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September 25, 2025
IRON AND ICE
Western researchers support international collaboration for planetary defence



London, Canada (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
A large international collaboration of nearly 100 researchers, led by Western adjunct professor Auriane Egal, has completed the first-ever comprehensive study of an asteroid tracked from space through to its impact on Earth. The analysis of asteroid 2023 CX1 represents a unique opportunity for both science and planetary defence. The asteroid, quite ordinary by space rock standards, exploded so quickly and with so much force that its actions underscore the potential threat of similar - and larger - ... read more

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MOON DAILY
NASA says on track to send astronauts around the Moon in 2026
Washington (AFP) Sept 23, 2025
NASA on Tuesday said it was on track to send astronauts to orbit the Moon in early 2026, as the United States races China to return to the lunar surface. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Space: Framatome and ENEA sign MoU to explore advanced technological solutions for designing lunar nuclear fission reactors
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
Framatome and ENEA, Italy's Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Development, have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly explore advanced technologies for lunar surface nucl ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
NASA's Parker Solar Probe Sails Through 25th Sun Flyby
Baltimore MD (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
NASA's Parker Solar Probe completed its 25th close approach to the Sun on Sept. 15, matching its record distance of 3.8 million miles (6.2 million kilometers) from the solar surface. Parker So ... more
EXO WORLDS
NASA's Tally of Planets Outside Our Solar System Reaches 6,000
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
The milestone highlights the accelerating rate of discoveries, just over three decades since the first exoplanets were found. The official number of exoplanets - planets outside our solar syst ... more
MOON DAILY
Building a Lunar Network: Johnson Tests Wireless Technologies for the Moon
Houston TX (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
NASA engineers are strapping on backpacks loaded with radios, cameras, and antennas to test technology that might someday keep explorers connected on the lunar surface. Their mission: test how astro ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Galaxies reveal hidden maps of dark matter in the early universe
New Brunswick NJ (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
A Rutgers-led team of scientists has uncovered evidence of how galaxies expand by tracing the invisible scaffolding of the universe created by a mysterious substance known as dark matter. In a ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
New NASA Mission to Reveal Earth's Invisible 'Halo'
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
A new NASA mission will capture images of Earth's invisible "halo," the faint light given off by our planet's outermost atmospheric layer, the exosphere, as it morphs and changes in response to the ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
SpaceX launches 3 probes for NASA, NOAA to study space weather
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 24, 2025
SpaceX launched a trio of spacecraft Wednesday morning, each meant to study the sun and space weather, and their affects on Earth. ... more

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ROCKET SCIENCE
SpaceX, ULA plan rocket launches Thursday morning from Cape Canaveral
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 24, 2025
Two rocket launches with satellites by Space X and United Launch Alliance are scheduled for Thursday morning from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Central Florida. ... more
IRON AND ICE
Amateur astronomers help track asteroid to French impact site
Paris (AFP) Sept 19, 2025
With help from amateur astronomers, scientists tracked how an asteroid travelled from space, broke up in Earth's atmosphere and sent fiery fragments shooting to the ground, gathering new information about how these space rocks disintegrate. ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Rare Einstein cross with central image uncovers dark matter halo
New Brunswick NJ (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
Astronomers have identified an extraordinary Einstein Cross containing a fifth image, pointing to the presence of a massive halo of dark matter. The finding, led by an international team including R ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
AI model predicts harmful solar winds with unprecedented accuracy
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
Scientists at NYU Abu Dhabi have built an artificial intelligence system capable of predicting solar wind speeds up to four days in advance with far greater accuracy than existing methods. Their fin ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Gaia delivers first 3D fly through map of star forming regions in the Milky Way
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
Scientists have produced the most detailed three-dimensional map yet of stellar nurseries within our galaxy, using data from the European Space Agency's Gaia mission. The new model reveals how massi ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Interstellar objects may hold key to accelerating giant planet growth around young stars
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
Interstellar objects such as 3I/ATLAS, when captured in the planet-forming discs of young stars, may serve as the building blocks of giant planets, offering a solution to a long-standing problem in ... more
TECHNOLOGY NEWS


MARSDAILY
Volcanic sulfur gases may have warmed early Mars and supported potential life
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
While the ancient Martian climate is still debated, new research indicates that volcanic emissions of sulfur gases could have created a warmer atmosphere capable of sustaining life. The study, publi ... more
ROBO SPACE
European team develops robotic mission for lunar lava cave exploration
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
A European research consortium has unveiled a mission concept designed to explore lava tunnels on the Moon using autonomous robots. These natural formations, which provide shielding from radiation a ... more
ENERGY TECH
Durham scientists validate superconducting wires for ITER fusion project
London, UK (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
Durham University researchers have completed one of the largest verification campaigns on superconducting materials ever undertaken, supporting the success of ITER, the world's largest fusion experi ... more
SPACEMART
Globalstar moves to expand satellite network with new spectrum plan
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
Globalstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: GSAT) has announced plans to activate its HIBLEO-XL-1 satellite system filing, preparing the company for a new phase in mobile satellite connectivity. CEO Dr. Paul Ja ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
Sun reverses decades-long decline and shows rising activity
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
The Sun, once thought to be heading for a historic period of quiet, has instead been growing more active since 2008, according to a new NASA study. Scientists had anticipated a prolonged minimum, bu ... more
NUKEWARS
ArianeGroup to develop next-generation M51.4 missile for French nuclear deterrent
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
On August 28, 2025, the French Defence Procurement and Technology Agency (DGA) awarded ArianeGroup a contract to design and manufacture the fourth generation of France's strategic ballistic missile, ... more
TECH SPACE
How Aussies Are Cutting Paperwork From Everyday Life
Leesville, Australia (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
Paper forms cluttering the kitchen table, photocopies of IDs, endless signatures, just a few years ago, that was routine life admin for many Aussies. ... more
SPACEMART
Orbit Over Obsolescence: How Satellite Constellations Are Replacing Cell Towers One Layer at a Time
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 19, 2025
For much of the history of modern telecommunications, networks have been built from the ground up - literally. Fiber buried deep underground, towers rising skyward, microwave links bridging canyons - our entire expectation of coverage has been centered around what we can build and maintain on land. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
NASA will say goodbye to the International Space Station in 2030
Columbus, OH (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
For 24 hours a day, seven days a week since November 2000, NASA and its international partners have sustained a continuous human presence in low-Earth orbit, including at least one American - a stre ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Themis reusable rocket demonstrator stands ready in Sweden
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
The European Space Agency's first full-scale reusable rocket demonstrator, Themis, is now positioned on its launch pad at the Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden. The milestone marks the start o ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
U.S. and U.K. execute joint satellite maneuver in milestone space operation
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
U.S. Space Command and U.K. Space Command completed their first coordinated satellite maneuver from September 4 to 12, marking a significant advance in allied on-orbit operations. The mission demons ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
German military satellites to fly on Ariane 6 under new Arianespace contract
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
Arianespace has secured a contract to launch two SATCOMBw Stufe 3 satellites for the German Armed Forces using Ariane 6 heavy-lift rockets from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. The new satellite ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL
Voyager selects Vivace to build primary structure for next generation Starlab
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
Voyager Technologies Inc. NYSE: VOYG, the majority holder of Starlab Space LLC, has chosen Vivace Corporation to manufacture Starlab's primary structure. The next generation, AI enabled commercial s ... more
IRON AND ICE
Invisible asteroids near Venus may pose long-term danger to Earth
Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
An international team led by Sao Paulo State University (UNESP) has uncovered a population of asteroids that may threaten Earth but remain effectively hidden from current surveys. These objects, whi ... more
MOON DAILY
Lunar soil melted into construction bricks by Chinese research team
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
At the 2025 World Manufacturing Convention in Hefei, researchers from China's Deep Space Exploration Laboratory (DSEL) presented a prototype machine capable of transforming lunar soil into construct ... more
IRON AND ICE
Asteroid strike confirmed as cause of Silverpit Crater in North Sea
London, UK (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
New research has confirmed that the Silverpit Crater, buried beneath the southern North Sea, was created by a hypervelocity impact about 43 to 46 million years ago. The findings resolve a long-runni ... more
EXO WORLDS
Spirals in young star disk reveal planet formation process
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
Observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have captured the motion of spiral structures in the disk of dust and gas surrounding the young star IM Lup, offering new ev ... more
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