News IN Space

NASA

• Where Venezuela’s Earthquakes Shifted the Ground
  July 10, 2026
  Radar data from the NISAR satellite show that La Guaira and nearby areas experienced significant ground displacement from the June 2026 temblors.
• NASA Sets Coverage for Astronaut Anil Menon Launch to Space Station
  July 9, 2026 by Jessica Taveau
  NASA astronaut Anil Menon will launch aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft to the International Space Station on Tuesday, July 14, accompanied by cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina, where they will join the Expedition 74 crew advancing scientific research. Menon, Dubrov, and Kikina will lift off at 10:47 a.m. EDT (7:47 p.m. Baikonur time) […]
• NASA Space Telescope Maps Magnetic Fields of ‘Lighthouse’ Pulsar
  July 9, 2026
  For the first time, scientists have used NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) to directly measure the magnetic fields of PSR J1101−6101, a pulsar located within what is often referred to as the Lighthouse Nebula. The results provide new insight into the structure of some of the most extreme objects in the cosmos, as NASA […]
• Principal Investigator and Quality Assessment Reports Evaluate Umbra Synthetic Aperture Radar Data
  July 9, 2026
  The reports add to the growing documentation on commercial data’s contributions to Earth science research and applications.
• Curiosity Sees Martian Sulfur Up Close
  July 9, 2026 by HQ Web Team
  This close-up view shows fragments of sulfur crystals — the first ever seen on the Red Planet. The crystals were found after NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover happened to drive over a rock and crush it on May 30, 2024. Several days later, Curiosity used a camera on the end of its robotic arm to take […]

SpaceNews

• China becomes second country to recover orbital booster with Long March 10B
  July 10, 2026
• Interior Department requests information on offshore launch options
  July 9, 2026
• SDA TAP Lab Evolves Into BMC3I TAP Lab And In Partnership With Catalyst Campus Launches A New Multi-Phased Program To Accelerate Mission-Focused Technology Development
  July 9, 2026
• The Exploration Company establishes US entity to pursue government contracts
  July 9, 2026
• Environmental groups urge FCC to pause orbital data center applications
  July 9, 2026

ArsTechnica

• Flores Hobbits' eating habits offer clues about their evolutionary past
  by Kiona N. Smith
• Payloads used to dictate the terms of launch. That's finally changing.
  by Stephen Clark
• TikTok users don't have as much agency over their FYPs as they think
  by Jennifer Ouellette
• Miami-based City Labs achieves a first for commercial nuclear power in space
  by Stephen Clark
• Ocean rift zone saw spreading happen in a sudden burst
  by John Timmer