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The Army’s contribution to joint space operationshttps://spacenews.com/the-armys-contribution-to-joint-space-operations/Recent analysis by Reeves in the Mitchell Institute’s “Charting a Path to Space Superiority: The Cross-Domain Imperative” identifies the need for centralized command and control (C2) of counterspace capabilities under U.S. Space Command to ensure unity of effort. However, Reeves’s critique of the United States Army’s development of counterspace capabilities fundamentally misunderstands the Army’s role […] The post The Army’s contribution to joint space operations appeared first on SpaceNews.Dec 18, 2025 1:00 PM
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Through Astronaut Eyes: 25 Years of Life in Orbithttps://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/johnson/through-astronaut-eyes-25-years-of-life-in-orbit/After 25 years of continuous human presence in space, the International Space Station remains a training and proving ground for deep space missions, enabling NASA to focus on Artemis missions to the Moon and Mars. The orbiting laboratory is also a living archive of human experience, culture, and connection. Creating community With 290 visitors from […]Dec 16, 2025 8:35 PM
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NextSTEP-3 B: Moon to Mars Architecture Studieshttps://www.nasa.gov/general/nextstep-3-b-moon-to-mars-architecture-studies/Notice ID: M2M-MSFC-0001 NAICS Codes: NASA seeks industry-led architecture concept development, concept refinement studies, and risk-reduction activities that address Moon to Mars Architecture gaps through the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships-3 (NextSTEP-3). NASA plans to release this solicitation — NextSTEP-3 Appendix B: Moon to Mars Architectural Studies — near the beginning of calendar year […]Dec 15, 2025 7:31 PM
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20 years in Antarcticahttps://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/20_years_in_AntarcticaFor two decades, ESA has sent a medical doctor to brave the cold and more for 13 months at Concordia station in Antarctica, one of the most remote places on Earth. This unique environment – isolated, confined and extreme – mirrors many of the psychological and physiological challenges astronauts face in space. By studying life at Concordia, scientists can better understand these effects, develop countermeasures and prepare for future human missions beyond Earth.Dec 15, 2025 1:36 PM
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Show HN: Hazbin Hotel OC Maker – Create Original Characters with AIhttps://aiocmaker.com/oc-maker/hazbin-hotel-oc-makerHi HNI built a Hazbin Hotel OC Maker, an AI-powered tool that helps fans create original characters (OCs) inspired by the Hazbin Hotel universe.As a fan myself, I noticed that many creators struggle to turn vague ideas into a complete OC — especially when it comes to personality, backstory, visual traits, and tone consistency with the Hazbin Hotel style. Most tools focus only on images or only on text, so I wanted to combine both into a single workflow.What it doesGenerates original Hazbin Hotel–style characters (not existing canon characters)Helps define:Name & demon typePersonality traitsBackstory & motivationsVisual description suitable for artists or AI image toolsDesigned for writers, roleplayers, and artistsWorks entirely in the browser, no setup requiredWhy I made itI’m building a broader AI OC creation platform, and this is one of the first focused generators aimed at a specific fandom. Hazbin Hotel has a very distinct tone and aesthetic, which made it an interesting challenge Dec 14, 2025 5:56 AM
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Micro X ray method reads ancient meteorite impact scarshttps://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Micro_X_ray_method_reads_ancient_meteorite_impact_scars_999.htmlTokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 14, 2025 Researchers from China, Canada, and Japan have established a quantitative method to read the impact histories recorded in enstatite chondrites using micro X ray diffraction measurements. Enstatite chondrites are rare meteorites that formed in highly reducing conditions close to the young Sun and are chemically similar to the material that built Earth, making them key samples for reconstructing eDec 14, 2025 3:47 AM
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Space shuttle design study maps path to breakthrough inventionshttps://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Space_shuttle_design_study_maps_path_to_breakthrough_inventions_999.htmlLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025 Researchers examining NASA's space shuttle development argue that the agency's design approach offers a template for creating breakthrough products that combine many interdependent features, from launch systems to smartphones and pharmaceuticals. They focus on how NASA generated internal knowledge for the shuttle program between 1969 and 1971, when engineers had to balance performance, cost, andDec 10, 2025 10:49 AM
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Show HN: Detail, a Bug Finderhttps://detail.dev/Hi HN, tl;dr we built a bug finder that's working really well, especially for app backends. Try it out and send us your thoughts!Long story below.--------------------------We originally set out to work on technical debt. We had all seen codebases with a lot of debt, so we had personal grudges about the problem, and AI seemed to be making it a lot worse.Tech debt also seemed like a great problem for AI because: 1) a small portion of the work is thinky and strategic, and then the bulk of the execution is pretty mechanical, and 2) when you're solving technical debt, you're usually trying to preserve existing behavior, just change the implementation. That means you can treat it as a closed-loop problem if you figure out good ways to detect unintended behavior changes due to a code change. And we know how to do that – that's what tests are for!So we started with writing tests. Tests create the guardrails that make future code changes safer. Our thinking was: if we can test well enough, we cDec 9, 2025 5:35 PM
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New island of inversion found in proton neutron symmetric molybdenum nucleihttps://www.spacedaily.com/reports/New_island_of_inversion_found_in_proton_neutron_symmetric_molybdenum_nuclei_999.htmlTokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 09, 2025 For decades, nuclear physicists have known that so called islands of inversion mark regions of the nuclear chart where standard shell structure breaks down and magic numbers vanish in favor of strongly deformed shapes. In earlier work these islands were identified mainly in neutron rich isotopes such as beryllium 12 with N = 8, magnesium 32 with N = 20, and chromium 64 with N = 40, all distant fDec 9, 2025 4:08 AM
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Quantum fuzzy spacetime may reshape gravity theoryhttps://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Quantum_fuzzy_spacetime_may_reshape_gravity_theory_999.htmlBerlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 08, 2025 A team at TU Wien has developed a new way to connect quantum theory with general relativity by quantizing the spacetime metric and analyzing how this affects the paths that particles follow under gravity. Their work focuses on geodesics, the curves that represent the shortest connection between two points in curved spacetime and that underlie most applications of Einstein's theory, such as the oDec 8, 2025 11:59 AM
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Space tested menstrual cup backs astronaut health on long missionshttps://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Space_tested_menstrual_cup_backs_astronaut_health_on_long_missions_999.htmlLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 08, 2025 Astrobiologist Ligia Coelho and collaborators have shown that a standard silicone menstrual cup can tolerate spaceflight conditions, opening another option for managing menstruation on long-duration missions. Coelho, a 51 Pegasi b Postdoctoral Fellow in astronomy in Cornell Universitys College of Arts and Sciences and a fellow at the Carl Sagan Institute, leads AstroCup, a volunteer groupDec 8, 2025 11:59 AM
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Toronto World Cup 2026 guide: What to do, eat and seehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8975b9bbe64f2cb67937c3a2c639ab&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Fathletic%2F6756936%2F2025%2F12%2F05%2Ftoronto-world-cup-2026-guide%2F&c=13080911237748659203&mkt=en-usPhoto Illustration: Will Tullos / The Athletic (Franck Fife, Luke Abrahams, Anatoliy Cherkasov, Fabrice Coffrini via Getty Images) This article is part of the Host City Guides series, a collection of ...Dec 4, 2025 9:01 PM
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Ask HN: Who Is Working to Combat AI-Powered Fraud?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46137711There has been a recent explosion in AI-aided scams and fraud. Deepfakes (both video and voice), web scraping, and automated document generation have allowed scammers to target victims with more precision and believability than was ever possible before AI.All of this has always been possible to some degree, but "quantity has a quality all its own" continues to ring true.Public education ("scam awareness") is obviously the most decisive strategy, but is generally left to the underfunded public sector or the PR departments of banks, etc.As for AI-industry regulation, I'm not holding my breath. And besides, with open-source models there will always be products available to bad actors.So is anyone working on anything in the public interest? Any bright ideas?Dec 3, 2025 5:57 PM
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Scientists trace ancient mega watersheds on Marshttps://www.marsdaily.com/reports/Scientists_trace_ancient_mega_watersheds_on_Mars_999.htmlLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 Billions of years ago, rainfall on Mars fed rivers that cut valleys, overtopped crater rims and carved canyons, with some flows likely reaching a northern ocean basin on the planet. Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have now organized these fluvial features into large drainage systems, producing the first global inventory of major Martian river basins and identifying 16 largDec 3, 2025 9:03 AM
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AST SpaceMobile increases US manufacturing capacity with new sites for next generation satellite productionhttps://www.spacedaily.com/reports/AST_SpaceMobile_increases_U_S_manufacturing_capacity_with_new_sites_for_next_generation_satellite_production_999.htmlLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 26, 2025 AST SpaceMobile announced new manufacturing locations in Texas and Florida, strengthening its production network for BlueBird satellites. The company now has more than 1,800 employees, with most based at its West Texas headquarters. Texas hosts five AST SpaceMobile facilities, including a newly launched Midland site that assembles BlueBird satellites from raw materials through final integration,Dec 2, 2025 11:26 AM
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The EU Space Act: a call for true strategic fairnesshttps://spacenews.com/the-eu-space-act-a-call-for-true-strategic-fairness/Before we start, a caveat: The following opinion is only relevant in a situation where the EU, together with its member states, would eventually decide to invest enough to equip itself with space capabilities commensurate with Europe’s economic importance, the role it wants to play in the world and current security threats (meaning: significantly more […] The post The EU Space Act: a call for true strategic fairness appeared first on SpaceNews.Dec 1, 2025 12:00 PM
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This Is When We Actually Become Adults, According to Sciencehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85ea6de41343d0b1deaa40a42dd054&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.vogue.com%2farticle%2fthis-is-when-we-actually-become-adults&c=10904805190395062637&mkt=en-usFor a long time, it was believed that the prefrontal cortex—the part of our brain responsible for decision-making and impulse control—didn’t fully develop until the age of 25, which is when we’d ...Nov 28, 2025 5:30 AM
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This Is When We Actually Become Adults, According to Sciencehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85dfc7971f458cbfd2e6a6257721c7&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.vogue.com%2farticle%2fthis-is-when-we-actually-become-adults&c=10904805190395062637&mkt=en-usFor a long time, it was believed that the prefrontal cortex—the part of our brain responsible for decision-making and impulse control—didn’t fully develop until the age of 25, which is when we’d ...Nov 28, 2025 5:30 AM
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This Is When We Actually Become Adults, According to Sciencehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85e40959ae467887da1a09788acb83&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.vogue.com%2farticle%2fthis-is-when-we-actually-become-adults&c=10904805190395062637&mkt=en-usFor a long time, it was believed that the prefrontal cortex—the part of our brain responsible for decision-making and impulse control—didn’t fully develop until the age of 25, which is when we’d ...Nov 28, 2025 5:30 AM
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This Is When We Actually Become Adults, According to Sciencehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85e62dd6bc4bb38c46ebe4cb46a320&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.vogue.com%2farticle%2fthis-is-when-we-actually-become-adults&c=10904805190395062637&mkt=en-usFor a long time, it was believed that the prefrontal cortex—the part of our brain responsible for decision-making and impulse control—didn’t fully develop until the age of 25, which is when we’d ...Nov 28, 2025 5:30 AM
