the 100,000th image of the planet's surface with its High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (Hi ... more  
JPL puts Blue Ghost Mission 2 lunar stack through launch stress testsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2025 As Firefly Aerospace plans its next lunar delivery, a full-scale engineering model of its Blue Ghost Mission 2 system has completed vibration and acoustic testing at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory ... more  
Webb maps carbon rich atmosphere on distorted pulsar planetBerlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 17, 2025 Scientists using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have identified an exoplanet with an atmosphere unlike any seen before, orbiting a rapidly spinning neutron star known as a pulsar. The object, off ... more  
Ionospheric gradients tracked in real time to sharpen space weather monitoringTokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 17, 2025 Accurate, real-time tracking of ionospheric structure is becoming critical for protecting satellite-based navigation and communications, and a new observation framework now directly measures how ele ... more |
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Supernova at edge of observable universe spotted by James Webb Space TelescopeBerlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 17, 2025 An international collaboration of astronomers has used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to detect a supernova at an unprecedented distance in the early universe, tied to a long-duration gamma-r ... more 
Carruthers observatory returns first ultraviolet views of Earth and MoonLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2025 NASA's Carruthers Geocorona Observatory has captured its first images from space, providing ultraviolet views of Earth and the Moon and confirming that the spacecraft and its instruments are operati ... more 
CoDICE instrument returns first-light particle data for IMAP missionLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2025 December 16, 2025 - Southwest Research Institute's Compact Dual Ion Composition Experiment (CoDICE) instrument aboard NASA's Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) spacecraft has begun r ... more 
PUNCH mission delivers sweeping new view of solar activityLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2025 After less than a year in orbit, NASA's Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) mission, built and led by Southwest Research Institute, is returning wide-field images that place the ... more |
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Possible "superkilonova" exploded not once but twicePasadena CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2025 When the most massive stars reach the ends of their lives, they blow up in spectacular supernova explosions, which seed the universe with heavy elements such as carbon and iron. Another type of expl ... more |
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ALMA completes band two receiver chain with low noise amplifiersBerlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 17, 2025 The Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) in the Chilean Andes is one of the most powerful radio telescope facilities used to probe cold and distant regions of the universe. Researcher ... more  
Engineered interlayers boost satellite insulation and flexible electronicsBerlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 17, 2025 Researchers at Empa are refining the multilayer insulation foils that wrap many satellites and space probes, aiming to improve their mechanical robustness while maintaining thermal protection. These ... more  
Laser experiment proposed to probe quantum nature of gravityBerlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 17, 2025 Researchers at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf have outlined an experiment in which light exchanges discrete packets of energy with gravitational waves, potentially revealing the long-sought qu ... more  
Globalstar Skydio trial validates Band n53 for public safety drone linksLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2025 Globalstar (NASDAQ: GSAT) and Skydio have completed a joint technology trial that demonstrated Skydio X10 drone operations over Globalstar's licensed Band n53 spectrum and the company's XCOM RAN pri ... more |
 
Sentinel 6B begins sea level mapping campaignWashington DC (SPX) Dec 17, 2025 Sentinel-6B has begun returning its first ocean measurements, providing initial maps of sea level across a wide area of the U.S. East Coast and the Atlantic Ocean after its November launch. The U.S. ... more  |
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Can scientists detect life without knowing what it looks likeAtlanta GA (SPX) Dec 16, 2025 When NASA scientists opened the sample return canister from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample mission in late 2023, they found something astonishing. ... more 
GoMars model simulates Martian dust storms to improve mission safetyTokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 16, 2025 Researchers in China have used a Mars general circulation model to simulate 50 years of Martian dust activity, aiming to improve forecasts of global dust storms that can disrupt exploration missions ... more 
Gemini North tracks changing glow of interstellar Comet 3IATLASTucson AZ (SPX) Dec 16, 2025 Gemini North has obtained new color images of Comet 3I/ATLAS after the interstellar object emerged from behind the Sun on its outbound trajectory from the Solar System. Using the Gemini Multi-Object ... more  
Southern Launch to host INNOSPACE missions from South Australian spaceportsSydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 16, 2025 Southern Launch has signed a contract with South Korean launch service provider INNOSPACE to conduct space missions from the Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex and the Koonibba Test Range in South A ... more |
Rocket Lab completes first dedicated JAXA mission with Electron launchMahia, New Zealand (SPX) Dec 16, 2025 Rocket Lab Corporation has carried out its first dedicated launch for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), advancing the role of the Electron small launch vehicle in Japan's satellite tech ... more 
Galactic Slots: Space-Themed Games with Out-of-This-World Bonus FeaturesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 15, 2025 Space-themed sweepstakes slots have become a standout genre for players who crave mystery, exploration, and cinematic visuals. These games create entire universes inside their reels - from glowing nebula fields to alien planets and interstellar soundscapes. ... more 
Roman infrared survey to chart hidden structure of Milky WayGreenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 12, 2025 NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has released detailed plans for a major survey that will reveal our home galaxy, the Milky Way, in unprecedented detail. In one month of observations sp ... more  
Micro X ray method reads ancient meteorite impact scarsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 14, 2025 Researchers from China, Canada, and Japan have established a quantitative method to read the impact histories recorded in enstatite chondrites using micro X ray diffraction measurements. Enstatite c ... more |
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Musk signals plan to launch IPO for SpaceXNew York (AFP) Dec 11, 2025 Elon Musk has signaled plans to soon seek a public stock listing of SpaceX, confirming a report that links the strategic shift to a near-term need for more capital. ... more  
Autonomous DARPA project to expand satellite surveillance network by BAE SystemsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 11, 2025 The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded BAE Systems' FAST Labs research, development, and production organization a $16 million Phase 2 contract under the Oversight pr ... more  
Experts at Hainan symposium call for stronger global space partnershipTokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 11, 2025 The 2025 International Symposium on the Peaceful Use of Space Technology - Health (IPSPACE 2025) opened Tuesday in Boao, a coastal town in China's Hainan province, with a focus on expanding coopera ... more 
Foreign satellites ride Kinetica 1 on new CAS Space missionTokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 11, 2025 CAS Space has carried out the 11th launch of its Kinetica 1 solid-fuel carrier rocket, orbiting nine satellites from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert of northwestern China. The ... more |
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Triple Long March launches mark record day for Chinese space programTokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 11, 2025 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp (CASC) has achieved three orbital launches with Long March rockets in a single day, setting a new mark for the country's spaceflight cadence. The fi ... more |
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China prepares Qingzhou cargo ship for low cost resupply flightsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 11, 2025 Qingzhou, or light vessel, China's new-generation cargo spacecraft, has achieved breakthroughs in multiple key technologies and is scheduled to make its maiden flight next year, according to its dev ... more 
NASA JPL Unveils Rover Operations Center for Moon, Mars MissionsPasadena CA (JPL) Dec 11, 2025 The center leverages AI along with JPL's unique infrastructure, unrivaled tools, and years of operations expertise to support industry partners developing future planetary surface missions. NA ... more  
Thorium plated steel points to smaller nuclear clocksLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 11, 2025 Last year a UCLA-led team achieved a long-sought goal in nuclear spectroscopy by making radioactive thorium-229 nuclei absorb and emit photons in a controlled way, a capability scientists had pursue ... more 
Solar ghost particles seen flipping carbon atoms in underground detectorBerlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 11, 2025 Scientists have recorded solar neutrinos changing carbon-13 into nitrogen-13 inside the SNO+ detector in Canada, marking the first observation of this specific interaction between neutrinos and carb ... more |
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