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  Brussels, Belgium (AFP) June 10, 2025 The EU on Tuesday cleared European satellite group SES's $3.1 billion acquisition of US rival Intelsat, a move the company hopes will help it compete in a race for space-based internet services, currently led by Elon Musk's Starlink. The European Commission said it approved "unconditionally" the purchase after a probe "concluded that the transaction would not raise competition concerns" in the European Economic Area (EEA). "According to the companies, the transaction will allow them to increase ... read more |
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Aethero Secures $8.4M to Build the Next Generation of Space-Based Computing and Autonomous SpacecraftLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 11, 2025 Aethero, a defense-focused startup building space-grade computers and autonomous satellite platforms, has announced $8.4M in seed funding. The company's seed round is led by Kindred Ventures with pa ... more  
Axiom-4 mission launch scrubbed as SpaceX detects leak in Falcon 9 rocketWashington DC (UPI) Jun 10, 2025 The Axiom-4 mission launch, the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, was canceled for a second time Tuesday after SpaceX detected a liquid oxygen leak in its Falcon 9 rocket. ... more 
China testing orbital refueling procedures for satellite missionsWashington DC (UPI) Jun 10, 2025 China is positioning a satellite to test its ability to refuel another in orbit over Earth and extend its mission for several more years. ... more  
Deciphering the behavior of heavy particles in the hottest matter in the universeMadrid, Spain (SPX) Jun 11, 2025 An international team of scientists has published a new report that moves towards a better understanding of the behaviour of some of the heaviest particles in the universe under extreme conditions, ... more |
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York preps first Dragoon Mission for Missile Warning and Warfighter Connectivity constellationLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 11, 2025 York Space Systems (York), the Denver-based aerospace technology company dedicated to the rapid deployment of complete space mission solutions, reports that its Dragoon mission is ready for launch. ... more |
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NASA Mars Orbiter Captures Volcano Peeking Above Morning Cloud TopsPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 11, 2025 The 2001 Odyssey spacecraft captured a first-of-its-kind look at Arsia Mons, which dwarfs Earth's tallest volcanoes. A new panorama from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter shows one of the Red P ... more  
Unexpected Dust Patterns Found on Uranus Moons Confound ScientistsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 12, 2025 Scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope set out to detect radiation-induced surface changes on Uranus' largest moons but uncovered a different phenomenon altogether. The team had hypoth ... more 
Earth-based telescopes offer a fresh look at cosmic dawnBaltimore MD (SPX) Jun 12, 2025 For the first time, scientists have used Earth-based telescopes to look back over 13 billion years to see how the first stars in the universe affect light emitted from the Big Bang. Using tele ... more 
5 Game-Changing AI Writing Platforms That Will Transform Your Academic Success (And Why Most Students Are Still Struggling Without Them)Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 15, 2025 Picture this: It's 2 AM, you're staring at a blank document, and that research paper due tomorrow morning feels like an insurmountable mountain. ... more |
 
The Moon Lives On in Pop Culture - But Science Now Questions Its YouthLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 15, 2025 For decades, scientists have thought that the Moon formed around 4.4 to 4.5 billion years ago, likely in the aftermath of a titanic collision between a young Earth and a Mars-sized object (the famous giant impact hypothesis). ... more  Available on Amazon Books |
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Breakthrough hybrid model restores orbit accuracy for BeiDou-3 satellitesTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 12, 2025 Two BeiDou-3 navigation satellites once plagued by orbit inconsistencies are now operating with significantly improved accuracy, thanks to a novel hybrid modeling technique that better accounts for ... more  
NASA's Ready-to-Use Dataset Details Land Motion Across North AmericaPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 11, 2025 An online tool maps measurements and enables non-experts to understand earthquakes, subsidence, landslides, and other types of land motion. NASA is collaborating with the Alaska Satellite Faci ... more 
PLD Space advances MIURA 5 launch capability with TEPREL C engine testsLondon, UK (SPX) Jun 12, 2025 PLD Space has reached a critical milestone in the development of its MIURA 5 orbital launcher by completing integrated testing of its TEPREL-C rocket engines. This progress marks a significant step ... more 
Rocket Lab completes eighth Electron launch of 2025 deploying fifth iQPS satelliteLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 12, 2025 Rocket Lab has successfully executed its 66th Electron mission, deploying the QPS-SAR-11 satellite for the Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space (iQPS). The launch marks Rocket Lab's second mission ... more |
 
ESA Flyeye telescope begins full sky survey for asteroid detectionParis, France (SPX) Jun 12, 2025 The European Space Agency's Flyeye telescope has officially commenced operations, capturing its first celestial images and marking a significant advancement in the detection of near-Earth asteroids ... more  
Why the moon shimmers with shiny glass beadsSt. Louis, MO (SPX) Jun 12, 2025 The Apollo astronauts didn't know what they'd find when they explored the surface of the moon, but they certainly didn't expect to see drifts of tiny, bright orange glass beads glistening among the ... more  
Solar Orbiter delivers first clear look at the Sun's poles from deep spaceParis, France (SPX) Jun 12, 2025 Thanks to a newly inclined orbit, ESA's Solar Orbiter spacecraft has captured the first-ever images of the Sun's poles taken from outside the ecliptic plane. This novel vantage point marks a breakth ... more  
UAH researcher unveils new map of Milky Way galaxy in atomic hydrogenHuntsville AL (SPX) Jun 12, 2025 Dr. Sukanya Chakrabarti, the Pei-Ling Chan Endowed Chair at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, has co-authored a paper that uses young stars t ... more |
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European Space Agency looks to non-US partnersParis (AFP) June 12, 2025 The European Space Agency (ESA) said Thursday it was looking to bolster alliances with countries other than the United States as it adapts to looming cuts at key partner NASA. ... more 
Look Up secures major capital boost to expand radar network and space traffic servicesParis, France (SPX) Jun 12, 2025 Three years after its founding, European space surveillance firm Look Up has secured EUR 50 million in funding to accelerate the global deployment of its radar network and strengthen its suite of sp ... more  
Next generation satellite servicing spacecraft completed by Northrop GrummanLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 12, 2025 Northrop Grumman has successfully integrated a robotics payload onto its Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV), advancing its satellite servicing platform under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ... more  
Rice students develop an award-winning adaptive exercise harness for astronauts to use in spaceHouston TX (SPX) Jun 12, 2025 In the reduced-gravity space environment, human muscles and bones atrophy faster than they do on Earth. To slow down that process, astronauts need several hours of vigorous exercise each day they ar ... more |
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SpaceX Launches 23 Starlink satellites from FloridaWashington DC (UPI) Jun 10, 2025 SpaceX launched 23 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday morning. ... more |
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Chinese rocket delivers e-commerce packages in sea recovery testTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 11, 2025 A Chinese private rocket firm has successfully tested transporting packages from Taobao, one of the country's largest e-commerce platforms, using a reusable rocket. The rocket was later recovered fr ... more 
BlackSky Gen-3 delivers very hi-res imagery at warfighting speed - 12 hours after launchLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 11, 2025 BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) has delivered the first very high-resolution images from the company's second Gen-3 satellite just 12 hours following its successful launch last Monday. " ... more 
Trump-Musk showdown threatens US space plansWashington (AFP) June 7, 2025 SpaceX's rockets ferry US astronauts to the International Space Station. Its Starlink satellite constellation blankets the globe with broadband, and the company is embedded in some of the Pentagon's most sensitive projects, including tracking hypersonic missiles. ... more 
Japanese company aborts Moon mission after assumed crash-landingTokyo (AFP) June 6, 2025 Japan's hopes of achieving its first soft touchdown on the Moon by a private company were dashed Friday when the mission was aborted after an assumed crash-landing, the startup said. ... more |
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