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Astronomers reveal best places to hunt for alien ife

Scientists have identified 45 Earth-like exoplanets that are the strongest known candidates for hosting extraterrestrial life.

Europe develops cosmic ray simulator to combat one of space travel's deadliest risks

'Until now, there has been no reliable way to simulate GCRs [galactic cosmic rays] in Europe.' ...

OHB Sweden wins €248 million contract to build EPS-Sterna constellation

OHB Sweden wins €248 million contract to build EPS-Sterna constellation OHB Sweden has won a record contract for Sweden’s space sector to build 20 satellites to boost Europe’s weather forecasting and climate monitoring capabilities.

Artemis 2 rocket rollout latest news: NASA's giant moon rocket returns to launch pad March 20

Monday, Feb. 23, 2026: See our latest news and updates on NASA's Artemis 2 moon rocket's return to the hangar for repairs this week.

“Just a Quick Shuttle”: Travis Kelce Wishes to Travel to the Moon, Ryan Gosling Says He Has ‘No Interest’

Ryan Gosling’s upcoming sci-fi film Project Hail Mary has him spending plenty of time thinking about space, aliens, and what humanity might find beyond Earth. So when the actor stopped by the Kelce ...

This was the future of space travel – and then it started collapsing

Virgin Galactic was supposed to lead the space tourism revolution—but things didn’t go as planned. After early success and global hype, the company struggled with safety concerns, financial losses, ...

Imagery of M87's black hole shows polarity flip - ESO explains

Using Event Horizon Telescope observations of M87's black hole from 2017, 2018 and 2021, "astronomers have found some changes ...

Commentary: Mysteries of space

A black hole is an area in space that has gobs of gravity.

'Miracle': Europe reconnects with lost spacecraft

The European Space Agency announced Thursday it has re-established communication with a spacecraft that is part of its ...

Cyprus becomes associate member of European Space Agency

Cyprus has become an associate member of the European Space Agency, the agency announced on Thursday.It said that a seven-year agreement for the island’s associate membership entered force on Tuesday, ...

Ask HN: How could a Starlink IPO possibly work?

If you look at just the satellites, the build + launch costs are about $2.5M ea, which is impressive to be sure. But they only last <5 years[1], so that's $500k per year replacement costs. Then if you look at their capacity, they still can't meet their FCC / RDOF broadband designation speeds, but let's be generous and say they can serve 1000 simultaneous users per satellite (their current ratio, let's say it's good enough, incl. oversubscription ratio). So that a

Show HN: AI Digital Audio Workstation

so i got sick of scrolling through sample libraries, buying plugins, and trying desperately to make original music and sound design with suno.built a DAW that's free to try for any music producers or content creators! you can generate individual stems, one shots and sfx standalone or in studio mode.you can also share and remix tracks instantly, something incredibly painful in the existing audio space.shoot me an email at kindred@sonurastudio.com if you wanna come work on this with me :)

Show HN: A text-based space trading game that runs in Telegram

I spent a lot of time as a kid on BBS door games — Trade Wars in particular ate most of my evenings. I've been wanting to recreate that experience for a while, and finally did it. It's a multiplayer space trading game that runs as a Telegram bot. Players trade commodities between ports, upgrade ships, form corporations, and compete for territory across a shared galaxy. Turns refresh daily, so a session takes a few minutes of text commands. I chose Telegram because the entire game works

Launch HN: Voltair (YC W26) – Drone and charging network for power utilities

Hey HN! We’re Hayden, Ronan, Avi, and Warren of Voltair (https://voltairlabs.com/). We’re making weatherized, hybrid-fixed drones deployed for power utility inspections.Here’s some footage: https://vimeo.com/1173862237/ac28095cc6?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=... and a photo of our latest prototype: https://imgur.com/a/bYHnqZ4.The U.S. has 7M miles of power lines (enough to go to the moon and back 14 times), and they're aging. Over 50% of

Show HN: New hard science fiction novel

The Quantum Alliance by David L DiLaura (Kindle + Kindle Unlimited + paperback), a hard science fiction novel of the near future, appeared in January.The Deep Space Network detects Voyager 1 slowing, stopping, and returning. Something found Voyager 1 and is bringing it back to Earth. During its return journey, Voyager’s downlink contains an image cribbed from the golden record. It is a warning.Then a second message appears: Voyager is carrying an artifact meant for Earth. Something that enables

NASA and Artemis 2 crew, launching in Florida, can take iPhones to space

"We are giving our crews the tools to capture special moments for their families and share inspiring images and video with the world," Jared Isaacman said in a post on X. The new guidelines from NASA ...

The Unique (And Ironic) Way Project Hail Mary Achieves Interstellar Travel

Interstellar travel is a staple of science fiction, but writers and filmmakers often take different approaches to it. Here's what "Project Hail Mary" does.

A black hole may have eaten a star and produced the longest gamma-ray burst ever recorded

A Black Hole May Have Eaten a Star and Produced the Longest Gamma-Ray Burst Ever Recorded ...

Europe develops cosmic ray simulator to combat one of space travel's deadliest risks

'Until now, there has been no reliable way to simulate GCRs [galactic cosmic rays] in Europe.' ...

I’m Sorry It Took Me So Long To Tell You About These 32 Products

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