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 https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/chinese-ai-tropospheric-delay-vlbi-forecast/Orbital Wireen2026-10-24T22:06:11+00:00Chinese researchers build AI model to forecast tropospheric delay for VLBI https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/apex-talks-500-million-funding-round/Orbital Wireen2026-10-24T21:46:12+00:00Apex in talks to raise $500 million at $4 billion valuation https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/astronomy-magazine-2026-astrophotography-contest-winners/Orbital Wireen2026-10-24T21:02:58+00:00Astronomy Magazine announces winners of 2026 Astrophotography Contest https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/space-news-satellite-mission-management-edge-event/Orbital Wireen2026-10-24T20:42:58+00:00SpaceNews to host Nov. 5 virtual event on satellite Mission Management at the Edge https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/fluctuations-chiral-symmetry-breaking-small-mixtures/Orbital Wireen2026-10-24T20:22:58+00:00Fluctuations can select a single chiral state in small Reacting Mixtures https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/flare-ribbons-diagnose-hidden-solar-explosions/Orbital Wireen2026-10-24T20:02:58+00:00Study shows flare ribbons can diagnose hidden solar explosions https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/limited-angular-measurements-rocky-exoplanet-reflected-light-uncertainty/Orbital Wireen2026-10-24T19:42:58+00:00Limited laboratory angular measurements create uncertainty in rocky exoplanet reflected light https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/magnesium-chloride-brines-crystallize-icy-moon-pressure/Orbital Wireen2026-10-24T19:22:59+00:00Researchers reveal how magnesium-chloride brines crystallize under icy-moon pressure https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/researchers-examine-viable-microbes-ancient-halite/Orbital Wireen2026-10-24T18:55:00+00:00Researchers examine reports of viable microbes in ancient halite https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/nasa-pandora-smallsat-advances-target-selection-early-science/Orbital Wireen2026-10-24T17:33:53+00:00NASA’s Pandora SmallSat advances to target selection and early science https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/hubble-gravitational-lensing-path-roman-telescope/Orbital Wireen2026-10-24T16:57:03+00:00Hubble’s gravitational lensing images chart Path for Roman Space Telescope https://orbital-wire.com/space-policy-history/week-space-episode-233-space-workforce/Orbital Wireen2026-10-24T16:37:04+00:00TWiT.tv posts This Week in Space Episode 233 on Space workforce https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/uk-proposes-imager-nasa-habitable-worlds-observatory/Orbital Wireen2026-10-24T16:14:48+00:00UK-led consortium proposes Imager for NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/polyu-researchers-develop-alloy-liquid-nitrogen-temperatures/Orbital Wireen2026-10-24T15:54:49+00:00PolyU researchers develop alloy that stays ductile at liquid-nitrogen temperatures https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/sunrise-iii-quiet-sun-thread-like-magnetic-features/Orbital Wireen2026-10-24T15:14:41+00:00Japan’s National Astronomical Observatory team finds thread-like magnetic features above calm Sun https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/eth-zurich-bennu-formed-water-ice-line/Orbital Wireen2026-10-24T14:39:12+00:00ETH Zurich finds Bennu formed at Solar System’s water-ice line https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/photon-iv-csa-award-satellite-pass-ai/Orbital Wireen2026-10-24T14:18:19+00:00Photon-IV receives $350,000 CSA award for satellite-pass AI https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/esa-unsure-themis-flight-year-end/Orbital Wireen2026-10-24T13:58:19+00:00ESA’s Director of Space Transportation unsure Themis will fly before the year ends https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/nasa-artemis-timeline-iss-spacewalk/Orbital Wireen2026-10-24T13:38:19+00:00NASA updates Artemis timeline and preps station spacewalk