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Runaway massive stars mapped across the Milky Way

Runaway massive stars mapped across the Milky Way

SpaceDaily January 29, 2026
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jan 29, 2026 Astronomers have carried out the most extensive observational study so far of massive runaway stars in the Milky Wa...
Space Station study maps hurdles for microbial manufacturing in orbit

Space Station study maps hurdles for microbial manufacturing in orbit

SpaceDaily January 29, 2026
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2026 Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory have completed a spaceflight biology experiment on the Internatio...
AI tool mines Hubble archive for hundreds of strange cosmic objects

AI tool mines Hubble archive for hundreds of strange cosmic objects

SpaceDaily January 29, 2026
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2026 A team of astronomers has used a new artificial intelligence assisted technique to uncover rare astronomical pheno...
Autophage rocket concept wins EU prize for debris free launch technology

Autophage rocket concept wins EU prize for debris free launch technology

SpaceDaily January 29, 2026
Paris, France (SPX) Jan 29, 2026 Alpha Impulsion, a space startup based in Toulouse and Naples, has received a 950000 euro award from the European U...
What is the universe made of? SLAC experts weigh in on the mysterious force that shapes our cosmic history

What is the universe made of? SLAC experts weigh in on the mysterious force that shapes our cosmic history

SpaceDaily January 29, 2026
Menlo Park CA (SPX) Jan 23, 2026 Cosmologists Josh Frieman and Risa Wechsler look back on the Dark Energy Survey, sharing how it is paving the way f...
Northrop Grumman Boosters Set For First Crewed Lunar Voyage Of Artemis Era

Northrop Grumman Boosters Set For First Crewed Lunar Voyage Of Artemis Era

SpaceDaily January 29, 2026
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2026 Two Northrop Grumman five segment solid rocket boosters are taking their place on the launch pad as NASA prepares ...
ESA member states back SWISSto12 HummingSat with fresh funding round

ESA member states back SWISSto12 HummingSat with fresh funding round

SpaceDaily January 29, 2026
Renens, Switzerland (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 SWISSto12 has secured 73 million euros in financial support from European Space Agency (ESA) member states th...
AI digital twins aim to protect astronaut mobility on deep space missions

AI digital twins aim to protect astronaut mobility on deep space missions

SpaceDaily January 29, 2026
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2026 West Virginia University researchers are developing artificial intelligence tools to help astronauts maintain move...
In-space manufacturing, quantum projects part of all-Boilermaker suborbital spaceflight

In-space manufacturing, quantum projects part of all-Boilermaker suborbital spaceflight

SpaceDaily January 29, 2026
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Jan 28, 2026 Purdue University is expanding the scientific footprint of 2027's all-Boilermaker suborbital flight mission wit...
Bright streaks reveal Mercury still geologically active

Bright streaks reveal Mercury still geologically active

SpaceDaily January 29, 2026
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 29, 2026 A new analysis of Mercury has uncovered hundreds of bright linear streaks on crater slopes that point to ongoing ...
New analysis sharpens view of cosmic birefringence and universe symmetry

New analysis sharpens view of cosmic birefringence and universe symmetry

SpaceDaily January 29, 2026
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2026 A research team has developed a method to reduce uncertainties in measurements of cosmic birefringence, a subtle r...
Sidus Space advances LizzieSat-4 payload integration with Maris-Tech edge computing system

Sidus Space advances LizzieSat-4 payload integration with Maris-Tech edge computing system

SpaceDaily January 29, 2026
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2026 Sidus Space Inc has reached a key integration milestone with Maris-Tech Ltd as the companies prepare to fly Maris-...
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 11,000th Starlink satellite to date on Thursday

Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 11,000th Starlink satellite to date on Thursday

Spaceflight Now January 29, 2026
SpaceX currently has more than 9,500 Starlink satellites in low Earth orbit. Liftoff of the Starlink 17-19 mission from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space For...
NOAA seeks more money and flexibility for commercial weather data program

NOAA seeks more money and flexibility for commercial weather data program

SpaceNews January 28, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration intends to dramatically increase commercial weather data purchases, Taylor Jord...
NASA readies unique science experiments and tech demonstrations for Artemis II crew

NASA readies unique science experiments and tech demonstrations for Artemis II crew

NASASpaceflight January 28, 2026
Artemis II, the next mission in NASA’s Artemis program to explore the Moon, is scheduled… The post NASA readies unique science experiments and tec...
GAO flags risks in Space Development Agency’s missile-tracking satellite program

GAO flags risks in Space Development Agency’s missile-tracking satellite program

SpaceNews January 28, 2026
Congressional watchdog says SDA is overestimating technology readiness The post GAO flags risks in Space Development Agency’s missile-tracking sat...
HEO acquires in-orbit satellite from Satellogic

HEO acquires in-orbit satellite from Satellogic

SpaceNews January 28, 2026
HEO, the Australian company that performs in-space imaging of spacecraft, has acquired its own satellite though a deal with Satellogic. The post HEO ...
Space-focused SPAC goes public after pricing $200 million IPO

Space-focused SPAC goes public after pricing $200 million IPO

SpaceNews January 28, 2026
TAMPA, Fla. — A shell company chaired by venture capitalist Raphael Roettgen began trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange Jan. 28 after raising $200 ...
U.S. Space Command to bring commercial firms into classified wargame on nuclear threats in space

U.S. Space Command to bring commercial firms into classified wargame on nuclear threats in space

SpaceNews January 28, 2026
Upcoming tabletop exercise will examine response to weapons of mass destruction in orbit The post U.S. Space Command to bring commercial firms into c...
Space Command’s case for orbital logistics: Why the Pentagon is being urged to think beyond launch

Space Command’s case for orbital logistics: Why the Pentagon is being urged to think beyond launch

SpaceNews January 28, 2026
Gen. Stephen Whiting: A space becomes a contested military domain, the Pentagon needs not just rockets but also a sustainment and mobility infrastruc...