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Cubic targets military satcom market with Vector terminals
Space News - 6 Oct 2025 13:30
The company says its terminals can seamlessly switch between satellite constellations while withstanding electronic warfare threats The post Cubic targets military satcom market with Vector terminals appeared first on Sp...
Bill Nye the protest guy and the Planetary Society hold 'Save NASA Science' day of action on Capitol Hill
SPACE.com - 6 Oct 2025 22:11
On Monday (Oct. 6), the nonprofit Planetary Society held a "day of action" to urge Congress to restore NASA's science funding, which was slashed nearly in half in the White House's proposed 2026 federal b...
Utilize the ISS as a resource: a common sense, fiscally responsible plan leveraging the International Space Station
Space News - 6 Oct 2025 13:00
NASA plans to spend approximately $1 billion of taxpayer money to destroy the International Space Station (ISS) in 2030. The ISS contains over $1.5 billion worth of space-grade materials already in orbit. Instead of thro...
Laying the foundation for Americas space future
Space News - 6 Oct 2025 21:07
There really is no terrestrial parallel to space exploration. While American pioneers pushed westward with minimal government oversight, the space age began with government funds and directives. Today, what was once the ...
10 best space co-op games to play right now
SPACE.com - 6 Oct 2025 20:00
You've explored outer space and battled aliens alone, but now it's time to buddy up with the best co-op space games to play with friends.
The 'ultraview effect': What happens when we bring human spirituality to outer space?
SPACE.com - 6 Oct 2025 19:23
As we bring more human consciousness to space, we'll bring with it our human religions while finding new names for new types of spiritual experiences unique to space.
Why can't we feel the Earth moving?
SPACE.com - 6 Oct 2025 18:00
As just one of all the living creatures on Earth, you're along for the ride as our planet constantly moves in two major ways.
Black Holes Have No Hair, But They Do Have Comb Overs
Universe Today - 6 Oct 2025 17:45
Black have no hair, but the material surrounding them does, and the two can interact in unusual ways. As observations from the Event Horizon Telescope show, the magnetic fields surrounding a black hole can change extreme...
Did NASA's Perseverance Mars rover just see interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS in the Martian night sky?
SPACE.com - 6 Oct 2025 17:37
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover may have captured an image of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS streaking across the sky above the Red Planet.
With new analysis, Apollo samples brought to Earth in 1972 reveal exotic sulfur hidden in moon's mantle
Phys.org - 6 Oct 2025 17:08
When astronauts returned from NASA's final Apollo moon mission in 1972, some of the samples they collected were sealed and carefully stored away in the hope that future researchers using advanced equipment might anal...
Watch the 1st supermoon of 2025 shine tonight with this free Harvest Moon livestream
SPACE.com - 6 Oct 2025 17:00
Tune in to see this year's first supermoon as it lights up the autumn sky above the Italian countryside.
3I/ATLAS's Coma Proves Another Cometary Formation Theory
Universe Today - 6 Oct 2025 16:30
Interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS has been constantly changing as it makes its way through our solar system. Thats to be expected, as, for the first time in potentially billions of years, it's getting close to the energy...
New private 'Arc' spacecraft aims to deliver cargo from orbit to anywhere on Earth in less than an hour (video)
SPACE.com - 6 Oct 2025 16:00
The company Inversion just unveiled Arc, a spacecraft designed to serve as an orbital storehouse and superfast delivery system for mission-critical gear, getting it anywhere on Earth in less than an hour.
3I/ATLAS's coma proves another cometary formation theory
Phys.org - 6 Oct 2025 14:55
Interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS has been constantly changing as it makes its way through our solar system. That's to be expected, as, for the first time in potentially billions of years, it's getting close to the e...
Polishing a telescope mirror to perfection | Space photo of the day for Oct. 6, 2025
SPACE.com - 6 Oct 2025 14:00
To keep the Very Large Telescope (VLT) at peak performance, ESO engineers carefully recoat its enormous mirrors.
Navigating through interference at Jammertest
ESA - 6 Oct 2025 13:11
Satellite navigation is essential to everything from tracking your morning jog to landing air ambulances. But as reliance on satellite navigation grows, so do the risks associated with its interruption, natural or intent...
NASA's Juno probe orbiting Jupiter may have come to an end, but no one can confirm
SPACE.com - 6 Oct 2025 13:00
The U.S. government shut down the same day Juno's last mission extension expired, putting the status of the mission in limbo.
Bringing the digital revolution to direct exoplanet imaging with LCD technology
Phys.org - 6 Oct 2025 12:00
An instrument is set to improve the detection and direct imaging of planets outside our solar system by harnessing the power of liquid crystals. The Programmable Liquid-crystal Active Coronagraphic Imager for the DAG tel...
We need a solar sail probe to detect space tornadoes earlier, researchers say
Phys.org - 6 Oct 2025 12:00
Spirals of solar wind can spin off larger solar eruptions and disrupt Earth's magnetic field, yet they are too difficult to detect with our current single-location warning system, according to a new study from the Un...
The Harvest Moon rises tonight: See the 1st supermoon of 2025 brighten October's sky
SPACE.com - 6 Oct 2025 12:00
See the full Harvest Supermoon rise at sunset on Oct. 6.
Could life exist on Mars today? Here's what the latest evidence says
Phys.org - 6 Oct 2025 11:43
Recently, NASA revealed exciting details of new findings from Mars. Scientists have discovered tiny patterns of unusual minerals in the clay-rich rocks on the edge of Jezero Crater-an ancient lake once fed by Martian riv...
How to discover a planet
Phys.org - 6 Oct 2025 11:39
On October 6 1995, at a scientific meeting in Florence, Italy, two Swiss astronomers made an announcement that would transform our understanding of the universe beyond our solar system. Michel Mayor and his Ph.D. student...