Friday, November 13, 2026

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

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

Death of Group of stars



"When the most massive stars in the universe die, they often detonate in fiery supernovae, dramatically blasting most of their matter into space."https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/astronomers-find-hints-of-star-population-that-failed-to-explode?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Wednesday, November 11, 2026

ESCAPADE

"NASA’s two ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) spacecraft have each successfully completed a powered Earth flyby, using Earth’s gravity in combination with a sustained engine burn to slingshot themselves toward Mars."


https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/heliophysics/nasas-escapade-completes-powered-earth-flybys-now-en-route-to-mars/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Planning to save Hubble



"NASA is reviving discussions to rescue the Hubble Space Telescope, which is operating well but is on track to reenter Earth's atmosphere about six years from now."https://www.space.com/astronomy/hubble-space-telescope/nasa-asks-industry-for-ideas-about-saving-hubble-space-telescope?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Looking for Astronauts



"Want to fly to the moon and help build a permanent lunar base?"

https://apnews.com/article/nasa-astronauts-moon-space-789a68a0425551b9870b17911eaa042e?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Sunday, November 8, 2026

Solar Panels for Outer Space



"A new study suggests that solar panels in space could meet up to 80 percent of Europe’s renewable energy needs by 2050."https://www.optimistdaily.com/2025/09/could-space-based-solar-panels-power-europes-clean-energy-future/