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Astronomers detect unseen dark mass shaping distant galaxy lightBerlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 10, 2025 Astronomers have identified a mysterious low-mass dark object nearly 10 billion light years away by tracing its faint gravitational distortion of light from a more distant galaxy. The object, weighi ... more  
Giant double-ring radio galaxy found halfway across the unhgerseLondon UK (SPX) Oct 06, 2025 Astronomers have discovered the most distant and powerful odd radio circle (ORC) ever observed, revealing a rare cosmic structure nearly halfway across the universe. The newly identified source, RAD ... more  
Martian craters record repeated ice ages as planetary ice stores dwindleTokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 10, 2025 Scientists have long debated how much water Mars once held and how it faded to today's arid world. A new study in Geology mines "ice archives" preserved inside impact craters to reconstruct a climat ... more 
MIT physicists improve the precision of atomic clocksBoston MA (SPX) Oct 10, 2025 Every time you check the time on your phone, make an online transaction, or use a navigation app, you are depending on the precision of atomic clocks. An atomic clock keeps time by relying on ... more |
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Completed Plato spacecraft construction enters final test campaignParis, France (SPX) Oct 10, 2025 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 ... more 
First image captures two black holes in mutual orbit at quasar OJ287Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 10, 2025 For the first time, astronomers have produced a radio image revealing two black holes orbiting each other, confirming long-suspected black hole pairs. The system sits at the core of quasar OJ287, wh ... more 
Astronomers find mystery dark object in distant universeLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 10, 2025 Using a global network of telescopes, astronomers have detected the lowest-mass dark object yet found in the universe. Finding more such objects and understanding their nature could rule out some th ... more  
Faraday Factory and Zenno join forces to boost superconducting magnets for orbital systemsSydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 10, 2025 Faraday Factory Japan LLC, a global leader in superconducting tape manufacturing, has partnered with New Zealand-based Zenno Astronautics to advance the development of next-generation high-temperatu ... more |
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Momentus Expands NASA Partnership with Dual Contracts for In-Space Manufacturing and Propulsion DemonstrationsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 10, 2025 Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS), the U.S. commercial space company specializing in in-space transportation and orbital services, has secured two new NASA contracts totaling $7.6 million to advance spac ... more |
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Baby' Planet Photographed in a Ring around a Star for the First Time! Washington DC (SPX) Oct 01, 2025 Researchers have discovered a young protoplanet called WISPIT 2b embedded in a ring-shaped gap in a disk encircling a young star. While theorists have thought that planets likely exist in these gaps ... more 
Rogue planet devours matter at record pace of six billion tonnes a secondParis, France (SPX) Oct 06, 2025 Astronomers using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) have witnessed an extraordinary growth spurt in a free-floating planet, observing it accumulate mass at a rate ... more 
Europe needs reusable rockets to catch Musk's SpaceX: ESA chiefParis (AFP) Oct 10, 2025 Europe must quickly get its own reusable rocket launcher to catch up to billionaire Elon Musk's dominant SpaceX, European Space Agency director Josef Aschbacher told AFP in an interview. ... more  
Lunar mega basin signals radioactive ejecta and reshapes Moon origin storyLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2025 New analyses of the South Pole-Aitken basin recast the formation of the Moon's largest impact crater and what it reveals about lunar origins. Led by University of Arizona planetary scientist Jeffrey ... more |
Rare clean room bacterium survives by playing dead UH team findsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2025 A University of Houston team reports that a rare bacterium found in NASA spacecraft assembly clean rooms can evade detection by entering dormancy, effectively "playing dead" in a nutrient-poor envir ... more  |
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Two decades of Mars images reveal fast moving dust devils and stronger windsParis, France (SPX) Oct 09, 2025 Combing 20 years of Mars Express and ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter imagery, ESA-led researchers cataloged 1,039 dust devils to show how surface winds loft and transport dust across Mars. Published in Sc ... more  
TERN raises seed funding extension to scale satellite free navigation for vehicles fleets and defenseLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2025 TERN has closed a $7.5 million Seed Extension to accelerate deployment of its Independently Derived Positioning System (IDPS), an AI-driven, satellite-free navigation technology for commercial and d ... more  
Europe's new METimage instrument delivers first ultra-detailed views of EarthBerlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 09, 2025 EUMETSAT has unveiled the first Earth imagery from the METimage instrument aboard its newly launched Metop Second Generation A1 (Metop-SGA1) satellite, offering an early look at the mission's extrao ... more 
Martian skies reveal intricate atmospheric layers in new orbiter imagesParis, France (SPX) Oct 01, 2025 ESA's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has captured the most detailed view yet of Mars's atmosphere, showing a fine layering of dust and ice particles that resembles a cosmic mille-feuille. The images reve ... more |
Far side lunar mantle found cooler than near side in Chang'e 6 sample studyLondon UK (SPX) Oct 01, 2025 The lunar far side may have a colder interior than the near side, according to a new analysis of rock samples collected by China's Chang'e 6 mission. A study led by researchers from UCL and Peking U ... more
Dark energy's shifting role explored through advanced supercomputer simulationsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 06, 2025 Since the early 20th century, scientists have known that the Universe is expanding at an accelerating pace. This acceleration has been attributed to dark energy, a mysterious property of spacetime t ... more 
Most powerful cosmic radio ring yet found by citizen scientistsLondon, UK (SPX) Oct 06, 2025 The most distant and powerful odd radio circle (ORC) ever detected has been discovered by astronomers working with citizen scientists. ORCs are giant, faint rings of radio emission surrounding ... more
QUT to advance navigation systems for Australia lunar roverBrisbane, Australia (SPX) Oct 01, 2025 QUT's Centre for Robotics will play a central role in keeping Australia's first lunar rover, known as Roo-ver, safely on course during its mission to the Moon. Professor Michael Milford, Direc ... more |
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Young rogue planet displays record-breaking 'growth spurt' Baltimore MD (SPX) Oct 06, 2025 A young rogue planet about 620 light-years away from Earth has experienced a record-breaking "growth spurt," hoovering up some six billion tons of gas and dust each second over a couple of months. ... more 
More precise simulations unlock mysteries of the early universeBerlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 30, 2025 Researchers from the University of Jyvaskyla, working within an international collaboration, have developed advanced computer models that significantly improve the simulation of heavy ion collisions ... more
Lunar and Earth Construction Robot Charlotte to Debut in SydneySydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 30, 2025 Crest Robotics and Earthbuilt Technology will present Charlotte, the first robot capable of constructing buildings on both Earth and the Moon, at the 76th International Astronautical Congress in Syd ... more  
Advancing European satellite security through quantum communicationsParis, France (SPX) Oct 06, 2025 The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a euro 50 million contract with Thales Alenia Space to initiate the preliminary design phase of the Security And cryptoGrAphic (SAGA) mission. This milest ... more |
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AST SpaceMobile and Verizon Partner to Deliver Space-Based Cellular Service Across the U.S.Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2025 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 a ... more |
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Mars dust devils point to planet wide gale force windsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2025 Despite Mars's tenuous air, winds there play a dominant role in climate and dust transport. An international team led by the University of Bern reports that dust devils and the winds enveloping them ... more  
Asteroid near Earth detected hours after it passed the planetWashington DC (UPI) Oct 8, 2025 International space agencies say an asteroid zipped by Earth closer than a large number of satellites currently in orbit, but was not detected until hours later. ... more  
Blue Origin sends six passengers to the edge of space on NS-36 suborbital flightSydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 10, 2025 Blue Origin successfully launched six passengers on its NS-36 mission from West Texas Wednesday morning, marking the company's 15th crewed New Shepard flight and its 36th overall suborbital mission. ... more  
Rocket Lab widens iQPS partnership with three more dedicated Electron launches starting 2026Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2025 Rocket Lab has signed a new multi-launch agreement with Japan's Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space (iQPS), adding three dedicated Electron missions from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand beginning ... more |
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