
esa.int
From Lab to Orbit | Turning Space Science into Reality | ESA Explores #21https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2026/06/From_Lab_to_Orbit_Turning_Space_Science_into_Reality_ESA_Explores_21Go behind the scenes at ESA’s European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany, and discover how space experiments are prepared long before they reach orbit. Meet the ECOS team, as Deputy Manager Salvi Verma shares how they work with scientists, engineers and astronauts to turn ideas into real missions aboard the International Space Station. From early planning on the ground to supporting astronauts like ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot during her Epsilon mission, this is how space science becomes reality.Jun 26, 2026 3:00 PM
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My website gets more attacks than human visitorshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48677487I run a small self-hosted website on a Raspberry Pi 4B at home. A few weeks ago I started wondering: who actually visits a website in 2026? Not just humans. Everything. So I built a public observability dashboard on top of GoAccess that separates traffic into four categories: human visitors, search engine crawlers, AI retrieval agents, and automated attacks. The numbers from the last 17 days surprised me:4,523 human visits 6,409 automated attack attempts Thousands of crawler requests from search engines and AI systemsThe attacks aren't sophisticated. They're mostly automated scanners probing for .env files, WordPress admin panels, and cloud credentials — hitting every public IP on the internet regardless of what's actually running there. What I found more interesting was the AI agent behavior. AI retrieval agents (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Amazonbot) behave differently from traditional search crawlers. They hit semantic files aggressively — llms.txt, sitemap.xml, JSON-LD structJun 25, 2026 6:35 PM
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Ask HN: What surprised you about Estonia e-Residency and running an Estonian OÜ?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48673801From the official information online, joining the e-Residency program and setting up an Estonian company seems relatively straightforward.I'm considering using an Estonian OÜ for a SaaS business and would love to hear from people who have actually gone through the process.What surprised you after becoming an e-resident and establishing your company? Were there recurring costs, compliance requirements, banking/payment issues, tax complications, or other operational challenges you didn't anticipate?How easy has it been to run the company remotely? Have you ever needed to travel to Estonia to resolve an issue?Looking back, would you do it again? What do you wish you had known before getting started?I'd appreciate any lessons learned, gotchas, or advice from current or former e-residents.Jun 25, 2026 2:17 PM

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NASA at the Ion: Orion Lessons from Artemis II Shape NASA’s Moon to Mars Pathhttps://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/johnson/nasa-at-the-ion-orion-lessons-from-artemis-ii-shape-nasas-moon-to-mars-path/Seven weeks after the Orion spacecraft returned four astronauts from humanity’s first crewed journey around the Moon since Apollo, Artemis II Orion Vehicle Manager Branelle Rodriguez reflected on the mission’s achievements and how it is shaping NASA’s return to the lunar surface and future missions to Mars. Introduced by NASA’s Johnson Space Center Acting Director of Business Development and Technology Integration Monte Goforth, Rodriguez spoke at the Ion in […]Jun 24, 2026 9:29 PM

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Euclid View of Milky Way Heart Previews Core Survey by NASA’s Romanhttps://www.nasa.gov/missions/roman-space-telescope/euclid-view-of-milky-way-heart-previews-core-survey-by-nasas-roman/A new look at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy by Euclid, an ESA (European Space Agency) mission with NASA contributions, overlaps with a region scientists will observe with NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, launching later this summer. This sneak peek gives astronomers a major jumpstart on a core Roman survey, helping scientists […]Jun 24, 2026 6:41 PM
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Show HN: Sipp – Run small local LLMs in browser 3x fasterhttps://www.sipp.shHi HN! Sipp is an open-source AI inference library for running local models in browsers with up to 3x faster decode speeds than alternative libraries.My background is in HCI (human-computer interaction) and graphics programming. Me along with my co-founder have been experimenting and thinking a lot about what the next user experience will look like when tokens are commodified to the point of being essentially “free.” A motivation for us was to try to move beyond the chat app and information retrieval use cases that are dominant now, and figure out how AI could instead act as a continuous and silent hand that helps the user indirectly, subtly monitoring their intent and dynamically generating or shifting the UI to meet their needs.In our explorations, we ran into two pain points: 1) when running AI in the browser, performance wasn’t good enough for real-time applications, and model loading and caching were issues; 2) when trying to run locally on desktop, there weren’t any good solutionJun 24, 2026 2:52 PM

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Vast signs additional partners for commercial space station microgravity researchhttps://spacenews.com/vast-signs-additional-partners-for-commercial-space-station-microgravity-research/Commercial space station company Vast announced June 24 the addition of several companies and organizations to its network of partners for microgravity research and manufacturing. The post Vast signs additional partners for commercial space station microgravity research appeared first on SpaceNews.Jun 24, 2026 1:42 PM

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NGSO trade association launches without industry giant SpaceXhttps://spacenews.com/ngso-trade-association-launches-without-industry-giant-spacex/Amazon and several other non-geostationary satellite operators have formed a trade association to represent their fast-growing market, with SpaceX notably absent despite having by far the largest NGSO constellation. The post NGSO trade association launches without industry giant SpaceX appeared first on SpaceNews.Jun 24, 2026 10:00 AM

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NASA Names Sean Gallagher as Chief Information Officerhttps://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-names-sean-gallagher-as-chief-information-officer/NASA has selected Sean Gallagher as the agency’s chief information officer (CIO). In this role, he is responsible for the agency’s entire portfolio of Information Technology products and services. Gallager has been serving in an acting capacity since January and his permanent role is effective immediately. “Sean Gallagher’s leadership has been instrumental in strengthening NASA’s […]Jun 23, 2026 9:32 PM

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Open opportunities with ESA Navigationhttps://www.esa.int/Applications/Satellite_navigation/Open_opportunities_with_ESA_NavigationThe European Space Agency (ESA) leads the design, development, qualification and R&D of flagship EU Space programmes Galileo and EGNOS. It also implements satellite navigation programmes focused on innovation, competitiveness and in-orbit demonstrations, with ESA optional programmes NAVISP, FutureNAV, Celeste (LEO-PNT), Genesis and Moonlight.Jun 23, 2026 2:04 PM

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NASA’s Webb Pinpoints Millions of Stars Within Cigar Galaxyhttps://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasas-webb-pinpoints-millions-of-stars-within-cigar-galaxy/Located 12 million light-years away and undergoing rapid star formation, edge-on spiral galaxy Messier 82 (M82) is a scientifically unique sight to behold, and now NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has revealed previously unseen details. M82’s intense star formation, thought to be the result of a galaxy merger, will be a short-lived event in astronomical […]Jun 23, 2026 2:00 PM

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NASA’s Webb Finds Clues to Ancient, Distant Origin of Comet 3I/ATLAShttps://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasas-webb-finds-clues-to-ancient-distant-origin-of-comet-3i-atlas/As interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS began moving away from the Sun in December 2025, astronomers took the opportunity to turn NASA’s powerful James Webb Space Telescope in its direction and capture detailed measurements of its chemical components. The comet was freshly warmed from its closest pass by the Sun, and its ancient ice had been converted […]Jun 22, 2026 3:00 PM

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ESA Astronaut Tests European Spacesuit Prototype Aboard ISShttps://europeanspaceflight.com/esa-astronaut-tests-european-spacesuit-prototype-aboard-iss/ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot has tested a European intravehicular activity (IVA) spacesuit prototype aboard the International Space Station (ISS). In addition to testing in space, a second prototype has undergone a water survival test campaign in Marseille. The EuroSuit project was initiated by the French space agency CNES in December 2023, with its development led […] The post ESA Astronaut Tests European Spacesuit Prototype Aboard ISS appeared first on European Spaceflight.Jun 22, 2026 11:08 AM
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Show HN: Wirewright, an experimental symbolic physics environmenthttps://github.com/wirewright/wirewrightThe idea with Wirewright is to treat programs and algorithms as physical mechanisms, as machines or societies of machines inhabiting an immutable symbolic world, and time-step the latter to see what happens. This last part in particular reminds me of cellular automata.Said differently, in Wirewright, programs are modeled as "nouns" or "societies" of interacting "nouns" (think data structures). The world is then subjected to laws of physics -- symbolic physics; which is the only "verb" here (think function). Therefore, in Wirewright, we say that, in a sense, algorithm equals structure and the evolution of structure equals computation. I tend to shorten this to "structure is computation", but this may be incorrect if viewed in isolation.Now, I guess you're wondering what Wirewright actually is. In fact, I see the rules here state that I must tell you what Wirewright is, plainly and clearly. I will try, but beware that at the end of the day, I know as little as you do :^) My hands write, Jun 22, 2026 12:15 AM

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Galileo signal updated for internet-of-things usehttps://www.esa.int/Applications/Satellite_navigation/Galileo/Galileo_signal_updated_for_internet-of-things_useIn April, Galileo marked a step forward with the deployment of a new signal component, known as E5a Quasi Pilot, on 12 satellites of Europe’s satellite navigation constellation. This upgrade makes Galileo signals easier to access, particularly on emerging mass-market, low-power devices used for Internet of Things and smart city applications.Jun 19, 2026 1:55 PM
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New cookbook 'Ice Cream Queen' blends recipes with Black historyhttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiowFBVV95cUxPdTRJMW5iZkkxNTI0TktBVHZlMXJmV01WR21oUDBreVl4bXRvQ3ppX3hzSWxHT3RIOXAyeDY5Qm9xbWlwbFN0M21iNzlHNjRGbXpibl9GaTFwZUlrekp6MzY0NURnYTFDa05iVDZKMVdIWmFBSGhjRWpqSG5ETTdiVWJpZFZGMWt4NnNITmtpZjNYY1ZOcXc5V0pPMWVocVIyczBF?oc=5New cookbook 'Ice Cream Queen' blends recipes with Black history NPR IllinoisJun 19, 2026 7:00 AM

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Search for Hidden Cosmic Companions in Sun’s Backyardhttps://science.nasa.gov/get-involved/citizen-science/search-for-hidden-cosmic-companions-in-suns-backyard/Some stars have planets. Others are orbited by brown dwarfs, balls of gas too massive to be planets, but too low-mass to be stars. Astronomers love these brown dwarf-star pairs because being paired with a star helps reveal a brown dwarf’s age. Ages of astronomical objects are often hard to measure, but essential for understanding […]Jun 17, 2026 7:40 PM
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Show HN: Kintsugi – a local-first safety net for AI agents and humanshttps://github.com/arrowassassin/kintsugiAI coding agents now run real shell commands on your machine — rm -rf, git push --force, DROP TABLE, dd, writes straight to disk. Almost always that's fine. The one time it isn't (a hallucinated path, a prompt-injected instruction, a confident wrong guess) there's no undo and you find out after.Kintsugi sits between the agent and your system. It catches the dangerous command before it runs, explains it in one plain sentence, makes destructive actions reversible with a snapshot, and writes every command every agent ran to an append-only, hash-chained log you own. Local-first: no cloud, no account, nothing leaves the machine.It's not only for AI. A passive bash/zsh recorder (no agent involved) puts every command a person runs on the same tamper-evident log and snapshots the destructive ones just-in-time — so `kintsugi undo` rolls back a DBA's fat-fingered rm -rf or clobbering overwrite the same way it rolls back an agent's. On a managed host you can seal the settings behind an admin passJun 16, 2026 5:00 PM

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Installing NEMUCO in BioLabhttps://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2026/06/Installing_NEMUCO_in_BioLabThis video was published on social media by ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot with the following caption:Jun 16, 2026 4:15 PM
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Project Jupiter Expands Community Outreach Effort Highlighting Benefits and Impacts of its Investments in New Mexicohttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8914d844144761b0c2c899ad0d6686&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nasdaq.com%2Fpress-release%2Fproject-jupiter-expands-community-outreach-effort-highlighting-benefits-and-impacts&c=15628323089787158531&mkt=en-usBilingual community engagement, partnerships with local voices, and new advertising will help residents learn more about Project Jupiter's economic, community, and environmental benefits Project ...Jun 16, 2026 3:00 AM