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Hostage to the Moon - How Artemis Became Industrial Welfare in a Space Suit - Part 2Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2026 NASA says it has finally found the "back to basics" recipe to get Americans back on the Moon by 2028. A new intermediate mission, standardized hardware, a faster launch cadence: on paper, the Artemis overhaul looks like a sober course correction after years of drift. ... more
Apollo Cosplay on a 21st-Century Clock - Why Artemis Keeps Slipping Toward 2029 - Part 3Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2026 NASA's latest reboot of the Artemis Moon program comes with familiar language: 'back to basics,' 'muscle memory,' 'step-by-step,' and an explicit nod to the Mercury-Gemini-Apollo playbook. ... more
Changing the Rules Mid-Race - How Artemis Lets Washington Redefine "Winning" at the Moon - Part 4Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2026 In classic Washington style, the United States has found a way to keep 'winning' the new Moon race even as its flagship program slips, bloats and mutates. ... more
Study questions assumptions about hidden alien technosignalsBerlin, Germany (SPX) Mar 09, 2026 For more than sixty years, astronomers have conducted systematic searches for technosignatures, looking for artificial radio emissions, laser flashes, or excess heat that could reveal advanced civil ... more |
Dusty early galaxies shed new light on how the universe built its first giantsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2026 A team of 48 astronomers from 14 countries, led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has identified a previously unseen population of dusty, star-forming galaxies located at the far reaches o ... more
Researchers probe dark matter stars that resemble black holesBerlin, Germany (SPX) Mar 09, 2026 In 2019, an unusual gravitational wave event labelled GW190521 rippled across the universe and into detectors on Earth, initially interpreted as the merger of two black holes each tens of times more ... more
SatService to supply Q V band satcom ground station for Bundeswehr universityBerlin, Germany (SPX) Mar 09, 2026 SatService GmbH, a Germany based provider of advanced satellite ground systems and a subsidiary of Calian Group Ltd, has secured a contract from the Federal Ministry of Defence of Germany to deliver ... more
Infleqtion lists shares on NYSE as neutral atom quantum firmLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2026 Infleqtion, a provider of neutral atom based quantum computing and sensing systems, has completed its business combination with Churchill Capital Corp X and is now listed on the New York Stock Excha ... more |
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Swift observatory changes operations ahead of planned orbit reboostLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2026 NASA has adjusted operations of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory to reduce atmospheric drag and prepare the spacecraft for a planned orbit-raising mission. On Feb. 11 the mission team temporarily ... more |
ST Engineering iDirect and G&S SatCom align network and service management on IntuitionSydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 09, 2026 ST Engineering iDirect has formed a strategic technology partnership with G and S SatCom to create a unified approach to satellite network and service management for operators and service providers. ... more
ReOrbit and Google Cloud develop orbital space cloud networkLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2026 ReOrbit has launched Space Cloud, a multi year initiative to build a distributed network of software enabled satellites that can move and process data securely in orbit, in collaboration with Google ... more
AST SpaceMobile deploys record low orbit cellular array on BlueBird 6Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2026 AST SpaceMobile has completed the unfolding of its next generation BlueBird 6 satellite, deploying what it describes as the largest commercial communications array antenna yet placed in low Earth or ... more
Dynamic terrain model boosts airborne gamma ray survey accuracyLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2026 A research team led by Professor Hexi Wu and Dr Weicheng Li has developed a dynamic three dimensional terrain correction method that significantly improves the quantitative inversion accuracy of air ... more |
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BlackSky books major export deal for rapid deployment of Gen-3 imaging satelliteLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2026 BlackSky Technology Inc. has signed a new eight-figure international contract to deliver a Gen-3 sovereign space-based intelligence capability built around a very-high resolution imaging satellite a ... more |
New Wenchang lunar pad completes first Long March 10 testTokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 09, 2026 At the future departure gate for Chinas crewed lunar journeys at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern island province of Hainan, personnel in blue uniforms have been carrying out post ... more
Survey of 80 near Earth asteroids sharpens view of their origins and risksTokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 02, 2026 Near Earth asteroids are small bodies whose orbits cross or come close to Earth, making them key tracers of Solar System formation and evolution as well as potential impact hazards for our planet. ... more
Primordial magnetism offers fresh angle on the Hubble constant puzzleLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 02, 2026 A Simon Fraser University cosmologist reports that new theoretical work on primordial magnetic fields could move researchers closer to resolving the longstanding Hubble tension, the mismatch in meas ... more
Pressure driven leakage from marine snow feeds deep ocean microbesParis, France (SPX) Mar 02, 2026 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 10, 2026 For many years, scientists viewed the deep ocean as a nutrient poor realm where microbes in the water column scraped by on scarce resources. New research from t ... more |
JWST study links sulfur rich gas giants to core growth in distant HR 8799 systemLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 02, 2026 Gas giants are large planets composed mainly of hydrogen and helium with dense cores but no solid surfaces. Astronomers have long debated how the most massive of these worlds form and where the boun ... more
Dark star theory links JWST early universe anomaliesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 03, 2026 A recent study led by Colgate Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy Cosmin Ilie, with collaborators Jillian Paulin at the University of Pennsylvania, Andreea Petric of the Space Telescope Sci ... more
Debris disc oddities point to hidden outer planetsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 03, 2026 Astronomers have obtained some of the most detailed images yet of debris discs around fully formed, so called teenage planetary systems, and say the irregular structures they see could reveal the pr ... more
Hidden magma oceans could shield rocky exoplanets from harmful radiationRochester NY (SPX) Mar 02, 2026 Deep beneath the surface of distant exoplanets known as super-earths, oceans of molten rock may be doing something extraordinary: powering magnetic fields strong enough to shield entire planets from ... more |
Hydrogen sulfide detected in distant gas giant exoplanets for the first timeLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 02, 2026 Hydrogen sulfide is what makes rotten eggs stink. But the discovery of this gas in the atmospheres of four distant, Jupiter-like planets is turning heads for a pleasant reason: It solves the mystery ... more
Icy cycles may have driven early protocell evolutionTokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 02, 2026 Modern cells rely on intricate molecular machinery and genetic programs to grow and divide, but the earliest protocells were likely simple lipid-bound compartments whose behavior depended mainly on ... more
Lab made cosmic dust experiment reveals paths to life chemistrySydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 02, 2026 A PhD candidate at the University of Sydney has recreated a small slice of cosmic chemistry in the laboratory by manufacturing carbon rich dust under conditions that mimic space. Working in the Scho ... more
Quark wakes reveal early universe plasma flowed like a liquidLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 04, 2026 In its first instants, the universe formed a searing quark gluon plasma in which quarks and gluons moved at near light speed before cooling to build the protons and neutrons that dominate matter tod ... more |
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