TAMPA, Fla. — EchoStar subsidiaries tied to its satellite TV and abandoned 5G network businesses have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, advancing a prepackaged restructuring plan to repay debt early after selling spectrum to SpaceX and AT&T. DISH DBS said June 30 that it and certain subsidiaries, including DISH Wireless, had filed the cases…
English How does Europe study the Sun? Discover the missions revealing the secrets of our closest star, from SOHO and Solar Orbiter to Proba-3, which is creating artificial solar eclipses in space to unlock new insights into the Sun’s mysterious corona. Featuring ESA Reserve Astronaut Sara García Alonso. ESA is getting ready for three European…
NASA’s Space Launch System rocket will launch a crewed capsule into orbit and then on a mission around the Moon. Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani NASA is once again shooting for the Moon, for the first time since the 1970s. As soon as April 1, 2026, NASA will launch its Artemis II mission, using the Space Launch…
Of all the strange worlds in our Milky Way galaxy, some of the most mysterious are those hanging around white dwarf stars. These are not regular stars busy smashing atoms in their cores, but the ultra-dense remains of Sun-like stars that have undergone their death sequences – puffing up into enormous red giants before shedding…
In early May 2026, NASA employees, contractors, and volunteers helped to bring Heliophysics to girls of all ages in a fun-filled weekend of hands-on science activities and experiments. The event took place from May 1-3 at Camp Conowingo, a Girl Scouts of Central Maryland camping property on the Susquehanna River north of Baltimore, and brought…
In the latest research, telescope observations of 3I/ATLAS examine its chemical structure and suggest that it took shape in a peripheral region of a relatively calm planetary system Jay Bennett | Former Associate Web Editor, Science June 29, 2026 Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, imaged here with its broad coma of gas and dust, has captivated astronomers…
The California native earned an undergraduate engineering degree as a two sport athlete, while serving his community. Glover is a Naval Aviator and was a test pilot in the F/A‐18 Hornet, Super Hornet and EA‐18G Growler. He and his family have been stationed in many locations in the United States and Japan and he has…
A Katalyst engineer runs tests on LINK while the satellite is inside the Pegasus XL rocket attached to the Stargazer aircraft at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on the evening of Tuesday, June 16, 2026. Image Credit: NASA/Ron Beard Read More https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/stargazer-aircraft-with-link-spacecraft-at-nasa-wallops/Copy URL to clipboard> DownloadShare A Katalyst engineer runs tests on LINK while the satellite…
Saturn’s moon, Enceladus, has become a prime solar system target for astrobiologists. This is because the small moon, which is just over 10 percent the diameter of Earth’s Moon, harbors a vast subsurface ocean beneath its icy crust. This subsurface ocean combined with the geysers at Enceladus’ south pole that discharges bits of this ocean…
SAN FRANCISCO – Vantor, the company previously known as Maxar Intelligence, unveiled WorldView 3D July 1, to provide customers with updated and high-definition imagery. “WorldView 3D is driving towards currency,” Peter Wilczynski, Vantor chief product officer, told SpaceNews. “At the click of a button, you see what the world looks like in 3D.” The WorldView…