July 14, 2025

UK opens competitive bid for GBP 75 million orbital cleanup mission London, UK (SPX) Jul 11, 2025 The UK Space Agency has launched a GBP 75.6 million competitive tender for a pioneering mission to remove derelict satellites from orbit, marking the country's first active orbital cleanup effort. T ... more

UK invests $191 mn in European satellite firm Eutelsat London (AFP) July 10, 2025 Britain will invest 163 million euros ($191 million) in European satellite firm Eutelsat, a rival to Elon Musk's Starlink, the Elysee Palace said Thursday during President Emmanuel Macron's UK state visit. ... more

Bearings Used in Space Technologies: Engineering for the Final Frontier Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 11, 2025 One of the many critical systems that make satellite operations, space research, space observatories, space explorations, and space missions possible is space technology, where the need for space-qu ... more

PLD Space selected as leading contender for ESA sovereign launch initiative Elche Spain (SPX) Jul 11, 2025 PLD Space has been chosen by the European Space Agency (ESA) as a preselected participant in the European Launcher Challenge (ELC), a major initiative designed to strengthen Europe's independent lau ... more

Boeing wins major contract to deliver new generation strategic comms satellites El Segundo CA (SPX) Jul 0118, 2025 Boeing has secured a $2.8 billion contract from the U.S. Space Force to develop and produce two satellites as part of the Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications (ESS) program, with the possibili ... more

How airports like Heathrow and Gatwick could help aliens spot Earth London, UK (SPX) Jul 11, 2025 Radar systems used by civilian airports and military operations are inadvertently revealing our existence to potential advanced alien civilisations, new research shows. The study explored how ... more

Massive Boulders Ejected During DART Mission Complicate Future Asteroid Deflection Efforts College Park MD (SPX) Jul 11, 2025 University of Maryland astronomers discovered that an unexpected blast of space rocks ejected during DART mission carried three times more momentum than the spacecraft itself, leading to new insight ... more

AI system accelerates aircraft concept design using language models Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 11, 2025 A research team at Beihang University has unveiled a new artificial intelligence-based method that can quickly generate conceptual aircraft designs-potentially transforming how early-stage design is ... more

Ultrasound triggers nuclear decay anomaly hinting at flexible space-time Paris, France (SPX) Jul 11, 2025 A pair of Italian physicists has observed unexpected changes in radioactive decay triggered by ultrasonic waves-findings that could reshape current views on the rigidity of space-time. In experiment ... more Plate tectonics - Mineral olivine is crucial for heat transport in the mantle Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Jul 11, 2025 Due to the radiative thermal conductivity of the mineral olivine, only oceanic plates over 60 million years old and subducting at more than 10 centimeters per year remain sufficiently cold to transp ... more Chloris Geospatial secures funding to expand forest carbon monitoring technology Boston MA (SPX) Jul 11, 2025 Chloris Geospatial has raised $8.5 million in Series A funding to advance its satellite-powered forest carbon monitoring solutions. The round was led by Future Energy Ventures, joined by returning i ... more Globalstar selects SpaceX to launch final replacement satellites Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 11, 2025 Globalstar Inc has signed a new launch services agreement with SpaceX to deploy the final batch of its second-generation replacement satellites. The launch, set to follow an initial deployment later ... more SpaceX launches highly secret Israeli communications satellite Washington DC (UPI) Jul 13, 2025 SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station early Sunday carrying an Israel Aerospace Industries communications satellite, a payload that had been kept largely secret until liftoff. ... more New drop tests advance Space Rider precision landing system Paris, France (SPX) Jul 14, 2025 Space Rider, ESA's reusable orbital vehicle, has taken a major step forward in validating its precision landing system. The spacecraft, roughly the size of two minivans, is designed for missions ran ... more Ancient river systems reveal Mars was wetter than we thought London, UK (SPX) Jul 14, 2025 From the mud, straw, and gypsum mixtures of ancient Egypt's monumental pyramids to the sophisticated underwater material employed by Roman engineers in iconic structures like the Pantheon, concrete ... more The Mars mission that could prep for a human landing London, UK (SPX) Jul 14, 2025 If we're to land humans on Mars in the coming decades, we'll have to know what challenges await them when they get there. Enter M-MATISSE, a potential precursor to a crewed mission to the Red ... more New Martian rock reveals clues about volcanic history on the Red Planet Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 14, 2025 In a major breakthrough, scientists from Chengdu University of Technology have analyzed a newly discovered Martian meteorite that could help explain how volcanoes once shaped Mars. The meteorite, na ... more Newly discovered interstellar object 'may be oldest comet ever seen' London, UK (SPX) Jul 14, 2025 A mystery interstellar object discovered last week is likely to be the oldest comet ever seen - possibly predating our solar system by more than three billion years, researchers say. The "wate ... more