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Air Force test launches Minuteman III with multiple reentry vehicles

The launch was scheduled years in advance and was not in response to current world events, according to Air Force Global Strike Command.

Air Force test launches Minuteman III with multiple reentry vehicles

The launch was scheduled years in advance and was not in response to current world events, according to Air Force Global Strike Command.

Spacecraft's impact changed asteroid's orbit around the sun in a save-the-Earth test, study finds

In this image provided by NASA, an impact plume emerges from the asteroid Dimorphos, left, after DART collides into it on Sept. 26, 2022, orbiting the larger asteroid Dimorphos. (NASA/ASI/University of Maryland/Tony Farnham/Nathan Marder via AP)2026-03-06T19:01:09Z CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An asteroid that NASA used for target practice a few years ago was nudged into a slightly different route around the sun, findings that could help divert a future inc

Evidence suggests the deadly blast at an Iranian school was likely a US airstrike

A Dept. of Defense map entitled, Operation EPIC FURY Timeline - First 100 Hours, is displayed during a news conference with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, at the Pentagon, Wednesday, March 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Konstantin Toropin)2026-03-06T18:18:01Z JERUSALEM (AP) — Satellite images, expert analysis, a U.S. official and public information released by the U.S. and Israeli militaries sugg

What's inside neutron stars? New model could sharpen gravitational-wave 'tide' clues

Neutron stars harbor some of the most extreme environments in the universe: their densities soar to several times those of atomic nuclei, and they possess some of the strongest gravitational fields of any known objects, surpassed only by black holes. First observed in the 1960s, much of the internal composition of neutron stars is still unknown. Scientists are beginning to look to gravitational waves emitted by binary neutron‐star inspirals—pairs of mutually orbiting neutron stars—as possible so

NASA changed an asteroid's orbital path around the sun, a first for humankind

Smashing a spacecraft into a binary asteroid system has managed to alter its path around the sun, a new analysis reveals

NASA's DART Mission Changed Orbit of Asteroid Didymos Around Sun

The spacecraft changed the binary system’s orbit, confirming that a kinetic impactor can be an effective planetary defense technique for deflecting a near-Earth object. New research reveals that when NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft intentionally impacted the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos in September 2022, it didn’t just change the motion of Dimorphos around its […]

NASA's DART Mission Did More Than Just Nudge an Asteroid, Study Says

With these new findings, researchers are closer than ever to validating a key planetary defense technique.

NASA's Asteroid-Smashing DART Mission Sped Up Space Rock's Orbit Around the Sun

New data about the DART spacecraft’s effects adds evidence that Earth could be defended from future deadly asteroids by diverting their orbits.

Asteroid defense mission shifted the orbit of more than its target

NASA's DART spacecraft changed an asteroid's orbit around the sun

A 2022 NASA mission changed the orbit of the asteroid Dimorphos around its companion. New data shows their joint orbit around the sun also changed.

NASA changed an asteroid's orbit around the sun for the first time

NASA’s DART mission slammed into the small asteroid Dimorphos in 2022, and the impact slowed its orbit around the larger Didymos – and also the pair’s path around the sun

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Vast wraps $500 million funding round as company vies for NASA space station contract

Vast Space is betting on a "leapfrog strategy" to land a phase two NASA award for the International Space Station.

NASA must delay deorbiting the ISS, U.S. lawmakers say

U.S. lawmakers are moving to delay the International Space Station’s retirement, giving more time for commercial replacements to be built

Ships in Gulf declare themselves Chinese to dodge attack

At least 10 vessels have changed transponder messages in apparent attempt to avoid becoming targets

LOT Polish Airlines Connects Boeing Dreamliner With Viasat IFC

LOT Polish Airlines has started in-flight connectivity (IFC) serve on the first Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane, supplied by Viasat‘s Amara service. The Polish airline confirmed March 6 that the IFC... The post LOT Polish Airlines Connects Boeing Dreamliner With Viasat IFC appeared first on Via Satellite.

FCC Looks to Free Up TT&C Spectrum for 'Weird Space Stuff'

The FCC is looking to make more spectrum available for what it calls “weird space stuff” — in other words, to support telemetry, tracking, and command (TT&C) for emerging space applications. ... The post FCC Looks to Free Up TT&C Spectrum for ‘Weird Space Stuff’  appeared first on Via Satellite.

Scientists grew chickpeas in fake moon dirt with the help of fungi

Coat a chickpea seed in beneficial fungi, plant it in a pot that's three-quarters fake moon dirt, and you can grow a harvestable crop. Texas A&M researchers pulled this off in a climate-controlled growth chamber, showing that the right fungal partner could be what makes lunar agriculture viable, according to a Reuters report. — Read the rest The post Scientists grew chickpeas in fake moon dirt with the help of fungi appeared first on Boing Boing.

Qatar's Main LNG Equipment Intact, Satellite Analysis Shows

Qatar’s massive LNG export facility remains largely intact, according to a Bloomberg analysis of satellite data, indicating that recent drone strikes missed key production equipment.