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Iridium pulls $1 billion 2030 service revenue goal amid SpaceXs D2D push
Space News - 24 Oct 2025 00:25
Iridiums shares closed down more than 7% Oct. 23 after the satellite operator lowered its full-year service revenue outlook again, while withdrawing its $1 billion target for 2030 amid mounting competition from SpaceX. T...
How compact can a neutron star get before collapsing into a black hole?
SPACE.com - 24 Oct 2025 21:02
This new analysis could be used to test the physics of quantum chromodynamics in the future.
Without Jupiter, Earth may have spiraled into the sun long ago
SPACE.com - 24 Oct 2025 20:18
New research shows how Jupiter carved out rings and gaps that changed how and when planets and meteorites formed.
China's Zhuque-3 Reusable Rocket Passes Key Milestone
Universe Today - 24 Oct 2025 18:56
On Monday, Chinese company LandSpace executed a static-fire test with its 217-foot-tall Zhuque-3, a reusable rocket that China hopes will rival SpaceX. The rocket is on the way to its inaugural test flight expected at so...
This New Super Earth May Have Liquid Water And It's In Our Neighbourhood
Universe Today - 24 Oct 2025 18:34
Astronomers have found a new super-Earth only about 20 light years away. At that distance, it's a candidate for direct imaging.
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS blasts a jet towards the sun in new telescope image
SPACE.com - 24 Oct 2025 18:30
Comet 3I/ATLAS is warming up as it approaches the sun, causing a jet to emerge. The jet is visible in a dramatic new image.
A doomed planet is being torn up by its 'zombie' white dwarf star - but astronomers don't understand why
SPACE.com - 24 Oct 2025 18:00
The destroyed planet has spewed material onto the white dwarf's surface, with astronomers detecting 13 different elements originating from the rocky body.
Satellite photos show White House East Wing demolished to make way for Trump ballroom
SPACE.com - 24 Oct 2025 17:27
Satellite photos taken by Planet depict the demolition of the East Wing of the White House to make room for the planned Trump Ballroom.
Global Defense Satcom Commercial Service Revenues Positioned to Skyrocket Past $8.6 Billion by 2034
Space News - 24 Oct 2025 16:48
NGSO systems drive explosive growth as satellite connectivity becomes mission-critical for modern defense operations Paris, France [October, 2025] - Novaspace has released the first edition of its Satellite Communication...
Cosmic 'brain' ponders the cosmos in colorful new photo of the Medulla Nebula
SPACE.com - 24 Oct 2025 15:00
Light from the ancient supernova remnant was captured over the course of 50 hours in September 2025.
Australia's Gilmour Space 'not going to give up' as it eyes 2nd orbital launch attempt in 2026
SPACE.com - 24 Oct 2025 14:00
After a short-lived maiden flight in late July, Australia's Gilmour Space is rebuilding for a second orbital attempt and a stronger domestic launch ecosystem.
XRISM Catches a Pulsars Cosmic Windand Sees a Surprising Result
Universe Today - 24 Oct 2025 13:35
The Universe is a strange place. The X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) orbiting observatory recently highlighted this fact, when it was turned on a pulsar to document its powerful cosmic winds. The discovery...
Fomalhaut, the 'solitary' star, announces the arrival of autumn in the night sky. Here's how to see it
SPACE.com - 24 Oct 2025 13:00
If there is one star that serves to announce the arrival of fall as the leaves have begun to turn, unquestionably that title would have to go to Fomalhaut.
Europe's deep-sea telescope on a hunt for the origins of the universe
Phys.org - 24 Oct 2025 12:59
Below the waves of the Mediterranean, Europe's KM3NeT neutrino telescope is on a cosmic hunt. Towering strings of sensors stretch a kilometer down to the seafloor, arranged in a vast 3D grid.
Three Earth-sized planets discovered in a compact binary system
Phys.org - 24 Oct 2025 12:33
An international team of researchers has just revealed the existence of three Earth-sized planets in the binary stellar system TOI-2267 located about 190 light-years away. This discovery, published in Astronomy & Astroph...
Milky Way dazzles over Vera Rubin Observatory | Space photo of the day for Oct. 24, 2025
SPACE.com - 24 Oct 2025 12:00
Perched high in Chile's Andes, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory sees a breathtaking view of the Milky Way's southern arc.
Under 200 Unistellar Envision pre-orders left! Save $500 on these star-guiding smart binoculars
SPACE.com - 24 Oct 2025 11:45
The Unistellar Envision smart binoculars use Augmented Reality to identify night sky and terrestrial targets, second-stage pre-orders are live now but only until Nov. 2 and there are under 200 units left.
Image: Focusing on NGC 3370
Phys.org - 24 Oct 2025 11:39
Today's ESA/Hubble Picture of the Week features a galaxy that Hubble has captured multiple times over more than 20 years. The galaxy is called NGC 3370, and it is a spiral galaxy located nearly 90 million light-years...
Space weather drill simulates Carrington-level solar storm, challenging satellite safety and mission control response
Phys.org - 24 Oct 2025 11:14
No communication or navigation, faulty electronics and collision risk. At ESA's mission control in Darmstadt, teams faced a scenario unlike any before: a solar storm of extreme magnitude. Fortunately, this nightmare ...
Search for elusive neutrino multiplets tightens limits on cosmic particle origins
Phys.org - 24 Oct 2025 11:05
The origins of extremely high-energy particles that fill the universe-such as protons, electrons, and neutrinos-remain one of the longest-standing mysteries in modern astrophysics. A leading hypothesis suggests that "...
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Are we in the 'Solitude Zone' of the universe?
Phys.org - 24 Oct 2025 10:14
Are we alone? It's one of the most basic questions of human existence. People have been trying to answer it for millennia in one form or another, but only recently have we gained the tools and knowledge to start trac...