Rocky Lava Planet

"A rocky lava planet once thought to be too extreme to have an atmosphere appears to be wrapped in one with a reflective layer of vaporized silicate mineral clouds, the same family of compounds that make up quartz and sand."https://phys.org/news/2026-10-clouds-lava-planet-astronomers.html#google_vignette

EarthDaily

"EarthDaily today announced that it has been awarded a $3 million task order by NASA to provide EarthDaily Constellation data and technical support for NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to evaluate new approaches for incorporating commercial capabilities into federal land imaging programs."https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/earthdaily-awarded-3-million-nasa-104500620.html

Starlink Service

"Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, Elon Musk said Kyiv violated the terms of SpaceX’s commercial Starlink service by using it for offensive drone strikes, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Starlink and Starshield operations had been restored to the speeds available before recent restrictions were imposed."https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-says-ukraine-violated-starlink-terms-12614989?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Grok and SpaceX

"SpaceX has launched a partner program that offers training, tools and support to companies that build products, solutions and services with the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) model, Grok, according to a Thursday (Oct. 22) press release."https://www.pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2026/spacex-enlists-130-tech-leaders-to-help-businesses-deploy-grok-ai/

Moon Base

"NASA is moving fast on its plans to build a moon base and return astronauts to the lunar surface in as little as two years."https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/florida/articles/2026-10-23/nasa-adopting-apollos-urgency-to-build-a-moon-base-and-land-astronauts-within-two-years

Antimatter of Electron

"For the first time, Northwestern University physicists have coaxed a single positron — the antimatter counterpart of an electron — into an exquisitely controlled quantum state."

https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2026/10/scientists-trap-and-tame-a-single-particle-of-antimatter-for-months?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Fermi Explorer mission

"The Fermi Explorer mission will carry scientific instruments to study conditions along the route to the star, which is located 4.4 light-years, or approximately 25.8 trillion miles, from Earth."https://www.tbsnews.net/science/first-interstellar-space-mission-may-launch-2028-take-80000-years-reach-nearest-star-1579231