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November 05, 2025
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Southern Taurid meteor shower to peak this week with bright fireballs



Washington DC (UPI) Nov 4, 2025
The Southern Taurid meteor shower, known for its swarm of bright fireballs shooting through the night sky, is expected to peak Tuesday and Wednesday nights as the Earth passes through dust left by a comet. The meteor shower is active between September and November when debris left in the wake of the Comet Encke falls into the Earth's atmosphere at high speeds, according to the American Meteor Society. The shower will become most active at the same time the Northern Taurids and Orionids a ... read more

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DRAGON SPACE
Chinese astronauts use upgraded oven to barbecue chicken wings and steaks aboard space station
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 05, 2025
Aboard China's space station, astronauts have begun using a new hot air oven delivered by Shenzhou XXI to prepare freshly baked dishes, including chicken wings and steaks, as shown in a recent video ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Florida backs space growth as FIU leads governance and security research
Miami, USA (SPX) Nov 5, 2025
Outer space may be infinite, but the moment for FIU to lead is here and now. Under the leadership of its new president, the university stands at the forefront of a new era of policy leadership ... more
SPACEMART
Globalstar expands satellite infrastructure across Brazil with eight new antennas
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 05, 2025
Globalstar has begun installing eight new six-meter C-3 tracking antennas at its ground stations across Brazil to enhance its mobile satellite services. Three Globalstar-owned stations in Manaus, Pe ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Globular clusters shaped by colossal stars illuminate universe origins
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 05, 2025
A research team led by ICREA researcher Mark Gieles at the University of Barcelona has developed a model explaining how extremely massive stars, with masses exceeding 1,000 times the Sun, dictated the formation and chemical evolution of the universe's oldest star clusters ... more
TECH SPACE
HydroGNSS satellites prepared for Vandenberg launch
London, UK (SPX) Nov 05, 2025
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has completed the integration of both HydroGNSS satellites onto the launch plate in preparation for deployment from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. ... more
TECH SPACE
Intuitive Machines agrees to acquire Lanteris Space Systems in major space sector expansion
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 05, 2025
Intuitive Machines, Inc. announced a definitive agreement to acquire Lanteris Space Systems, formerly Maxar Space Systems, from Advent International LLC. With this acquisition, the combined entity's ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
OlmoEarth AI Platform Released to Expand Access to Planetary Data and Insights
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 05, 2025
Ai2 has introduced the OlmoEarth Platform, an open end-to-end solution designed to transform satellite and sensor data into real-time environmental insight. The platform builds on OlmoEarth, a new f ... more
ROBO SPACE
Robotic exosuit designed to assist astronaut movement tested in simulated lunar mission
London, UK (SPX) Nov 05, 2025
A soft robotic exosuit created at the University of Bristol is engineered to boost astronaut mobility and reduce muscle fatigue while allowing natural movement. The lightweight garment, which incorp ... more

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TECH SPACE
Sidus Space unveils FeatherEdge 248Vi computer for AI and ML in satellite and defense systems
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 05, 2025
Sidus Space has completed the design of the FeatherEdge 248Vi edge computer, a modular processor built for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) use in spaceborne, aerial, and auton ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Florida Space Coast set to break yearly launch record this week
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 3, 2025
Five launches are planned this week at the two space complexes in central Florida, including doubleheaders on Wednesday and Saturday involving three companies. ... more
AEROSPACE
New silicon carbide motor drive reduces weight and size for hybrid aircraft
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 04, 2025
A hybrid Cessna 337 took flight from a Southern California runway with a unique configuration: a gas engine up front and a rear electric engine powered by a silicon-carbide inverter developed by the ... more
SPACE MEDICINE
Protein Production Tested in Microgravity for Sustainable Space Missions
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 04, 2025
European Space Agency (ESA) has initiated the study phase of the HOBI-WAN project, aimed at addressing astronaut food supply on extended Moon or Mars missions without Earth resupply. Funded by ... more
SPACEMART
Strengthening Canadian space sector with MDA Space investment in Maritime Launch
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 04, 2025
MDA Space has made a $10 million equity investment in Maritime Launch Services, acquiring shares at $0.223 each. This partnership is expected to expand Canada's sovereign space launch capabilities a ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
How Water Forms on Planets During Early Formation Stages
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 04, 2025
New experimental research led by Francesca Miozzi and Anat Shahar at Carnegie Science has shown that the galaxy's most common planets may be rich in liquid water due to critical early interactions b ... more
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Scientists recreate cosmic "fireballs" to probe mystery of missing gamma rays
Geneva, Switzerland (SPX) Nov 4, 2025
An international team of scientists, led by the University of Oxford, has achieved a world-first by creating plasma "fireballs" using the Super Proton Synchrotron accelerator at CERN, Geneva, to stu ... more
SPACEMART
Laser-powered networks set to transform coordination of future satellite constellations
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 04, 2025
The University of Michigan, supported by a $2 million grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, has launched a three-year research project aimed at enabling satellites in orbit to exch ... more
CARBON WORLDS
Chemists find clues to the origins of buckyballs in space
Boulder, CO (SPX) Nov 4, 2025
Far from Earth, in the vast expanses of space between stars, exists a treasure trove of carbon. There, in what scientists call the "interstellar medium," you can find a wide range of organic molecul ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Revealed properties of dark matter align with classical gravitational theory
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 04, 2025
Does dark matter follow the same laws as ordinary matter? The question continues to intrigue scientists because dark matter is invisible and hypothetical, neither emitting nor reflecting light. Rese ... more
TRADE WARS
The Silent Hedge: Why the Market Isn't Collapsing
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 02, 2025
For months, analysts have asked the same question: how can stocks, gold, and bitcoin all be rising together while debt and politics crumble beneath them? The answer may be simpler - and more s ... more
CHIP TECH
Layered oxide thin film achieves dramatic resistivity control for advanced AI chip technologies
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 02, 2025
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a new atomically layered material which experiences a five order of magnitude resistivity reduction when oxidized, a change that exceeds ... more
DRAGON SPACE
China unveils 2026 mission for next generation crewed spaceship
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 02, 2025
The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) will launch the Mengzhou-1 crewed spaceship in 2026 following extensive upgrades to its predecessor, the Shenzhou model. Mengzhou features a modular design consi ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Using classic physical phenomena to solve new problems
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Boston, MA (SPX) Oct 31, 2025 Marco Graffiedi, a doctoral student in nuclear science and engineering, is researching quenching processes to help cool nuclear cores, and NASA craft the next generati ... more
INTERNET SPACE
Advancing Interplanetary Internet Technology through ISS National Lab Research
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 1, 2025
Spatiam Corporation has developed a commercial platform for space communications based on Delay and Disruption Tolerant Networking (DTN), designed to manage data transmission delays and signal disru ... more
MOON DAILY
NASA rejects Kardashian's claim Moon landing 'didn't happen'
Washington (AFP) Oct 31, 2025
NASA hit back on Thursday at reality TV star Kim Kardashian's claim that the 1969 Moon landing "didn't happen," a theory consistently debunked over decades. ... more
ROBO SPACE
Orbital data and energy collaboration accelerates space-based assembly
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 31, 2025
Rendezvous Robotics and Starcloud have initiated a formal partnership to integrate autonomous modular assembly systems with orbital power and cooling infrastructure for gigawatt-scale datacenter cap ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Axelspace forms partnerships in Africa to tackle social challenges with satellite data
London, UK (SPX) Oct 31, 2025
Axelspace Corporation has entered into memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with the Ghana Space Science and Technology Institute (GSSTI) of the Republic of Ghana and the Regional Centre for Mapping of ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION
AI challenge advances satellite-based disaster mapping
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 31, 2025
Four teams from different countries have been recognised for their breakthrough work in using artificial intelligence to detect earthquake damage from space, marking the conclusion of a global compe ... more
DRAGON SPACE
China's latest astronaut trio dock at Tiangong Space Station
Jiuquan, China (AFP) Oct 30, 2025
A crew of three Chinese astronauts, including the country's youngest-ever, docked early Saturday at the Tiangong space station, accompanied by four lab mice. ... more
MOON DAILY
SpaceX steps up planning for NASA lunar lander
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 2, 2025
SpaceX Sunday said it is stepping up its efforts to develop a simplified Human Landing System for NASA as it pursues a plan to return to the moon. ... more
SPACE MEDICINE
Mission to Mars: how space exploration pushes the human body to its limits
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 2, 2025
On January 14 2004, the United States announced a new "Vision for Space Exploration", promising that humans would not only visit space but live there. Two decades later, Nasa's Artemis programme is ... more
TECH SPACE
Muscle tissue from a 3D printer - produced in zero gravity
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Oct 29, 2025
Human health is the Achilles heel of space travel. Researchers at ETH Zurich have now succeeded in printing complex muscle tissue in zero gravity. This will enable drugs for space missions to be tes ... more
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