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December 10, 2025
ROCKET SCIENCE
Space shuttle design study maps path to breakthrough inventions



Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
Researchers examining NASA's space shuttle development argue that the agency's design approach offers a template for creating breakthrough products that combine many interdependent features, from launch systems to smartphones and pharmaceuticals. They focus on how NASA generated internal knowledge for the shuttle program between 1969 and 1971, when engineers had to balance performance, cost, and reusability without an existing design blueprint. Management professor Francisco Polidoro Jr. of Texas ... read more

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MARSDAILY
Martian sound study models acoustic signals in Jezero crater
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
Acoustic signals have been important markers during NASA's Mars missions. Measurements of sound can provide information both about Mars itself - such as turbulence in its atmosphere, changes in its ... more
MOON DAILY
NASA prepares new lunar dust and seismic studies for Artemis IV
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
NASA has selected two science instruments for astronauts to deploy on the lunar surface during the Artemis IV mission to the Moon's south polar region, with the goal of improving understanding of th ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Astronomers tighten expansion rate gap in universe measurements
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
A team of astronomers using several ground and space-based observatories, including the W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, has produced one of the most precise independent measurements yet of the u ... more
EXO WORLDS
Methane hint on TRAPPIST 1e seen as likely stellar noise not proof of an atmosphere
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
Two recent papers based on James Webb Space Telescope observations describe initial attempts to probe the atmosphere of TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized planet orbiting in the habitable zone of the nearb ... more
EXO WORLDS
Subaru OASIS survey uncovers massive planet and brown dwarf
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
Astronomers using the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii have identified a massive planet and a brown dwarf orbiting distant stars, marking the first discoveries from the Observing Accelerators with SCExAO ... more
EXO WORLDS
Supernova mixing traced as source of key life elements
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
Kyoto University and Meiji University researchers have used the XRISM X-ray satellite to quantify chlorine and potassium in the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant, addressing a longstanding gap in how t ... more
EXO WORLDS
TRAPPIST 1 flares mapped to probe planetary habitability
Boulder CO (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
TRAPPIST-1, a small star about 40 light-years from Earth in the constellation Aquarius, produces flares roughly six times per day, and this activity complicates efforts to evaluate whether its plane ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Gravitational wave signals reveal dark matter around black holes
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
A research team at the University of Amsterdam has developed a new general-relativistic model that shows how gravitational waves from black holes can be used to reveal dark matter and constrain its ... more

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STELLAR CHEMISTRY
New mass measurements refine X ray burst reaction flow
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
A team at the Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has directly measured the masses of the short lived nuclei phosphorus-26 and sulfur-27, providing data needed to determin ... more
TECH SPACE
Canadian radar satellite contract positions MDA Space for RADARSAT replenishment role
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
MDA Space has secured a $44.7 million contract from Public Services and Procurement Canada, acting for the Canadian Space Agency, to procure and deliver critical long lead parts in support of the RA ... more
GPS NEWS
LEO internet satellites bolster navigation where GPS is weak
Columbus, OH (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
As intentional and unintentional interference with GPS grows worldwide, researchers have shown that radio signals from commercial low Earth orbit (LEO) internet constellations such as Starlink and O ... more
SPACEMART
MDA Space plans C250 million senior unsecured note issue maturing 2030
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
MDA Space Ltd. has arranged a private placement of C$250 million in 7.00 percent senior unsecured notes due 2030 under an underwriting agreement. The company expects the offering to close around Dec ... more
ROBO SPACE
MIT engineers design an aerial microrobot that can fly as fast as a bumblebee
Boston MA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
In the future, tiny flying robots could be deployed to aid in the search for survivors trapped beneath the rubble after a devastating earthquake. Like real insects, these robots could flit through t ... more
SPACEMART
SLI and AscendArc agree on 200 million GEO satellite leasing framework
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 04, 2025
Aerospace asset finance firm SLI has signed heads of agreement to acquire two of AscendArc's next-generation Ka-band geostationary satellites, in a transaction valued at more than $200 million. The ... more
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TECH SPACE
Space operators urged to share costs of clearing orbital debris
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
High above Earth, millions of artificial objects travel through orbit at speeds exceeding 15,000 miles per hour, ranging from inactive satellites to fragments produced by explosions or collisions of ... more
TECH SPACE
X-MAT introduces X-FOAM: A game-changing ceramic foam for extreme environments
Orlando, FL (SPX) Dec 01, 2025
X-MAT has announced the release of X-FOAM, a 1,300°C ceramic foam engineered for use in harsh environments demanding high thermal insulation and structural performance. ... more
SPACEWAR
ICEYE raises EUR 150 million to expand European SAR intelligence capacity
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
ICEYE has raised EUR 150 million in new funding led by General Catalyst, alongside a EUR 50 million secondary placement, valuing the company at EUR 2.4 billion or about USD 2.8 billion. The company ... more
SPACEWAR
Kuaizhou 1A launch deploys twin experimental satellites
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
China used a Kuaizhou 1A solid-fuel carrier rocket to launch two experimental satellites from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, with liftoff taking place a ... more
AEROSPACE
NASA prepares long duration Antarctic balloon campaign to probe neutrinos and dark matter
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
NASA's Scientific Balloon Program is returning to Antarctica for a new long-duration campaign featuring two zero-pressure balloon launches from a site near the U.S. National Science Foundation's McM ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Outage Prevention from Orbit: Why Utilities Are Turning to Satellites and Geospatial Analytics
Perrysburg OH (SPX) Nov 25, 2025
Utilities and local energy distribution companies (LDCs) face ongoing challenges in managing their infrastructure. Keeping track of power lines, pipelines, energy plant emissions, and other assets is essential ... more
SPACEWAR
US and allies sharpen coalition spacepower through CSpO partnership
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 09, 2025
U.S. military officials joined leaders from all 10 nations in the Combined Space Operations Initiative at the new French Space Command Headquarters in Toulouse, where they underscored the role of CS ... more
CYBER WARS
Secure ESA contract advances GomSpace satellite cybersecurity
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 08, 2025
GomSpace has signed a 1.2 million euro (13.2 MSEK) contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop a security-enhanced generation of its NanoCom product line under the SECUSAT program. The ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Antares lines up $96 million to advance microreactor rollout
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 08, 2025
Antares has raised $96 million in Series B financing to support development and deployment of its compact nuclear microreactors for defense and space customers. The round, led by Shine Capital with ... more
TECH SPACE
Designing Modern Minimalist Logos with CapCut PC's AI Logo Generator
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 09, 2025
A characteristic of contemporary branding is the use of a minimalist logo. They are not complicated, unnecessary, complex, or hard to recognize, so they are ideal to use in start-ups, digital brands ... more
TECH SPACE
How Real-Time Follower Tracking Transforms Modern Social Media Analytics
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 09, 2025
Having a strong grasp of how your prospective customers behave is a key way you can increase your chances for being successful on social media. Most marketers will look at information (statistics) that actually shows how people are behaving rather than just going off of their own preconceived ideas. ... more
SPACEMART
Private capital targets mission-critical software power and platforms in new space economy
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 09, 2025
Axle Point Capital and Balerion Space Ventures are directing new private capital into companies that build core infrastructure for the expanding U.S. space and defense economy, from mission software ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE
Neutron Hungry Hippo fairing completes qualification ahead of first launch
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 09, 2025
Rocket Lab Corporation has qualified the captive Hungry Hippo fairing for its Neutron launch vehicle and is sending the structure to Virginia for integration ahead of the rocket's debut mission. The ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Gravitational lens time delays refine Hubble constant
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 09, 2025
Astronomers are testing a new way to measure how fast the universe is expanding by using time delays in gravitationally lensed images of distant quasars, in an effort to clarify the long-standing te ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Record gamma ray burst traced to dusty massive host galaxy
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 09, 2025
Gamma ray bursts rank among the most energetic explosions known, usually flashing and fading within seconds or minutes, but on 2 July 2025 astronomers detected GRB 250702B, a source that produced re ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Nova images capture complex stellar blast behavior
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 09, 2025
An international group of astronomers led by Texas Tech University assistant professor Elias Aydi published a paper titled Multiple outflows and delayed ejections revealed by early imaging of novae ... more
TIME AND SPACE
New island of inversion found in proton neutron symmetric molybdenum nuclei
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 09, 2025
For decades, nuclear physicists have known that so called islands of inversion mark regions of the nuclear chart where standard shell structure breaks down and magic numbers vanish in favor of stron ... more
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