Historical Development Current State of Internet Infrastructure Dominican Republic internet penetration is high (~89% in 2024 datareportal.com), driven mostly by mobile broadband. As of mid-2023 there were 8.94 million mobile‑broadband subscriptions (about 73% of the population) versus only ~1.09 million fixed‑broadband lines (≈9%) trade.gov. Fixed broadband is available via fiber, cable and DSL in urban/suburban areas, while…
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Brunei Darussalam, a small but wealthy nation on Borneo, is undergoing an internet revolution that defies its size. With nearly 99% of its people online datareportal.com and a nationwide rollout of 5G mobile and fiber broadband, Brunei’s digital landscape has leapt ahead in recent years. This report dives into Brunei’s surprisingly advanced internet infrastructure, the…
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Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have directly imaged a likely Saturn-mass planet orbiting the young star TWA 7. This marks Webb's first direct planet discovery and the lightest exoplanet ever seen by this technique, offering new insights into planetary system formation beyond our solar system.
Ghost Signals and Laser Shields: The Pentagon’s 500-Satellite Orbital Defense NetFrom Ghost Signals to Orbital Shields In June 2024, Australian astronomers detected a mysterious, intense burst of radio waves originating from near Earth. Initially, they thought they’d found a new pulsar or quasar. Instead, they traced the 30-nanosecond pulse to an unlikely source – NASA’s defu…
Quiet Goodbye, Bold Hello: Japan’s H3 Rocket Takes the Torch from H-2A to Slash Costs and Double CadenceFarewell to H-2A: A Final Flight and a New Beginning Japan’s workhorse H-2A rocket concluded nearly 25 years of service with its 50th and final launch on June 28, 2025, carrying the GOSAT-GW climate-monitoring satellite into orbit space.com space.com. Debuting in 2001, the H-2A achieved a 98% suc…
ForgeStar-1: Pioneering the UK’s Orbital Chip Foundry in SpaceForgeStar-1 is a groundbreaking in-space manufacturing satellite developed by Welsh startup Space Forge – a project aimed at creating the world’s first orbital semiconductor foundry. Launched in June 2025, ForgeStar-1 became the UK’s first in-space manufacturing mission, designed to produce advan…
