SPACE INDEX

What's moving in space.

445 stories from 347 sources in the last seven days, across 573 tracked companies.

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Thu, Jun 11

PFAS were added to pizza boxes for decades because of a carbon-fluorine bond nothing in nature can break and Maine just became the first US state to enforce a ban on putting them there Space Daily / Space Daily Editorial Team JUN 11

Elon Musk wants to put 1 million AI satellites in space. Here's how SpaceX could do it Space.com / Elizabeth Howell Launch Services Satellite Communications JUN 11

The narwhal’s spiraled tusk is actually an inside-out canine tooth packed with roughly 10 million nerve endings, and field studies in Nunavut have filmed the animals using it to stun Arctic cod with sharp downward strikes before swallowing them whole Space Daily / Space Daily Editorial Team JUN 11

Thought of the day from Renaissance philosopher Michel de Montaigne: “He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.” Space Daily / Mal James JUN 11

The United States is projected to collapse near the absolute bottom of the developed world for life expectancy by 2030—falling behind even Croatia and Mexico—according to an ensemble of 21 probabilistic forecasting models that point to high rates of chronic disease and unequal healthcare access as the primary drivers pulling the national average down Space Daily / Space Daily Editorial Team JUN 11

The Singapore Strait funnels roughly a third of the world’s traded goods through a channel narrowing to about 3 kilometres wide near Phillip Channel, making it one of the busiest and most pirate-prone waterways on Earth, where ships sometimes queue for days awaiting passage Space Daily / Space Daily Editorial Team JUN 11

ILA Berlin 2026: ESA Director General press conference ESA News JUN 11

In June 2026, the Finnish radar-satellite company Iceye raised more than a billion euros at a valuation above ten billion, a number that tracks a quieter shift — European governments increasingly buying and operating their own reconnaissance constellations rather than renting the imagery from anyone else Space Daily / Space Daily Editorial Team JUN 11

Tracking urban expansion in hazard-prone areas ESA News JUN 11

In 1977, NASA mounted a gold-plated record on each Voyager probe carrying greetings in 55 languages, the sound of a kiss, and Ann Druyan’s brainwaves — a message built to survive long after the spacecraft fell silent, and possibly long after the civilization that made it. Space Daily / Space Daily Editorial Team JUN 11

Don't miss out on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 4 — stream it from anywhere at warp speed using this Norton VPN deal, now up to 70% off Space.com / Paul Brett JUN 11

Sperm whales produce the loudest sound made by any animal, clicks measured at 230 decibels underwater, intense enough that researchers believe a close-range burst could theoretically stun or kill smaller prey and disorient divers within a few meters Space Daily / Space Daily Editorial Team JUN 11

High in California’s White Mountains grows a plant, roughly 4,850 years old — already ancient when the pyramids were new. It owes its long life to hardship: slow growth in thin, dry soil makes its wood too dense for rot to take hold Space Daily / Space Daily Editorial Team JUN 11

In 1820, the whaleship Essex was rammed and sunk by an 85-foot sperm whale in the Pacific, leaving 20 men in three small boats 2,000 miles from land, and the survivors’ decisions over the next 90 days would later inspire Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick Space Daily / Space Daily Editorial Team JUN 11

Air Pollution’s Daily Pulse Over the Northeast NASA Breaking News JUN 11

Bodyguard Satellites and the Emerging Market for On-Orbit Protection New Space Economy / NSE Earth Observation & Remote Sensing Satellite Manufacturing JUN 11

We tend to assume that whatever makes us happy also makes life feel meaningful. But researchers found the two can diverge — easy comfort raised happiness but not meaning, while connecting past and present, giving to others, and even bouts of stress were the things linked to a deeper sense of purpose Space Daily / Mal James JUN 11

[release] KiboCUBE:Teams from the Republic of El Salvador and the Kingdom of Thailand Selected for the Ninth Round JAXA Press JUN 11

National Academies Space Science Reports: A Resource Guide for NASA Research, Exploration, and Policy New Space Economy / NSE JUN 11

West Africa produces roughly 2/3 of the world’s cocoa and lost up to 40% of its harvest across two seasons, which is why chocolate is now being grown in a lab in West Sacramento Space Daily / Space Daily Editorial Team JUN 11

Wed, Jun 10

NASA chief defends selection of all-male Artemis 3 crew Spaceflight Now / William Harwood Launch Services Lunar Services JUN 10

We often assume humanity will keep multiplying, but a UN forecast suggests our numbers will likely peak near 10.3 billion in the mid-2080s, then shrink — because women now average about one child fewer than in 1990 Space Daily / Space Daily Editorial Team JUN 10

Artemis 3 commander confident crew will be ready for 2027 mission SpaceNews / Jeff Foust JUN 10

Diabetes org apologizes for ejecting scientists over criticism of Trump Ars Technica Space / Beth Mole JUN 10