https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/bear-gpu-code-exoplanet-atmosphere-retrievals/Orbital Wireen2026-11-08T00:36:51+00:00BeAR GPU code speeds exoplanet atmosphere retrievals https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/nasa-awards-moon-base-rover-lander-cargo-contracts/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T23:31:35+00:00NASA awards Moon Base rover, lander and cargo contracts https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/nasa-seeks-next-astronaut-class-dec-3-deadline/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T23:05:51+00:00NASA seeks next generation of astronauts with Dec. 3 deadline https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/m-dwarf-chemistry-exoplanet-interiors-milky-way/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T22:45:51+00:00Researchers link M-dwarf chemistry to exoplanet interiors and Milky Way chemical evolution https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/ses-q3-growth-books-53-satellites-through-2030/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T22:25:51+00:00SES posts 4.2% Q3 growth and books 53 satellites through 2030 https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/atmospheric-tides-rocky-planet-rotation-model/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T22:05:51+00:00Researchers extend analytical model of atmospheric tides on rocky planets https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/dario-campisi-mineral-surfaces-promote-formamide-formation/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T21:45:51+00:00Dario Campisi shows mineral surfaces promote formamide formation https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/asteroid-1998-ky26-warm-ice/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T21:25:54+00:00Hansen and Hirabayashi say asteroid 1998 KY26 is too warm for ice https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/nasa-opens-applications-next-astronaut-class/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T19:46:16+00:00NASA opens applications for next class of astronauts https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/breakthrough-listen-seti-agentic-ai-allen-telescope-array/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T18:48:40+00:00Breakthrough Listen and SETI Institute deploy agentic AI at Allen Telescope Array https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/nasa-apod-de-gerlache-kocher-massif/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T18:28:40+00:00NASA features De Gerlache-Kocher Massif on nov. 7 Astronomy Picture of the Day https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/capeweek-air-show-kennedy-space-center/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T18:08:43+00:00Trump Announces CapeWeek Air Show at Kennedy Space Center https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/viasat-q2-revenue-1-2-billion-defense-growth/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T17:06:44+00:00Viasat reports $1.2 billion second-quarter revenue as defense growth offsets communications declines https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/cometary-dust-activity-organic-release-proxy/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T16:46:44+00:00Study tests cometary dust activity as proxy for organic release https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/nasa-supercomputing-2026-booth-4038-fortran-hydrology-demos/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T16:26:47+00:00NASA staffs Booth #4038 at Supercomputing 2026 with Fortran, versioning and hydrology Demos https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/qualcomm-spacex-starlink-mobile-5g-network/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T15:41:54+00:00Qualcomm to supply 5G radio equipment for SpaceX’s Starlink Mobile network https://orbital-wire.com/space-policy-history/democrats-win-congress-nasa-funding-panels/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T15:21:57+00:00Democrats win Congress and take control of NASA funding panels https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/university-ottawa-ccc-tl-cosmology-test/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T14:54:55+00:00University of Ottawa researchers test CCC+TL model against cosmic observations https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/exmoor-dark-skies-festival-light-pollution/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T14:27:23+00:00Skywatchers gather at Exmoor Dark Skies Festival amid rising light pollution https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/roman-space-telescope-trappist-1-microlensing-study/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T13:29:20+00:00Study finds Roman Space Telescope should not detect TRAPPIST-1-like planets by microlensing https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/tess-archive-reanalysis-habitable-zone-planets/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T13:09:23+00:00TESS Archive reanalysis narrows habitable-zone planet list https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/m-dwarf-convection-fake-exoplanet-atmospheric-signals-simulations/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T12:30:21+00:00M dwarf convection can fake exoplanet atmospheric signals, simulations show https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/shenzhou-24-pakistani-astronaut-china-space-station/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T12:01:27+00:00Shenzhou 24 to carry Pakistani astronaut, first foreign national on China’s space station https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/cambridge-comets-unlikely-delivered-life-ingredients-earth/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T11:25:41+00:00Cambridge-led research argues comets likely did not deliver life’s ingredients to Earth https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/nemesis-sun-stellar-companion-hypothesis/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T11:06:09+00:00Muller says the Sun may still have an unseen stellar companion called Nemesis https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/exomars-orbiter-detects-hydrogen-chloride-near-alba-mons/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T10:46:10+00:00ExoMars Orbiter detects hydrogen chloride near Alba Mons https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/leonid-meteor-shower-peaks-nov-17-uk/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T05:03:17+00:00BBC Weather says Leonid meteor shower peaks on 17 November across the UK https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/leonid-meteor-shower-peaks-november-17-2026/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T04:22:36+00:00Leonid meteor shower peaks Nov. 17 with fast meteors visible all month https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/trump-nasa-nuclear-powered-mars-spacecraft-2028/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T04:01:01+00:00Trump announces NASA nuclear-powered Mars spacecraft targeting 2028 https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/kim-sonmez-self-sustaining-networks-catalysts/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T03:41:04+00:00Kim and Sönmez show self-sustaining networks can emerge from few catalysts https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/russia-kosmos-2612-rendezvoused-iceye-x36/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T03:11:31+00:00Payload says Russia’s Kosmos 2612 rendezvoused with ICEYE-X36 https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/kyiv-starshield-contract-us-mid-2027/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T02:37:40+00:00Kyiv seeks new Starshield contract with U.S. ahead of mid-2027 expiration, weighing stopgap options https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/simons-observatory-online-cosmic-microwave-background/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T02:17:43+00:00Simons Observatory goes online to study the oldest light https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/venus-dawn-helix-nebula-november-2026/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T01:55:41+00:00Venus blazes before dawn as Helix Nebula awaits moonless skies https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/united-airlines-spotify-starlink-seatback-streaming/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T01:22:38+00:00United Airlines adds Spotify streaming to Starlink seatback screens https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/sulfuric-acid-forms-interstellar-ice-5-k/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T00:42:48+00:00Researchers show Sulfuric acid can form in Interstellar ice at 5 K https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/swift-observatory-ends-22-year-mission-indonesia/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T00:18:17+00:00Swift Observatory ends 22-year mission with reentry over Indonesia https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/nexus-sharp-spectrograph-proposed-elt-galaxy-study/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T23:58:21+00:00New research proposes NEXUS@SHARP Spectrograph for the ELT to study ultra-diffuse galaxies https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/spacex-qualcomm-starlink-mobile-5g-carrier/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T23:21:37+00:00SpaceX pairs Qualcomm 5G towers with Starlink satellites for Mobile carrier https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/mitsubishi-electric-mufg-bank-ghgsat-convertible-notes/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T22:38:37+00:00Mitsubishi Electric, MUFG Bank and Climate Investment back GHGSat with convertible notes https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/spacex-falcon-9-classified-space-force-mission-california/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T22:18:30+00:00SpaceX targets Falcon 9 launch from California for classified Space Force mission https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/galaxy-cluster-lensing-misty-moons-early-star-formation/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T21:58:37+00:00Galaxy cluster lensing magnifies Misty Moons, reveals early star formation https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/venus-bright-sunrise-star/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T21:38:37+00:00Venus shines as the bright object before sunrise, not a star https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/atom-waves-mimic-black-hole-horizon/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T21:18:40+00:00UC Santa Barbara researchers mimic black hole horizon with atom waves https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/leap-signs-sutherland-spaceport-mou-scotland/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T20:29:43+00:00Leap signs non-binding MoU to launch from Scotland’s Sutherland Spaceport https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/ast-spacemobile-blacklift-rocket-bluebird-satellites/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T19:50:02+00:00AST SpaceMobile will build its own Blacklift rocket to deploy BlueBird satellites https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/kutryk-menon-install-eighth-iss-solar-array/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T19:24:25+00:00Kutryk and Menon install eighth solar array on station truss https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/finland-space-operations-center-radar-satellites/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T18:33:14+00:00Finland to stand up space operations center and take control of three radar satellites https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/rubidium-atoms-cooled-record-picokelvin-aboard-tiangong/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T18:11:14+00:00Chinese researchers cool rubidium atoms to record 9.7 picokelvin aboard Tiangong https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/nasa-escapade-powered-earth-flybys-mars/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T17:51:17+00:00NASA twin ESCAPADE spacecraft to perform powered Earth flybys En route to Mars https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/caltech-robot-builds-space-truss/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T17:08:04+00:00Caltech robot builds perimeter truss in first autonomous space demo https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/trace-gas-orbiter-hydrogen-chloride-alba-mons/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T16:41:00+00:00Trace Gas Orbiter detects hydrogen chloride above Alba Mons fissures on Mars https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/uranus-neptune-magnetic-fields-deep-interior-conductivity/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T16:21:00+00:00New model ties ice-giant magnetic fields to deep interior conductivity https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/space-force-translator-satellites-sdn-backbone/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T16:01:00+00:00Space Force considers 12 to 13 translator satellites for roughly $1 billion fix https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/earth-tidal-heating-kept-moon-volcanic-billion-years/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T15:41:00+00:00Researchers say Earth’s gravity kept the Moon volcanic until about two billion years ago https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/leap-sutherland-deal-first-launch-site-outside-us/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T15:21:02+00:00Leap signs Sutherland deal, first launch site outside US https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/blue-origin-new-glenn-january-2027-launch-target/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T14:32:55+00:00Blue Origin sets January 2027 as New Glenn launch target https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/voyager-1-crosses-one-light-day-threshold-2026/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T13:34:27+00:00Voyager 1 will cross the one-light-day threshold from Earth on Nov. 18, 2026 https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/ohb-wins-554-million-esa-sentinel-3-contract/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T12:58:04+00:00OHB wins €554 million ESA contract for first Sentinel-3 Next Generation Topography satellite https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/dod-autonomous-cyber-defenses-military-satellites/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T12:38:07+00:00DoD C3I director pushes autonomous cyber defenses for military satellites https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/cesiumastro-730-million-series-d-synchronicity-constellation/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T12:10:04+00:00CesiumAstro completes $730 million Series D and unveils satellite constellation https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/pave-space-ibex-bodyguard-satellite-demo/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T11:50:04+00:00Swiss startup PAVE Space readies IBEX bodyguard satellite demo https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/avio-scales-back-reusable-launcher-programme/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T11:30:06+00:00Avio scales back reusable-launcher demonstrator programme https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/north-america-nebula-friday-observing-target/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T10:32:08+00:00Sky Today names the North America Nebula as Friday’s observing target