Blue Origin advances Blue Ring spacecraft toward 2026 national security mission
Friday, 21 November 2025 22:47
The company is pitching Blue Ring as a workhorse for military missions that demand aggressive maneuvering in orbit
Think tank urges Europe to scale up space-based data center efforts
Friday, 21 November 2025 21:32
Europe must move quickly to craft a large-scale strategy for space-based data centers or risk ceding a potential pillar of future digital infrastructure to global competitors, according to the European Space Policy Institute.
Finland’s Iceye secures Japanese contract as it advances international expansion, new satellite ranges
Friday, 21 November 2025 20:15
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The European Space Agency's Ministerial Council – more formally Council at Ministerial level – takes place in Bremen, Germany on 26 and 27 November 2025.
How mega-constellations are learning to manage themselves
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ESA unveils Thales Alenia Space-led consortium for its Argonaut lunar lander
Friday, 21 November 2025 15:45
Week in images: 17-21 November 2025
Friday, 21 November 2025 13:15
Week in images: 17-21 November 2025
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Good to go – Let's Smile (episode 4)
Friday, 21 November 2025 12:30
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Smile is a brand-new space mission currently in the making. It will study how Earth responds to the solar wind and solar storms.
At the European Space Agency’s technical heart in the Netherlands, engineers have taken Smile through the final steps of testing and past its qualification and flight acceptance review – confirming that it is ready for launch in spring 2026.
This video let’s viewers peek into the testing and review process. It is the fourth episode in a series of short videos, and includes interviews with David Agnolon (ESA Smile Project Manager), Xia Jiayi (CAS Thermal
With two launches in the books, Blue Origin announces even more powerful New Glenn is coming
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A new angle of study for unveiling black hole secrets
Friday, 21 November 2025 08:30
An international collaboration of physicists including researchers at Washington University in St. Louis has made measurements to better understand how matter falls into black holes and how enormous amounts of energy and light are released in the process.
The scientists pointed a balloon-borne telescope called XL-Calibur at a black hole, Cygnus X-1, located about 7,000 light-years from Ear Water production on exoplanets revealed by pressure experiments
Friday, 21 November 2025 08:30
Researchers led by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory postdoctoral scientist Harrison Horn have demonstrated a pathway for producing water on sub-Neptune exoplanets. The team recreated the boundary conditions between hydrogen atmospheres and magma cores using a laser-heated diamond-anvil cell.
Horn stated, "Our experiments are the first to look at interactions between hydrogen and sili How smarter satellite teamwork can speed up connections in space
Friday, 21 November 2025 08:30
Low Earth orbit (LEO) mega-constellations are rapidly changing how we connect to the world, offering potential for faster communications, more accurate earth observation, and better disaster forecasting. Unlike previous, smaller satellite configurations, these mega-constellations involve thousands of satellites operating together, creating huge challenges for ground-based controllers struggling NASA's X-59 soars on historic first flight, marks breakthrough for quiet supersonic travel
Friday, 21 November 2025 08:30
After years of design, development, and testing, NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took to the skies for the first time Oct. 28, marking a historic moment for aeronautics research and the agency's Quesst mission.
The X-59, designed to fly at supersonic speeds and reduce the sound of loud sonic booms to quieter sonic thumps, took off at 11:14 a.m. EDT and flew for 67 minutes. T New satellites boost China's orbital technology capabilities
Friday, 21 November 2025 08:30
China launched three multifunctional satellites into orbit on Wednesday using a Long March 2C carrier rocket, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp (CASC). Designated Shijian 30A, 30B, and 30C, the satellites were successfully placed into their intended orbits following liftoff from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region. This operation ext