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There’s less ice in moon’s shadows than 1st thought
View larger. | Scientists once spoke of possible rich deposits of water ice in the deep, permanently shadowed craters at the moon’s poles. But a new study suggests less ice
Industry navigates NASA’s start-and-stop approach to commercial space stations
(Note: This article went to press for the April issue of SpaceNews Magazine before NASA announced potential changes to the CLD program.) NASA signaled last summer it planned to accelerate
Artemis 2 science gets underway as Orion begins its return trip
WASHINGTON — As Artemis 2 begins its return to Earth, scientists are just starting to review the images and observations taken by the crew as they flew around the moon.
Capella Space wins $49 million contract for military communications satellite demo
WASHINGTON — The Space Development Agency awarded a contract worth up to $49 million to Capella Space to build two satellites for a demonstration of space-based military communications, the agency
Space security moves to forefront as threats to satellites spread
WASHINGTON — Space security is shifting from a niche arms-control concern to a central policy issue as reliance on satellites deepens and the tools to disrupt them proliferate, according to
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ARLINGTON, Va. — When 21 Lockheed Martin satellites for the Space Development Agency’s Tracking Layer Tranche 1 launched Oct. 15, each carried three laser communication terminals instead of the planned
About 10 billion years ago, the growth rate of supermassive black holes began to slow dramatically. To this day, the SMBH growth rate still appears to be low. There are
The sungrazing comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) has been causing a stir in recent months as it brightened during its headlong rush towards the sun, which culminates in a high stakes
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon awarded RTX a $45.3 million contract modification to support U.S. military GPS satellite ground operations, even as officials weigh scaling back the troubled Next Generation Operational
NASA’s Space Launch System lifts off from Launch Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 1 April 2026, carrying the Artemis II crew (Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch
NASA/Aubrey Gemignani NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft lift off in this April 1, 2026, image. NASA’s Artemis II mission will take NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover,
Simultaneously collected raw spectral images in array coordinates from band 2 (left) and band 5 (right) collected during the first practice survey and the first crossing of the Galactic plane.
(a) Annual mean sea ice concentration and sea ice thickness at the end of the simulations. Red lines in TSI100 indicate the presentday winter sea ice edge (Hirahara et al.,
Sahara Dust Storm Over The Canary islands As seen by Sentinel-3 Modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2026), processed by ESA LICENCE CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO or ESA Standard Licence Earlier this
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