Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 07, 2025
Astronomers have produced the most detailed 3D map yet of the Milky Way's cold gas clouds, revealing large-scale ripples in the Galaxy's midplane and identifying a new structure at the far end of the central bar. The work comes from the Three-millimeter Ultimate Mopra Milky Way Survey (ThrUMMS), led by Peter Barnes of the Space Science Institute. Spiral galaxies like the Milky Way are gene

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 07, 2025
The global deep space economy could expand into a trillion-dollar market by 2040, with growth centered on energy, internet, tourism, and cultural creativity, according to insights shared at the third International Deep Space Exploration Conference in Anhui province, China. Shi Pingyan, chief engineer of China's Deep Space Exploration Lab, presented a report at a sub-forum in Hefei that ide

Estonia marked its 10th anniversary in the European Space Agency alongside the plenary session of the European Interparliamentary Space Conference on 4 September.  

Week in images: 01-05 September 2025

Discover our week through the lens

Following the announcement of the upcoming launch of LEO-PNT’s first satellites, ESA has now unveiled the name of the mission. Celeste, as it has been officially designated, will test the potential of a new, low Earth orbit layer of satellites to enhance Galileo’s resilience and complement its capabilities.

Image: Webb image of a glittering glimpse of star birth

Daytona Beach FL (SPX) Sep 03, 2025
After seven years of painstaking work, an Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University student team is finally cleared to launch its second small satellite into orbit. The CubeSat, named EagleSat-2, will hitch a ride aboard Northrop Grumman's NG-23 rocket mission, scheduled to lift off this month from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The small satellite is designed to investiga

London (AFP) Sept 2, 2025
Two British nuclear power plants nearing the end of their lifespan will run for an extra year, its operators announced Tuesday, helping with UK energy security and net zero targets. The Heysham 1 plant in northwest England and the Hartlepool facility in the northeast will continue generating energy until March 2028, an increase of one year, main operator EDF said in a statement. The Fren

Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 03, 2025
NASA science and American industry have worked hand-in-hand for more than 60 years, transforming novel technologies created with NASA research into commercial products like cochlear implants, memory-foam mattresses, and more. Now, a NASA-funded device for probing the interior of storm systems has been made a key component of commercial weather satellites. The novel atmospheric sounder was

Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Sep 03, 2025
Along the coast, waves break with a familiar sound. The gentle swash of the surf on the seashore can lull us to sleep, while the pounding of storm surge warns us to seek shelter. Yet these are but a sample of the sounds that come from the coast. Most of the acoustic energy from the surf is far too low in frequency for us to hear, traveling through the air as infrasound and through the grou