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US grounds SpaceX's Starship after fiery mid-air explosion![]() Washington (AFP) Jan 17, 2025 The United States on Friday grounded SpaceX's Starship and ordered Elon Musk's company to investigate why the spaceship spectacularly disintegrated in a fiery cascade over the Caribbean during its latest test mission. Authorities in the Turks and Caicos Islands confirmed they diverted all flights from their airspace during the incident and urged residents not to touch fallen debris, warning it could be hazardous. "The FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) is requiring SpaceX to perform a mishap ... read more  | 
 
UK approves first vertical rocket launchLondon (AFP) Jan 16, 2025 The first vertical launch of a rocket into orbit from European soil could take place from the UK's most northerly point this year after a German company won approval for spaceflight, regulators announced Thursday. ... more  
Stranded astronaut Suni Williams performs spacewalk at ISSWashington DC (UPI) Jan 16, 2025 NASA astronaut Sunni Williams, one-half Boeing Starliner crew who have been stuck on the International Space Station for months, took part in a spacewalk on Thursday to do some repairs to the orbiting laboratory. ... more  
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket blasts into orbit for first timeCape Canaveral (AFP) Jan 16, 2025 Blue Origin, the space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, launched its massive New Glenn rocket into orbit for the first time early Thursday, marking a new step in the commercial space race. ... more  
Arweave Genesis Block embarks on Lunar preservation missionLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 16, 2025 Arweave, recognized as the first permanent storage network globally, has achieved a significant milestone: the Arweave Genesis Block is now on its way to the moon. Transported as molecular storage e ... more  | 
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Slingshot Aerospace to enhance USSF technology for GPS jamming and spoofing detectionLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 16, 2025 Slingshot Aerospace, a leader in AI-driven satellite tracking and space traffic solutions, has secured $1.9 million from the United States Space Force's (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) to advance ... more  | 
 
The Tyranny of the VC Equation Why Your Company Might Not Be "VC-able"Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 17, 2025 TL;DR: There are many great startup companies that may generate significant returns, but most of them don't pass the difficult threshold of being VC investable because their return profile doesn't c ... more  
The new era of infrastructure maintenance using satellite dataTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 14, 2025 The rapid growth of urban populations is intensifying challenges in maintaining critical infrastructure, exacerbated by extreme weather conditions. Large-scale facilities, such as waste landfills, f ... more  
H3 Shenzhou-19 astronauts advance experiments aboard Tiangong space stationSydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 15, 2025 China's Shenzhou-19 crew on the Tiangong space station has undertaken several important scientific experiments since the start of 2025, including a test involving a pipeline inspection robot, as rep ... more  
Constellr launches first satellite pioneering global thermal monitoringBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 16, 2025 constellr, a European leader in Earth Observation (EO), has successfully launched its first satellite, Sky-Bee-1, equipped with thermal infrared technology to monitor global land surface temperature ... more  | 
 
China's space station to drive over 1000 research projectsSydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 15, 2025 China's space station is set to conduct over 1,000 research projects, advance scientific literacy, and foster international partnerships over the next decade and beyond, according to the Technology ... more ![]()  | 
 
ICEYE launches four new satellites supporting additional customer missionsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 16, 2025 ICEYE, a leading operator of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites for high-resolution Earth Observation, disaster monitoring, and other applications, has successfully deployed four new SAR sate ... more  
Space Flight Laboratory SFL launches NorSat4 maritime monitoring satelliteLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 16, 2025 Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) has successfully launched and deployed Norway's NorSat-4 maritime monitoring microsatellite, marking the seventh spacecraft developed for the Norwegian Space Agency (NO ... more  
SwRI sends first instrument to the Moon to study its interiorLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 14, 2025 Through NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has developed the Lunar Magnetotelluric Sounder (LMS) to explore the Moon's interior structure ... more  
The Moon a remnant of Earth's mantleBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 17, 2025 A collaborative study by researchers from the University of Gottingen and the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) has offered new insights into the formation of the Moon and the ori ... more  | 
 
Signatures of Ice-Free Ancient Ponds and Lakes Found on MarsPasadena CA (SPX) Jan 17, 2025 Researchers have discovered two sets of ancient wave ripples on Mars, signatures of long-dried bodies of water preserved in the rock record. Wave ripples are small undulations in the sandy shores of ... more  
NASA's Pandora Mission One Step Closer To Probing Alien AtmospheresGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 17, 2025 Pandora, NASA's newest exoplanet mission, is one step closer to launch with the completion of the spacecraft bus, which provides the structure, power, and other systems that will enable the mission ... more  
Discovery of two planets challenges planetary formation theoriesLondon, UK (SPX) Jan 16, 2025 The identification of two planets in the WASP-132 system by a collaborative team of astronomers from the University of Warwick and the University of Geneva (UNIGE) is reshaping scientific understand ... more  
Not all Hot Jupiters orbit soloBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 16, 2025 Hot Jupiters, once thought to orbit alone near their stars, have been revealed to exist within more complex planetary systems. A study led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE), in collaboration with ... more  | 
 
Super Venus discovery reveals new type of exoplanetTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 16, 2025 Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have identified a planet unlike any found in the Solar System. The discovery offers key insights into how planets and planetary systems form, ... more  
Solar Observatory sees coronal loops flicker before big flaresGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 16, 2025 For decades, scientists have tried in vain to accurately predict solar flares - intense bursts of light on the Sun that can send a flurry of charged particles into the solar system. Now, using NASA' ... more  
New measurements turn the Hubble tension into a crisisDurham NC (SPX) Jan 17, 2025 The Universe really seems to be expanding fast. Too fast, even. A new measurement confirms what previous - and highly debated - results had shown: The Universe is expanding faster than predict ... more  
Hubble traces hidden history of Andromeda galaxyGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 17, 2025 In the years following the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have tallied over 1 trillion galaxies in the universe. But only one galaxy stands out as the most important nearby ste ... more  | 
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Exoplanets face challenges from intense space weatherLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 17, 2025 New research from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's XMM-Newton highlights the harsh space weather that planets around other stars may face. The study focused on the impact of X-rays on pote ... more  | 
 
Large and small galaxies may grow in ways more similar than expectedTucson AZ (SPX) Jan 17, 2025 A team of astronomers led by University of Arizona researcher Catherine Fielder has obtained the most detailed images of a small galaxy and its surroundings, revealing features typically associated ... more  
NASA celebrates Edwin Hubble's discovery of a new universeGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 16, 2025 For humans, the most important star in the universe is our Sun. The second-most important star is nestled inside the Andromeda galaxy. Don't go looking for it - the flickering star is 2.2 million li ... more  
Ultra-faint, rare dwarf galaxies offer clues to the early cosmosTucson AZ (SPX) Jan 17, 2025 A team of astronomers led by David Sand, a professor of astronomy at the University of Arizona Steward Observatory, has uncovered three faint and ultra-faint dwarf galaxies in the vicinity of NGC 30 ... more  
Successful deployment of Canadian Arctic monitoring satellites by Space Flight LaboratoryLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 16, 2025 Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) has announced the successful launch and deployment of Canada's Gray Jay Arctic surveillance technology demonstration mission. This mission, developed for Defence Resear ... more  | 
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