IMAGEESA highlights 20252025 was a landmark year for Europe in space. From celebrating 50 years of ESA to new missions, scientific breakthroughs, the year reaffirmed Europe’s leadership in science, exploration, climate action and innovation.
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IMAGENASA’s Roman Telescope Will Observe Thousands of Newfound Cosmic VoidsLee esta nota de prensa en español aquí. Our universe is filled with galaxies, in all directions as far as our instruments can see. Some researchers estimate that there are as many as two trillion galaxies in the observable universe. At first glance, these galaxies might appear to be randomly scattered across space, but they’re not. […]
IMAGEMetaSeismic material mitigates vibration and shock in NASA Marshall testingSAN FRANCISCO – University of California spinoff MetaSeismic wasn’t focused on space applications when it began using an artificial intelligence platform to create materials to mitigate vibration and shock. But […] The post MetaSeismic material mitigates vibration and shock in NASA Marshall testing appeared first on SpaceNews.
IMAGEIndian dance mudras yield advanced synergies for robotic hand controlLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 12, 2025 Researchers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County extracted building blocks from precise hand gestures in Bharatanatyam, a classical Indian dance form. Their analysis revealed a richer set of movement patterns than those in natural grasps. The team published findings online Nov. 24 in Scientific Reports. Ramana Vinjamuri leads the UMBC lab that studies brain control of complex ha
IMAGERiding Out The AI Bubble, Lightricks Leads Pivot To Enterprise In 2026Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Gil Press writes about technology, entrepreneurs and innovation. Zeev Farbman, co-founder and CEO of Lightricks, believes we ...
IMAGESatellites help tackle landfill methane leaksSatellites are emerging as a powerful new tool in the fight to curb emissions of methane. While methane is much shorter-lived in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide, it is vastly more potent at trapping heat, which makes rapid cuts essential for slowing warming in the short term. The same satellite technology that has transformed methane monitoring in the oil and gas sector is now being turned towards another major source – landfill sites.
IMAGESun boundary map tracks shifting Alfven surface over solar cycleCambridge, MA (SPX) Dec 14, 2025 Astronomers have assembled the first continuous, two-dimensional maps of the outer edge of the Sun's atmosphere, tracing the boundary where the solar wind escapes the Sun's magnetic control. By combining these global maps with close-up measurements, researchers at the Center for Astrophysicshysics | Harvard and Smithsonian report that this boundary expands and becomes more irregular and spiky as
IMAGEQuasar X ray link to black hole environment found to evolve over cosmic timeLondon, UK (SPX) Dec 14, 2025 Astronomers using new X ray data have found evidence that the structure of matter around supermassive black holes has changed over billions of years, challenging a quasar relationship that has been treated as a fundamental law for nearly 50 years. Quasars, identified in the 1960s, rank among the brightest known cosmic sources and are powered by supermassive black holes that draw in surroun
IMAGENASA's Parker Solar Probe Spies Solar Wind 'U-Turn'Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 14, 2025 Images captured by NASA's Parker Solar Probe as the spacecraft made its record-breaking closest approach to the Sun in December 2024 have now revealed new details about how solar magnetic fields responsible for space weather escape from the Sun - and how sometimes they don't. Like a toddler, our Sun occasionally has disruptive outbursts. But instead of throwing a fit, the Sun spews magneti
IMAGEChina launches carrier rocket to deploy experimental cargo ship and satelliteTokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 14, 2025 China launched a Kuaizhou 11 carrier rocket on Saturday morning to deploy a privately developed experimental cargo ship and a satellite into space. The rocket blasted off at 9:08 am at the Jiuquan Space Launch Center in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region and soon placed the DEAR 5 ship and the Xiwang 5B satellite into their preset orbital position, according to China Aerospace Science an
IMAGEHidden circumbinary giant planet emerges from decade old Gemini dataBerlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 14, 2025 Astronomers have directly imaged a giant exoplanet orbiting a pair of stars, in a configuration reminiscent of the fictional Tatooine system but with the closest-known directly imaged planet to its twin suns in a binary system. The planet orbits a spectroscopic binary in the Scorpius-Centaurus association and was found buried in data taken nearly a decade ago with the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI)
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IMAGEThe European space industry’s big merger: lessons for emerging space nationsThe Oct. 23 announcement that Airbus, Thales and Leonardo will merge their satellite operations was a historic development for the European space industry. The plan aims to establish a new combined entity by 2027. Historically, the European space industry has been a competent but fragmented market in the form of national champions and competing initiatives. […] The post The European space industry’s big merger: lessons for emerging space nations appeared first on SpaceNews.
IMAGERobotic welding project to prepare UK for in orbit repairsLondon, UK (SPX) Dec 12, 2025 Researchers at the University of Leicester are leading work to develop what they describe as the UKs first in space robotic welding capability, supported by new funding from the UK Space Agencys National Space Innovation Programme Call 2 for a project known as ISPARK, the Intelligent SPace Arc welding Robotic Kit. The ISPARK programme, valued at 560,000 pounds including 485,000 pounds from
IMAGEQuantum hardware roadmap highlights scaling hurdles on path to everyday applicationsChicago IL (SPX) Dec 12, 2025 Quantum technology is accelerating out of the lab and into the real world, and a new article in Science argues that the field now stands at a turning point - one that is similar to the early computing age that preceded the rise of the transistor and modern computing. The article, authored by scientists from University of Chicago, Stanford University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technolo
IMAGEIHI SAT2 hyperspectral CubeSat enters orbit to support forest monitoring and carbon dataTokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 12, 2025 IHI-SAT2, a hyperspectral 6U CubeSat built by Kongsberg NanoAvionics for Japan's IHI Corporation, has reached orbit and established two-way communications shortly after deployment from a SpaceX Falcon 9 on the Transporter-15 rideshare mission launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on 28 November 2025. The mission is intended as a step toward IHI's planned Earth observation const
IMAGESidus Space to host MobLobSpace radar payload on LizzieSat for NASA debris tracking studyLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 12, 2025 Sidus Space Inc has been selected as a subcontractor to MobLobSpace Inc under a NASA Small Business Innovation Research award to support a mission concept hosting a space-based 4D radar system on the LizzieSat satellite platform for space domain awareness. The six-month Phase I effort will concentrate on mission design and planning for integrating the radar payload with LizzieSat to delive
IMAGESecure ESA contract advances GomSpace satellite cybersecurityBerlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 12, 2025 GomSpace has signed a 1.2 million euro (13.2 MSEK) contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop a security-enhanced generation of its NanoCom product line under the SECUSAT program. The agreement supports the evolution of secure satellite communications capabilities for both institutional and commercial users. SECUSAT will upgrade GomSpace communication and onboard computer pro
IMAGE$106B Ground Segment Market Enters Service‑Driven EraParis, France [December 12, 2025] – Novaspace’s 6th Ground Segment Market Prospects report projects a $106 Billion market and a fundamental shift in satellite infrastructure economics. NGSO constellations are reshaping […] The post $106B Ground Segment Market Enters Service‑Driven Era appeared first on SpaceNews.