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NASA

• NASA Invites Media to Albania Artemis Accords Signing Ceremony
  September 18, 2026 by Jennifer M. Dooren
  The Republic of Albania will sign the Artemis Accords during a ceremony at 12 p.m. EDT on Monday, Sept. 21, at NASA Headquarters in Washington, becoming the 73rd country signatory. NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson will host Albania’s Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Ferit Hoxha and Ambassador of the Republic of Albania to the […]
• NASA-JAXA XRISM Mission Sees Pulsar Gathering Companion’s ‘Wind’
  September 18, 2026
  Using data from the Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) observatory, astronomers have directly observed a giant star’s outflow, called a stellar wind, being captured by its compact companion and providing the power source for strong X-ray flares. The research is part of NASA’s exploration of the extreme universe to better understand how the […]
• NASA Awards SpaceX Three Crew Flights to Space Station
  September 18, 2026 by Mark A. Garcia
  To continue regular crew transportation to the International Space Station, NASA has awarded SpaceX three additional missions through a contract modification.
• COSI Telescope Comes Together
  September 18, 2026 by HQ Web Team
  UC Berkeley engineers and managers watch as the COSI (Compton Spectrometer and Imager) detector assembly is slowly raised from a table in this July 8, 2026, image. The four pieces of silver material on the top of the detector box cover the flex circuits, which carry signals from the detectors to the readout electronics. COSI […]
• NASA’s Hubble Spots an Out-of-Sync Galaxy
  September 18, 2026
  Though the spiral galaxy in this new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope seems serene, it hides a chaotic secret. This galaxy is NGC 4698, and it lies about 55 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. It’s one of over a thousand galaxies in the Virgo Cluster, the nearest large cluster of galaxies bound together by […]

SpaceNews

• Terran Orbital Promotes Margherita Cardi to Vice President of European Operations & Head of Strategic Programs
  September 18, 2026
• Satrec Initiative to build 10-centimeter-class optical satellites for Hanwha constellation
  September 17, 2026
• Simera Sense and IDOM partner to develop and produce xScape350 optical system as demand for high-resolution EO imagery surges
  September 17, 2026
• Inside Europe’s push for space autonomy with Josef Aschbacher
  September 17, 2026
• Icarus Robotics tests Joy in Canada ahead of ISS flight
  September 17, 2026

ArsTechnica

• Finding the cells that put our brain to sleep
  by Jacek Krywko
• Meet the winner of Nikon's Small World in Motion video contest
  by Jennifer Ouellette
• EPA immediately sued over plans to repeal climate rules for power plants
  by Ashley Belanger
• A dolphin named Bubbles makes other fish vomit, then eats it
  by Jennifer Ouellette
• Nonprofit that tracks meteors taken down by "critical blow" from a cyberattack
  by Dan Goodin