Chinese spaceplane releases object into orbit, according to commercial space surveillance
HELSINKI — China’s secretive spaceplane has released an object into orbit during its ongoing fourth mission, according to space surveillance firm…
James Webb telescope finds a cosmic cloud of creation b…
Quick Facts What it is: OMC-2 molecular cloud Where it is: 1,280 light-years away in the constellation Orion When it was shared: June 5, 2026.…
Astrobotic says sale to Voyager will allow it to scale up
PITTSBURGH — Lunar lander developer Astrobotic decided to sell to Voyager Technologies so it could quickly scale up to meet the projected…
Science news this week: Goblin shark filmed for first t…
This week’s science news was filled with things missing and found, with the revelation of the first-ever deep-sea footage of the elusive…
India’s Jio lays out sovereign LEO constellation plan ahead of IPO
TAMPA, Fla. — Jio Platforms, which owns India’s largest telco, is looking to lease broadband capacity from global satellite constellations to…
MDA Space to buy Blue Canyon Technologies to gain foothold in U.S. market
WASHINGTON — MDA Space is buying smallsat manufacturer Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) for $620 million, giving the Canadian company greater…
ElevationSpace Secures US $40 Million in Series B Funding, Bringing Total Raised to US $63.5 Million
ElevationSpace Inc. (CEO: Ryohei Kobayashi), a company developing Space-to-Earth transportation as well as a Space Environment Utilization and…
Northrop Grumman says industry ready to scale solid rocket production, with longer contracts
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has warned that shortages of solid rocket motors could constrain plans to sharply increase missile production. One…
Tropical Storm Arthur – NASA Science
Tropical Storm Arthur, the first named storm of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, brought high winds and heavy rain to the U.S. Gulf Coast…
The MEO durability crisis: why LEO hardware will fail the new orbital economy
To some, space is the final frontier. But the reality is that once you leave Earth’s atmosphere, you’re not entering a single, uniform void.…
NASA selects mission to study space weather interaction with Earth’s atmosphere
WASHINGTON — NASA has selected for development a space science mission that will study how space weather interacts with Earth’s atmosphere.…