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Atomic-6 receives $3.8M to advance space armor shielding![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2024 Atomic-6 has secured a Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) of $3.8 million to enhance the development of its innovative Space Armor shielding tiles. This funding will support qualification testing and preparation for the technology's first flight deployment. Space Armor is engineered to address critical challenges in shielding mass, stowage efficiency, post-impact debris, and mission risks. This advanced shielding solution is designed to protect space assets from orbital debris and kinetic energy th ... read more |
Zenno Astronautics gains support from Japanese space leaders in latest funding roundSydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 29, 2024 New Zealand-headquartered Zenno Astronautics has announced the initial close of its seed expansion funding round, marking a major milestone for the space-focused superconductor company. The round wa ... more
SatVu receives major funding to advance thermal imaging capabilitiesLondon, UK (SPX) Nov 29, 2024 SatVu, a prominent climate technology innovator, has secured Pounds 20 million in funding to propel its advanced high-resolution thermal imaging technology. The funding consists of a Pounds 10 mil ... more
Commercial Earth Observation to exceed $8 billion by 2033Paris, France (SPX) Nov 29, 2024 The commercial Earth Observation (EO) market is forecasted to experience substantial growth, according to the latest Earth Observation Data and Services Market report from Novaspace. Currently value ... more
McGill Professor leads AXIS mission in final phase of NASA selection processLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 29, 2024 NASA has advanced the Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS) mission, co-led by McGill University's Professor Daryl Haggard, to the final selection phase of its $1 billion space probe competition. ... more |
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New AI tool generates realistic satellite images of future floodingBoston MA (SPX) Nov 26, 2024 Visualizing the potential impacts of a hurricane on people's homes before it hits can help residents prepare and decide whether to evacuate. MIT scientists have developed a method that generat ... more |
Uranus moons could hold clues to hidden oceans for future space missionsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 26, 2024 NASA's upcoming mission to Uranus aims to explore the icy moons first photographed by Voyager 2 in 1986, this time seeking evidence of subsurface oceans that could potentially harbor life. Researche ... more
Long March 12 set for inaugural launch from Hainan space centerLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2024 China's Long March 12 carrier rocket is preparing for its debut flight, marking a significant milestone as the first launch from the Hainan International Commercial Aerospace Launch Center. This fac ... more
Deep space health risks highlighted in new book by Dr Geoffrey GuyLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2024 Astronauts venturing beyond Earth's protective magnetic and gravitational fields may face significant health risks, according to Quantum Biology - A Glimpse into the Future of Medicine, a new book b ... more
Spectrum to manufacture satellite components for D-Orbit USALos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2024 Spectrum Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, Inc. (Spectrum), a subsidiary of Ocutrx Technologies, Inc., has been selected as the manufacturing partner for D-Orbit USA, the U.S.-based division of I ... more |
Kacific introduces SatPack for portable and reliable satellite internet in remote regionsSydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 27, 2024 Kacific Broadband Satellites Group (Kacific) has unveiled SatPack, a portable satellite internet solution designed for rapid deployment in challenging environments across the Asia-Pacific. Building ... more ![]() |
All-optical nonlinear Compton scattering achieved with multi-petawatt laser producing ultra-bright gamma raysTokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 26, 2024 In a major advancement for strong field physics, researchers from the Institute for Basic Science's Center for Relativistic Laser Science (CoReLS) in Korea have successfully demonstrated nonlinear C ... more
XRISM mission looks deeply into 'hidden' stellar systemGreenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 26, 2024 The Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) observatory has captured the most detailed portrait yet of gases flowing within Cygnus X-3, one of the most studied sources in the X-ray ... more
New bar set for simulating the universe in the Exascale eraOak Ridge TN (SPX) Nov 26, 2024 The universe just got a whole lot bigger - or at least in the world of computer simulations, that is. In early November, researchers at the Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory u ... more
Airbus to deliver advanced satellite modems to UK MoD for Skynet commsLondon, UK (SPX) Nov 27, 2024 Airbus has secured a contract with the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence (MOD) to supply next-generation satellite modems for the Skynet military satellite communications network. The agreement i ... more |
Space ISAC launches first Global ISAC Hub in AustraliaSydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 26, 2024 Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Space ISAC) has announced the establishment of its first international Global Hub in Australia. This initiative aims to expand collaboration among Spac ... more
A clue to what lies beneath the bland surfaces of Uranus and NeptuneBerkeley CA (SPX) Nov 26, 2024 Diamond rain? Super-ionic water? These are just two proposals that planetary scientists have come up with for what lies beneath the thick, bluish, hydrogen-and-helium atmospheres of Uranus and Neptu ... more
KSAT teams with Starsite to establish lunar support site in Western AustraliaBerlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 27, 2024 Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) is partnering with Starsite Pty Ltd to build and operate a 20-meter antenna at a new site in Western Australia. Starsite, the Australian landowner, will manage an ... more
Novel supernova observations grant astronomers a peek into the cosmic pastColumbus OH (SPX) Nov 26, 2024 An international team of researchers has made new observations of an unusual supernova, finding the most metal-poor stellar explosion ever observed. This rare supernova, called 2023ufx, origin ... more |
Team identifies how interstellar medium impacts pulsar signalsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2024 A new study led by Sofia Sheikh of the SETI Institute has revealed how pulsar signals - emissions from the spinning remnants of massive stars - are distorted as they traverse the interstellar medium ... more
Discovery Alert: a 'Hot Neptune' in a Tight OrbitPasadena CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2024 A Neptune-sized planet, TOI-3261 b, makes a scorchingly close orbit around its host star. Only the fourth object of its kind ever found, the planet could reveal clues as to how planets such as these ... more
Final data and undiscovered images from NASA's NEOWISELos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2024 While NASA's NEOWISE telescope ended its journey through space on Nov. 1, 2024, the team at IPAC, a science center at Caltech, was working on one further gift from the prolific mission. The fi ... more
NASA selects NOAA for development of space weather sensors on SWFO-1Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2024 NASA has awarded a $20.5 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, for the development of Suprathermal Ion Sensors as p ... more |
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Eclipse maker Proba-3 to revolutionize solar corona observationsParis, France (SPX) Nov 27, 2024 The elusive solar corona, a faint, ultra-hot layer of the Sun, has intrigued scientists for centuries. This region, responsible for solar winds and storms, is usually obscured by the Sun's intense l ... more |
Astronomers identify potential source of mysterious stellar signalsSydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 27, 2024 Researchers at the Curtin University node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have made a record-setting discovery while uncovering clues to a rare cosmic phenomenon kno ... more
China FAST telescope discovers over 1000 pulsarsSydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 27, 2024 China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), the largest and most sensitive filled-aperture radio telescope in the world, has identified over 1,000 new pulsars since it bega ... more
Sidus Space prepares LizzieSat-2 for December launchLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2024 Sidus Space (NASDAQ: SIDU) has finalized launch preparations for LizzieSat-2 at the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. The satellite is now in SpaceX's c ... more
PolyU conducts successful catalyst material experiments in Low Earth OrbitSydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 26, 2024 The Shijian-19 satellite, China's first reusable and returnable satellite, has completed its mission and returned to Earth, carrying a variety of experimental payloads. Among these was the Hong Kong ... more |
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