Japan and Australia Are Building a Defense Industrial Partnership — Here’s What It Actually Means for Indo-Pacific Security
Thursday, 09 April 2026 12:39
The Japan-Australia defense partnership that took another step forward in Tokyo in early April is not merely a deepening friendship between two U.S. allies. It is the most advanced example of a new model emerging in the Indo-Pacific: middle powers building autonomous defense industrial linkages designed to function even if the United States is stretched […]
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Moon joy, Earth love
Thursday, 09 April 2026 12:32
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Orion and its European Service Module bringing the crew around the Moon and back to Earth Researchers who tracked people’s moods five times a day for two weeks found that social media use was a cause of unhappiness, not a symptom of it
Thursday, 09 April 2026 12:09
Real-time mood tracking by Yale researchers is revealing that social media use precedes emotional deterioration in teenagers, not the other way around, while Meta's own buried research shows parental controls don't curb compulsive use.
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What returning to lunar space means for human health
Thursday, 09 April 2026 12:00
Preparing to send astronauts back to the moon is no small feat.
Portal Space Systems raises $50 million to accelerate spacecraft development
Thursday, 09 April 2026 12:00
Space mobility company Portal Space Systems has raised $50 million to scale up development of its highly maneuverable spacecraft.
Lebanon’s Fragile Truce Hangs by a Thread as Israeli Strikes Kill Seven More
Thursday, 09 April 2026 11:08
Israeli air strikes killed at least seven people in the southern Lebanese town of Abbassiyeh on Thursday, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency, as fighting intensified barely a day after a US-Iran ceasefire was supposed to halt hostilities across the region. The strikes were not an accident or an oversight. They reveal a ceasefire deliberately […]
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Pointing in the (b)right direction
Thursday, 09 April 2026 11:00
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Pointing in the (b)right direction The $8 Billion GPS Ground System That Never Worked — And the Quiet Decision to Route Around It
Thursday, 09 April 2026 10:38
The U.S. Space Force has reportedly awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to manage ground control operations for the next generation of GPS satellites, a decision that amounts to an institutional admission: the Pentagon’s long-troubled OCX program cannot do the job it was built to do. The award covers launch, early orbit, and disposal operations for […]
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Space Force taps 14 firms for $1.8 billion GEO surveillance program
Thursday, 09 April 2026 10:26
The companies will compete for contracts to build ‘neighborhood watch’ satellites
Adults who lost their hobbies didn’t just lose a pastime. They lost the only place where time disappeared and they felt like themselves.
Thursday, 09 April 2026 10:08
Adults who abandon their hobbies don't just lose a pleasant distraction — they lose access to flow states, temporal landmarks, and the only space in their lives where they existed outside their obligations, with measurable consequences for identity and mental health.
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Albedo prepares second VLEO mission for 2027 launch
Thursday, 09 April 2026 10:00
SAN FRANCISCO – Albedo, the former Earth-observation startup now focused on satellite manufacturing, announced plans April 9 to send its second spacecraft into very low-Earth orbit (VLEO).
'Chills': Artemis astronauts say lunar flyby still washing over them
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Lockheed Martin wins $105 million contract for GPS ground control system as OCX winds down
Thursday, 09 April 2026 09:26
The contract supports next-generation GPS IIIF satellites through 2030
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Artemis crew's families enthralled by messages from space
Thursday, 09 April 2026 09:10We’re checking your connection to prevent automated abuse
The complete story of Voyager’s interstellar mission: how two spacecraft built in the 1970s are still rewriting what we know about the edge of the solar system
Thursday, 09 April 2026 09:08
In November 2026, Voyager 1 will reach one light-day from Earth, a milestone that highlights both the astonishing endurance of 1970s engineering and the vast distances that still separate humanity from true interstellar travel.
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