Hubble, Euclid & Subaru uncover dark galaxy
Wednesday, 18 February 2026 14:00
Employing NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope in combination with ESA Euclid and ground-based NAOJ Subaru Telescope, astronomers identified a galaxy that appears to be almost entirely dominated by dark matter with only a smattering of stars. The galaxy, known as Candidate Dark Galaxy-2 (CDG-2), appears to contain just four globular star clusters (compared to the Milky Way’s 150-plus), and dimly shines with the light of only about 1 million Suns.
Why GPS III, and what comes after it, still falls short in modern war
Wednesday, 18 February 2026 13:00
With the final GPS III satellite scheduled to launch in March, the United States is completing the most significant upgrade to its positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) infrastructure in more than a decade.
Revealed: 10 new insights in climate science
Wednesday, 18 February 2026 12:00
Each year, the world’s leading climate scientists evaluate the most critical evidence on how our planet is changing. Their assessments draw heavily on data from Earth-observing satellites – and the latest report delivers a stark warning: the planet’s energy balance is drifting further out of alignment, ocean warming is now accelerating, and the land’s capacity to absorb carbon is declining, along with other troubling trends.
Vantor partners with Google AI to automate intelligence reports for government agencies
Wednesday, 18 February 2026 12:00
Satellite imagery-to-report timelines would be reduced from hours to minutes
Exolaunch to deploy five satellites on Spectrum mission from Norway
Wednesday, 18 February 2026 11:37
Exolaunch has completed integration of five customer satellites for launch on Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket, scheduled no earlier than March 19, 2026 from Andoya spaceport in Norway. The mission, branded 'Onward and Upward,' represents the second flight of Spectrum and a key step toward strengthening German and European sovereign access to orbit.
The Berlin-based company is providing la Sateliot books Spanish Miura 5 launch for two next gen Trito satellites in 2027
Wednesday, 18 February 2026 11:37
Sateliot and PLD Space have signed a commercial contract for the dedicated launch of Sateliot's first two Trito next generation 5G direct to device satellites on a Miura 5 rocket in 2027. The agreement covers placing both satellites, each with a mass of about 160 kilograms, into low Earth orbit on a mission operated entirely by PLD Space.
The deal is described as the first fully private Sp Australian hypersonic test flight window announced
Wednesday, 18 February 2026 11:37
Australian hypersonic flight developer Hypersonix Launch Systems has set the launch window for a landmark test of its DART AE scramjet-powered vehicle, moving the company a step closer to sustained hypersonic flight in operational conditions.
Founded in 2019, Hypersonix is developing a new class of autonomous hypersonic aircraft designed to deliver sustained flight at extreme speed, range 'Unprecedented' emissions maps will hone mitigation
Wednesday, 18 February 2026 11:37
To lower agricultural emissions, policymakers and communities first need to pinpoint the sources. Not just by country but crop by crop, field by field. In other words, they need maps. Detailed maps.
In a study published Feb. 13 in Nature Climate Change, researchers have synthesized data from multiple ground sources and models to map global cropland emissions at high resolution - down to ab Deep sea wrinkles reveal ancient chemosynthetic microbes
Wednesday, 18 February 2026 11:37
A chance observation on a Moroccan hillside has revealed that some wrinkled rock textures from the deep sea may actually be fossilized microbial communities, not just products of underwater landslides. While hiking in 2016, University of Texas at Austin geologist Rowan Martindale noticed a slab of sedimentary rock with a distinctive wrinkled surface that looked like classic microbial mat fossils SpaceX unveils space traffic management system
Wednesday, 18 February 2026 11:10
A new SpaceX initiative to provide space traffic coordination services has attracted attention and praise in part because of the conditions it places on users of it.
UK caps launch liability in timely boost for nascent domestic market
Wednesday, 18 February 2026 11:00
A long-awaited cap on liability for U.K. launch operators came into force Feb.
Landspace targets Q2 for next Zhuque-3 orbital launch and recovery attempt
Wednesday, 18 February 2026 10:45
Chinese commercial launch firm Landspace is targeting Q2 for a second orbital launch and booster recovery attempt and aiming for a reuse test in Q4.
NASA hopes fuel leaks are fixed as it launches another countdown test for the Artemis II moonshot
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Simera Sense to offer larger cameras and enhanced autonomy
Tuesday, 17 February 2026 22:24
SAN FRANCISCO – After attracting cubesat customers, Belgium-based Simera Sense is developing higher-resolution optical payloads for larger satellites.
China’s Space Epoch raises new funding, targets 2026 launch and recovery attempt
Tuesday, 17 February 2026 16:44