NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and two Russian crewmates launched successfully to the International Space Station on Tuesday on board a Russian spacecraft.
Colorado Springs, CO – April 8, 2025 – Bluestaq, a leader in highly secure data management, is accelerating its global expansion with the launch of a UK subsidiary (March 2025) […] The post Bluestaq Expands Globally with $50M from ONE Bow River, Launches UK Operations appeared first on SpaceNews.
A Navy SEAL, medical doctor and NASA astronaut lifted off for an eight-month stay on the International Space Station — and that was just one of the three crewmates on Soyuz MS-27. Continue ReadingNavy SEAL-doctor-astronaut lifts off with cosmonauts on Russian flight to ISS
For hundreds of years, the Amazon has been exploited for its gold. Today, the precious metal is just as sought after, but the remaining tiny gold particles are much harder to find. Mining often happens in artisanal and small-scale mining operations that release mercury (Hg) into the air, polluting the environment and harming human health.
A never-before-flown SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a batch of Starlink satellites into orbit today (April 7) from the coast of California. Continue ReadingSpaceX launches 27 Starlink satellites on brand-new Falcon 9 rocket, aces Pacific Ocean landing (video)
The Federal Communications Commission is preparing to update decades-old satellite power limits amid broader efforts to modernize and streamline regulations, the new head of the U.S. agency’s space division said April 7. The post FCC moves to update satellite power limits amid push for adaptive regulations appeared first on SpaceNews.
A fresh analysis of a decade’s worth of Hubble Space Telescope observations shows Uranus takes 17 hours, 14 minutes and 52 seconds to complete a full rotation — 28 seconds longer than the estimate provided by NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft nearly 40 years ago. Continue ReadingA day on Uranus is actually longer than we thought, Hubble Telescope reveals
In this week’s episode, we discuss fun and interesting facts about the moons in our Solar System!
Biologists from The University of Texas at Arlington are the first to discover an invasive frog—the greenhouse frog—in the Marshall Islands, a sprawling Pacific nation of volcanic islands and coral atolls located roughly halfway between Hawaii and Australia.
India’s POEM-4 experiment module burned up and fell into the Indian Ocean to avoid becoming space debris. Continue ReadingIndian experiment module falls from space and crashes into ocean, but it’s all according to plan
The annual Northeast Astronomy Forum (NEAF) was held over the weekend of April 5 and 6 at Rockland Community College in Suffern, New York. Organized by the Rockland Astronomy Club, NEAF is one of the world’s premier annual astronomy expos. It brings together amateur astronomers, professionals, and industry leaders for a weekend of discovery andContinue reading “The best new astronomy products we saw at NEAF 2025” The post The best new astronomy products we saw at NEAF 2025 appeared first on Astronomy Magazine. Continue ReadingThe best new astronomy products we saw at NEAF 2025
The U.S. Space Force has awarded $13.7 billion in national-security launch contracts to SpaceX, United Launch Alliance and Blue Origin for missions that will lift off between 2027 and 2032. Continue ReadingUS Space Force awards $13.7 billion in launch contracts to SpaceX, ULA and Blue Origin
From the mountains of Turin to the deserts of Arizona, a core element of Gateway, humanity’s first lunar space station, is now one step closer to the moon. As seen in this April 1, 2025, photo, HALO (Habitation and Logistics Outpost), Gateway’s first pressurized module and one of its foundational elements, recently arrived in Gilbert, Arizona, following its fabrication by Thales Alenia Space in Turin, Italy.
A bright star located in the Milky Way appears nestled in the distant galaxy NGC 5530 due to a chance alignment along the Hubble Space Telescope’s line of sight. Continue ReadingNearby star photobombs portrait of a distant galaxy in new Hubble Telescope image
The global space industry’s largest annual conference is happening April 7-10 at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Space Symposium coverage sponsor The post Space Symposium 2025 appeared first on SpaceNews.
This marks the second time in recent months that the Space Force has reassigned a GPS launch from ULA to SpaceX. The post Space Force reassigns GPS satellite launch from ULA to SpaceX appeared first on SpaceNews.
This week we’re at the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs where we’ll record an episode Monday through Thursday. Our guest today is Krystal Azelton, Senior Director of Program Planning at Secure World Foundation. The post Signals from Space Symposium: Reading the future of U.S. space policy appeared first on SpaceNews.
Geostationary operator Viasat has signed a contract to use the low Earth orbit constellation Telesat plans to start deploying next year to help counter competition from SpaceX’s satellites in LEO. The post Viasat adds Telesat Lightspeed LEO connectivity to multi-orbit mix appeared first on SpaceNews.
A recent study published in the ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing highlights how China’s FengYun-3 (FY-3) meteorological satellites have improved global tracking of land surface temperature (LST) throughout daily cycles.
In 23 billion years, these two white dwarf stars will collide. Then, they’ll explore. Here’s why scientists say this discovery is such a big deal. Continue ReadingScientists find rare double-star spiral doomed for supernova explosion
