Avanti trims GEO exposure with Hylas-3 sale
TAMPA, Fla. — Avanti Communications is moving to close a chapter on the debt-fueled geostationary expansion that once defined the British satellite operator, with plans to sell the youngest payload…
SpaceX’s stock wasn’t the company’s only launch today — It also put 29 Starlink satellites in orbit
Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket occurred at 8:27 a.m. ET, just over an hour before SpaceX went public on the NASDAQ stock market.
Japan’s H3 rocket bounces back from failure with successful return to flight launch carrying 6 satellites
Japan successfully completed its first mission with its H3 rocket since a launch failure last year resulted in the loss of a payload.
Could the secret to black hole formation be locked away in this record-breaking ancient quasar?
The quasar existed 12.9 billion years ago and shows that supermassive black holes were able to age rapidly in the early universe.
Astronomers fear orbital data centers will interfere with observations
As SpaceX gears up to start launching orbital data center spacecraft as soon as next year, astronomers warn those satellites could cause serious interference with their observations. The post Astronomers…
Why is the US Space Force researching ‘orbital warehouses’?
As the US military readies for two 2027 missions to test spacecraft maneuvering, a new challenge with orbital warehouses aims to beef up space infrastructure.
The Universe is Still Running Away From Us
Last year, a study sent a quiet tremor through the field of cosmology. A team of researchers claimed that the universe’s expansion might be slowing down, not speeding up, suggesting…
The Smallest Window on the Sun
Every so often, the Sun hurls billions of tonnes of charged particles toward Earth in what are called coronal mass ejections and if a big one hits at the wrong…
Reading the Galaxy’s Past
Every galaxy you’ve ever seen in a photograph is hiding something. Beyond the glowing disc of stars and gas that the camera captures lies a vast, ghostly outer region called…
NASA to Cover 34th SpaceX Resupply Mission Space Station Departure
The SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft supporting the company’s 34th commercial resupply services mission for NASA approaches the International Space Station on May 17, 2026, carrying nearly 6,500 pounds of food,…