Seismic networks offer new way to track space junk reentering atmosphere
Monday, 26 January 2026 05:55
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 Johns Hopkins University and Imperial College London have now shown that existing networks of earthquake detecting seismometers can also detect and track falling space junk in near real time, offering Solar Orbiter spots magnetic avalanches driving major solar flare
Monday, 26 January 2026 05:55
Just as avalanches on snowy mountains begin with the motion of a small amount of snow, Solar Orbiter has revealed that a powerful solar flare can start from initially weak magnetic disturbances that rapidly escalate into a large-scale eruption.
During a close approach to the Sun on 30 September 2024, the ESA-led Solar Orbiter spacecraft captured one of its most detailed views yet of a larg Sulfur ring molecule in galactic cloud links space chemistry to life
Monday, 26 January 2026 05:55
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, working with colleagues at the Centro de Astrobiologia in Spain, have identified the largest sulfur-bearing molecule yet seen in interstellar space. The compound, 2,5-cyclohexadiene-1-thione (C6H6S), was detected in the molecular cloud G+0.693-0.027 near the center of the Milky Way, about 27,000 light years from Earth. With a Starfighters completes key wind tunnel campaign for STARLAUNCH 1 air launch vehicle
Monday, 26 January 2026 05:55
Starfighters Space Inc has completed a dedicated wind tunnel campaign for its STARLAUNCH 1 air launched rocket, marking a key technical milestone in the development of the sub orbital vehicle. The program focused on validating how the rocket separates from the companys supersonic aircraft platform under a range of flight conditions.
The test series examined STARLAUNCH 1 separation behavior Electron ordering mapped in quantum material with cryogenic 4D-STEM
Monday, 26 January 2026 05:55
Electronic order in quantum materials often arises through intricate, non-uniform patterns that shift across space. A well-known example is the charge density wave (CDW), an ordered electronic state that forms periodic patterns at low temperatures. Although CDWs have been studied for decades, directly observing how their strength and spatial coherence evolve through a phase transition has remain Heavy impurities reveal new link in quantum matter theory
Monday, 26 January 2026 05:55
A new theoretical framework from physicists at Heidelberg University connects two long standing views of how a single exotic particle behaves inside a quantum many body system of fermions. The work unifies descriptions of an impurity that moves through a Fermi sea and an impurity that is so heavy it is effectively fixed in place.
In the standard quasiparticle picture, a lone electron or at It started with a cat: How 100 years of quantum weirdness powers today's tech
Monday, 26 January 2026 05:55
A hundred years ago, quantum mechanics was a radical theory that baffled even the brightest minds. Today, it's the backbone of technologies that shape our lives, from lasers and microchips to quantum computers and secure communications.
In a sweeping new perspective published in Science, Dr. Marlan Scully, a university distinguished professor at Texas A and M University, traces the journey Golden Dome is forcing the Pentagon to confront missile defense economics
Sunday, 25 January 2026 14:47
Gen. Michael Guetlein says deterrence hinges less on exquisite technology than on cost, production scale and industrial execution
NASA and DOE to collaborate on lunar nuclear reactor development
Saturday, 24 January 2026 23:24
Space Beyond lines up 2027 SpaceX launch for low-cost memorial cubesat
Friday, 23 January 2026 16:42
From lunar nights to Martian dust storms: Why batteries struggle in space
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Former astronaut joins Vast as Haven-1 moves into integration
Friday, 23 January 2026 13:47
Commercial space station developer Vast has hired another former NASA astronaut as the company delays the launch of its first station.
Ignis mission timelapses: Earth and Moon views from the International Space Station
Friday, 23 January 2026 12:00
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ESA project astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski captured these stunning timelapse videos during his 20-day stay aboard the International Space Station as part of Axiom Mission 4, known as Ignis. Filmed from the Cupola – the Space Station’s iconic seven-windowed observation module – the footage showcases breathtaking views of Earth and the Moon from orbit.
Launched on 25 June 2025 aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, Sławosz conducted 13 experiments proposed by Polish institutions in collaboration with ESA, plus three ESA-led investigations. These spanned human research, materials science, biology, biotechnology and technology demonstrations.
The Ax-4 mission marks the second commercial human spaceflight
Launch operators are the rocket fuel required to galvanize spaceports in Europe
Friday, 23 January 2026 12:00
Europe stands on the precipice of launching a satellite from the mainland.
House appropriator sees ‘room for improvement’ in NASA funding for 2027
Friday, 23 January 2026 11:48
With the fiscal year 2026 appropriations process effectively complete, a key House appropriator says the next spending bill for NASA should build on that outcome.