Image: To celebrate Halloween, we bring you these spooky sights of Lake Carnegie in Australia, captured from space by Copernicus Sentinel-2.

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What began with tragedy ended in triumph. This is the untold story of the European Space Agency’s pioneering 25-year Cluster mission to study how invisible solar storms impact Earth's environment.

Like a ship in a never-ending storm, Earth is bombarded by swarms of particles ejected from the Sun at supersonic speeds. Most of these solar wind particles are deflected by the magnetosphere and sail harmlessly by, but Earth’s shield is not bulletproof.

Since 2000, Cluster sailed the seas of the Sun and revealed the complexities of the Sun–Earth connection. After two-and-a-half incredibly successful decades in space, ESA took the decision

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 27, 2025
A supersolid is an unusual state of matter showing both crystal rigidity and frictionless flow, a paradox realized only in recent years within dipolar quantum gases. Researchers at the University of Innsbruck, led by Francesca Ferlaino, investigated how the solid and superfluid features of a supersolid behave when rotated. Using precisely controlled magnetic fields, the team induced rotation in

Albuquerque NM (SPX) Oct 30, 2025
Every year, the Taurid meteor shower lights up the night sky from late October through early November. Sometimes called the "Halloween fireballs", they are named for the constellation Taurus-the bull-from which the meteors appear to radiate, the shower is best viewed from dark-sky locations. In New Mexico, where wide-open spaces and low light pollution offer some of the clearest skies in the cou

Corvallis OR (SPX) Oct 30, 2025
2024 was the hottest year on record and likely the hottest in at least 125,000 years, according to an annual report issued by an international coalition led by Oregon State University scientists. "Without effective strategies, we will rapidly encounter escalating risks that threaten to overwhelm systems of peace, governance, and public and ecosystem health," said co-lead author William Rip

Paris, France (SPX) Oct 31, 2025
ESA's Space Safety Programme advances initiatives to detect, predict, and counter space hazards - including threats from asteroids, solar storms, and space debris. The program develops missions and technologies that support rapid identification and mitigation of risks affecting satellites, astronauts, and terrestrial infrastructure. At the upcoming 2025 Ministerial Conference, ESA proposes

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 31, 2025
Catalyx Space, Inc. has raised 5.4 million dollars in a seed funding round led by Outlander VC. The startup specializes in space infrastructure solutions that support scheduled orbital logistics operations, including upmass and downmass for microgravity manufacturing and research. This investment follows a 1.7 million dollar pre-seed round in January, which enabled the company's first successful

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 31, 2025
Skydweller Aero and Nokia Federal Solutions Inc. received a US Navy Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to demonstrate an airborne 5G communication hub designed for secure, resilient networks in contested environments. The project, titled Intelligent Radio Access Network for Beyond 5G Resilient Tactical Networks, will use Skydweller's Perpetual Flight solar-powered autonomou

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 31, 2025
Tschudi Shipping Company, NAL Research, and SGM Technology AS have launched PntGuard, a standalone maritime navigation security system designed to counter increasing incidents of GNSS and GPS spoofing and jamming at sea. PntGuard functions independently from other ship bridge infrastructure and is comprised of an above-deck receiver connected to the Iridium satellite network and a below-deck bri

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 31, 2025
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully launched its HTV-X cargo vehicle to the International Space Station (ISS) on October 26, 2025, from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. This vehicle serves as a successor to JAXA's previous HTV "Kounotori" and is designed to deliver essential supplies and scientific payloads to the station over multiple missions. On its first jo