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- Seafloor weathering may explain ancient global glaciation puzzle SpaceDaily · 25 Feb 2026 New York (SDX) Feb 25, 2026 In Earth history, a few episodes stand out for their extreme cold, when geologic evidence indicates that ice covered the planet from pole to pole during so-called Snowball Earth events. These...
- AST SpaceMobile wins SDA HALO Europa contract for direct to device tactical links SpaceDaily · 25 Feb 2026 New York (SDX) Feb 23, 2026 AST SpaceMobile has secured a prime contract worth about 30 million dollars with the United States Space Development Agency for the Europa Track 2 Commercial Solutions program under the Hybrid...
- Ganymede aurora study links moon and Earth space weather SpaceDaily · 25 Feb 2026 London (SDX) Feb 25, 2026 New observations of Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede, reveal that its auroras share detailed structural similarities with auroras on Earth, suggesting that the physical processes that generate t...
- Rare lensed supernova offers new route to measure cosmic expansion SpaceDaily · 25 Feb 2026 London (SDX) Feb 25, 2026 That the universe is expanding has been known for almost a century, but its exact rate of expansion remains one of cosmology's most hotly debated questions. A team from the Technical University...
- Students kick off experiments on ESA’s flat floor ESA · 25 Feb 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- First MetOp Second Generation-B satellite spreads its wing ESA · 25 Feb 2026 With launch planned for later this year, testing is well underway to ensure the MetOp Second Generation-B1 weather satellite is ready for its life in orbit around Earth. These checks include verifying that its spectacula...
- Greta rocket engine completes first test campaign ESA · 25 Feb 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- No Mention of Artemis in SOTU, But Trump Briefly References Rockets to the Stars SpacePolicyOnline.com · 25 Feb 2026 In a nearly two-hour State of the Union address Tuesday evening, President Trump briefly mentioned launching humans “into the stars” as part of a review of America’s history, but not
- Landslide and Avalanche Debris Litter Hubbard Glacier NASA · 25 Feb 2026 Satellite-based radar images show where a powerful earthquake in the Yukon, Canada, sent rock, snow, and ice spilling across the frozen landscapes of the St. Elias Mountains.
- A banner year for military space funding— with an unclear path beyond SpaceNews · 24 Feb 2026 Reconciliation boost lifts 2026 totals, but sustainability questions loom for missile defense and Space Development Agency
- Curiosity Blog, Sols 4812-4819: Back Into the Hollows NASA · 24 Feb 2026 Written by Diana Hayes, Graduate student at York University, Toronto Earth planning date: Friday, Feb. 20, 2026 This has been a pretty routine week for Curiosity. As was mentioned last week, we’re now in the final phase...
- New Volunteer Data from 143 Observatories Unveils the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse NASA · 24 Feb 2026 On April 8, 2024, volunteers participating in NASA’s Eclipse Megamovie citizen science project all around the United States hurried to photograph the solar eclipse with the latest, greatest equipment, capturing groundbre...
- Avio to Build $500 Million Facility in Hurt, Virginia European Spaceflight · 24 Feb 2026 Italian rocket builder Avio has announced that it will build its new US-based solid rocket motor manufacturing facility in Hurt, Virginia. Subject to approval by the Virginia General Assembly, the company will be eligibl...
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 24 Feb 2026 The Starlink 6-110 mission will be the 18th flight this years supporting SpaceX’s broadband internet constellation. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 6:04:10 p.m. EST (2304:10 UTC...
- Lockheed Martin presses case that GPS upgrade will counter jamming threats SpaceNews · 24 Feb 2026 GPS IIIF features, including regional spot beams, will ‘change the calculus’ for adversaries
- Webb Maps Uranus’ Upper Atmosphere NASA · 24 Feb 2026 NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope provided the first vertical view of Uranus’s ionosphere in this image released on Feb. 19, 2026, revealing auroras shaped by its tilted magnetic field. Getting a look at the structure of...
- Technology Originally Developed for Space Missions Now Integral to Everyday Life NASA · 24 Feb 2026 Groundbreaking “camera-on-a-chip” technology that was originally developed at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for use in space missions is currently employed in billions of devices like cell phones that are used d...
- The Commercial Space Federation Releases New White Paper “Perfecting Public-Private Partnerships” SpaceNews · 24 Feb 2026 February 24, 2026 – Washington, DC – The Commercial Space Federation (CSF) is proud to announce the release of a new paper titled “Perfecting Public-Private Partnerships: The Future of Government […]
- At Colorado space firms, Hegseth casts Pentagon bureaucracy as the enemy SpaceNews · 24 Feb 2026 Hegseth contrasts “builders” with Beltway primes as administration leans into procurement overhaul
- LambdaVision books space on Starlab commercial space station SpaceNews · 24 Feb 2026 LambdaVision, a company that has used microgravity experiments on the International Space Station to develop an artificial retina, has booked space on a planned commercial successor.
- Sophia Space claims $10 million in seed round SpaceNews · 24 Feb 2026 SAN FRANCISCO – Sophia Space raised $10 million in seed funding to accelerate development of space-based edge computers and orbital data centers. “The $10 million round is a validation that we are progressing from slidew...
- TotalEnergies in high-stakes French trial over climate change SpaceDaily · 24 Feb 2026 Paris, France (AFP) Feb 20, 2026 TotalEnergies faces cutting back oil and gas production if NGOs prevail in a trial that began Thursday over accusations the French energy giant failed to properly consider environmental r...
- India chases 'DeepSeek moment' with homegrown AI models SpaceDaily · 24 Feb 2026 New Delhi (AFP) Feb 20, 2026 Fledgling Indian artificial intelligence companies showcased homegrown technologies this week at a major summit in New Delhi, underpinning big dreams of becoming a global AI power. But analys...
- Galileo vs. spoofing: ESA tests in real-world environments ESA · 24 Feb 2026 From adding timestamps to banking transactions to mapping the best route to a destination, satellite navigation plays a significant role in daily life. At the same time, attempts to interfere with and fake navigation sig...
- Telespazio Awarded €20 Million Contract for Canary Islands Constellation European Spaceflight · 24 Feb 2026 Telespazio Ibérica, the Spanish subsidiary of the Italian space technology company Telespazio, has been awarded a €20 million contract to develop an Earth observation constellation for the Canary Islands. In September 20...
- Stellar rotation drives deep mixing in ageing red giant stars SpaceDaily · 24 Feb 2026 New York (SDX) Feb 23, 2026 Advances in supercomputing have enabled astronomers to resolve a long-standing problem in stellar evolution: how changes in the chemical composition at the centers of red giant stars connect t...
- AI-driven solar model aims to extend space weather warnings SpaceDaily · 24 Feb 2026 New York (SDX) Feb 23, 2026 New research by Southwest Research Institute and the National Science Foundation's National Center for Atmospheric Research has produced a new tool that could eventually extend space weather f...
- Record LOFAR Radio Sky Map Charts Millions Of Growing Black Holes SpaceDaily · 24 Feb 2026 London (SDX) Feb 23, 2026 An international team using the Low Frequency Array has released the most detailed low frequency radio map of the sky so far, revealing 13.7 million cosmic radio sources and delivering an unprec...
- NASA delivers harsh assessment of botched Boeing Starliner test flight SpaceDaily · 24 Feb 2026 Washington, United States (AFP) Feb 19, 2026 NASA on Thursday blamed what it called engineering vulnerabilities in Boeing's Starliner spacecraft along with internal agency mistakes in a sharply critical report assessing...
- NASA chief rules out March launch of Moon mission over technical issues SpaceDaily · 24 Feb 2026 Washington, United States (AFP) Feb 21, 2026 NASA chief Jared Isaacman on Saturday ruled out a March launch for Artemis 2, the first crewed flyby mission to the Moon in more than 50 years, citing technical issues. Worker...
- Open source microscope enables low cost live cell imaging in zero gravity SpaceDaily · 24 Feb 2026 New York (SDX) Feb 23, 2026 As space agencies advance plans for human missions to the Moon and Mars, researchers are working to understand how the absence of gravity affects living cells over time. A team led by Newcastl...
- NASA prepares Artemis II rocket for rollback after upper stage issue SpaceDaily · 24 Feb 2026 New York (SDX) Feb 23, 2026 Weather permitting, NASA plans to move the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft for Artemis II off Launch Pad 39B at the agency Kennedy Space Center in Florida as soon as Tuesday, F...
- Prometheus starts work on new Indiana solid rocket motor campus SpaceDaily · 24 Feb 2026 New York (SDX) Feb 23, 2026 Prometheus Energetics LLC has begun construction of a new solid rocket motor manufacturing campus in Bloomfield, Indiana, marking a key step in the companys plan to expand domestic energetics...
- Rocket re-entry pollution measured in atmosphere for first time SpaceDaily · 24 Feb 2026 Paris, France (AFP) Feb 19, 2026 When part of a SpaceX rocket re-entered Earth's atmosphere exactly a year ago, it created a spectacular fireball that streaked across Europe's skies, delighting stargazers and sending a t...
- Lithium trace in upper air linked to Falcon 9 rocket breakup SpaceDaily · 24 Feb 2026 New York (SDX) Feb 23, 2026 A plume of lithium pollution detected in the upper atmosphere in February 2025 has now been directly linked to the uncontrolled re-entry of a Falcon 9 rocket stage. Researchers report that thi...
- Perseverance rover now self-locates precisely on Mars SpaceDaily · 24 Feb 2026 New York (SDX) Feb 23, 2026 NASA's Perseverance rover can now determine its exact position on Mars without relying on ground teams, using a new system called Mars Global Localization that compares navigation camera panor...
- Simple collapse may build cosmic snowman worlds SpaceDaily · 24 Feb 2026 New York (SDX) Feb 23, 2026 Astronomers have puzzled over why many icy worlds in the distant Kuiper Belt look like snowmen, with two round lobes joined together. New work from Michigan State University points to a surpri...
- Webb maps Uranus upper atmosphere in 3D SpaceDaily · 24 Feb 2026 London (SDX) Feb 23, 2026 A Northumbria University PhD student has led an international collaboration to construct the first three-dimensional view of Uranus upper atmosphere, showing how the planet's unusual magnetic fi...
- Showy Swirls Around Jeju Island NASA · 24 Feb 2026 Winds blowing past the volcanic landmass near the Korean Peninsula created a trail of spiraling clouds, while murky water churned nearby.
- Boeing demonstrates large language model for space-grade hardware SpaceNews · 24 Feb 2026 SAN FRANCISCO – Before uploading a large language model to space-grade hardware, Boeing Space Mission Systems engineers sought guidance from the hardware manufacturer. “They told us it wasn’t possible, but we are skilled...