The curious case of why methane spiked around Covid
Friday, 06 February 2026 06:30
With fewer cars on the road, planes in the air and factories running, the skies seemed cleaner during the Covid-19 pandemic. However, while there was a decline in pollutants such as nitrogen dioxide, scientists were surprised to see that methane surged in the early 2020s and then dropped – and now they know why.
Tomorrow.io banks $175 million for DeepSky weather constellation
Friday, 06 February 2026 02:54
SAN FRANCISCO – Tomorrow.io raised $175 million to fund DeepSky, a satellite constellation designed to gathering vast quantities of atmospheric data for artificial intelligence models.
Pentagon casts Golden Dome as model for faster, risk-tolerant defense buying
Thursday, 05 February 2026 23:21
Golden Dome deputy program manager Marcia Holmes: ‘We are going to be easier to work with’
FAA approves Starship launches from LC-39A
Thursday, 05 February 2026 23:01
The Federal Aviation Administration has approved plans for Starship launches from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A as SpaceX shifts Falcon 9 launches away from the historic pad.
NASA Langley makes final preparations for Artemis II mission to launch around the moon
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Why has SpaceX not launched from Kennedy Space Center this year?
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The future of the Space Force in a competitive, congested and contested space environment
Thursday, 05 February 2026 14:59
In this episode of Space Minds, Mike Gruss sits down with a panel of experts at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center to discuss the future of the United States […]
A presidential greeting ahead of Sophie Adenot's first spaceflight
Thursday, 05 February 2026 14:55
ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher joined French President Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace for an event celebrating the first spaceflight of ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot.
Deep space, dim objects: Why asteroid mining caught the Space Force’s eye
Thursday, 05 February 2026 14:00
Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy said the Space Force is taking a closer look at companies developing technologies to mine asteroids.
Satellite servicing startup Starfish taps Quindar for mission operations software
Thursday, 05 February 2026 13:30
Quindar’s software aims to cut cost and complexity of satellite ground operations
Voyager Technologies and Max Space partner on lunar infrastructure
Thursday, 05 February 2026 13:12
Einstein effect clears planets from tight double star systems
Thursday, 05 February 2026 13:01
Of the more than 4,500 stars known to have planets, one puzzling statistic stands out. Even though nearly all stars are expected to have planets and most stars form in pairs, planets that orbit both stars in a pair are rare.
Of the more than 6,000 extrasolar planets, or exoplanets, confirmed to date - most of them found by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope and the Transiting Exoplanet Survey S Why Modern Game Engines Struggle with Real Interstellar Combat Physics
Thursday, 05 February 2026 13:01
Your favorite space sim lies to you every single time you hit the throttle. Developers prioritize "fun" over "physics" because actual interstellar combat involves math that would melt your brain and your GPU simultaneously BlackSky expands Gen 3 Assured deals with new defense customer
Thursday, 05 February 2026 13:01
BlackSky Technology Inc. has secured multiple Gen 3 Assured services contracts totaling seven figures with a new international defense customer following an early access period for the capability. The company reports that the expansion agreements signal a rapid shift by the customer toward advanced space-based dynamic monitoring as they scale to support time-sensitive tactical intelligence, surv Survey of 80 near Earth asteroids sharpens view of their origins and risks
Thursday, 05 February 2026 13:01
Near Earth asteroids are small bodies whose orbits cross or come close to Earth, making them key tracers of Solar System formation and evolution as well as potential impact hazards for our planet.
An international team led by researchers at the Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has completed a one year observing campaign to better classify these objects. From Octobe