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Commercial
Astroscale Raises New Capital as Orbital Debris Removal Becomes Big Business
Japanese-founded Astroscale secures fresh funding to scale its debris removal operations, riding a wave of commercial space investment that signals the orbital sustainability market is finally maturing.
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Astronomy
The Jellyfish Has a Sibling: Fermi Telescope Uncovers Evidence of a Rare Double Supernova
Sixteen years of gamma-ray data reveal a faint supernova remnant hiding in the Jellyfish Nebula's glare — and both explosions may trace back to the same doomed binary star system.
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NASA & Agencies
India's Jio Unveils Sovereign LEO Constellation Plan as $10–15 Billion Bet on Connecting India From the Skies
Jio Platforms filed IPO papers alongside plans for a 1,600-satellite sovereign broadband constellation, challenging Starlink and OneWeb in India's increasingly contested orbital market.
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Missions
Voyager Space Moves to Acquire Astrobotic, Betting Big on Commercial Lunar Delivery at Scale
Voyager Space's acquisition of lunar lander company Astrobotic signals a new phase of consolidation in commercial space, as the CLPS contractor looks to scale up operations with deeper corporate backing.
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Science & Discovery
Webb and Hubble Team Up to Reveal an Ancient Relic of the Milky Way's Formation
Terzan 5 isn't a globular cluster after all. Webb and Hubble data reveal four generations of stars spanning 10 billion years, reclassifying it as a rare 'bulge fossil fragment' that survived the Milky Way's chaotic assembly.
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Commercial
AST SpaceMobile's Block 2 BlueBirds Are in Orbit — and the Race for Direct-to-Cell Just Got Real
SpaceX lofted three Block 2 BlueBird satellites for AST SpaceMobile, expanding a constellation built on the audacious premise that your existing phone can talk directly to orbit.
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Missions
Astrobotic's Griffin-1 Lunar Lander Heads to California for Environmental Testing
Astrobotic has unveiled its Griffin-1 lunar lander and shipped it to California for environmental testing, marking a critical milestone in the company's Moon delivery ambitions.
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Missions
A Chinese University Is Building a $2.8 Million Spacecraft to Chase Asteroid Apophis
Tsinghua University students are developing START, a 200-kg spacecraft that will fly within 7 km of asteroid Apophis during its dramatic 2029 Earth flyby — on a budget smaller than most faculty buildings.
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Missions
Curiosity Rover Surveys Mysterious Geological Bands on Mars, Adding New Data to the Planet's Stratigraphic Record
NASA's Curiosity rover commits multiple sols to documenting mysterious geological band formations on Mars, while next-gen rover prototypes undergo desert testing on Earth.
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Commercial
ElevationSpace Banks $40 Million to Chase the Factory-in-Orbit Dream
Japanese startup ElevationSpace closed a $40M Series B, pushing total funding to $63.5M as it builds a reentry-capable platform for manufacturing and research in microgravity.
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Commercial
EQT to Acquire Exolaunch as Space-Industry Consolidation Picks Up Speed
Swedish investment firm EQT is snapping up rideshare specialist Exolaunch, the latest in a string of acquisitions reshaping the commercial space services landscape.
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Commercial
An Austrian Propulsion Startup Just Landed €6.3 Million From Europe's Sovereign Space Push
Gate Space, a Vienna-born satellite propulsion firm, secured €6.3M from the European Innovation Council — the only space company in a 38-firm cohort — as Europe doubles down on homegrown launch and in-orbit capabilities.
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