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Kepler Selected as Prime for European Space Agency’s HydRON Element 3
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., April 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Space Symposium - Kepler Communications Inc. announced today it has been selected as prime contractor for HydRON Element 3, part of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) High-throughput Optical Network (HydRON) project. HydRON, within ESA’s Optical and Quantum Communications - ScyLight program, will develop a high-throughput optical network enabling secure, real-time data transport across multiple orbits and between space and ground systems.
Interstellar A&E: The Scottish doctor of space medicine
Dr Christina Mackaill has been teaching emergency departments about how to treat astronauts after returning to Earth.
Suddenly obsessed with space after Artemis II? Here are some exciting events to watch out for.
There are more moon missions, new ultra-powerful telescopes, groundbreaking probes and more reasons to keep your eyes on the ...
Space Agency Plans to Take Fiber‑Based Internet to Space. Sort Of…
The European Space Agency (ESA) entered the final stage of the world’s first multi-orbital optical communications network ...
Hubble snaps a seemingly peaceful galaxy. Don't be fooled.
Astronomers are studying a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus to better understand the aftermath of supernovas on star systems. Credit: ESA / Hubble / NASA / A. Filippenko / J. D. Lyman A ...
How gravity helped us spot a hidden explosion in space
A distant supernova, SN 2025mkn, became visible from nine billion light years away after a galaxy’s gravity bent and ...
Show HN: Game recommender around experience, not genre – here's what emerged
As I got older I found myself buying games that just ended up sitting in my backlog. I just couldn’t get into the mood to play them. I realized there was a disconnect between what excited me and what actually fit my energy levels and time.That’s what led me to build Slated.gg.Most game recommenders look at games from the outside (genre, themes, etc.) What mattered to me was what’s it like to play. How much focus it needs, what type of thinking it requires, can I play in short bursts, is it emoti
Founder from Zurich heading to SF and Austin for the first time
Hi all,<p>I'm looking for recommendations for where to best network with other founders/tech people. Co-working spaces, events, cafes. Where would you suggest I go in San Fransisco and Austin?
1% Vacancy, 81% Preleased: Where Midmarket Compute Deploys in 2026
The 81.5% prelease rate is the number that should concern mid-market buyers. Hyperscalers are committing to supply before construction starts. When 81% of a building is already spoken for before ground breaks, the remaining 19% gets priced to reflect scarcity.The 1-10 MW segment is in a genuinely difficult position. Too small to compete for primary market allocations, too large for normal colocation pricing, and the usual fallback of secondary markets has its own capacity crunch now. Secondary m
Show HN: Who'Studios – A Social Design Platform
Who'Studios is a social design platform built on the idea of giving users unprecedented creative freedom. Instead of forcing content into rigid templates or a text box, Who'Studios allows you to create unique designs in a blank canvas powered by fabric.js. Using a combination of texts, images, videos, audios, shapes, and drawings, in any arrangement you can imagine, Who'Studios offers a degree of space, flexibility, and modularity never before seen in a social media platform.From
Storer H. Rowley: It’s past time to get back to the task of human space exploration
The astronauts aboard NASA’s Artemis II mission flew farther from Earth than anyone in history and laid the first human eyes ...
Artemis II and the value of human space travel
Are new Moon missions worth the astronomical cost?
Opinion - When scientists believed Artemis II space travel was impossible
A hundred years ago, the scientific consensus asserted that space travel wasn’t just difficult — it was physically impossible ...
This IWC Schaffhausen pilot’s watch can travel through space – yes, really!
IWC Schaffhausen’s space watch boldly goes where no man has gone before ...
Ex-SpaceX engineer bets on solar power to revolutionise space travel
Former SpaceX engineer Jeff Thornburg has raised 50 million dollars for his startup Portal Space Systems, aiming to revive NASA's solar thermal propulsion concept and develop faster, more efficient ...
A Crew of Worms on the ISS Aims to Help Scientists Unlock the Secrets of Space Travel
Shortly after four astronauts returned from their trip around the Moon, a crew of tiny space travelers were already on the ...
NASA telescope captures the earliest moments of a black hole 'awakening'
Astronomers trace a black hole outburst from its first light, reshaping theories about how these cosmic eruptions start.
A monster black hole appeared first, then its galaxy began to grow around it
Using observations gathered by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers have revealed that ...
Black hole wakes after 100 million years and erupts like a cosmic volcano
The universe is normally believed to be tranquil; nevertheless, at times, the universe will surprise you in ways you can ...
Peter Cosgrove launches Aussie astronaut space campaign
Former Defence Force chief and governor-general Peter Cosgrove has written to Anthony Albanese urging the commonwealth to ...