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Paris, France (SPX) Nov 27, 2025
Electric discharges have been detected inside dust devils and dust storms on Mars for the first time, using sound recordings from the SuperCam microphone on NASAs Perseverance rover. Scientists from CNRS, Universite de Toulouse and Observatoire de Paris PSL analysed these signals and identified them as the acoustic and electromagnetic signatures of electrical activity within Martian dust events.

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 28, 2025
An institute in Beijing plans to launch its first high-computing-power experimental satellites by late 2025 or early 2026 as part of a wider effort to move intensive data processing into orbit while easing pressure on power and land resources on the ground. Zhang Shancong, director of the Beijing Astro-future Institute of Space Technology and chief scientist at Beijing Orbit Twilight Techn

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 28, 2025
Scientists using the GREGOR solar telescope in Tenerife have obtained a rare series of high resolution observations of the active region NOAA 14274, a sunspot group that generated two X class solar flares and several fast coronal mass ejections in November 2025. The team followed the evolution of the Suns most flare productive region of the year and linked the eruptions to auroras seen on Earth

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 28, 2025
SSC has introduced SSC Go, a ground segment service built around a global network of 4 meter class antennas operating in S band, X band and Ka band for Low Earth Orbit missions. The service targets operators of small satellites and constellations that require frequent contact opportunities and rapid data return from spacecraft. Through SSC Go, customers can access a set of ground stations

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 28, 2025
ICEYE has placed five new Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites into orbit, extending its commercial constellation and adding spacecraft for several national customers. The satellites rode to space on SpaceX's Transporter-15 rideshare mission launched on November 26, 2025, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, after integration by Exolaunch. Each spacecraft has established communic

Paris, France (SPX) Nov 28, 2025
European Space Agency member states have approved 955 million euros for the agency's Space Safety programme for the next three years, about 30 percent more than the previous funding level and above the amount requested in the CM25 proposal. The allocation represents roughly 4 percent of ESA's total budget over the same period and fully finances the programme's planned activities, including the R

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 04, 2025
Chinese researchers have used a self-developed next generation Mars general circulation model, known as GoMars, to carry out a comprehensive simulation of the Martian dust cycle spanning 50 Martian years. The work aims to capture how airborne dust evolves over time and to provide a basis for more reliable Martian weather forecasts and climate projections. The team at the Institute of Atmos

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 04, 2025
LandSpace has begun a detailed analysis of its first Zhuque-3 (ZQ 3) orbital test after the reusable rocket's booster was lost during an attempted landing, even as the mission's upper stage reached its planned orbit. The flight, conducted from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, marked China's first orbital-class launch attempt with a stainless-steel methane-fueled vehicle designed from the out

Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 04, 2025
NASA's Perseverance rover has directly detected tiny electrical sparks and associated shock waves inside Martian dust devils, confirming that the Red Planet's ubiquitous whirlwinds can generate "mini-lightning" through charged dust. Using the SuperCam instrument's microphone and electromagnetic sensors, the team identified brief crackles and pressure spikes that reveal triboelectric discharges o