Astronomers Identify Record-Breaking Quasar
The brightest object in the universe—or at least, the brightest we’ve seen yet—shines 500 trillion times brighter than the Sun, and it eats a Sun a day.
Lonestar Data Holdings Performs Data Demo in Cislunar Space
One company is on the way to proving that the same things that make the Moon inhospitable to people—cold, barren, hard to reach—make it a perfect setting for long-term, secure data storage.
FAA Announces New Committee To Evaluate Launch Regs
The FAA is establishing a new committee to improve its launch licensing requirements after industry officials complained that the agency’s 2021 update made life more difficult.
Payload Research: The Ultra Low-Cost Economics of NASA’s CLPS Lunar Program
The ultimate goal—along with science—is to foster a sustainable commercial lunar market where NASA can add to demand rather than monopolize its own closed-loop economy.
Inside Booz Allen Hamilton’s Hunt for the Right Space Startup
The two-year-old fund has invested in Albedo Space, which aims to make very low flying satellites, and Synthetaic, an AI start-up most famous for finding the origin of a Chinese spy balloon buried in satellite data.
Swiss Start-up Studying Satellite Refueling for UK
The UK Space Agency has tapped in-orbit servicing start-up ClearSpace to research satellite refueling, taking a step toward the British agency’s commitment last fall to invest in space sustainability.
Russia Pursues New ASAT Capability Amid Declining Space Program
The news of Russia pursuing a new ASAT capability comes nearly two years after its invasion of Ukraine, which sparked international sanctions that harmed the nation’s economy and placed a strain on its once-great space program.
Astroscale’s ADRAS-J To Rendezvous With Orbital Debris
The company’s inspection satellite will approach the abandoned upper stage of a H-2A rocket that’s been floating aimlessly in space since 2009
Japan’s H3 Rocket Reaches Orbit on its Second Flight
The second launch is the charm for Japan’s next-gen heavy-lift H3 rocket.
The FAA OKs Varda’s Landing Plans
Varda’s in-space manufacturing capsule is cleared for reentry after months of regulatory back and forth.
UK Boosts Spending On International Moon, Mars Partnerships
The UK Space Agency will invest £7.4M ($9.3M) into joint projects with India, Japan, Canada, and the US that will pave the way for exploration of the Moon and Mars, the agency announced Wednesday.
SOFIA Data Shows Water on Asteroids
The water covering more than 70% of the Earth’s surface came from somewhere, and debate swirls among scientists about that mysterious source.
