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NASA Systems Engineering Team Details HWO Mission Architecture

Finding an Earth-like world beyond the solar system is the Holy Grail of exoplanet research, and the field has experienced incredible technological advancements…

Unveiling Starbirth Mysteries

In 1985, the physicist Heinz R. Pagels wrote, "Stars are like animals in the wild. We may see the youung, but never the actual birth, which is a veiled and secr…

Russian satellites helping Iran’s allies strike Saudi: Officials

Indian investors rush to Nvidia, SpaceX, Apple as local trading apps roll out access to U.S. stocks

Major Indian brokerages are providing retail investors access to U.S. stocks at a time when the local market has been battered.

Repeat visits by Bruno Mars leave Vancouver restaurant owners surprised and delighted

The superstar visited Anh and Chi four times while in Vancouver — and ordered takeaway on the day of his final concert

China's top-secret spaceplane can't hide in low-Earth orbit

The DIA's threat assessment suggests China may soon place directed energy weapons in space.

Dead Planets Orbiting a Dead Star

When a star like our Sun reaches its end, it becomes a kind of zombie star called a white dwarf. These bodies have left fusion behind and will radiate only remn…

How 'spacewalking' underwater made me feel like I was really in space

Analog Astronaut Commander and Aquanaut Michaela Musilova led underwater simulated “spacewalks” in low visibility to test astronaut safety and communication pro…

Russian satellites help Iran’s allies strike Saudi Arabia, data and officials say

The findings illustrate how Russia is believed to be helping Iran and its allies in the region target Saudi Arabia’s oil and military infrastructure in attacks …

Anthropic’s 97-page list of business risks is quadruple the length of other AI IPOs. What’s on it: Weapons, blackmail, and more

In preparation for what could be the biggest initial public offering of stock ever, Anthropic has finally filed its long-awaited prospectus with the Securities …

Ukrainian startup, GomSpace test satellite for future communications network

The companies said the experimental spacecraft, launched Oct. 1, could lead to a Ukrainian-controlled satellite network The post Ukrainian startup, GomSpace tes…

Democrats Want to Punish Elon Musk. Nationalizing SpaceX Would Punish Innovation.

Robert Reich says Democrats should lay the groundwork to nationalize Starlink and SpaceX, but taking over a successful tech company would risk escalation with R…

NASA Invites Media to Crew Completion of Yearlong Mars Simulation

The four volunteers who lived and worked in a simulated NASA Mars mission for more than a year will exit their habitat on Saturday, Oct. 31, after 378 days of i…

The Midterms Are a Referendum on Elon Musk

Why the SpaceX mogul is still a ripe target for Democratic campaigns

The weird science behind Mars’ weirdest cloud

Scientists believe they may finally have an explanation for a bizarre cloud that appears and promptly disappears each day above a martian volcano during the dus…

Astronomers discover the secrets of 'string of pearls' supernova relic and the zombie star at its heart

Scientists are still learning about a cosmic 'string of pearls,' a unique celestial relic left by a supernova witnessed by humanity around 850 years ago, which …

Massive Stellar Collisions Could Explain Early Supermassive Black Holes

Dense stellar environments were common in the early Universe. These environments fostered more numerous stellar collisions, and some of those would've been merg…

November full moon 2026: When, where and how to see the Beaver Moon

Your guide to November's full Beaver Moon, from peak times to skywatching highlights.

Cowboy Space unveils 'Big Iron' rocket to launch 20,000 AI data centers

Cowboy Space just gave us our first look at its "Big Iron" rocket, which the company will use to build its AI data center constellation. Big Iron's debut is tar…

NASA’s Neo Surveyor Sunshade

A technician inspects the large sunshade of NASA’s Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission in this image released on Oct. 26, 2026. The sunshade structure, whi…

Ukraine Moves Closer to Its Own Satellite Network as Test Craft Reaches Orbit

Ukrainian company Himera and Danish firm GomSpace have sent Obria Nano, a test satellite, into orbit as the first step toward an independent Ukrainian communica…

The politicians still making the case for data centers this election season

Data centers might be the boogeyman of the 2026 election. As anxiety about the impact of AI on the economy—and of hyperscaler facilities on local communities—ra…

Elon Musk argues that the threat of Russian anti-satellite attacks is a reason to restrict Starlink’s military use in Ukraine

Starlink service for Ukraine’s armed forces was restricted over fears that Russia would shoot down the company’s satellites, a post on X by SpaceX chief Elon Mu…

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Israeli Election Turnout Hits Historic High as Netanyahu Alleges Fraud and Violence Mars Voting

More than 4 million Israelis had voted by […] The post Israeli Election Turnout Hits Historic High as Netanyahu Alleges Fraud and Violence Mars Voting appeared …

This Oddbal Reflective Lava World is Challenging to Understand

Exoplanets extremely close to their stars are expected to have lost their atmospheres. But one of them, TOI-561 b, seems to have a thick atmosphere. Understandi…

'Dungeon Crawler Carl' is getting a killer new comic book series

'The fact that I get to work with some of the greatest creators and artists working today feels like a dream.'

EDF award criteria: Choosing excellence to deliver military capabilities

The European Defence Fund’s 2026 call for proposals closed end of September. Amongst the 31 topics covered, critical capability priorities take up over half the…

India works to rebuild its navigation constellation with upcoming launch

Rocket launches this week On Tuesday, Oct. 27, SpaceX will launch the Starlink Group 15-16 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 12:45 a.m. …

Ukrainian comms and Danish space firms launch test military-purpose communications satellite into orbit

Ukraine's Himera and Denmark's GomSpace have successfully deployed a test satellite into orbit as part of a project to create an independent communications netw…