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Budget remains tight for scaled-back GeoXO program
Space News - 28 Jan 2026 05:56
SAN FRANCISCO - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is keeping close tabs on the cost of the next generation of geostationary weather satellites. The Geostationary and Extended Operations (GeoXO) [] The p...
EU launches government satcom program in sovereignty push
Space News - 28 Jan 2026 03:36
BRUSSELS - The European Unions new government satellite communications program, GOVSATCOM, which pools capacity from eight already on-orbit geosynchronous satellites, began operations last week, European Commissioner for...
NOAA seeks more money and flexibility for commercial weather data program
Space News - 29 Jan 2026 01:22
SAN FRANCISCO - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration intends to dramatically increase commercial weather data purchases, Taylor Jordan, Commerce Department assistant secretary for environmental observation...
NASA exoplanet probe tracks interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS to gauge its spin
SPACE.com - 29 Jan 2026 00:00
The interstellar visitor may still have a few things to tell us before it leaves our solar system.
GAO flags risks in Space Development Agencys missile-tracking satellite program
Space News - 28 Jan 2026 23:45
Congressional watchdog says SDA is overestimating technology readiness The post GAO flags risks in Space Development Agencys missile-tracking satellite program appeared first on SpaceNews.
Chile's Paranal Observatory Saved from Industrial Development
Universe Today - 28 Jan 2026 23:33
After months of protests led by Nobel laureate Reinhard Genzel, the American energy company AES Andes has abandoned plans to build a massive solar and wind facility just kilometres from one of the world's premier tel...
HEO acquires in-orbit satellite from Satellogic
Space News - 28 Jan 2026 23:32
HEO, the Australian company that performs in-space imaging of spacecraft, has acquired its own satellite though a deal with Satellogic. The post HEO acquires in-orbit satellite from Satellogic appeared first on SpaceNews...
Solving the Century Old Puzzle of Our Galaxy's Neighborhood
Universe Today - 28 Jan 2026 23:28
Nearly a century after Edwin Hubble discovered the universe's expansion, astronomers have finally explained the nagging mystery of why most nearby galaxies rush away from us as if the Milky Way's gravity doesn...
Space-focused SPAC goes public after pricing $200 million IPO
Space News - 28 Jan 2026 23:26
TAMPA, Fla. - A shell company chaired by venture capitalist Raphael Roettgen began trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange Jan. 28 after raising $200 million to pursue a merger with a space-related business. Space Asset Acq...
How Earth's atmosphere and climate come together to create a polar vortex
SPACE.com - 28 Jan 2026 23:00
To understand what Americans are experiencing with this winter blast, we need to look more than 20 miles above the surface of Earth, to the stratospheric polar vortex.
See the Milky Way glow with the stars of the Summer Triangle above Egypt's Black Desert
SPACE.com - 28 Jan 2026 22:00
Deneb, Vega and Altair are among the brightest stars in the night sky.
Do Dwarf Galaxies Merge In The Milky Way's Halo?
Universe Today - 28 Jan 2026 21:48
Our current understanding of the Cosmos shows that structures emerge hierarchically. First there are dark matter densities, then dwarf galaxies. Those dwarfs then merge to form more massive galaxies, which merge together...
U.S. Space Command to bring commercial firms into classified wargame on nuclear threats in space
Space News - 28 Jan 2026 21:41
Upcoming tabletop exercise will examine response to weapons of mass destruction in orbit The post U.S. Space Command to bring commercial firms into classified wargame on nuclear threats in space appeared first on SpaceNe...
SpaceX targeting mid-March for 1st flight of bigger, more powerful Starship 'Version 3,' Elon Musk says
SPACE.com - 28 Jan 2026 21:00
SpaceX plans to launch the 12th test flight of its Starship megarocket in six weeks, according to Elon Musk. It will be the first mission of the bigger, more powerful Starship "V3."
Space Commands case for orbital logistics: Why the Pentagon is being urged to think beyond launch
Space News - 28 Jan 2026 20:51
Gen. Stephen Whiting: A space becomes a contested military domain, the Pentagon needs not just rockets but also a sustainment and mobility infrastructure to support satellites The post Space Commands case for orbital log...
Proteins before planets: How space ice may have created the 1st building blocks of life
SPACE.com - 28 Jan 2026 20:12
"We used to think that only very simple molecules could be created in these clouds. But we have shown that this is clearly not the case."
ESA at the European Space Conference - Day 2
ESA - 28 Jan 2026 19:15
Two days of intense discussions and exchanges came to an end at the 18thEuropean Space Conference in Brussels on Wednesday.
Networks Keeping NASAs Artemis II Mission Connected
NASA Breaking news - 28 Jan 2026 19:02
NASAs Artemis II mission will transport four astronauts around the Moon, bringing the agency one step closer to sending the first astronauts to Mars. Throughout Artemis II, astronaut voice, images, video, and vital missi...
Rocket Lab's 'Hungry Hippo' Neutron fairing arrives at spaceport in Virginia
SPACE.com - 28 Jan 2026 19:00
The "hungry hippo" fairing for Rocket Lab's new Neutron launch vehicle has arrived for integration at the company's Virginia Spaceport facilities.
Massive runaway stars in the Milky Way: Observational study explores origins and ejection process
Phys.org - 28 Jan 2026 18:51
Researchers from the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona (ICCUB) and the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC), in collaboration with the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands (...
NASA Telescopes Spot Surprisingly Mature Cluster in Early Universe
NASA Breaking news - 28 Jan 2026 18:38
A new discovery captures the cosmic moment when a galaxy cluster - among the largest structures in the universe - started to assemble only about a billion years after the big bang, one or two billion years earlier than p...
Chandra, Webb Catch Twinkling Lights
NASA Breaking news - 28 Jan 2026 18:26
Data from Chandra adds red, green, and blue twinkling lights in this Dec. 22, 2025, image of Pismis 24 from NASAs James Webb Space Telescope. Pismis 24 is a young cluster of starsin the core of the nearby Lobster Nebula,...