Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 28, 2025
Scientists have reported the first clear evidence of twisting magnetic waves in the Sun's corona, detected with the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope operated by the National Solar Observatory. For decades, the cause of the corona's high temperature, millions of degrees above the solar surface, has puzzled researchers. The team, led by Richard Morton of Northumbria University, focused on torsiona

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 28, 2025
Iridium Communications Inc. has announced a miniature, application-specific integrated circuit, the Iridium PNT ASIC, designed to safeguard a wide range of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) devices from jamming, spoofing, and timing disruptions. The ASIC is intended for integration into consumer, industrial, and government equipment, delivering pole-to-pole authenticated positioning, nav

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 28, 2025
Sidus Space has finalized a mission agreement with Lonestar Data Holdings to deploy Lonestar's high-capacity digital data storage payload with edge processing aboard LizzieSat 5, a low Earth orbit satellite within the Sidus LizzieSat micro-constellation. The partnership enables Sidus to design, develop, and integrate the Lonestar payload as well as oversee deployment and payload validation

Boston MA (SPX) Oct 28, 2025
MIT researchers recently studied a region of space called the Taurus Molecular Cloud-1 (TMC-1) and discovered more than 100 different molecules floating in the gas there - more than in any other known interstellar cloud. They used powerful radio telescopes capable of detecting very faint signals across a wide range of wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum. With over 1,400 observing h

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 28, 2025
A research team from Tohoku University led the first systematic optical search for counterparts to a high-energy neutrino multiplet event detected by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. Multiplet events involve multiple neutrinos observed from a single direction in a short period, and may point to powerful cosmic phenomena such as supernovae or stars disrupted by black holes. The team analyz

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 28, 2025
Hypersonix Launch Systems, based in Brisbane, recently completed a $46 million Series A funding round led by High Tor Capital of the UK, with support from Saab and RKKVC, as well as participation by the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation (NRFC) and Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC). The investment will accelerate the development of reusable hydrogen-powered hypersonic aircraft design

The European Space Agency’s upcoming Henon mission will be the first ever CubeSat to independently venture into deep space, communicate with Earth and manoeuvre to its final destination without relying on a bigger spacecraft. Once in its orbit around the Sun, the carry-on luggage-sized CubeSat will observe the Sun’s emissions to demonstrate technologies capable of providing advanced warnings of solar storms hours before they reach Earth.

London, UK (SPX) Oct 29, 2025
Slingshot Aerospace has secured a contract with the UK Space Agency to improve the United Kingdom's capability to track and characterize satellites and orbital debris. The Provision of Optical Delivery Partner contract increases UK sovereign space domain awareness as the number of operational satellites continues to grow, with 12,000 active satellites in orbit today and 100,000 expected by 2030.

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2025
The SETI Institute will deploy the NVIDIA IGX Thor platform at the Allen Telescope Array (ATA) in Northern California to accelerate real-time detection of radio signals from space. This upgrade advances the ATA's technology, equipping its 42 antennas to process and interpret radio signals directly on-site using edge AI processing. With NVIDIA IGX Thor, scientists can conduct AI inference a

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2025
A team of astronomers co-led by Cornell University has produced the first three-dimensional map of an exoplanet's atmosphere, revealing WASP-18b's distinct temperature zones-including one region so hot it breaks down water vapor. WASP-18b, an "ultra-hot Jupiter" located about 400 light years from Earth, served as the test case for a mapping technique called 3D eclipse mapping or spectroscopic ec