There’s no end in sight for a space ‘nuclear renaissance’
Tuesday, 13 January 2026 15:00
A quarter-century in orbit: Science shaping life on Earth and beyond
Tuesday, 13 January 2026 14:02?️
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PH-1 test flight advances Chinese reusable suborbital spacecraft plans
Tuesday, 13 January 2026 13:50
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 13, 2026
A Chinese suborbital spacecraft designed for reusable operations and future space tourism has completed a key test flight, marking a new step in the country's commercial space ambitions.
The vehicle, designated PH-1, is developed by Beijing-based commercial aerospace company CAS Space and is intended to support low cost scientific experiments in microgravity as well as pave the way for pas
A Chinese suborbital spacecraft designed for reusable operations and future space tourism has completed a key test flight, marking a new step in the country's commercial space ambitions.
The vehicle, designated PH-1, is developed by Beijing-based commercial aerospace company CAS Space and is intended to support low cost scientific experiments in microgravity as well as pave the way for pas Tiny Mars' big impact on Earth's climate
Tuesday, 13 January 2026 13:50
Riverside, CA (SPX) Jan 12, 2026
At half the size of Earth and one-tenth its mass, Mars is a featherweight as far as planets go. And yet, new research reveals the extent to which Mars is quietly tugging on Earth's orbit and shaping the cycles that drive long-term climate patterns here, including ice ages.
Stephen Kane, a professor of planetary astrophysics at UC Riverside, began this project with doubts about recent studi
At half the size of Earth and one-tenth its mass, Mars is a featherweight as far as planets go. And yet, new research reveals the extent to which Mars is quietly tugging on Earth's orbit and shaping the cycles that drive long-term climate patterns here, including ice ages.
Stephen Kane, a professor of planetary astrophysics at UC Riverside, began this project with doubts about recent studi Ancient impact may explain moons contrasting sides
Tuesday, 13 January 2026 13:50
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 13, 2026
For decades scientists have puzzled over why the moons two hemispheres look so different despite sharing a common origin in the early solar system.
The near side that always faces Earth is dominated by dark flat volcanic plains called maria that create the familiar man in the moon pattern seen with the naked eye. In contrast the far side has a much thicker crust and appears as a rugged hea
For decades scientists have puzzled over why the moons two hemispheres look so different despite sharing a common origin in the early solar system.
The near side that always faces Earth is dominated by dark flat volcanic plains called maria that create the familiar man in the moon pattern seen with the naked eye. In contrast the far side has a much thicker crust and appears as a rugged hea Ancient deltas reveal vast Martian ocean across northern hemisphere
Tuesday, 13 January 2026 13:50
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 13, 2026
Using high resolution images from several Mars orbiters, an international team led by the University of Bern has identified a system of fan deltas in southeast Coprates Chasma that record the highest stand of an ancient ocean in Mars Valles Marineris. The geomorphologic structures, preserved today as scarp fronted deposits near the lower end of the canyon system, closely resemble classic river d
Using high resolution images from several Mars orbiters, an international team led by the University of Bern has identified a system of fan deltas in southeast Coprates Chasma that record the highest stand of an ancient ocean in Mars Valles Marineris. The geomorphologic structures, preserved today as scarp fronted deposits near the lower end of the canyon system, closely resemble classic river d Iron rich asteroids show surprising resilience in impact simulation study
Tuesday, 13 January 2026 13:50
London, UK (SPX) Jan 08, 2026
Physicists at the University of Oxford have contributed to a new experimental study that shows iron rich asteroids can withstand far more energy than previously estimated before breaking apart. The work provides direct insight into how metallic asteroid material behaves under impact like conditions and could help refine planetary defense strategies.
Recent demonstration missions such as NA
Physicists at the University of Oxford have contributed to a new experimental study that shows iron rich asteroids can withstand far more energy than previously estimated before breaking apart. The work provides direct insight into how metallic asteroid material behaves under impact like conditions and could help refine planetary defense strategies.
Recent demonstration missions such as NA Bright supernova offers new view of black hole birth
Tuesday, 13 January 2026 13:50
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 13, 2026
What astronomers know about the birth of a black hole has long mirrored the objects themselves, tending to be dark, difficult to observe, and seemingly quiet despite their immense gravitational influence. Stellar mass black holes form in the final gravitational collapse of massive stars with several tens of the mass of the Sun, and these heavyweights were thought not to produce bright supernova
What astronomers know about the birth of a black hole has long mirrored the objects themselves, tending to be dark, difficult to observe, and seemingly quiet despite their immense gravitational influence. Stellar mass black holes form in the final gravitational collapse of massive stars with several tens of the mass of the Sun, and these heavyweights were thought not to produce bright supernova Mixed crystal phase of superionic water mapped inside giant planets
Tuesday, 13 January 2026 13:50
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 13, 2026
Temperatures of several thousand degrees Celsius and pressures of millions of atmospheres drive water into a superionic state in which hydrogen ions move freely through a solid lattice of oxygen atoms. In this exotic phase, which forms only under extreme conditions, water behaves like a hybrid of solid and liquid and shows very high electrical conductivity.
Because this phase can efficient
Temperatures of several thousand degrees Celsius and pressures of millions of atmospheres drive water into a superionic state in which hydrogen ions move freely through a solid lattice of oxygen atoms. In this exotic phase, which forms only under extreme conditions, water behaves like a hybrid of solid and liquid and shows very high electrical conductivity.
Because this phase can efficient Pandora exoplanet mission checks in after launch
Tuesday, 13 January 2026 13:50
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 13, 2026
NASA mission controllers have acquired full signal from the agency's Pandora small satellite, confirming the health and initial operations of the exoplanet observatory following launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Jan. 11, 2026.
The spacecraft rode to orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4 East, sharing the flight with the Star-Planet Activity Re
NASA mission controllers have acquired full signal from the agency's Pandora small satellite, confirming the health and initial operations of the exoplanet observatory following launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Jan. 11, 2026.
The spacecraft rode to orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4 East, sharing the flight with the Star-Planet Activity Re Jet from galaxy black hole drives vast stream of super heated gas into space
Tuesday, 13 January 2026 13:50
Irvine, United States (SPX) Jan 08, 2026
University of California Irvine astronomers have reported the discovery of the largest known stream of super heated gas in the universe flowing out of a nearby spiral galaxy called VV 340a. The team describes the finding, made with data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and other facilities, in the journal Science under the identifier 10.1126/science.adp8989.
The observations show sup
University of California Irvine astronomers have reported the discovery of the largest known stream of super heated gas in the universe flowing out of a nearby spiral galaxy called VV 340a. The team describes the finding, made with data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and other facilities, in the journal Science under the identifier 10.1126/science.adp8989.
The observations show sup China outlines mega constellations in ITU satellite filings
Tuesday, 13 January 2026 13:50
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 13, 2026
China has submitted plans for more than 200,000 satellites to the International Telecommunication Union, underscoring a drive to secure orbital positions and radio spectrum as global competition for low Earth orbit intensifies. The applications on the ITU website cover more than a dozen planned satellite constellations, with individual networks ranging from a few dozen spacecraft to systems appr
China has submitted plans for more than 200,000 satellites to the International Telecommunication Union, underscoring a drive to secure orbital positions and radio spectrum as global competition for low Earth orbit intensifies. The applications on the ITU website cover more than a dozen planned satellite constellations, with individual networks ranging from a few dozen spacecraft to systems appr Spaceflight causes astronauts' brains to shift, stretch and compress in microgravity
Tuesday, 13 January 2026 13:10?️
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Turion Space Corp. Acquires Tychee Research Group to Accelerate Autonomous Space Operations and Mission Engineering
Tuesday, 13 January 2026 13:00
Space Force wants competition. Satellite makers want stability.
Tuesday, 13 January 2026 13:00
Behind the rhetoric about competition and innovation, not everyone is convinced SDA’s approach is a win-win