NGC 4698: the galaxy whose core spins the wrong way
Roughly 55 million light-years away, spiral galaxy NGC 4698 looks unremarkable at first glance. But fresh Hubble imagery has confirmed that …
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SpaceX scores three more crewed ISS flights as cargo mission 35 looms
NASA has handed SpaceX three additional crewed missions to the International Space Station under a contract amendment, while a 35th cargo fl…
Starship IFT-14: SpaceX Sets Its Sights on Orbit
Thirteen integrated flight tests have brought Starship progressively closer to its ultimate goal. Now, with IFT-14 targeting no earlier than…
Two Galaxies, Two Hidden Faces of the Local Universe
A spiral galaxy whose core spins at a right angle to its own disk, and a nearby neighbor still actively forging new stars: on the same Septe…
EnduroSat's $205M raise tips European NewSpace past one billion
A $205 million funding round by Bulgarian satellite manufacturer EnduroSat has pushed total European NewSpace investment in September 2026 p…
Falcon 9 Juggles ISS Resupply and Classified Space Force Mission
SpaceX is handling two major government contracts in rapid succession: a resupply flight to the International Space Station for NASA, and a …
Webb's IC 348 Panorama Pushes Brown Dwarf Mass Limits
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has released one of its largest images to date, capturing the star-forming region IC 348 — and uncovering …
Webb Maps Star Formation in IC 348, Finds Tiny Brown Dwarfs
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has released one of its largest images yet: a sweeping view of the star-forming region IC 348, where astro…
Vega-C Delivers FLEX and Sentinel-3C to Orbit
On the night of 14–15 September, a Vega-C rocket lifted off from French Guiana carrying two European Earth observation satellites with compl…
Stoke Space targets debut launch, outlines larger rocket plans
Stoke Space has set a debut launch window for its Nova rocket and hinted at a larger follow-on vehicle. Meanwhile, two adjacent pads on Miss…
NASA's Satellite Imaging Tools Are Now Uncovering Lost Civilizations
Originally developed to sharpen satellite imagery of Earth's surface, a NASA image-processing algorithm is now being turned on the ancient p…
FLEX and Sentinel-3C Ready to Lift Off on Vega-C
With encapsulation complete at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, ESA's FLEX and Copernicus Sentinel-3C are preparing for a joint Vega-C l…
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