Reports

James Webb Space Telescope Captures Images of Newly Discovered Exoplanet TWA 7b NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured images of a newly discovered exoplanet, TWA 7b, orbiting the young star TWA 7. Using high-contrast imaging and a coronagraph, scientists detected this Saturn-mass planet, marking a significant achievement in exoplanet research since Webb’s 2021 launch.…
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The Satellite Data Downlink & Cloud Integration market is experiencing a boom, driven by surging demand for geospatial data and real-time insights across sectors. Marrying satellites (“eyes in the sky”) with cloud computing infrastructure has unlocked unprecedented scalability and accessibility for space-derived data. Key highlights of this market outlook include: In summary, the Satellite Data…
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Space-Based Quantum Revolution – In a historic milestone for space and quantum technology, a photonic quantum computer no larger than a shoebox has been launched into Earth orbit. Riding aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-14 mission on June 23, 2025, this miniature quantum processor – the first of its kind in space – promises to rewrite how satellites…
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A New Radar Eye for Forest Carbon The European Space Agency’s Biomass satellite, launched on April 29, 2025, is a groundbreaking mission designed to map the world’s forests in 3D and measure their carbon content with unprecedented accuracy defensetalks.com airbus.com. It is the first satellite ever to carry a P-band synthetic aperture radar – a…
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Regulations for Recreational Drone Use Recreational drone pilots in the Netherlands must follow EU-wide rules designed for safety. These fall under the “open” category of operations (low-risk flights) and generally include the following key restrictions and best practices business.gov.nl rijksoverheid.nl: Overall, recreational flyers should plan ahead and be mindful of their surroundings. Check for any…
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Imagine beaming a high-definition movie across the globe in less than five seconds using a laser as weak as a night-light. This seemingly sci-fi scenario just became reality: from a geostationary orbit 36,000 km above Earth, a Chinese satellite used a mere 2-watt laser to transmit data to the ground at 1 gigabit per second…
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Google’s new Gemini CLI puts the company’s flagship multimodal model directly in the terminal, marrying a one‑million‑token context window with generous free‑tier limits and an Apache‑2.0 open‑source license. Beyond faster code generation, the tool ties into Google Search, Veo video, and Imagen image creation, signalling a broader push to make Gemini the operating system for developer…
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Google Gemini CLI: The Open‑Source AI Agent Transforming Your Terminal Overview – What Is Google Gemini CLI? Google Gemini CLI is an open-source command-line interface (CLI) tool introduced by Google in mid-2025 that brings the power of Google’s Gemini AI models directly into developers’ terminals theverge.com blog.google. In essence, it’s a terminal-based AI assistant (or…
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The European Commission’s freshly‑minted EU Space Act lands at the very moment low‑Earth orbit (LEO) is sliding from boomtown to bottleneck. Behind the headline pledge to fine careless satellite operators lurks a hard truth: more than 40 000 tracked objects, 7 500+ Starlink spacecraft alone, and upward of 120 million un‑tracked fragments already threaten satellites, science and Earth’s atmosphere. This report unpacks…
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A fast‑moving stream of plasma from a yawning coronal hole is barreling toward Earth, and forecasters at NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) have issued a G2 (moderate) geomagnetic‑storm watch for the night of 25 June 2025. If the solar‑wind blast couples efficiently with our planet’s magnetic field, auroras could surge as far south as Colorado, New York…
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