Space Debris

December 10, 2025 2 min read Add Us On Google Add SciAm NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft didn’t phone home as expected on December 6 By Meghan Bartels edited by Lee Billings NASA/GSFC Join Our Community of Science Lovers! One of NASA’s workhorse spacecraft in orbit around Mars has fallen silent, leaving…

Researchers have detected an unexpectedly high abundance of presolar grains — dust from stellar explosions predating our Solar System — in the samples of the near-Earth asteroid (101955) Bennu collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft. Characterization of a presolar spinel-hibonite grain from the asteroid Bennu. Image credit: Nguyen et al., doi:…

Monika Luabeya Dec 10, 2025 The Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Dec. 9, 2025, with Expedition 73 NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky aboard. The trio returned to Earth after…

October kicked off with optimism across the crypto space, but the anticipated “Uptober” surge quickly lost momentum. Within days, prices slid sharply after President Trump unveiled a sweeping 100% tariff on Chinese imports, a saga that is still ongoing.Despite yesterday’s Federal Reserve FOMC meeting, where investors got their hoped-for rate…

File Copy: Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana Senior Advocate of Nigeria Femi Falana says Nigeria cannot lead regional efforts against coups without first addressing internal drivers of instability. He made this position known as West Africa confronts another round of military takeovers. Speaking on Channels…

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Space outfit Rocket Lab says its Hungry Hippo is ready to go into space, a fillip for the company’s plans to fly its new Neutron launch vehicle. Hungry Hippo is a fairing – the nose cone used to protect payloads atop rockets from pressure and heat. Most rockets shed their…

December 10, 2025 | 7:00am MANILA, Philippines — Italian aerospace and defense firm Leonardo said that it reaffirms its commitment to the Philippines' long-term capability development and modernization goals. In a statement on Tuesday, December 9, the Italian-based firm said that it will invest in "technologies, skills, and systems" designed…

Michelle Hoehn vividly remembers the day a seed was planted for her future at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. As a seventh grader, the Bogalusa, Louisiana, native joined her dad for Father/Daughter Day at NASA Stennis. Hoehn knew she wanted to be part of something bigger,…

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) to begin the NROL-77 mission on behalf of the National Reconnaissance Office on Dec. 9, 2025. Image: Michael Cain / Spaceflight Now Update Dec. 9, 6 p.m. EST (2300 UTC):…