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September 02, 2025
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USGS introduces first fully integrated national geologic map



Washington DC (SPX) Sep 01, 2025
In a major milestone for earth sciences, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has released its most comprehensive national-scale geologic map to date, offering an unprecedented view of the geology both at and beneath the surface across the continental United States. The new Cooperative National Geologic Map compiles data from more than 100 existing maps and provides the first nationwide platform where multiple layers of geologic information can be accessed in one place. Users can explore the age, com ... read more

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NUVIEW wins $5M Pentagon funding boost for orbital LiDAR project
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 01, 2025
NUVIEW has secured an additional $5 million award from the Department of Defense's National Security Innovation Capital program to accelerate development of its space-based LiDAR technology. The fun ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
NISAR clears on orbit checks and readies for science data flow
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 01, 2025
After its July 30 launch, the NASA-ISRO NISAR radar mission cleared preliminary health checks and on Aug 15 unfurled its 39-foot 12-meter reflector, then powered up both L-band and S-band SARs. Orbi ... more
SPACEWAR
Space Kinetic joins DraperSPARX partnership to advance national security technologies
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 01, 2025
Draper has added Space Kinetic Corp. to its DraperSPARX program, an initiative that accelerates emerging technologies from startups and small businesses to address pressing national security challen ... more
SPACEWAR
Elbit Systems JUPITER camera deployed on NAOS satellite with OHB Italia partnership
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 01, 2025
Elbit Systems has confirmed the successful launch of its JUPITER space camera aboard the National Advanced Optical System (NAOS) satellite, built by OHB Italia. The spacecraft lifted off from Vanden ... more
EARLY EARTH
Earth's chemistry settled early but later collision likely delivered water for life
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 01, 2025
Earths chemical make-up reached completion within the first three million years of the Solar Systems formation, according to a new study by the University of Berns Institute of Geological Sciences. ... more
EXO WORLDS
Circle versus rectangle: Finding 'Earth 2.0' may be easier using a new telescope shape
Troy NY (SPX) Sep 02, 2025
The Earth supports the only known life in the universe, all of it depending heavily on the presence of liquid water to facilitate chemical reactions. While single-celled life has existed almost as l ... more
ENERGY TECH
AI systems developed to improve fusion reactor safety and performance
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 01, 2025
A research team led by Prof. Sun Youwen at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has unveiled two artificial intelligence systems designed to enhance the stabil ... more
ENERGY TECH
Britain's energy grid bets on flywheels to keep the lights on
Liverpool (AFP) Aug 31, 2025
Britain's energy operator is betting on an age-old technology to future-proof its grid, as the power plants that traditionally helped stabilise it are closed and replaced by renewable energy systems. ... more

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Clues from Butterfly Nebula dust advance knowledge of rocky planet origins
London UK (SPX) Sep 01, 2025
Clues about the formation of Earth-like planets have emerged from the Butterfly Nebula NGC 6302, where astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope and ALMA to probe its dusty heart. The combined ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
Solar Orbiter traces superfast electrons back to Sun
Paris (ESA) Sep 02, 2025
The European Space Agency-led Solar Orbiter mission has split the flood of energetic particles flung out into space from the Sun into two groups, tracing each back to a different kind of outburst fr ... more
EXO WORLDS
Surprising carbon dioxide rich disk challenges planet theory
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 01, 2025
A team led by Stockholm University has identified a young star surrounded by a disk unusually dominated by carbon dioxide, defying current theories of planet formation. Using the James Webb Space Te ... more
MARSDAILY
Mars mantle holds fragments from ancient giant impacts study finds
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 01, 2025
Rocky material buried deep within Mars has been traced to colossal impacts 4.5 billion years ago, according to new findings from NASA's retired InSight lander. The discovery points to lumps of mantl ... more
EXO WORLDS
A growing baby planet photographed for first time in a ring of darkness
Tucson AZ (SPX) Sep 01, 2025
A team of astronomers has detected for the first time a growing planet outside our solar system, embedded in a cleared gap of a multi-ringed disk of dust and gas. The team, led by University o ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Gaia uncovers vast networks of stellar clusters across the Milky Way
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 01, 2025
Gaia, the European Space Agency's star-mapping mission, has redrawn our understanding of stellar communities in the Milky Way. After more than a decade of observations, the spacecraft revealed that ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL
Chinese cluster now world's top innovation hotspot: UN
Geneva (AFP) Sept 1, 2025
Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou has overtaken Tokyo-Yokohama to become the world's top cluster for innovation, the United Nations said Monday. ... more
INTERNET SPACE
How to Take Pictures of the Moon With iPhone?
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 01, 2025
Many iPhone users attempt to capture the moon, only to end up with a blurry dot or an overexposed white circle. The moon is difficult to photograph because of its brightness against the dark sky, but the shot is absolutely possible. ... more
MARSDAILY
Over Soroya Ridge and onward
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 01, 2025
Perseverance has continued exploring beyond the rim of Jezero crater, spending time last week at Parnasset conducting a mini-campaign on aeolian bedforms. After wrapping up that work, three separate ... more
SPACEMART
SpaceX expands Starlink network in latest Falcon 9 launch
Washington DC (UPI) Aug 31, 2025
Elon Musk's SpaceX launched 28 more satellites into low-Earth orbit on Sunday as the company continues to build out its constellation. ... more
EXO WORLDS
Warped planet forming discs challenge long held models of planetary birth
London, UK (SPX) Sep 01, 2025
Scientists studying the origins of planetary systems have found that protoplanetary discs are often warped, overturning the traditional view of smooth, flat discs. The findings, published in the Ast ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
MWA enters Phase III: A new era for WA's window on the Universe
Perth, Australia (SPX) Sep 01, 2025
Western Australia's Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) has entered its next chapter, with the completion of an upgrade set to expand our view of the Universe and solidify WA's role as a global hub for ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
First five Flight Ticket Initiative missions confirmed with Avio and Isar Aerospace
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 01, 2025
The European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Commission have confirmed the first five missions of the Flight Ticket Initiative, a program designed to test and validate new European technologies ... more
IRON AND ICE
ESA and JAXA weigh joint effort for Apophis flyby mission
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 01, 2025
ESA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are moving closer to a joint mission to the asteroid Apophis, which will pass Earth at a record-setting distance in 2029. The proposed Rap ... more
EXO WORLDS
Astronomers puzzled by carbon-loaded protoplanetary disk
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 01, 2025
A research team led by Stockholm University has identified a planet-forming disk with an unexpectedly high concentration of carbon dioxide, detected in the terrestrial planet-forming region around a ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
JUNO detector filled and operational for neutrino research
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 01, 2025
The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) in Guangdong Province has completed the filling of its 20,000 tons of liquid scintillator and initiated data taking, marking a major milestone af ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Star's Tumultuous Core Uncovered Before Supernova Blast
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 01, 2025
New results from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory reveal that Cassiopeia A's progenitor star violently reshaped its interior just hours before it exploded. This previously hidden stellar upheaval he ... more
SPACEMART
Precision CNC for High-Speed Aerospace Impellers
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 28, 2025
In aerospace engineering, impellers play an important role in high-performance propulsion and fluid systems, which have complicated geometry-usually with twisted blades, variable chord lengths and complex hub profiles. ... more
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SpaceX answers critics with successful Starship test flight
South Padre Island, United States (AFP) Aug 27, 2025
SpaceX's Starship megarocket roared into the skies Tuesday on its tenth test flight, turning in a strong performance after a series of fiery failures had begun to cast doubt on its future. T ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
SpaceX sets record with 30th Falcon 9 spaceflight
Washington DC (UPI) Aug 28, 2025
SpaceX set a record with its 30th flight featuring Falcon 9 booster, B1067 on Thursday from the Kennedy Space Center. ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
York delivers full 21 satellite payload for Space Development Agency Tranche 1 launch
Denver CO (SPX) Aug 26, 2025
York Space Systems has shipped its final spacecraft for the upcoming Tranche 1 Transport Layer mission, completing delivery of all 21 satellites that will constitute the launch payload. The launch w ... more
EXO WORLDS
JWST observes planetary building blocks in Butterfly Nebula
Washington DC (UPI) Aug 28, 2025
The James Webb Space Telescope has helped researchers learn new information about how the Earth may have been formed as it gives a deeper look into the Butterfly Nebula. ... more
SPACEMART
Aerospacelab secures 94M EUR to expand satellite production and development
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 26, 2025
Aerospacelab has closed an extended Series B funding round worth 94 million EUR (110 million USD), strengthening its industrial roadmap and positioning as a leading European satellite manufacturer. ... more
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