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November 20, 2025
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Orbital cloud project to combine solar powered AI compute and satellite network in low Earth orbit



London, UK (SPX) Nov 20, 2025
PowerBank Corporation is partnering with Smartlink AI under the Orbit AI banner to develop an orbital cloud architecture that combines satellite communications, AI computing and blockchain verification in low Earth orbit powered by solar energy. The project centers on two linked systems: DeStarlink, described as a decentralized low Earth orbit network for global connectivity, and DeStarAI, a set of orbital AI data centers using solar arrays and space-based cooling. Together they form the Orbital C ... read more

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PHYSICS NEWS
Gravitational wave detectors complete two year campaign with record signal count
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 19, 2025
The LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA collaborations have finished their fourth observation campaign, known as O4, marking the longest and most comprehensive period of coordinated gravitational wave monitoring ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
New Laboratory Showcases Advanced Satcom Capabilities for Australian Defence Force
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 18, 2025
ST Engineering iDirect and Black Cat Systems are working together to establish an Advanced Satcom Technology Demonstration Lab to support the Australian Defence Force (ADF). Central to this lab is t ... more
ENERGY TECH
Redesigned satellite battery set to advance LEO power systems
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 15, 2025
ESI Motion has announced SatBat, a new battery engineered for spacecraft in Low Earth Orbit. SatBat integrates a Heater and Battery Management System, aiming to improve power storage and management ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Blue Origin's New Glenn Nails First Ocean Booster Landing
Maxwell AFB AL (SPX) Nov 18, 2025
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket successfully made its way to orbit for the second time on Nov. 13, 2025. Although the second launch is never as flashy as the first, this mission is still significant ... more
EXO WORLDS
Machine learning tool distinguishes signs of life from non-living compounds in space samples
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 19, 2025
Researchers developed LifeTracer, a machine learning framework, to analyze mass spectrometry data from space and terrestrial samples. They used advanced two-dimensional gas chromatography and high-r ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Astrophysics study sets new bounds on speed of light across photon energies
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 20, 2025
In 1887, Michelson and Morley conducted a pivotal experiment, searching for evidence that Earth's motion could alter the speed of light. Their null result was instrumental for Einstein, who soon pro ... more
GPS NEWS
Ancient 'animal GPS system' identified in magnetic fossils
Cambridge UK (SPX) Nov 19, 2025
The earliest evidence of an internal 'GPS' system in an animal has been identified by researchers, which could help explain how modern birds and fish evolved the ability to use the Earth's magnetic ... more
TECH SPACE
Faraday Effect Reveals Magnetic Role of Light in New Study
London, UK (SPX) Nov 20, 2025
Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have established that the magnetic field component of light actively influences the Faraday Effect. The team, led by Dr. Amir Capua and Benjamin Ass ... more

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Fast Satellite Ground Synchronization Technology Advances Beam Hopping Communications
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 18, 2025
Researchers from Xidian University, CAST-Xi'an Institute of Space Radio Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, and the Global Big Data Technologies Centre at University of Technology Sydney ha ... more
TECH SPACE
Frontgrade unveils SADA-10 drive to increase efficiency for LEO and MEO satellites
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 20, 2025
Frontgrade Technologies has introduced the SADA-10, a compact Solar Array Drive Assembly designed to support precise solar array positioning for Low Earth Orbit and Medium Earth Orbit space missions ... more
TECH SPACE
Kepler sets January launch for optical data relay satellites to expand in-orbit connectivity
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 19, 2025
Kepler Communications has scheduled the launch of ten 300-kilogram-class satellites in January 2026, marking the operational rollout of its optical data relay constellation. The launch will use a Sp ... more
TECH SPACE
New radiation-tolerant microcontrollers introduced for satellite constellations
Austin, Texas (SPX) Nov 18, 2025
Vorago Technologies announced the release of four new radiation-tolerant microcontrollers designed for low Earth orbit applications, with first shipments expected in early Q1 2026. These chips addre ... more
TECH SPACE
Power grid agreement to supply energy for Loft Orbital satellites
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 19, 2025
Loft Orbital and Star Catcher Industries have signed what is described as one of the first commercial energy purchase agreements for space operations. The deal allows Loft to buy power from Star Cat ... more
SPACEMART
York Space Systems prepares for public offering as satellite deployments and contract wins drive growth
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 18, 2025
York Space Systems has taken a significant step toward becoming a publicly traded company, formally filing a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. This move follow ... more
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SOLAR SCIENCE
Newly detected radiation in near-Earth space fades with rising solar activity
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 20, 2025
Scientists from HSE University and the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences analyzed ERG (Arase) satellite data collected over seven years, revealing details of the hectometri ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
JUNO delivers early precision insights in neutrino physics following detector activation
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 20, 2025
The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) has published its first physics results just two months after the start of data collection. The experiment, operated by an international team, la ... more
MOON DAILY
NASA backs dust tolerant wireless power links for Moon and Mars vehicles
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 20, 2025
Yank Technologies has received a 1 million US dollar NASA Phase III Small Business Innovation Research commercialization contract to advance Dust-Tolerant Resonant Connectors for bi-directional vehi ... more
MOON DAILY
Chinese experiment tests lunar construction bricks after space exposure
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 20, 2025
China has advanced its lunar exploration program with the return of experimental lunar regolith bricks, which spent a year exposed to the space environment aboard China's space station. These bricks ... more
TIME AND SPACE
A new angle of study for unveiling black hole secrets
St. Louis, MO (SPX) Nov 20, 2025
An international collaboration of physicists including researchers at Washington University in St. Louis has made measurements to better understand how matter falls into black holes and how enormous ... more
EXO WORLDS
Water production on exoplanets revealed by pressure experiments
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 20, 2025
Researchers led by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory postdoctoral scientist Harrison Horn have demonstrated a pathway for producing water on sub-Neptune exoplanets. The team recreated the bound ... more
SATURN DAILY
Cassini study reveals organic compounds from Enceladus ocean plume
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 20, 2025
Scientists analyzing NASA Cassini data have identified previously unknown organic compounds in ice particles emitted from Saturn's moon Enceladus. Evidence suggests these molecules originated from t ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Copernicus Sentinel-6B begins mission to advance ocean science
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 17, 2025
Copernicus Sentinel-6B launched today, 17 November, at 06:21 CET aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. ... more
MOON DAILY
Star Catcher achieves milestone for wireless energy delivery to Moon missions
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 18, 2025
The lunar South Pole has gained attention from scientific and commercial sectors due to long-term exploration plans and its possible water ice deposits, which may enable future life support and fuel ... more
MOON DAILY
Water ice detection campaign prepares lunar robots for Moon mission
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 18, 2025
Researchers in Germany have conducted a campaign at the LUNA Analog Facility in Cologne to evaluate how water ice could be located and mapped on the Moon. Instruments and robotic vehicles were used ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
LHAASO identifies black holes as source of cosmic ray knee phenomenon
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 18, 2025
The Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) has released results that clarify the origin of the knee in the cosmic ray energy spectrum. This feature, recognized by its sharp decline in c ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Simulated Milky Way with AI and supercomputing sets star modeling milestone
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 18, 2025
Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences in Japan, collaborating with The University of Tokyo and Universitat de Barcelona, have delivered the firs ... more
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DRAGON SPACE
China returns research samples from space station to Earth for study
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 18, 2025
China's space station has delivered 46.67 kilograms of scientific samples from 26 experiments for analysis on Earth, according to the Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization (CSU) un ... more
DRAGON SPACE
Resupply spacecraft prepared for Tiangong station after safe crew return
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 18, 2025
The China Manned Space Agency is preparing to launch the unmanned Shenzhou XXII spacecraft, which will deliver provisions and equipment to the Tiangong space station. A senior engineer confirmed on ... more
WATER WORLD
6 Things to Know From NASA About New US, European Sea Satellite
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 15, 2025
Data from Sentinel-6B will continue a decades-long record of sea surface height, helping to improve coastal planning, protect critical infrastructure, and advance weather forecasts. With launc ... more
INTERNET SPACE
'Splinternets' threat to be avoided, says web address controller
Lisbon (AFP) Nov 11, 2025
The risk of the internet fragmenting into national "splinternets" will likely be averted in a UN vote next month, the head of the authority that manages web addresses told AFP on Tuesday. ... more
SPACEWAR
'The war of tomorrow will begin in space': Macron
Toulouse, France (AFP) Nov 12, 2025
Modern conflicts are already being fought in space and the next wars will begin there, French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday, singling out the threat posed by Russia and announcing a multi-billion euro increase in spending on military activities in space. ... more
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