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January 29, 2026
ROCKET SCIENCE
SpaceX eyes IPO timed to planet alignment and Musk birthday: report



San Francisco, United States (AFP) Jan 28, 2026
SpaceX is targeting a mid-June initial public offering that would coincide with a rare planetary alignment and founder Elon Musk's birthday, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, as the billionaire entrepreneur seeks to raise a record $50 billion. The rocket company is planning its IPO for when Jupiter and Venus appear very close together in the sky - a conjunction that occurs for the first time in more than three years on June 8-9, the FT said, citing people familiar with the matter. The ... read more

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SPACE TRAVEL
Earliest launch window to ISS set for February 11: NASA
Washington, United States (AFP) Jan 28, 2026
The next NASA crew rotation to the International Space Station could launch as early as the morning of February 11, the US space agency said Wednesday. ... more
SPACEMART
Why PR Boxes Are Powerful Tools for Product Launches
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2026
Using public relations (PR) boxes has become a popular way for launching products. They provide a unique platform for brands to introduce products and make lasting impressions with those who receive them. ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
New European Infrared Sounder Maps Atmosphere In Three Dimensions
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 28, 2026
The first images from Europe s pioneering meteorological infrared sounder were unveiled at the EU Space Conference in Brussels, marking a significant advance in observing the atmosphere in three dim ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Webb sharpens view of dark matter shaping the cosmos
London, UK (SPX) Jan 28, 2026
Scientists have produced the most detailed map yet of the dark matter that threads through the Universe, revealing how this invisible component has guided the formation of galaxies, stars and planet ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
AI tool mines Hubble archive for hundreds of strange cosmic objects
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2026
A team of astronomers has used a new artificial intelligence assisted technique to uncover rare astronomical phenomena in archived data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. They sifted through nearly ... more
TIME AND SPACE
New analysis sharpens view of cosmic birefringence and universe symmetry
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2026
A research team has developed a method to reduce uncertainties in measurements of cosmic birefringence, a subtle rotation in the polarization of the cosmic microwave background that may hold clues t ... more
TIME AND SPACE
What is the universe made of? SLAC experts weigh in on the mysterious force that shapes our cosmic history
Menlo Park CA (SPX) Jan 23, 2026
Cosmologists Josh Frieman and Risa Wechsler look back on the Dark Energy Survey, sharing how it is paving the way for the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory to dig deeper into some of the universe's ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Runaway massive stars mapped across the Milky Way
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jan 29, 2026
Astronomers have carried out the most extensive observational study so far of massive runaway stars in the Milky Way, combining detailed measurements of how fast these stars move, how rapidly they s ... more

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ROCKET SCIENCE
Autophage rocket concept wins EU prize for debris free launch technology
Paris, France (SPX) Jan 29, 2026
Alpha Impulsion, a space startup based in Toulouse and Naples, has received a 950000 euro award from the European Union for a major innovation in space propulsion aimed at more economical, efficient ... more
MOON DAILY
Northrop Grumman Boosters Set For First Crewed Lunar Voyage Of Artemis Era
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2026
Two Northrop Grumman five segment solid rocket boosters are taking their place on the launch pad as NASA prepares for the first crewed flight of the Space Launch System rocket under the Artemis II m ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
NASA Testing Advances Space Nuclear Propulsion Capabilities
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 27, 2026
Nuclear propulsion and power technologies could unlock new frontiers in missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. NASA has reached an important milestone advancing nuclear propulsion that could benefi ... more
MERCURY RISING
Bright streaks reveal Mercury still geologically active
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 29, 2026
A new analysis of Mercury has uncovered hundreds of bright linear streaks on crater slopes that point to ongoing loss of volatile material from the planet's interior, challenging the view of Mercury ... more
SPACEMART
ESA member states back SWISSto12 HummingSat with fresh funding round
Renens, Switzerland (SPX) Jan 21, 2026
SWISSto12 has secured 73 million euros in financial support from European Space Agency (ESA) member states through the HummingSat ARTES partnership project, reinforcing development and industrializa ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
In-space manufacturing, quantum projects part of all-Boilermaker suborbital spaceflight
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Jan 28, 2026
Purdue University is expanding the scientific footprint of 2027's all-Boilermaker suborbital flight mission with the addition of onboard autonomous experiments in quantum technology and in-space chi ... more
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TECH SPACE
How Businesses Scale TikTok Accounts Organically
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2026
Building a TikTok account for your business is not about taking shortcuts or just hoping for viral hits. It's about steady growth that translates to real customers and real fans. ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
Sidus Space advances LizzieSat-4 payload integration with Maris-Tech edge computing system
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2026
Sidus Space Inc has reached a key integration milestone with Maris-Tech Ltd as the companies prepare to fly Maris-Tech's advanced payload aboard the LizzieSat-4 mission planned for launch later in 2 ... more
SPACE MEDICINE
AI digital twins aim to protect astronaut mobility on deep space missions
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2026
West Virginia University researchers are developing artificial intelligence tools to help astronauts maintain movement control and overall physical health during long missions in microgravity enviro ... more
SPACE MEDICINE
Space Station study maps hurdles for microbial manufacturing in orbit
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2026
Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory have completed a spaceflight biology experiment on the International Space Station that shows how microgravity reshapes microbial metabolism and cons ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
NASA and GE run hybrid jet engine test toward commercial flight
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 28, 2026
To an untrained eye, the aircraft engine sitting outside a Cincinnati area facility in December looked like standard hardware. For NASA and GE Aerospace researchers watching the unit fire up for a d ... more
AEROSPACE
Stratoship alliance charts staged path for smallsat payloads
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 21, 2026
Stratoship has signed a memorandum of understanding with Queensland based companies Orbit2Orbit and Sunburnt Space Co to build a staged lab to space pathway for small satellite payloads. The a ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Hydrogen nuclei experiment sharpens view of quarks inside matter
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 26, 2026
The lightest element in the universe is helping nuclear physicists probe the inner structure of matter with new precision. At the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Fa ... more
EARLY EARTH
Ancient nitrogen enzyme study illuminates early Earth conditions and life detection
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 26, 2026
By resurrecting a 3.2 billion year old enzyme and testing it inside living microbes, researchers have opened a new experimental window on early Earth and how to recognize signs of life on other worl ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
Aalyria spacetime platform tapped for AFRL space data network trials
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 26, 2026
Aalyria has been selected by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's Rapid Architecture Prototyping and Integration Development program to advance software solutions for managing complex military space communications networks ... more
WATER WORLD
Geoscientists use satellite to determine not the shape of water, but how water shapes land
Blacksburg VA (SPX) Jan 21, 2026
What's the shape of water? In 2022, NASA launched the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite to answer this question by precisely measuring the height and extent of bodies of water. ... more
WATER WORLD
Lunar soil study limits late meteorite role in supplying Earth oceans
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 26, 2026
A long standing idea in planetary science is that water rich meteorites arriving late in Earth history could have delivered a major share of the planet's water. A new study that mines the Moon's imp ... more
ENERGY TECH
Low frequency lasers modeled to greatly boost nuclear fusion rates
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 26, 2026
A new theoretical study shows that intense laser fields could greatly enhance nuclear fusion reactions by reshaping the collision energies of interacting nuclei before they tunnel through the Coulom ... more
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ENERGY TECH
Oak Ridge team plans powerful test facility for next generation fusion components
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 26, 2026
The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory is joining with Type One Energy and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville to develop a world class high heat flux facility to test fusion en ... more
TECH SPACE
Understanding USDT How Stablecoins Maintain Value in Volatile Markets
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 26, 2026
Cryptocurrency markets are known for extreme price swings, where values can rise or drop dramatically within hours. This volatility creates uncertainty for traders, investors, and institutions trying to move assets safely. ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Quantum transport method reads open quantum states
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 21, 2026
What is the state of a quantum system? Answering this question is essential for exploiting quantum properties in emerging devices and for developing new quantum technologies across computing, sensin ... more
WATER WORLD
Activists question treaty power to protect high seas
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2026
After years of international negotiation and diplomacy, the High Seas Treaty has come into force in January 2026, with 61 states ratifying the agreement to protect international waters and marine li ... more
TECH SPACE
Seismic networks offer new way to track space junk reentering atmosphere
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 26, 2026
Space debris, the thousands of fragments of human made hardware abandoned in Earth orbit, can threaten people and infrastructure when it falls out of the sky and reaches the ground. Researchers at J ... more
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