News IN Space

NASA

• Picturing Earth in a New Light
  May 15, 2026
  A recent analysis revealed where artificial light at night has intensified, as well as where it has diminished.
• NASA Draws on Industry for Mars Telecommunications Network
  May 14, 2026 by Lauren E. Low
  On Thursday, NASA issued a Request for Proposal (RFP), seeking industry collaboration for the Mars Telecommunications Network. Reliable, high bandwidth communications is necessary to relay science data, high-definition imagery, and critical information during Mars missions. The network will use high-performance Mars telecommunications orbiters at the Red Planet to support future surface, orbital, and human exploration. […]
• NASA, Industry Prepare Cryogenic Fuel Technology Demo
  May 14, 2026 by Lee Mohon
  NASA is collaborating with Eta Space of Rockledge, Florida, on an in‑orbit technology demonstration to advance a key capability for future deep space missions. The Liquid Oxygen Flight Demonstration, or LOXSAT, will test cryogenic fluid management technologies necessary for creating in-space propellant depots, essentially gas stations in space, that could support long-term exploration. During a […]
• Fresh Food Delivery for Space Station
  May 14, 2026 by HQ Web Team
  NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway (bottom left), Jessica Meir (middle left), and Chris Williams (bottom right), and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot (top right) have some fun with food and microgravity in this April 19, 2026, photo. Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft delivered a shipment of fresh food, including oranges, apples, onions, and […]
• Ice Moves Out of Aniak
  May 14, 2026
  Spring melt along Alaska’s Kuskokwim River caused ice jams and flooding.

SpaceNews

• Cowboy files plans for up to 20,000 orbital data centers
  May 14, 2026
• Intuitive Machines to buy ground station company
  May 14, 2026
• Golden Dome chief pushes back on $1.2 trillion CBO estimate
  May 14, 2026
• Iridium to take over Aireon to expand aviation safety business
  May 14, 2026
• CEO Series: Chris Quilty looks at the future of the space industry
  May 14, 2026

ArsTechnica

• Men use "vocal fry" more than women, counter to stereotype
  by Jennifer Ouellette
• Forecasters predict wildfires, floods, severe heatwaves from incoming El Niño
  by Bob Berwyn, Inside Climate News
• Protein in Homo erectus teeth suggests Denisovans gave us some of their DNA
  by John Timmer
• The physics of how Olympic weightlifters exploit barbell's "whip"
  by Jennifer Ouellette
• Neanderthals drilled cavities to treat a toothache 59,000 years ago
  by Kiona N. Smith