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August 5, 2026
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The freshwater polyp Hydra vulgaris shows no measurable signs of aging in laboratory colonies, and researchers have watched single animals regenerate from pinhead-sized fragments more than sixty…
The solar system's coldest surface shouldn't be erupting, yet Triton's nitrogen geysers forced scientists to rethink what "dead" really means in the deep freeze. The post Voyager 2 passed Neptune’s…
The post APOD: 2026 August 5 – Spokes on Saturn’s B Ring appeared first on NASA Science .
The coastal dune field in Brazil looks like a desert but fills with freshwater lagoons every year. The post The Paradox of Lençóis Maranhenses National Park appeared first on NASA Science .
As a result of this work, German MEP Markus Ferber has already sent a letter to Transport Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas expressing his concerns, while the Federal Ministry of…
This is a program "equipped with innovative, cutting-edge technology and designed to become one of the pillars of any future combat air system." 60 units…
On July 22, at the Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) facilities in Kiel, the German shipyard held the handover of the third and final Dolphin II-class submarine to the Navy of…
Despite posting net losses of €37.5 million in its latest fiscal year due to an intense research and development (R&D) phase, the French aerospace firm has a…
This work expands on tests conducted at the same facility in 2024 and is part of the development of Starship's Human Landing System (HLS), which NASA intends to use to transport…
The rocket maker's debut as a public company was turbulent—and a massive share unlock could make things far worse. The post SpaceX shares priced at $135 in June’s record-breaking IPO, spiked above…
Rover data from more than 20 years ago has revealed clues to the existence of liquid water on ancient Mars. The NASA Spirit Rover carried a specialized instrument called a Mössbauer Spectrometer…
Voyager Technologies remains upbeat about the prospects for its Starlab commercial space station but is hoping for some tweaks to NASA’s plans to support the station’s development. The post Voyager…
This visitor from the deep freeze of interstellar space suggests our cosmic neighborhood may be far colder and more alien than we ever imagined. The post 3I/ATLAS, only the third comet confirmed to…
This report was originally published on IDRW.org. Egypt’s growing interest in India’s indigenous Pinaka Multi-Barrel Rocket Launcher (MBRL) system reflects Cairo’s broader strategy of... The post…
This report was originally published on IDRW.org. The landscape of Earth observation is undergoing a massive transformation, driven by companies willing to push technological... The post GalaxEye…
A whisper of gas surrounds the Moon, so thin that a single spacecraft can temporarily become its most dominant feature. The post The Moon is not airless: its exosphere holds helium, neon and argon…
Simulations conducted by researchers at ETH Zurich suggest a strong likelihood that Venus’s rift valleys are still geologically active rather than being mere relics of a bygone era, as had been…
During its first earnings call since going public, SpaceX officials said today the next Starship test flight, IFT-14, will put operational Starlink Version 3 satellites into orbit. If they get […]
Masks and Optics Coronagraph masks block most of the glare from stars to reveal faint orbiting planets and dusty debris disks. The mirrors and lenses are finely polished to minimize additional glare…
Productivity theater—checking boxes and clearing inboxes—leaves us exhausted, not accomplished. What if tranquility came from doing fewer things better? The post Thought of the day from Stoic…
August 4, 2026
U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded $615 million in Other Transaction Authority contracts for Space Based Airborne Moving Target Indication (SB-AMTI) to Rocket Lab [RKLB], STR…
ICEYE has named Christos Kolimenakis Chief Executive Officer of ICEYE UAE, giving the SAR operator resident leadership in Abu Dhabi. He arrives from a 15-year career at JPMorgan Chase.
SpaceX plans to notch some big milestones on the next test flight of its Starship megarocket, which is tentatively scheduled for late August.
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SpaceX plans to start deploying upgraded Starlink satellites into orbit on the next flight of its Starship vehicle, scheduled for as soon as the end of the month. The post SpaceX to begin Starship…
The companies, along with a third unidentified vendor, won $615 million in contracts for the AMTI satellite program The post Rocket Lab, STR win Space Force contracts for airborne-target tracking…
Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have successfully freed up power on Voyager 2, extending how long the spacecraft can continue to do science. Nicknamed the “Big Bang,” the effort…
The Eyes team has many significant upgrades underway, but in the month of July we only updated our augmented reality mobile app Spacecraft AR and released it to the Google Play and Apple App stores…
Musk kept inflating the already-big promises being made by SpaceX CFO Bret Johnsen and Gwynne Shotwell on the company's first call.
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