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New Frontiers: U.S. Space Force, Zenno, and SpaceX Propel the Next Era of Space Innovation

The US Space Force is making headlines by awarding contracts to Viasat and Intelsat for new anti-jam communication satellites. These are part of a program to develop a jam-resistant satellite communication fleet, and it’s a pretty big investment—we’re talking hundreds of millions of dollars.On a global scale, there's some exciting news from Zenno Astronautics—they've become the first company to operate a superconducting product in space, which is a huge leap for space infrastructure technology.And if we zoom in a bit, there’s also a lot of buzz around SpaceX and its recent IPO. The company's shares have been soaring, and it’s causing a lot of excitement in the market.It’s definitely an exciting time in space industry! 

Light from outside our galaxy brighter than expected

Antihelium nuclei as messengers from the depths of the galaxy

Deep-space optical communication demonstration project forges ahead

Astronomers report most distant known galaxies, detected and confirmed

Microbial miners could help humans colonize the moon and Mars

Meteorites plus gamma rays could have given Earth the building blocks for life

Tiny underwater sand dunes may shed light on larger terrestrial and Martian formations

Peekaboo! Tiny, hidden galaxy provides a peek into the past

Researchers say space atomic clocks could help uncover the nature of dark matter

New analysis approach could help boost sensitivity of large telescopes

An exoplanet atmosphere as never seen before

Black holes in eccentric orbit

Mars was once covered by 300-meter deep oceans, study shows

Exploring the possibility of extraterrestrial life living in caves

WALLABY builds an intergalactic map in the outback

Liftoff! NASA's Artemis I mega rocket launches Orion to Moon

Improving the performance of electrodeless plasma thrusters for space propulsion

Searching for traces of dark matter with neutron spin clocks

Black holes don't always power gamma-ray bursts, new research shows

A supernova in distant space allows us to understand the origin of the elements in the universe

Red-supergiant supernova: Secrets of an earlier Universe

Ultrathin solar cells promise improved satellite performance

Earth's oldest stromatolites and the search for life on Mars

Magnetized dead star likely has solid surface

IceCube neutrinos give us first glimpse into the inner depths of an active galaxy