This exotic form of ice just got weirder
Monday, 12 January 2026 08:57
Researchers hoped to clarify the boundaries between different types of superionic water - the hot, black ice believed to exist at the core of giant ice planets. Instead, they found multiple atomic stacking patterns coexisting in overlapping configurations never seen before in this phase of water.
Superionic water - the hot, black and strangely conductive form of ice that exists in the cent China files ITU paperwork for megaconstellations totaling nearly 200,000 satellites
Monday, 12 January 2026 08:21
Kepler network to link OroraTech sensors for Earth monitoring
Sunday, 11 January 2026 21:53
MILAN — OroraTech has entered a multi-year partnership with Kepler to supply thermal sensors for Kepler’s new optical communications constellation.
NASA astrophysics, commercial satellites launch on SpaceX rideshare mission
Sunday, 11 January 2026 15:24
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched a trio of NASA astrophysics small satellites along with dozens of commercial spacecraft on a rideshare mission Jan.
Crew-11 to make early return Jan. 15
Saturday, 10 January 2026 20:46
NASA plans to return four astronauts from the ISS to Earth early Jan.
FCC approves 7,500 additional Starlink satellites
Saturday, 10 January 2026 16:18
The FCC approved a second tranche of 7,500 Starlink Gen2 satellites Jan.
Space Force awards $739 million in launch orders to SpaceX
Saturday, 10 January 2026 16:13
SpaceX sweeps nine national security missions for SDA and NRO under NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1
Pandora, a keen-eyed satellite built to study exoplanets, readies for launch
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NASA says targeting ISS medical evacuation for January 14
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Pentagon chief takes ‘Arsenal of Freedom’ tour to Rocket Lab
Friday, 09 January 2026 21:44
Pete Hegseth praises U.S.
Landspace secures launch contracts for China’s megaconstellation projects
Friday, 09 January 2026 16:32
Commercial launch startup Landspace has secured formal contracts to launch satellites for China’s two main megaconstellation projects, helping to address a launch capacity bottleneck.
SpaceX targets afternoon launch of 2nd Space Coast mission of 2026
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Week in images: 05-09 January 2026
Friday, 09 January 2026 13:15
Week in images: 05-09 January 2026
Discover our week through the lens
The Space Force will acquire and integrate systems faster in 2026
Friday, 09 January 2026 13:00
At the beginning of 2026, it’s worth reflecting on the U.S.
Barred spiral galaxy spotted 11.5 billion years in the past
Friday, 09 January 2026 12:29
Research led by Daniel Ivanov, a physics and astronomy graduate student in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh, has identified a contender for one of the earliest known spiral galaxies containing a stellar bar, a structure that plays a role in how galaxies evolve. The system, designated COSMOS-74706, appears as a barred spiral galaxy from a time wh