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PREFIRE CubeSats to operate through 2026 as mission expands worldwideLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 20, 2025 NASA has extended the PREFIRE mission through September 2026 and broadened its scope from the poles to the entire planet. The twin shoebox-size CubeSats measure how water vapor, clouds, and other co ... more  
Preparing rock analysis methods on Earth for future Mars samplesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2025 In 2024, NASA's Mars rover Perseverance retrieved an unusual specimen named Sapphire Canyon, a red mudstone with white, black-edged spots that could reveal potential sources of organic molecules on ... more  
Rare gigantic jet captured from ISS by NASA astronautLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2025 NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers photographed a rare gigantic jet on July 3, 2025, while aboard the International Space Station. Initially thought to be a sprite, analysis confirmed it was an even rarer ... more  
How to Maximize Your Solar Investment with Smart Energy StorageLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 21, 2025 For many homeowners, installing solar panels is one of the best ways to cut energy bills, reduce reliance on fossil fuels, and add long-term value to a property. But if you've already invested in so ... more |
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CO2 increase to reshape geomagnetic storm impacts on satellitesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2025 Rising carbon dioxide levels in Earths upper atmosphere will alter how geomagnetic storms influence satellite operations, according to new research from the U.S. National Science Foundation National ... more  
Gaia data maps variable stars across Milky Way clustersBerlin, Germany (SPX) Aug 15, 2025 Using data from the European Space Agency's Gaia mission, Richard I. Anderson of EPFL and Emily Hunt of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy produced the first galaxy-scale map linking variable st ... more 
Magnetic field mapping in Sagittarius C reveals new clues to Milky Way core dynamicsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 13, 2025 The complex and turbulent Galactic Center has long challenged astronomers attempting to model its underlying physics. Now, new measurements of the magnetic field in Sagittarius C, a region within th ... more  
TRAPPIST-1 d ruled out as Earth twin by Webb studyParis, France (SPX) Aug 15, 2025 Astronomers have determined that TRAPPIST-1 d, a rocky exoplanet similar in size to Earth and located in a potentially temperate zone, lacks an Earth-like atmosphere based on new NASA/ESA/CSA James ... more |
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China accelerates space computing as Geovis and Sugon map an orbital data networkTokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 15, 2025 China is accelerating investment in the emerging space information, or space computing, sector that it frames as a future trillion-yuan growth engine, with leading firms joining to process satellite ... more |
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Chinese rocket launches Mexican built satellites in international collaborationTokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 21, 2025 CAS Space successfully carried out the eighth flight of its Kinetica 1 rocket on Tuesday afternoon, sending seven satellites into orbit, including two designed and built in Mexico. The liftoff took ... more 
FLEX satellite receives key FLORIS instrument for final testingParis, France (SPX) Aug 15, 2025 The European Space Agency's FLEX Earth Explorer mission has reached a major milestone with the integration of its sole instrument, FLORIS, onto the satellite platform. The assembly took place ... more 
Survey outlines advances and hurdles for orbital edge computing systemsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 21, 2025 A team from the Space-based Intelligence Laboratory at the Innovation Academy for Microsatellites of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has published a detailed review of orbital edge computing (OEC), ... more  
US Space Force launches first reprogrammable navigation satellite from L3HarrisLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2025 The US Space Force has placed the L3Harris-built Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) into orbit aboard a United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. NTS-3 is ... more |
Voyager invests in Latent AI to advance real time space based intelligenceLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 20, 2025 Voyager Technologies has announced an investment in Latent AI, a specialist in edge-based artificial intelligence that enables data to be processed and acted upon in real time. The collaboration wil ... more  |
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Rocket Lab Prepares 70th Electron Mission for August LaunchLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 20, 2025 Rocket Lab has confirmed its 70th Electron launch is set for this weekend, lifting off no earlier than August 23 from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand. The dedicated mission, named Live Laugh Launch, ... more 
ULA Vulcan rocket achieves liftoff in national security launchWashington DC (UPI) Aug 12, 2025 United Launch Alliance successfully launched one of its Vulcan Centaur rockets into orbit on Tuesday, demonstrating the viability of a newly developed technology for the U.S. military's space capabilities. ... more 
IBM and NASA launch Surya AI model to forecast solar storms and safeguard technologyLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 21, 2025 IBM and NASA have introduced Surya, an open-source foundation model designed to interpret high resolution solar data and improve space weather forecasting. The system, trained on NASA's Solar Dynami ... more 
NASA's PUNCH Mission Reaches Science Orbit, Releases DataGreenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 15, 2025 All four spacecraft of NASA's PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission have successfully maneuvered into their final science orbits as of Aug 7. Launched into Earth orbi ... more |
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Iranians struggle with GPS disruption after Israel war Tehran (AFP) Aug 17, 2025 /> The streets of Tehran have become a confusing maze for driver Farshad Fooladi amid widespread GPS disruption, still ongoing nearly two months after the end of Iran and Israel's unprecedented 12- ... more  
Webb telescope discovers a new Uranus moonWashington DC (UPI) Aug 19, 2025 NASA scientists at the Southwest Research Institute discovered a 29th moon orbiting Uranus while using infrared detection through the James Webb Space Telescope. ... more 
First-of-its-kind supernova reveals innerworkings of a dying starEvanston IL (SPX) Aug 21, 2025 An international team of scientists, led by Northwestern University astrophysicists, has detected a never-before-seen type of exploding star, or supernova, that is rich with silicon, sulfur and argo ... more 
Astronomers capture a record 130-year evolution of a dying starManchester UK (SPX) Aug 21, 2025 For the first time, scientists have directly tracked the slow transformation of a dying star over more than a century - revealing it is heating up faster than any other typical star ever observed. ... more |
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Space Machines finalizes Scintilla propulsion engine for Optimus ViperSydney, Australia (SPX) Aug 21, 2025 Space Machines Company has announced the completion of its in-house Scintilla propulsion engine, designed to power the Optimus Viper platform for rapid orbital manoeuvring and space domain awareness ... more  
Two different types of asteroids may actually share same origin storyLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 21, 2025 Approximately 4.6 billion years ago our solar system formed from a huge disk of gas and dust orbiting our Sun. The asteroids we see today are some of the most complete artifacts of this formation le ... more  
LunaGrid Lite advances toward lunar power transmission milestoneLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 21, 2025 Astrobotic reported that its LunaGrid-Lite mission has cleared Critical Design Review (CDR) and has begun building flight hardware, moving the project closer to a planned 2026 demonstration of lunar ... more 
Ceres once held deep energy reserves that may have supported lifeLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 21, 2025 The dwarf planet is cold now, but new research paints a picture of Ceres hosting a deep, long-lived energy source that may have maintained habitable conditions in the past. New NASA research h ... more |
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Alien aurora: Researchers discover new plasma wave in Jupiter's auroraMinneapolis MN (SPX) Aug 21, 2025 Researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have made a groundbreaking discovery by observing and analyzing the first new type of plasma wave in Jupiter's aurora. This research helps us u ... more |
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Fireball lights up Japanese skiesTokyo (AFP) Aug 20, 2025 A flashing fireball dashed across the skies of western Japan, shocking residents and dazzling stargazers, though experts said it was a natural phenomenon and not an alien invasion. Videos an ... more 
Gas streamers reveal how massive young stars gain their massTokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 21, 2025 A research team led by Kyoto University and the University of Tokyo has identified gas streamers as a key mechanism feeding high-mass young stars, challenging the long-held assumption that large acc ... more  
SiriusXM activates SXM 10 to bolster North American audio networkLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 21, 2025 SiriusXM and Maxar Space Systems said the SXM-10 satellite has finished in-orbit testing and is now in full operational service with SiriusXM. The spacecraft launched on June 7, 2025 aboard a SpaceX ... more  
Spacesuit milestone reached with 20 spacewalks on Chinese stationTokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 21, 2025 The extravehicular spacesuit B aboard China's space station has achieved a major milestone by supporting 20 spacewalks, according to the China Astronaut Research and Training Center. Astronaut Chen ... more |
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