Space

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS: A Visitor from Beyond the Solar System

Rare Interstellar Comet Racing Through Our Solar System Could Be the Oldest Ever Seen

A Mysterious Visitor from Beyond the Solar System Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS photographed under dark skies during a lunar eclipse, revealing an emerald-green coma surrounding its nucleus space.com. This rare alien comet carries

17 September 2025

Belgium’s Space Boom: From Small Nation to Satellite Powerhouse

Key Facts at a Glance Historical Evolution: From Early Collaborator to ESA Pillar Belgium’s journey in space began in the 1960s, making it one of the earliest European nations involved in space

17 September 2025

Belgium · Innovation · Satellites · Space · Technology

Rocket Launch Frenzy, Solar Surprises & Space Race Showdowns: 48 Hours of Space News (Sept 16–17, 2025)

Rapid-Fire Rocket Launches and Satellite Deployments SpaceX’s Starlink blitz: SpaceX continued its high-frequency launch campaign, highlighting how routine orbital deployment has become. On Wednesday, Sept. 17, a Falcon 9 rocket lifted 24 Starlink V2

17 September 2025

Astronomy · Rocket Launches · Solar Events · Space · Space News · Space Race

Tech Shockwaves: Slimmest iPhone, TikTok’s Lifeline & Space Glitches – Major Tech News (Sept 16–17, 2025)

Key Facts Consumer Electronics: Slim Phones and Smart Glasses Apple’s Thinnest iPhone Yet: Apple’s fall product event introduced the iPhone Air, a dramatically slimmed-down iPhone that Apple billed as its biggest design

17 September 2025

Innovation · Smartphones · Social Media · Space · Tech News

Space Junk Gold Rush: Inside the 2025–2032 Race to Clean Up Earth’s Orbit and Cash In on Sustainability

Space Junk Cleanup Breakthrough: Ion Engine Exhaust Could Blast Debris Out of Orbit

The Ion Engine Exhaust Method: Blasting Debris with Plasma In this novel concept, a cleanup satellite approaches a piece of orbital debris and fires a stream of plasma (electrically charged gas) from

16 September 2025

Engineering · Innovation · Orbital Debris · Space · Space Technology

Baby Black Hole Booted Across Space: First-Ever Measurement of a Cosmic “Natal Kick”

A Cosmic Kick: Newborn Black Hole Sent Careening Through Space On April 12, 2019, two black holes collided 2.4 billion light-years away – an event detected as gravitational-wave signal GW190412. What happened

16 September 2025

Astronomy · Astrophysics · Black Holes · Cosmic Phenomena · Space

Skyscraper-Size Asteroid Once Feared to Hit Earth Zooms Past This Week – How to Watch Live

An asteroid the size of a skyscraper, once briefly feared to pose an impact risk decades from now, is about to make a close (but safe) flyby of Earth on Thursday, September

16 September 2025

Asteroids · Astronomy · Earth · Live Events · Space

The Universe Is Expanding Even Faster Than We Thought – New Study Sparks Cosmic ‘Crisis’

A Surprise in the Stars: New Study Measures Faster Expansion Recent observations have delivered a startling message: the universe appears to be expanding even faster than our standard cosmological model predicts phys.org.

16 September 2025

Astronomy · Cosmology · Science News · Space · Universe

Northrop’s New “Chonker” Spacecraft Debuts – Cygnus XL Takes on SpaceX & Boeing

Design and Capabilities of Northrop’s Cygnus XL Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL is an enlarged version of the company’s proven Cygnus cargo spacecraft, engineered to carry significantly more supplies to orbit. Design-wise, the

16 September 2025

Boeing · Northrop Grumman · Space · Spacecraft · SpaceX

Brazil’s Space Industry Is Taking Off: New Players, Big Plans, and a Sky-High 2040 Outlook

Key Facts Historical Development of Brazil’s Space & Satellite Industry Brazil’s space journey began in the early 1960s amid the space race era. In 1961, the government formed its first space research

16 September 2025

Aerospace · Brazil · Future Trends · Space · Space Industry · Technology

Space Race Showdown, Mars Surprises & a New ‘Mini-Moon’ – Global Space News (Sept 15–16, 2025)

Key Highlights Launches and Mission Updates China’s latest launch: On Sept. 16, China launched a test satellite for its planned satellite-internet network, using a Long March 2C rocket with a Yuanzheng-1S upper stage english.news.cn. Liftoff

16 September 2025

Astronomy · Celestial Events · Mars · Space · Space Exploration · Space News

Space Races, Chip Wars & Cyber Shocks: Global Tech Roundup (Sept 15–16, 2025)

Key Facts Consumer Electronics: Big Bets and New Launches Meta’s $800 Smart Glasses: Meta Platforms is doubling down on augmented reality hardware. At its upcoming Connect event, CEO Mark Zuckerberg will debut

16 September 2025

Chip Industry · Cybersecurity · Global Tech · Space · Technology News

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