WASHINGTON — Firefly Aerospace announced Oct. 5 it plans to acquire defense contractor SciTec for approximately $855 million through a combination of $300 million in cash and $555 million in
WASHINGTON — Firefly Aerospace announced Oct. 5 it plans to acquire defense contractor SciTec for approximately $855 million through a combination of $300 million in cash and $555 million in
SYDNEY — The European Space Agency has inaugurated a new deep space antenna in Australia as part of efforts to strengthen ties between Europe and Australia in space. At an
This artist’s impression shows Cha 1107-7626. Located about 620 light-years away, this rogue planet is about 5-10 times more massive than Jupiter and doesn’t orbit a star. It is eating
SETI & Technosignatures Status Report astro-ph.IM October 5, 2025 Self-replicating space probes – “2010: The Year We Make Contact” We explore a much-neglected area of SETI: solar system techno-signatures. As
Schematic representation of extreme environments across the Indian subcontinent and the Indian Ocean that serve as planetary analogues. Terrestrial ecosystems include mud volcanoes, saline habitats, desert sandstorms, glaciers, ophiolites, geothermal
Periodograms of the raw RV time series (top panel) as well as of the residuals after subtracting the OGP (middle panel) and the ILP (bottom panel), for HD 23079 (left),
MEPAG Search for Life November 12, 2025 Virtual The Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group is scheduled to meet virtually on November 12, 2025. The MEPAG Virtual Meeting #19 provides a
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) continues to deliver awe-inspiring views of the cosmos and the art world has taken notice. Digital artist Ashley Zelinskie took that inspiration to the
A mysterious “rogue” planet has been observed gobbling six billion tons of gas and dust a second—an unprecedented rate that blurs the line between planets and stars, astronomers said Thursday.
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is promoting a case for economic activity on and around the moon. In some quarters, it’s all blue-sky yammering. On the other