NASA to test commercial robotic arm in orbit to advance in space construction
Tuesday, 09 December 2025 11:37
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 08, 2025
NASA and industry partners will fly and operate a commercial robotic arm in low Earth orbit through the Fly Foundational Robots mission set to launch in late 2027. This mission will support development of in space operations that are needed for long duration human activities away from Earth and will help grow a commercial robotics sector that future science and exploration missions can use.
NASA and industry partners will fly and operate a commercial robotic arm in low Earth orbit through the Fly Foundational Robots mission set to launch in late 2027. This mission will support development of in space operations that are needed for long duration human activities away from Earth and will help grow a commercial robotics sector that future science and exploration missions can use. Space debris looms over Google's ambitious orbital AI data center plan
Tuesday, 09 December 2025 11:37
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Dec 08, 2025
The rapid growth of artificial intelligence and cloud services is driving an enormous appetite for computing power, and with it, a surge in electricity demand from data centers that can rival the needs of tens of thousands of homes or even a small city. To ease that strain, some technology leaders are turning their attention to space, where sunlight is abundant and continuous, and where solar-po
The rapid growth of artificial intelligence and cloud services is driving an enormous appetite for computing power, and with it, a surge in electricity demand from data centers that can rival the needs of tens of thousands of homes or even a small city. To ease that strain, some technology leaders are turning their attention to space, where sunlight is abundant and continuous, and where solar-po Muon Space to develop sensor payload for missile defense satellites
Tuesday, 09 December 2025 11:11
The company is adapting commercial thermal-sensing tech for military applications
Space-based solar power startup Aetherflux enters orbital data center race
Tuesday, 09 December 2025 11:04
Space-based solar power startup Aetherflux has thrown its hat into the emerging market for orbital data centers, joining SpaceX, Amazon and others exploring ways to move energy-hungry artificial intelligence compute off Earth.
China launches 4 times in 4 days, boosting megaconstellation and surveillance assets
Tuesday, 09 December 2025 10:06
Galileo pre-launch media briefing
Tuesday, 09 December 2025 10:00
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Watch the replay of the media briefing held ahead of the 14th operational launch of the Galileo programme. The briefing covers the mission details for the launch of two Galileo satellites, which are set to lift off on 17 December aboard Ariane 6 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.
Flaring black hole whips up ultra-fast winds
Tuesday, 09 December 2025 07:00
Leading X-ray space telescopes XMM-Newton and XRISM have spotted an extraordinary blast from a supermassive black hole. In a matter of hours, the gravitational monster whipped up powerful winds, flinging material out into space at eye-watering speeds of 60 000 km per second.
Senate committee advances Isaacman nomination a second time
Tuesday, 09 December 2025 04:13
The Senate Commerce Committee advanced the nomination of Jared Isaacman to be NASA administrator to the full Senate in a Dec.
Private capital targets mission-critical software power and platforms in new space economy
Tuesday, 09 December 2025 03:08
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 09, 2025
Axle Point Capital and Balerion Space Ventures are directing new private capital into companies that build core infrastructure for the expanding U.S. space and defense economy, from mission software and guidance systems to deployable microreactors and high-temperature reactors. Axle Point's first transaction is a strategic equity investment in Odyssey Space Research LLC, a flight software and en
Axle Point Capital and Balerion Space Ventures are directing new private capital into companies that build core infrastructure for the expanding U.S. space and defense economy, from mission software and guidance systems to deployable microreactors and high-temperature reactors. Axle Point's first transaction is a strategic equity investment in Odyssey Space Research LLC, a flight software and en Neutron Hungry Hippo fairing completes qualification ahead of first launch
Tuesday, 09 December 2025 03:08
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 09, 2025
Rocket Lab Corporation has qualified the captive Hungry Hippo fairing for its Neutron launch vehicle and is sending the structure to Virginia for integration ahead of the rocket's debut mission. The fairing halves remain attached to Neutron's first stage from liftoff through landing, rather than separating and being discarded or recovered at sea. In flight, the halves open to release the second
Rocket Lab Corporation has qualified the captive Hungry Hippo fairing for its Neutron launch vehicle and is sending the structure to Virginia for integration ahead of the rocket's debut mission. The fairing halves remain attached to Neutron's first stage from liftoff through landing, rather than separating and being discarded or recovered at sea. In flight, the halves open to release the second Record gamma ray burst traced to dusty massive host galaxy
Tuesday, 09 December 2025 03:08
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 09, 2025
Gamma ray bursts rank among the most energetic explosions known, usually flashing and fading within seconds or minutes, but on 2 July 2025 astronomers detected GRB 250702B, a source that produced repeated bursts for over seven hours and now stands as the longest gamma ray burst yet observed. Space based observatories, including NASAs Fermi Gamma ray Space Telescope, first recorded the gamma rays
Gamma ray bursts rank among the most energetic explosions known, usually flashing and fading within seconds or minutes, but on 2 July 2025 astronomers detected GRB 250702B, a source that produced repeated bursts for over seven hours and now stands as the longest gamma ray burst yet observed. Space based observatories, including NASAs Fermi Gamma ray Space Telescope, first recorded the gamma rays Gravitational lens time delays refine Hubble constant
Tuesday, 09 December 2025 03:08
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 09, 2025
Astronomers are testing a new way to measure how fast the universe is expanding by using time delays in gravitationally lensed images of distant quasars, in an effort to clarify the long-standing tension between different measurements of the Hubble constant.
The expansion rate of the universe, known as the Hubble constant, describes how quickly galaxies recede as a function of distance, wi
Astronomers are testing a new way to measure how fast the universe is expanding by using time delays in gravitationally lensed images of distant quasars, in an effort to clarify the long-standing tension between different measurements of the Hubble constant.
The expansion rate of the universe, known as the Hubble constant, describes how quickly galaxies recede as a function of distance, wi Nova images capture complex stellar blast behavior
Tuesday, 09 December 2025 03:08
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 09, 2025
An international group of astronomers led by Texas Tech University assistant professor Elias Aydi published a paper titled Multiple outflows and delayed ejections revealed by early imaging of novae in Nature Astronomy on Dec. 5. The team used interferometry with the Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA) Array in California, combining light from multiple telescopes to obtain the hi
An international group of astronomers led by Texas Tech University assistant professor Elias Aydi published a paper titled Multiple outflows and delayed ejections revealed by early imaging of novae in Nature Astronomy on Dec. 5. The team used interferometry with the Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA) Array in California, combining light from multiple telescopes to obtain the hi New island of inversion found in proton neutron symmetric molybdenum nuclei
Tuesday, 09 December 2025 03:08
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 09, 2025
For decades, nuclear physicists have known that so called islands of inversion mark regions of the nuclear chart where standard shell structure breaks down and magic numbers vanish in favor of strongly deformed shapes. In earlier work these islands were identified mainly in neutron rich isotopes such as beryllium 12 with N = 8, magnesium 32 with N = 20, and chromium 64 with N = 40, all distant f
For decades, nuclear physicists have known that so called islands of inversion mark regions of the nuclear chart where standard shell structure breaks down and magic numbers vanish in favor of strongly deformed shapes. In earlier work these islands were identified mainly in neutron rich isotopes such as beryllium 12 with N = 8, magnesium 32 with N = 20, and chromium 64 with N = 40, all distant f AI advances robot navigation on the International Space Station
Tuesday, 09 December 2025 03:08
Stanford CA (SPX) Dec 09, 2025
Imagine a robot about the size of a toaster floating through the tight corridors of the International Space Station, quietly moving supplies or checking for leaks - all without an astronaut at the controls. Such technology could free up valuable time for astronauts and open new opportunities for robotics-based exploration. That sci-fi vision is coming closer to reality now that Stanford research
Imagine a robot about the size of a toaster floating through the tight corridors of the International Space Station, quietly moving supplies or checking for leaks - all without an astronaut at the controls. Such technology could free up valuable time for astronauts and open new opportunities for robotics-based exploration. That sci-fi vision is coming closer to reality now that Stanford research