Laser timing tech sharpens black hole radio views
Monday, 19 January 2026 08:56
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 19, 2026
Radio telescopes capture faint radio signals from space and convert them into images of distant celestial objects, but resolving black holes sharply requires many instruments to observe in perfect synchrony as if they were a single giant dish.
To meet this challenge, a KAIST led collaboration has implemented a reference signal system that sends an optical frequency comb laser directly into
Radio telescopes capture faint radio signals from space and convert them into images of distant celestial objects, but resolving black holes sharply requires many instruments to observe in perfect synchrony as if they were a single giant dish.
To meet this challenge, a KAIST led collaboration has implemented a reference signal system that sends an optical frequency comb laser directly into Hidden magma oceans could shield rocky exoplanets from harmful radiation
Monday, 19 January 2026 08:56
Rochester NY (SPX) Jan 19, 2026
Deep beneath the surface of distant exoplanets known as super-earths, oceans of molten rock may be doing something extraordinary: powering magnetic fields strong enough to shield entire planets from dangerous cosmic radiation and other harmful high-energy particles.
Earth's magnetic field is generated by movement in its liquid iron outer core - a process known as a dynamo - but larger rock
Deep beneath the surface of distant exoplanets known as super-earths, oceans of molten rock may be doing something extraordinary: powering magnetic fields strong enough to shield entire planets from dangerous cosmic radiation and other harmful high-energy particles.
Earth's magnetic field is generated by movement in its liquid iron outer core - a process known as a dynamo - but larger rock Iron bar of hot plasma revealed inside Ring Nebula
Monday, 19 January 2026 08:56
London, UK (SPX) Jan 19, 2026
Astronomers using a powerful new multi-object spectrograph on the William Herschel Telescope have uncovered a previously unknown bar-shaped cloud of ionised iron inside the famous Ring Nebula. The structure, described in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, stretches across the inner region of the nebula and contains a mass of iron atoms comparable to the mass of Mars.
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Astronomers using a powerful new multi-object spectrograph on the William Herschel Telescope have uncovered a previously unknown bar-shaped cloud of ionised iron inside the famous Ring Nebula. The structure, described in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, stretches across the inner region of the nebula and contains a mass of iron atoms comparable to the mass of Mars.
The Ri China Sky Eye tracks binary-triggered fast radio burst activity
Monday, 19 January 2026 08:56
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 19, 2026
An international team of astronomers has obtained the first decisive evidence that at least some fast radio bursts originate in binary stellar systems rather than from isolated objects. The work centers on an active repeating fast radio burst source about 2.5 billion light years away that shows a sudden and transient change in its magnetic environment consistent with material expelled from a ste
An international team of astronomers has obtained the first decisive evidence that at least some fast radio bursts originate in binary stellar systems rather than from isolated objects. The work centers on an active repeating fast radio burst source about 2.5 billion light years away that shows a sudden and transient change in its magnetic environment consistent with material expelled from a ste Atomic 6 debris shields selected for Portal Space Systems mission
Monday, 19 January 2026 08:56
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 19, 2026
Atomic-6 has secured a key deployment of its Space Armor tiles as the primary micrometeoroid and orbital debris protection system on an upcoming Portal Space Systems spacecraft that will fly on SpaceX's Transporter 18 rideshare mission in October 2026 aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. The flight will mark the first operational orbital deployment of Space Armor tiles, moving the material from earlier tes
Atomic-6 has secured a key deployment of its Space Armor tiles as the primary micrometeoroid and orbital debris protection system on an upcoming Portal Space Systems spacecraft that will fly on SpaceX's Transporter 18 rideshare mission in October 2026 aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. The flight will mark the first operational orbital deployment of Space Armor tiles, moving the material from earlier tes China lofts AlSat 3A imaging craft for Algeria
Monday, 19 January 2026 08:56
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 19, 2026
China has launched a Long March 2C rocket carrying a remote sensing satellite for Algeria, extending long running space cooperation between the two countries.
The two stage launcher lifted off at 12:01 pm local time from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region and placed the AlSat 3A spacecraft into its planned orbit.
Project contractor China Great
China has launched a Long March 2C rocket carrying a remote sensing satellite for Algeria, extending long running space cooperation between the two countries.
The two stage launcher lifted off at 12:01 pm local time from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region and placed the AlSat 3A spacecraft into its planned orbit.
Project contractor China Great Keck backed team advances first graviton detector concept
Monday, 19 January 2026 08:56
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 19, 2026
Modern physics faces a deep inconsistency between quantum theory, which explains nature using discrete particles and interactions, and general relativity, which describes gravity as a smooth curvature of space and time. For gravity to fit into a unified quantum framework, it must be mediated by particles called gravitons, but detecting even a single graviton was long considered fundamentally imp
Modern physics faces a deep inconsistency between quantum theory, which explains nature using discrete particles and interactions, and general relativity, which describes gravity as a smooth curvature of space and time. For gravity to fit into a unified quantum framework, it must be mediated by particles called gravitons, but detecting even a single graviton was long considered fundamentally imp ExoAnalytic tools to power FireSat wildfire monitoring constellation
Monday, 19 January 2026 08:56
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 19, 2026
ExoAnalytic Solutions Inc. has been selected to develop advanced software and visualization tools for the Earth Fire Alliance FireSat program, an emerging satellite constellation designed specifically to serve the global wildfire community. The company, which focuses on space and defense technologies, will provide capabilities aimed at improving how FireSat data is presented and used by frontlin
ExoAnalytic Solutions Inc. has been selected to develop advanced software and visualization tools for the Earth Fire Alliance FireSat program, an emerging satellite constellation designed specifically to serve the global wildfire community. The company, which focuses on space and defense technologies, will provide capabilities aimed at improving how FireSat data is presented and used by frontlin How to prevent charge buildup in a lunar rover
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Eutelsat signs OneWeb launch deal with MaiaSpace
Sunday, 18 January 2026 16:12
Eutelsat has signed an agreement with French startup MaiaSpace to launch some of its OneWeb replenishment satellites.
NASA moves moon rocket to launch pad ahead of Artemis 2 mission
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SLS/Orion rolls to pad for Artemis 2
Saturday, 17 January 2026 17:09
NASA’s Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft rolled to the launch pad for the Artemis 2 mission Jan.
NASA's new moon rocket heads to the pad ahead of astronaut launch as early as February
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NASA's new moon rocket moves to the pad ahead of astronaut launch as early as February
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White House resubmits NASA deputy administrator nominee
Saturday, 17 January 2026 10:39
The White House has resubmitted a nomination for NASA deputy administrator but is seeking a new nominee for the agency’s chief financial officer.
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