https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/study-early-universe-star-collisions-black-hole-seeds/Orbital Wireen2026-10-26T22:20:37+00:00Study links early-universe star collisions to black hole seeds https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/nasa-neo-surveyor-sunshade-solar-array-integration/Orbital Wireen2026-10-26T21:46:42+00:00NASA completes sunshade solar array integration for NEO Surveyor https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/afrl-rocket-cargo-pods-spacex-bandwagon-5-rideshare/Orbital Wireen2026-10-26T21:26:42+00:00AFRL tests Rocket Cargo pods on SpaceX Bandwagon-5 rideshare https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/far-side-sunspot-activity-estimation-method/Orbital Wireen2026-10-26T21:06:42+00:00Southwest Research Institute researchers publish method to estimate far-side sunspot activity https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/reflective-silicate-clouds-lava-planet-toi-561-b/Orbital Wireen2026-10-26T20:46:42+00:00Researchers find reflective silicate clouds on lava planet TOI-561 b https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/parker-solar-probe-counter-rotating-magnetic-twists-solar/Orbital Wireen2026-10-26T20:26:42+00:00Researchers find counter-rotating magnetic twists in solar wind https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/iceye-deploys-four-sar-satellites-spacex-rideshare/Orbital Wireen2026-10-26T20:06:42+00:00ICEYE deploys four more SAR satellites on SpaceX rideshare https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/rocket-lab-electron-launch-hawkeye-360-cluster-16/Orbital Wireen2026-10-26T19:46:43+00:00Rocket Lab launches HawkEye 360 Cluster 16 on Electron from Mahia https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/nasa-fermi-seven-hour-gamma-ray-burst-250702b/Orbital Wireen2026-10-26T19:09:55+00:00NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor detected a nearly seven-hour gamma-ray burst https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/nasa-earthdaily-3-million-task-order-land-imaging/Orbital Wireen2026-10-26T18:47:33+00:00NASA awards EarthDaily a $3 million task order to link Constellation data with federal land imaging https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/reflect-orbital-mirror-satellite-demo-criticism/Orbital Wireen2026-10-26T17:21:59+00:00Reflect Orbital demo lights California night, draws criticism https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/jwst-alma-find-dusty-black-hole-early-universe/Orbital Wireen2026-10-26T16:49:57+00:00JWST and ALMA find dusty, fast-growing black hole in early universe https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/astranis-converts-fourth-launch-dedicated-falcon-9/Orbital Wireen2026-10-26T16:29:57+00:00Astranis converts fourth launch to dedicated Falcon 9 mission https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/jwst-metal-rich-gas-sagittarius-black-hole/Orbital Wireen2026-10-26T16:09:57+00:00Webb observes metal-rich gas around Milky Way’s black hole https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/nasa-usda-earth-observation-data-agreement-farmers/Orbital Wireen2026-10-26T15:49:58+00:00NASA and USDA sign agreement to share Earth observation data with farmers https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/team-corrects-qufu-location-map-709-bce-eclipse/Orbital Wireen2026-10-26T15:29:58+00:00Team corrects Qufu location to map 709 BCE eclipse https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/nasa-competition-model-2-0-science-mission-selection/Orbital Wireen2026-10-26T15:08:02+00:00NASA changes science mission Competition with Competition Model 2.0 https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/spacex-q3-2026-profit-ai-revenue-passes-starlink/Orbital Wireen2026-10-26T14:34:43+00:00SpaceX posts first public-company profit as AI revenue passes Starlink https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/agc-322753-candidate-dark-galaxy/Orbital Wireen2026-10-26T14:14:43+00:00Astronomers identify AGC 322753 as candidate dark galaxy https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/esa-cristal-solar-array-integration-qualification-testing/Orbital Wireen2026-10-26T13:54:43+00:00ESA completes CRISTAL solar-array integration, begins qualification testing https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/nasa-science-overhaul-spacex-launch-rocket-lab-hawk/Orbital Wireen2026-10-26T13:34:44+00:00NASA science overhaul, Space Force launch shifts, and Rocket Lab’s Hawk flight https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/nasa-pace-satellite-tracks-autumn-colors-space/Orbital Wireen2026-10-26T10:43:51+00:00NASA’s PACE satellite tracks autumn colors from space https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/nasa-apod-orion-nebula-m42/Orbital Wireen2026-10-26T09:56:56+00:00NASA features the Great Nebula in Orion on Astronomy Picture of the Day https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/dale-andersen-antarctica-storm-delay-lake-untersee/Orbital Wireen2026-10-26T03:47:32+00:00Astrobiologist Dale Andersen waits out storm delay before Antarctic flight https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/harvard-smithsonian-lumina-early-universe-simulation/Orbital Wireen2026-10-26T03:00:47+00:00Harvard–Smithsonian team develops record-scale early-universe simulation https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/tentative-gaseous-fes-detection-orion-srci/Orbital Wireen2026-10-26T00:38:30+00:00Team led by Aitana Tasa-Chaveli reports tentative gaseous FeS detection toward Orion SrcI https://orbital-wire.com/space-policy-history/us-space-command-new-zealand-auckland-hub/Orbital Wireen2026-10-26T00:18:30+00:00U.S. Space Command orders New Zealand to Withhold Auckland hub details https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/first-ethane-detection-titan-atmosphere-hrccs/Orbital Wireen2026-10-25T22:41:32+00:00Researchers report first HRCCS detection of ethane in Titan’s atmosphere https://orbital-wire.com/space-policy-history/house-senate-recess-ahead-nasa-october-town-hall/Orbital Wireen2026-10-25T22:17:45+00:00House and Senate stay in recess ahead of NASA’s Oct. 26 Town Hall https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/nasa-gimli-marius-hill-pit-lava-tube-study/Orbital Wireen2026-10-25T19:48:36+00:00NASA chooses GIMLI to study Moon pit for cave https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/milky-way-disk-formed-upside-two-stages/Orbital Wireen2026-10-25T19:16:44+00:00Researchers show Milky Way’s disk formed upside-down in two stages https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/three-feeding-black-holes-j0148-4214/Orbital Wireen2026-10-25T15:26:47+00:00Astronomers find three feeding black holes in distant galaxy https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/telesat-lenders-offer-3-2-billion-rescue-package/Orbital Wireen2026-10-25T15:06:47+00:00Telesat lenders proposed $3.2 billion rescue as shares fell https://orbital-wire.com/space-policy-history/us-space-force-spacex-orbital-tracking-data/Orbital Wireen2026-10-25T14:46:47+00:00US Space Force grants SpaceX access to restricted orbital tracking data https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/uk-commissions-clearspace-claw-spacecraft-orbit-cleanup/Orbital Wireen2026-10-25T14:06:48+00:00UK commissions ClearSpace’s claw spacecraft to clean up orbit https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/hunters-moon-peaks-october-26-2026-viewing/Orbital Wireen2026-10-25T11:48:25+00:00Hunter’s Moon peaks Monday with five days of viewing https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/st-andrews-research-ice-ages-carbon-dioxide/Orbital Wireen2026-10-25T10:59:11+00:00University of St Andrews researchers identify process behind past ice ages https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/dione-transit-saturn-october-25-2026-eastern-us/Orbital Wireen2026-10-25T10:39:40+00:00Dione crosses in front of Saturn’s disk Oct. 25, best seen from eastern U.S. https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/lunar-meteorites-complement-apollo-samples-moon-history/Orbital Wireen2026-10-25T09:34:38+00:00Lunar meteorites complement Apollo samples in Moon history https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/thymine-uv-damage-reversible-lesions-study/Orbital Wireen2026-10-25T03:50:33+00:00Texas A&M study shows thymine directed UV damage into reversible lesions https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/nasa-pesto-robotics-moon-mars-report/Orbital Wireen2026-10-25T01:54:34+00:00PESTO published robotics technology needs report for Moon, Mars and outer solar system https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/anysignal-reflect-orbital-space-earth-communications/Orbital Wireen2026-10-25T01:26:53+00:00AnySignal to provide Reflect Orbital with space-to-earth communications https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/bravo1alpha-ukraine-satellite-downlink/Orbital Wireen2026-10-25T00:47:52+00:00Bravo1Alpha deploys handheld satellite downlink to Ukraine drone pilots https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/spacex-q3-2026-profit-ends-deficits/Orbital Wireen2026-10-24T22:48:34+00:00SpaceX posts $4.4 billion third-quarter profit, ending more than a year of deficits https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/megatron-simulations-first-stars-dwarf-galaxies/Orbital Wireen2026-10-24T22:26:11+00:00Bath-led MEGATRON simulations connect first stars to iron patterns in dwarf galaxies