Space Debris

Image courtesy Open Space A split view in Open Space Air's platform can show a site scan with or without utilities marked. Construction technology provider OpenSpace introduced a new auto-location service giving customers' smartphones real-time indoor positioning capabilities on construction sites, whether they're enclosed or not. The firm's Visual Intelligence Platform,…

Hitting an asteroid in the wrong place could accidentally make it more likely to impact Earth buradaki/Shutterstock If an asteroid was heading for a deadly impact with Earth, could we nudge it off course safely without making the situation worse? Yes, thanks to a new system for calculating the perfect…

WASHINGTON — Scientists have found potential evidence of past life on Mars in a rock sample collected by a NASA rover, even as the agency’s budget proposal would cancel plans to return those samples to Earth. At a Sept. 10 press conference, NASA officials and scientists discussed a paper published…

On-orbit render of a Millennium-built small satellite flying Spectrolab solar cells Credit: Boeing WASHINGTON — Boeing announced it has begun 3D printing the structural panels that form the backbone of satellite solar arrays, a step the aerospace giant says will cut production times in half and help it keep pace…

Rendezvous Robotics plans to commercialize a technology called TESSERAE for self-assembling structures that could be used for large arrays or antennas in space. Credit: Rendezvous Robotics WASHINGTON — A startup has raised an initial round of funding to commercialize a technology that could create large structures in orbit. Rendezvous Robotics…

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Sept. 10, 2025, launched 21 satellites for the Space Development Agency's Tranche 1 Transport Layer from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Credit: SpaceX WASHINGTON — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Sept. 10 launched 21 satellites to low Earth orbit for the U.S. Space…

Lyra is an AI-native meeting platform designed to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of revenue teams. By integrating real-time AI capabilities into its core, Lyra aims to streamline sales processes, reduce manual tasks, and improve overall sales performance. Key Features Real-Time AI Assistance: Lyra’s AI agent provides live support during…

If you think you’ve seen everything sci-fi has to offer, you probably haven’t stumbled upon something that actually makes you feel the weight of space, politics, and human choices all at once. In this genre, we’ve obviously seen a lot of different things, especially shows that dared to evolve beyond…

EchoStar has agreed to sell the company's AWS-4 and H-block spectrum licenses to SpaceX in a transaction worth $17 billion. The deal, which consists of $8.5 billion in cash and $8.5 billion in SpaceX stock, will grant SpaceX 50 MHz of exclusive S-band spectrum in the US, as well as…

Thani Bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi and Péter Szijjártó. Photo: MTI/Kovács Attila Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó met with the United Arab Emirates’ Minister of Foreign Trade Thani Bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi in Budapest on Monday. In a statement issued by his ministry, Szijjártó said cooperation between Hungary…