Webb Telescope Reads the Chemical Story of Comet 3I/ATLAS
Comet 3I/ATLAS, only the third interstellar visitor ever detected, has yielded its chemical secrets to the James Webb Space Telescope. Its u…
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Trump's Quantum Space Order: Washington Bets on a Strategic Frontier
The White House has signed an executive order to speed up quantum technology development for space applications, from tamper-evident communi…
Vandenberg's Busiest Pad Serves Both Commerce and Espionage
Within two days, SpaceX flew two separate Falcon 9 missions from the same California pad — one adding to its commercial Starlink network, th…
Jio Charts Course for a Sovereign LEO Constellation Ahead of Its IPO
Jio Platforms, the digital arm of Reliance Industries and owner of India's largest mobile network, has outlined a two-stage plan to enter th…
DAPHNE: NASA targets the atmosphere-ionosphere frontier
NASA has chosen the DAPHNE mission concept to investigate how space weather and Earth's own atmospheric dynamics shape the near-space enviro…
ESA's Earth from Space series reaches its thousandth image
The European Space Agency has published the thousandth image in its Earth from Space series. The landmark highlights the breadth of Europe's…
Hubble probes the turbulent inner lives of galaxy clusters
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has turned its gaze on two remarkable galaxy clusters: one caught mid-collision, the other bending light from …
Space weather and Earth observation: two milestones in orbital science
Within hours of each other, ESA celebrated its thousandth Earth from Space image and NASA greenlit the DAPHNE mission concept to probe how s…
SpaceX Lifts Off With Classified NRO Satellites From Vandenberg
SpaceX targeted a pre-dawn window on June 19 to orbit a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office. The mission, likely carry…
Ariane 6 Debuts Upgraded P160C Boosters on Amazon Mission
On June 17, 2026, Arianespace successfully orbited 36 Amazon Leo satellites aboard an Ariane 64 fitted for the first time with upgraded P160…
El Niño 2026: NASA satellites track a strengthening Pacific signal
NASA satellite altimetry data confirmed in June 2026 that the current El Niño event is continuing to build strength. The orbital readings of…
Terzan 5: A Living Fossil at the Core of the Milky Way
Astronomers long catalogued Terzan 5 as a routine globular cluster. A combined campaign with the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes has …
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