February 09, 2026

The Race Is On: Artemis, China and Musk Turn the Moon Into the Next Strategic High Ground New York NY (SPX) Feb 09, 2026 When Artemis II finally lights its engines and arcs away from Cape Canaveral, it will do more than send four astronauts on a ten-day loop around the Moon. It will fire the starting gun on a race tha ... more

First Crewed Moon Flyby In 54 Years: Artemis II Tempe AZ (SPX) Feb 08, 2026 Almost as tall as a football field, NASAs Space Launch System rocket and capsule stack traveled slowly - just under 1 mile per hour - out to the Artemis II launchpad, its temporary home at the Kenne ... more

NASA confirms first flight to ISS since medical evacuation Washington, United States (AFP) Feb 6, 2026 Four astronauts will blast off to re-staff the International Space Station (ISS) next week, NASA said Friday, after an emergency medical evacuation of the previous crew. ... more

Dark matter core may drive Milky Way center London, UK (SPX) Feb 08, 2026 Our Milky Way galaxy may not host a supermassive black hole at its center but instead an enormous concentration of dark matter that exerts an equivalent gravitational influence on nearby stars and g ... more

Isar Aerospace expands engine and stage testing at Esrange Munich, Germany (SPX) Feb 08, 2026 Isar Aerospace is expanding its test operations at Esrange Space Center in Kiruna, Sweden, by establishing a second test site in cooperation with SSC Space. The new infrastructure is intended to sup ... more

DLR plans new control center for future Moon and Mars missions Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 08, 2026 For upcoming human and robotic missions to the Moon and Mars, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) will establish a new Human Exploration Control Center (HECC) at its site in Oberpfaffenhofen near Muni ... more

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4788-4797: Welcome Back from Conjunction Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 08, 2026 Mars has emerged from its holiday behind the Sun, and we here on Earth have been able to reconnect with Curiosity and get back to work on Mars. Our first planning day last Friday gave Curiosity a fu ... more

NASA Study: Non-biologic Processes Don't Fully Explain Mars Organics Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 08, 2026 In a new study, researchers say that non-biological sources they considered could not fully account for the abundance of organic compounds in a sample collected on Mars by NASA's Curiosity rover. ... more

'The beacons were lit!' A system to detect and map merging black holes New Haven CT (SPX) Feb 08, 2026 An international collaboration of astrophysicists that includes researchers from Yale has created and tested a detection system that uses gravitational waves to map out the locations of merging blac ... more Runaway black hole jet outshines legendary death star Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 08, 2026 A supermassive black hole that shredded a nearby star is blasting out a jet of energy that has kept brightening for four years, in one of the most powerful events ever recorded in the universe. ... more Alfven waves drive stable electric fields that power auroras Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 08, 2026 The shimmering curtains of the aurora form when energetic electrons plunge into Earths upper atmosphere and collide with atoms and molecules, releasing light across the polar skies. For decades, sci ... more Thunderstorm, not eclipse, drove tree signal spike in Dolomites Paris, France (SPX) Feb 08, 2026 Around 14 hours before a partial solar eclipse crossed the Dolomites in northern Italy, a cluster of spruce trees showed a sharp, synchronized rise in electrical activity. A new opinion paper argues ... more Britain Launches Secure Satellite Timing System to Guard Critical Services London, UK (SPX) Feb 08, 2026 Britain has contracted GMV to build a Two-Way Satellite Time and Frequency Transfer system designed to deliver assured Position, Navigation and Time services for national infrastructure, defense ope ... more Gilat books multimillion order for Sidewinder inflight ESA terminals London, UK (SPX) Feb 08, 2026 Gilat Satellite Networks has secured a multimillion order from a major global avionics company for its Sidewinder electronically steered antenna inflight connectivity terminals designed by Gilat Ste ... more The coming end of ISS, symbol of an era of global cooperation Paris, France (AFP) Feb 5, 2026 When the International Space Station comes back to Earth in 2030, it will mark the end of three decades of peaceful international cooperation - and an era when space became central to our daily lives. ... more Launching the idea of data centers in space San Francisco, United States (AFP) Feb 3, 2026 Tech firms are floating the idea of building data centers in space and tapping into the sun's energy to meet out-of-this-world power demands in a fierce artificial intelligence race. ... more Lunar soil test chamber paves way for future moon construction Paris, France (SPX) Feb 05, 2026 Before any building rises on the Moon, engineers will need to understand the soil beneath their structures just as they do on Earth. To address this challenge, a recent ESA Discovery project led by ... more BlackSky expands Gen 3 Assured deals with new defense customer Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 05, 2026 BlackSky Technology Inc. has secured multiple Gen 3 Assured services contracts totaling seven figures with a new international defense customer following an early access period for the capability. T ... more