Space Debris

An illustration of the RFA ONE rocket launching from SaxaVord Spaceport. Credit: RFA Europe stands on the precipice of launching a satellite from the mainland. Until now, the Guiana Space Centre in South America has operated as Europe’s “gateway to space” but spaceports in SaxaVord and Andøya offer the tantalizing…

Microorganisms rarely live alone. Instead, they form dense, organized communities known as biofilms, structured assemblies of bacteria, fungi, and other microbes embedded in a shared matrix. These communities coat plant roots, line human tissues, and support essential processes like nutrient uptake, stress tolerance, and protection against disease. Researchers are now…

The Nēwo-Yōtina Friendship Centre in Regina, which recently opened a new warming shelter, is shown on Jan. 22, 2026. Photo by KAYLE NEIS /Regina Leader-Post Article content Regina has welcomed a third warming shelter amid this latest cold snap thanks to an infusion of provincial funding. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED…

On this day in 1997, a woman named Lottie Williams was working out in a park near Tulsa, Oklahoma, when she glimpsed a “huge ball of fire” in the sky. A couple minutes later, something hit her on the shoulder and bounced onto the grass. The 5-inch-long object weighed around…

Elon Musk, the richest man on earth, is very good at making money. His track record of predicting the future is less stellar. Through the years, Musk has made several outlandish forecasts—about self-driving cars, about space exploration, about brain chips, about robotics—that have not panned out. The Tesla CEO and…

TAMPA, Fla. — Open Cosmos deployed two satellites Jan. 22 to activate Ka-band spectrum filings reassigned by Liechtenstein last week, racing to meet deployment deadlines to bring the frequencies into use for sovereign and enterprise broadband. Rocket Lab placed the satellites into a 1,050-kilometer circular low Earth orbit, where they…

January 21, 2026 Leading people across countries and time zones means dealing with communication gaps and friction that can easily throw a team off course. Tsedal Neeley, a professor at Harvard Business School, explains why global teams are especially vulnerable to misunderstandings and why leaders often don’t realize there’s a…

Sophos on Tuesday launched Sophos Workspace Protection, a browser-centric security product aimed at securing hybrid and remote work while giving organizations greater visibility into the use of cloud applications and artificial intelligence tools. The product expands Sophos’ portfolio beyond traditional endpoint and network security, offering a lower-cost alternative to complex…

Starlink shakes up Australian internet market with new tiered pricing and no upfront hardware costs If you have been following the satellite internet space, you know Starlink has been a massive game-changer for regional and rural Australians. Today, the Elon Musk-led company has dropped a significant update that makes high-speed…

Homeowners often report feeling uneasy, on edge, or simply worn out, and they suspect their homes are to blame. Feng Shui, an ancient Chinese practice focused on harmonizing the environment, provides a possible answer: these sensations often arise from blocked or disrupted energy, known as chi. When this essential energy…