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Category: 2. Space
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Update On USRA/LPI/LPSC Diversity Censoring
Keith’s note: On 1 July 2025 Mark Sykes, Senior Scientist at the Planetary Science Institute, published an op ed titled “Taking Action Against Historical Censorship by USRA” which I reprinted here on NASAWatch.
- USRA has responded: “Senior…
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Securing the new high ground: tackling export loopholes in space tech
Outer space, the new high ground, is no longer the solitary domain of state powers. The growing participation of the private sector alongside government initiatives signals a dramatic transformation in the space ecosystem. This…
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It looked like nothing—then scientists found a world 10x the size of Jupiter
Astronomers have detected a giant exoplanet – between three and ten times the size of Jupiter – hiding in the swirling disc of gas and dust surrounding a young star.
Earlier observations of this star, called MP Mus, suggested that it was all…
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Industry doubts effectiveness of new launch licensing fees
WASHINGTON — Despite flat budgets for the Federal Aviation Administration office that oversees commercial spaceflight, industry has mixed opinions of a provision in the budget reconciliation bill that would raise funding for it…
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China enters race for LEO broadband dominance
As China accelerates satellite launches and commercial deals for its answer to SpaceX’s Starlink, the race to deploy low Earth orbit (LEO) broadband is splitting into two rival blocs: one backed by Western democracies and the other by…
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Two monster black holes just collided — it’s so massive, it shouldn’t exist
The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) Collaboration has detected the merger of the most massive black holes ever observed with gravitational waves, using the US National Science Foundation-funded (NSF) LIGO Hanford and Livingston Observatories. The merger…
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Gravitational shockwave: LIGO catches a 225-solar-mass black-hole smash-up
The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) Collaboration has detected the merger of the most massive black holes ever observed with gravitational waves using the US National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded LIGO observatories. The powerful merger produced a final…
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Chief Training Officer Teresa Sindelar Touches the Future of Human Spaceflight
Teresa Sindelar always knew she wanted to be a part of human spaceflight, but she was unsure how to make that dream a reality until a chance encounter with former NASA astronaut Tom Stafford when she was 11 years old.
The pair met in a local…
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Astronomers find a giant hiding in the 'fog' around a young star
Astronomers have detected a giant exoplanet – between three and ten times the size of Jupiter – hiding in the swirling disc of gas and dust surrounding a young star.
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