Space News
GEO satellite refueling a priority for national security, commercial markets, new analysis finds
Space News - 11 Dec 2025 02:15
The findings come from a report by the Consortium for Space Mobility and ISAM Capabilities, or COSMIC The post GEO satellite refueling a priority for national security, commercial markets, new analysis finds appeared fir...
NASA JPL Unveils Rover Operations Center for Moon, Mars Missions
NASA Breaking news - 11 Dec 2025 00:47
The center leverages AI along with JPLs unique infrastructure, unrivaled tools, and years of operations expertise to support industry partners developing future planetary surface missions. NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory...
L3Harris satellite-jamming system approved for export to close U.S. allies
Space News - 11 Dec 2025 00:31
Lt. Gen. Phil Garrant, head of the Space Systems Command, said Five Eyes partners would likely have access to this technology The post L3Harris satellite-jamming system approved for export to close U.S. allies appeared f...
2025: The Turning Point for Satellite Operators
Space News - 11 Dec 2025 22:28
Paris, France [December 11, 2025] - Released today, Novaspaces latest FSS Operators: Benchmarks & Performance Review unveils a year of transformation for satellite operators. 2025 is redefining the rules of [] The post 2...
SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from Florida on worldwide 300th orbital flight of 2025 (video)
SPACE.com - 11 Dec 2025 22:13
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Dec. 11, 2025. It was the 300th worldwide orbital launch attempt of 2025.
NASA's Chandra telescope uses 'X-arithmetic' to reveal how black holes shape galaxy clusters (images)
SPACE.com - 11 Dec 2025 22:00
A novel "X-arithmetic" technique reveals how black holes shape the universe's largest structures.
Did Life Begin in Prebiotic Surface Gels?
Universe Today - 11 Dec 2025 21:58
Surface-bound gels may have provided the structure and chemistry necessary for life to take root on Earth. These findings could also have implications in the search for life beyond Earth.
NASA Selects Two Heliophysics Missions for Continued Development
NASA Breaking news - 11 Dec 2025 21:18
NASA has selected one small explorer mission concept to advance toward flight design and another for an extended period of concept development. NASAs Science Mission Directorate Science Management Council selected CINEMA...
Astronomers capture close-up images of nova explosions on 2 dead stars in unprecedented detail
SPACE.com - 11 Dec 2025 21:00
The nova eruptions come about when a white dwarf steals too much matter from a close red giant companion.
A New Five-Year Survey Of The Magellanic Clouds Will Answer Some Questions About Our Neighbours
Universe Today - 11 Dec 2025 19:48
The Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) is forming a new research group that will focus solely on the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. The pair of irregular dwarf galaxies are satellites of the Milky Way, ...
SpaceX IPO plan sets stage for a surge of other space listings
Space News - 11 Dec 2025 19:33
Other space companies are likely to move toward the public markets now that Elon Musk is openly signaling plans to pursue a SpaceX IPO next year, hoping to ride the wave of momentum behind a potentially record-breaking l...
NASA Works with Boeing, Other Collaborators Toward More Efficient Global Flights
NASA Breaking news - 11 Dec 2025 19:00
Picture this: Youre just about done with a transoceanic flight, and the tracker in your seat-back screen shows you approaching your destination airport. And then you notice your plane is moving away. Pretty far away. You...
NASAs Chandra Finds Small Galaxies May Buck the Black Hole Trend
NASA Breaking news - 11 Dec 2025 18:51
Most smaller galaxies may not have supermassive black holes in their centers, according to a recent study using NASAs Chandra X-ray Observatory. This contrasts with the common idea that nearly every galaxy has one of the...
Astronomers discover images of rare Tatooine-like exoplanet with a strange 300-year orbit: 'Exactly how it works is still uncertain'
SPACE.com - 11 Dec 2025 17:14
The planet formed 50 million years after the dinosaurs died, making it incredibly young in cosmic terms.
Parker Solar Probe spies solar wind 'U-turn'
Phys.org - 11 Dec 2025 16:54
Images captured by NASA's Parker Solar Probe as the spacecraft made its record-breaking closest approach to the sun in December 2024 have now revealed new details about how solar magnetic fields responsible for space...
K2 Space raises $250 million to scale high-power satellite line
Space News - 11 Dec 2025 16:22
Torrance, California-based K2 was founded in 2022 to build large satellites with more onboard power and volume. The post K2 Space raises $250 million to scale high-power satellite line appeared first on SpaceNews.
Unlocking the sun's magnetic secrets: AI-powered mapping unlock intricate 3D details
Phys.org - 11 Dec 2025 16:18
Researchers at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy (IfA) are helping reshape how scientists study the sun. The UH-led team has developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can map the sun's mag...
Reading the 'light fingerprints' of dead satellites
Phys.org - 11 Dec 2025 16:07
There are already tens of thousands of pieces of large debris in orbit, some of which pose a threat to functional satellites. Various agencies and organizations have been developing novel solutions to this problem, befor...
NASAs Parker Solar Probe Spies Solar Wind U-Turn
NASA Breaking news - 11 Dec 2025 16:06
Images captured by NASAs Parker Solar Probe as the spacecraft made its record-breaking closest approach to the Sun in December 2024 have now revealed new details about how solar magnetic fields responsible for space weat...
AI helps pilot free-flying robot around the International Space Station for 1st time ever
SPACE.com - 11 Dec 2025 16:00
"This is the first time AI has been used to help control a robot on the ISS."
Stellar Jet
NASA Breaking news - 11 Dec 2025 15:58
NASAs James Webb Space Telescope captured a blowtorch of seething gasses erupting from a volcanically growing monster star in this image released on Sept. 10, 2025.Stellar jets, which are powered by the gravitational ene...
James Webb Space Telescope finds strongest evidence yet for atmosphere around rocky exoplanet: 'It's really like a wet lava ball'
SPACE.com - 11 Dec 2025 15:32
Astronomers have found the strongest evidence yet of an atmosphere around a rocky exoplanet.