Space Debris

The OPW spent €335,000 on a bike shed at Leinster House last year. Alamy Stock Photo Bike Shed We have completely normalised investment in congestion, pollution and the continuation of car-first planning, writes Ciarán Cannon. WHEN IS €100,000 a national scandal? Apparently, when it’s spent on a bike shed. This…

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base to begin the Starlink 11-39 mission on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. Image: SpaceX Update Oct. 3, 11:43 a.m. EDT (1543 UTC): SpaceX confirms deployment of the Starlink satellites. SpaceX launched its…

In August, United States Space Force procurement chief Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy toured Blue Origin’s Alabama factory, where BE-4 rocket engines are being built for next-generation launch vehicles. He also visited Northwood Space, a California-based startup building next-generation antennas to move satellite data faster. In September, he toured Vast’s Long…

Logitech has officially pulled back the curtain on the MX Master 4, the latest evolution in its flagship series of productivity mice. Aimed squarely at creative professionals, developers, and power users, this new mouse isn’t just an incremental update; it introduces features designed to fundamentally change how you interact with…

Omaha, NE, October 01, 2025 --(PR.com)-- AccuQuilt has released the GO! Bolt™ Electric Fabric Cutter, the company’s first new cutter since the release of their premier electric cutter, the GO! Big® in 2014. Compact and lightweight, the GO! Bolt is designed for quilters who want fast, accurate fabric cutting in a…

Expanding opportunities for authors through consignment services. Cookstown, New Jersey, United States – WEBWIRE – Wednesday, October 1, 2025 The Reading Glass Books (RGB) officially announces its transition from a self-publishing house to a click-and-mortar bookstore model. With this shift, the New Jersey-based bookstore will focus on providing consignment services…

COPENHAGEN - European Union leaders on Oct 1 backed plans to bolster the bloc’s defences against Russian drones as they met in Copenhagen, days after airspace intrusions by unmanned aircraft rattled Denmark. European authorities have accused Russia of brazen violations of the region’s airspace, including with recent incursions by drones…

The ViaSat-3 F2 satellite in the El Segundo, California, Boeing satellite factory ahead of containerization and shipment. Image: Erik Isakson / Boeing) The ViaSat-3 Flight 2 spacecraft, the next geostationary satellite for communications company Viasat, arrived in Florida in the early morning hours of Tuesday. This six-ton (more than 13,000…

Flutter Entertainment’s Paddy Power has set up its first sportsbook in a casino, a new concept for the British gaming space following landmark regulatory changes. The omnichannel bookmaker has opened a sportsbook at the Hippodrome, one of the capital’s largest and grandest casino properties. The sportsbook contains a hospitality area…

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have found evidence for the deposition of energy into the upper atmosphere of the nearby brown dwarf SIMP J013656.5+093347.3 by an aurora. An artist’s impression of aurora on the brown dwarf SIMP-0136. Image credit: Evert Nasedkin. SIMP J013656.5+093347.3 (SIMP-0136 for short) is…