HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Rocket Lab said it has developed a containerized launch system for its Electron and HASTE rockets, an effort to make it easier to operate the vehicles from locations beyond the company’s permanent launch sites and give military customers more options for orbital and hypersonic test missions. The system, called GHOST, short for
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Quantum principle allows heat to flow from cold to hot – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2026 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here
WASHINGTON — The company that developed a spacecraft to boost the orbit of a NASA observatory says it is making progress in recovering from its own spacecraft’s problems. In a social media post last week, Katalyst Space Technologies said it had slowed the spin of its Link spacecraft, which had entered what the company said
Building bridges between quantum and classical computing – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2026 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here
WASHINGTON — Northrop Grumman and the Canadian Space Agency said this week they will adapt what they had been working on for NASA’s lunar Gateway into applications for a planned lunar base, albeit with few specifics. Northrop Grumman announced Aug. 4 that it will reuse hardware and technologies it had developed for the Habitation and
AI model helps physics Nobel laureate out of a decade-old mathematical jam – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2026 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate on Aug. 7 confirmed Erich Hernandez-Baquero to oversee military space acquisition and Roger Mason to lead the National Reconnaissance Office, putting two industry veterans in charge of major parts of the U.S. national security space enterprise as Washington accelerates spending on satellites and overhauls how it buys them. Hernandez-Baquero and
Quiz of the week: what age of science is the US entering according to Trump? – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2026 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here
In this episode, SpaceNews’ Emma Gatti leads a panel of experts to discuss Europe’s defense posture and the reaction to space threats. This session was recorded in May at SpaceNews’ defense stage in Amsterdam at Small Sat Europe. Joining the panel are: Brigadier General Daniele Donati, Former Chief of the Space Policy Office, Italian Defense
New material was created in Hiroshima nuclear explosion – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2026 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here
WASHINGTON — Blue Origin has traced the explosion of its New Glenn rocket during a static-fire test in May to a valve in the rocket’s BE-4 engine, an issue that could also affect United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur. In an Aug. 5 statement on social media, Blue Origin Chief Executive Dave Limp said the investigation
Critics deride US administration’s ‘golden age of science’ report – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2026 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here
WASHINGTON — SpaceX plans to start deploying upgraded Starlink satellites into orbit on the next flight of its Starship vehicle, scheduled for as soon as the end of the month. In an Aug. 4 earnings call, the first by the company since it went public nearly two months ago, SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk said
How women physicists in India are breaking down barriers and shaping the future – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2026 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here
TAMPA, Fla. — EchoStar’s Hughes geostationary satellite broadband business has filed for bankruptcy in the United States after years of mounting competition from SpaceX’s Starlink constellation. The company said Aug. 3 that Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection will enable Hughes to restructure debt as it refocuses on enterprise, government and defense customers following heavy losses in
Nuclear fusion persists at ultralow energies inside metal foils – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2026 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here
WASHINGTON — The Air Force Research Laboratory has added $11.7 million to a Blue Origin contract aimed at exploring how commercial rockets could be used to transport military supplies around the world, expanding the agreement to about $13 million. The modification, announced on July 31, builds on a roughly $1.3 million contract awarded to the
AI sniffs out tuberculosis in breath’s chemical signature – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2026 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here