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Planet delivers first light image from Pelican 6 satellite capturing Lhasa Gonggar Airport
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 01, 2026 Planet Labs has released the first light image from its Pelican 6 Earth imaging satellite, highlighting Lhasa Gonggar International Airport in Tibet, China, and demonstrating the new spacecraft's imaging performance. The Pelican 6 satellite is part of Planet's Pelican constellation, a fleet of next generation Earth observation spacecraft designed to capture high resolution imagery with rapid revisit and broad global coverage. First light images are mission benchmarks that verify sensor calibration ... read more |
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India space agency launches its heaviest satelliteNew Delhi (AFP) Dec 24, 2025 India's space agency launched its heaviest ever payload on Wednesday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling the deployment "a significant stride" for the space sector. ... more 
Engineered interlayers boost satellite insulation and flexible electronicsBerlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 17, 2025 Researchers at Empa are refining the multilayer insulation foils that wrap many satellites and space probes, aiming to improve their mechanical robustness while maintaining thermal protection. These ... more 
Space ground fluid AI framework targets satellite powered 6G edge intelligenceTokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 26, 2025 The race toward sixth generation 6G mobile networks is intensifying, with commercial deployment expected around 2030. The International Telecommunication Union ITU expects 6G systems to support scen ... more
AST BlueBird 6 enters orbit as record low Earth orbit cellular arrayLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 01, 2026 AST SpaceMobile Inc. has confirmed the successful orbital launch of its BlueBird 6 satellite, described as the largest commercial communications array deployed in low Earth orbit and designed to sup ... more |
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Shrinking AI memory improves LLM accuracyLondon, UK (SPX) Dec 26, 2025 Researchers have developed a new way to compress the memory used by AI models to increase their accuracy in complex tasks or reduce the energy needed to run them. Experts from the University o ... more 
US denies visas to EU ex-commissioner, four others over tech rulesWashington, United States (AFP) Dec 24, 2025 The US State Department said Tuesday it would deny visas to a former EU commissioner and four others, accusing them of seeking to "coerce" American social media platforms into censoring viewpoints they oppose. ... more 
Modena team outlines staged roadmap to cut emissions from metal laser 3D printingModena, Italy (SPX) Dec 19, 2025 Laser powder bed fusion allows manufacturers to build complex metal components with limited scrap, but the process still carries a significant environmental footprint from electricity use, shielding ... more 
Life, Culture and AI: Why 'plagiarism' Is Our Default Operating SystemGerroa, Australia (SPX) Nov 28, 2025 As AI models are accused of stealing the world's creativity, a deeper view emerges: life, culture - and now machines - all run on ceaseless pattern-copying, much like an extreme, accelerated form of reading. The real novelty is that humans invented the idea of "Plagiarism" with a capital P. ... more 
NASA CubeSat puts dual micropropulsion systems through orbital trialLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 18, 2025 NASA and commercial partners are using a small satellite mission called DUPLEX (Dual Propulsion Experiment) to demonstrate new propulsion options for small spacecraft operating in low Earth orbit an ... more |
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Light driven process prints biocompatible plastic electrodes
Linkoping, Sweden (SPX) Dec 16, 2025 Researchers at Linkoping University and Lund University have demonstrated that visible light can drive the formation of conductive polymer electrodes from water based solutions without hazardous chemicals. The method produces electrodes on many different substrates, including glass, textiles and even skin, which supports new types of electronic and medical sensor applications. The work is based on conjugated polymers, a class of conductive plastics that combine the electrical behavior of metals an ... read more 
Working to eliminate barriers to adopting nuclear energyCambridge MA (MIT) Dec 15, 2025 Nuclear waste continues to be a bottleneck in the widespread use of nuclear energy, so doctoral student Dauren Sarsenbayev is developing models to address the problem. Sarsenbayev focuses on o ... more |
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New quantum chemistry method to unlock secrets of advanced materialsChicago IL (SPX) Dec 15, 2025 A new computational approach developed at the University of Chicago promises to shed light on some of the world's most puzzling materials - from high-temperature superconductors to solar cell semico ... more 
Bible 1.0: How Ancient Canon Became Our First Large Language ModelsSydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 14, 2025 Modern large language models are treated as something radically new: vast statistical machines trained on almost everything humans have written, and able to regenerate knowledge on demand. Yet in structural terms, humanity has worked with something similar for millennia. ... more 
OroraTech expands GENA satellite platform with orbital testbed for scientific payloadsMunich, Germany (SPX) Dec 12, 2025 OroraTech has launched GENA-OT, the first mission built on its GEneric flexible NAnosatellite platform, on SpaceX's Transporter-15 rideshare flight from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The 16U CubeSat ... more 
ONE Bow River backs Odyssey Space Research growth in flight software and mission engineeringLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 12, 2025 ONE Bow River National Defense Fund has taken a strategic stake in Odyssey Space Research LLC, a spaceflight software and engineering firm that supports government and commercial missions. The ... more 
D-Orbit launches dual orbital transportation missions, passes 200-payload milestoneParis, France (SPX) Dec 12, 2025 D-Orbit, a global leader in space logistics and orbital transportation, has launched two new orbital transportation missions using its ION Satellite Carrier, pushing the company past the milestone o ... more |
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