SpaceX wins $2.29 billion Space Force contract for military data network
The contract is for the development of the U.S. Space Force’s Space Data Network backbone The post SpaceX wins $2.29 billion Space Force contract for military data network appeared first…
NASA selects four companies for initial moon base awards
NASA announced May 26 the first contracts associated with its plans to develop a lunar base, picking four companies to develop and deliver landers and drones to the moon. The…
Artemis moon base will cover ‘hundreds of square miles’ with hopping drones and new lunar rovers, NASA says
NASA envisions its moon base covering hundreds of square miles, and hopping scout drones may mark the facility’s perimeter. The agency just awarded $1 billion in contracts to get the…
NASA to Announce Artemis III Crew, Provide Mission Progress Update
NASA meatball NASA will provide an update on the agency’s Artemis III mission and announce the astronauts assigned to the test flight during a live event at 11 a.m. EDT…
Open Cosmos’ CEO on what it takes to bring IoT to space
Open Cosmos, based in the United Kingdom, is facing a 2028 deadline to field an ambitious broadband constellation for Europe. That system, ConnectedCosmos, aims to reduce reliance on undersea cables…
‘Masters of the Universe’ gets a final trailer, and it’s a perfect blend of nostalgia, sci-fi battles, and muscles (video)
‘Skeletor took my family and he destroyed our world. I’m gonna fight for it.’
Where Are All the Intermediate Mass Black Holes? Microlensing Fast Radio Bursts Might Reveal Them
In the heirarchy of black holes, intermediate mass black holes (IMBH) lie in between stellar mass black holes and supermassive black holes. But the problem is that we’ve never found…
When the Sun Tries to Explode and Fails
Scientists have captured one of the most detailed observations ever of a failed solar eruption, a powerful blast from the Sun that built into what should have been a billion…
The Sun Just Did Something Nobody Expected and it Kept Going For 19 Days
In August 2025, a NASA spacecraft detected a solar radio burst that refused to stop lasting 19 days, nearly four times longer than any previously recorded. A team of researchers…
Three Stars, One Extraordinary System and a Drama Still to Come
Astronomers have discovered a remarkable triple star system in which two Sun like stars orbit each other every 4.75 days, while a giant star, ten times the size of our…