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October 07, 2025
ROCKET SCIENCE
Space Force awards launch missions to SpaceX, ULA



Washington DC (SPX) Oct 07, 2025
The U.S. Space Force announced winning bids for missions, and SpaceX is the clear favorite. Space Systems Command awarded seven National Security Space Launch contracts last week. Five of the missions were awarded to SpaceX for $714 million. United Launch Alliance got the other two, worth $428 million. Blue Origin didn't qualify because its New Glenn rocket still needs certification for national security launches. It will have another chance in 2027 The missions include 54 scheduled launches ... read more

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EXO WORLDS
Rocket test proves bacteria survive space launch and re-entry unharmed
Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Oct 07, 2025
A world-first study has proven microbes essential for human health can survive the extreme forces of space launch. Space agencies are planning to send crews to Mars within decades but sustaini ... more
SPACEMART
Starlink's Direct-to-Device Era: What It Means for Rural Connectivity and Media in Canada
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 07, 2025
The idea of connecting a phone directly to a satellite has moved from science fiction to reality. Starlink's direct-to-device (D2D) service promises to reach rural communities without cell towers or reliable fixed broadband. ... more
MISSILE DEFENSE
Shield or Spark? The U.S. Golden Dome and the New Missile Arms Race
Budapest, Hungary (SPX) Oct 06, 2025
The launch of the US 'Golden Dome' missile defence initiative has already set in motion ripple effects across the globe. Rival nations are considering their own layered missile defence architectures ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Sharper than ever: New algorithm brings the stars into greater focus
Baltimore MD (SPX) Oct 01, 2025
Johns Hopkins applied mathematicians and astronomers have developed a new method to render images from ground-based telescopes as clear as those taken from space, a process that stands to expand the ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
We need a solar sail probe to detect space tornadoes earlier, more accurately
Ann Arbor, MI (SPX) Oct 07, 2025
Spirals of solar wind can spin off larger solar eruptions and disrupt Earth's magnetic field, yet they are too difficult to detect with our current single-location warning system, according to a new ... more
MOON DAILY
With new analysis, Apollo samples brought to Earth in 1972 reveal exotic sulfur hidden in Moon's mantle
Providence RI (SPX) Oct 07, 2025
When astronauts returned from NASA's final Apollo Moon mission in 1972, some of the samples they collected were sealed and carefully stored away in the hope that future researchers using advanced eq ... more
DRAGON SPACE
Chinese astronauts complete fourth spacewalk of Shenzhou XX mission
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 07, 2025
Crew members aboard the Shenzhou XX spacecraft carried out their fourth extravehicular activity, completing critical tasks outside the Tiangong space station, the China Manned Space Agency reported. ... more
IRON AND ICE
Gaia data uncovers hidden link between asteroid collisions and chaotic spin states
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 07, 2025
Whether an asteroid spins smoothly or tumbles chaotically depends on how often it has collided with other objects, according to new findings presented at the EPSC-DPS2025 Joint Meeting in Helsinki. ... more

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TIME AND SPACE
How rotating black holes unleash cosmic particle jets
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 07, 2025
At the center of the massive galaxy M87 lies the supermassive black hole M87*, weighing six and a half billion times the mass of the Sun and spinning rapidly on its axis. From this powerhouse, an en ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Digital revolution brings new clarity to direct exoplanet imaging with PLACID's liquid crystal optics
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 07, 2025
A groundbreaking instrument is set to transform how astronomers detect and directly image planets orbiting distant stars by using liquid crystal technology. Known as the Programmable Liquid-crystal ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Ariane 6 set to deploy Copernicus Sentinel 1D on November 4
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 07, 2025
On November 4, 2025 at 6:03 p.m. local time in French Guiana (9:03 p.m. UTC, 10:03 p.m. CET), Arianespace plans to launch the Copernicus Sentinel-1D satellite aboard Ariane 6 from Europe's Spaceport ... more
TECH SPACE
Neuraspace launches autonomous defence platform to protect European space assets
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 07, 2025
Neuraspace, one of Europe's leading space domain awareness (SDA) providers, has expanded its role in defence and civil protection with the launch of "Neuraspace DEF," a system designed to deliver au ... more
SPACEMART
T-Satellite powers smartphone apps beyond cell coverage
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 06, 2025
T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) has expanded its T-Satellite partnership with Starlink to deliver satellite-powered app connectivity to more smartphones across the U.S., enabling popular services like Whats ... more
ENERGY TECH
New AI enhances the view inside fusion energy systems
Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Oct 06, 2025
Imagine watching a favorite movie when suddenly the sound stops. The data representing the audio is missing. All that's left are images. What if artificial intelligence (AI) could analyze each frame ... more
TECHNOLOGY NEWS


STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Physicists tighten the net on elusive dark matter
Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Sep 30, 2025
Determining the nature of dark matter, the invisible substance that makes up most of the mass in our universe, is one of the greatest puzzles in physics. New results from the world's most sensitive ... more
MILPLEX
Razor's Edge raises $560 million to scale defense and aerospace technology firms
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 26, 2025
Razor's Edge has announced the close of its fourth investment fund, securing $560 million in commitments, surpassing its $400 million target. The new fund increases the firm's total assets under man ... more
EARLY EARTH
Ancient hot springs reveal how microbes thrived before Earth gained oxygen
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
Earth was once an anoxic planet where oxygen was toxic to life, and researchers are turning to Japan's rare iron-rich hot springs to better understand how early microbes survived. A study led by Fat ... more
CHIP TECH
Small chip, grand mission: searching for signs of extraterrestrial life
Delft, Germany (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
Is life possible - or has it ever been possible - on other planets? The (Origin of) Life Marker Chip (LMCOOL) seeks the answer. This innovative chip is being developed by a Dutch consortium led by T ... more
EXO WORLDS
White dwarf consumes icy Pluto-like planet fragment in deep space
London, UK (SPX) Oct 07, 2025
University of Warwick astronomers have identified the chemical signature of an icy, water-rich planetary fragment being devoured by a white dwarf star. The finding offers strong evidence that volati ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
SpaceX plans 11th test of Starship later this month from South Texas
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 3, 2025
SpaceX is planning the 11th flight test of Starship, the most powerful rocket ever developed, as early as Oct. 13 from South Texas. ... more
SATURN DAILY
Cassini proves complex chemistry in Enceladus ocean
Paris (ESA) Oct 06, 2025
Scientists digging through data collected by the Cassini spacecraft have found new complex organic molecules spewing from Saturn's moon Enceladus. This is a clear sign that complex chemical reaction ... more
EXO WORLDS
Detection of phosphine in a brown dwarf atmosphere raises more questions
La Jolla CA (SPX) Oct 06, 2025
Phosphorus is one of six key elements necessary for life on Earth. When combined with hydrogen, phosphorus forms the molecule phosphine (PH3), an explosive, highly toxic gas. Found in the atmosphere ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Mapping the universe made faster with new computational tool
Waterloo, Canada (SPX) Oct 01, 2025
As cosmology data sets grow larger and increasingly complex, a new tool allows researchers to run advanced analyses with only a laptop in a fraction of the time once required. Dr. Marco Bonici ... more
EXO WORLDS
Patchwork planets: Piecing together the early solar system
New Haven CT (SPX) Oct 06, 2025
Our solar system is a smashing success.... A new study suggests that from its earliest period - even before the last of its nebular gas had been consumed - Earth's solar system and its planets looke ... more
EXO WORLDS
Simulations of Exoplanet Formation May Help Inform Search for Extraterrestrial Life
Melbourne FL (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
Florida Tech astrophysicist Howard Chen is offering new insights to help aid NASA's search for life beyond Earth. His latest theoretical work investigates the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system, one of the ... more
EXO WORLDS
The first animals on Earth may have been sea sponges, study suggests
Boston MA (SPX) Sep 30, 2025
A team of MIT geochemists has unearthed new evidence in very old rocks suggesting that some of the first animals on Earth were likely ancestors of the modern sea sponge. In a study appearing i ... more
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MARSDAILY
Curtin powers global push to find life on Mars and advance autonomy
Perth, Australia (SPX) Oct 06, 2025
Curtin University is helping unlock the secrets of life on Mars and advance next-generation robotics and autonomous systems, with two new international agreements signed this week at the Internation ... more
IRON AND ICE
Traces of life detected in Finnish crater shed light on origins of life on Earth
London, Canada (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
An international team of scientists, including Western University's Gordon Osinski, has for the first time dated the emergence of microorganisms inside a meteorite crater, demonstrating that life de ... more
SPACEMART
Chinese IoT satellite constellation completes first phase for global communications
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 26, 2025
A Chinese satellite network dedicated to Internet of Things (IoT) services has achieved global surface coverage, excluding polar regions, with the deployment of its first-phase constellation of 64 s ... more
PHYSICS NEWS
Worlds most powerful centrifuge begins operations in China
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 30, 2025
China has launched CHIEF1300, the worlds largest and most capable centrifuge, able to generate up to 300 times Earth gravity on a 20 tonne payload. The facility is a core element of the Centrifugal ... more
MISSILE DEFENSE
Sierra Space clears design milestone for missile tracking satellites in SDA Tranche 2
Louisville CO (SPX) Sep 30, 2025
Sierra Space has completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) for the Space Development Agency's (SDA) Tranche 2 Tracking Layer, confirming readiness to begin production of missile tracking satellites ... more
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