NASA Confirms Sean Gallagher as Permanent Chief Information Officer
Sean Gallagher has been formally appointed NASA's Chief Information Officer, ending an interim period that began in January. The role puts h…
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SpaceX flies Starfall, its new orbital reentry capsule
SpaceX launched a demonstration flight of Starfall on Tuesday, an all-new reentry capsule tipping the scales at around 2,100 kilograms. The …
Webb Telescope Reads the Chemical Story of Comet 3I/ATLAS
Comet 3I/ATLAS, only the third interstellar visitor ever detected, has yielded its chemical secrets to the James Webb Space Telescope. Its u…
Jio Charts Course for a Sovereign LEO Constellation Ahead of Its IPO
Jio Platforms, the digital arm of Reliance Industries and owner of India's largest mobile network, has outlined a two-stage plan to enter th…
ESA's Earth from Space series reaches its thousandth image
The European Space Agency has published the thousandth image in its Earth from Space series. The landmark highlights the breadth of Europe's…
El Niño 2026: NASA satellites track a strengthening Pacific signal
NASA satellite altimetry data confirmed in June 2026 that the current El Niño event is continuing to build strength. The orbital readings of…
Terzan 5: A Living Fossil at the Core of the Milky Way
Astronomers long catalogued Terzan 5 as a routine globular cluster. A combined campaign with the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes has …
Upgraded Ariane 6 Delivers 36 Amazon Kuiper Satellites to Orbit
Arianespace successfully launched 36 Amazon Kuiper satellites on June 17, 2026, aboard an Ariane 6 fitted with new P160C solid-fuel boosters…
Ariane 6 Delivers for Amazon as China Goes Quiet After Kuaizhou-11
On June 17, Ariane 6 lifted 36 Amazon Leo satellites into low Earth orbit on its most powerful configuration yet. Meanwhile, China completed…
Amazon's Kuiper Backlog Puts the Spotlight on Launch Capacity
Amazon has built hundreds of Kuiper satellites with nowhere near enough rocket rides to launch them on schedule. Meanwhile, Arianespace is m…
Webb rewrites the early history of the Milky Way
Using Webb and Hubble in tandem, astronomers have reclassified Terzan 5 into an entirely new category of object. This ancient structure may …
Terzan 5 Unmasked: A Galactic Fossil Reshapes What We Know About the Milky Way
Long catalogued as a routine globular cluster, Terzan 5 turns out to be something far older and stranger — a surviving fragment of an ancien…
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