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China sends 11th group of internet satellites into orbit for global constellation



Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 30, 2025
China has placed another set of internet satellites into orbit, advancing its plans for a global low-Earth orbit communications network. The mission contractor, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp (CASC), confirmed the launch took place at 8:40 pm Saturday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi province. The satellites represent the 11th group in China's State-owned internet network, a system often compared to SpaceX's Starlink. Seven of the batches have been deployed in just t ... read more

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EARTH OBSERVATION
NASA ISRO radar satellite beams first Earth images from space
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 29, 2025
Preliminary radar images from the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission reveal the extraordinary capabilities of the most advanced Earth-observing radar satellite ever launched. The spa ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
NRL coronagraph on NOAA SWFO L1 will enhance space weather forecasts
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's Compact Coronagraph-2 launched at 7:30 a.m. EDT on September 24 as the primary instrument on NOAA's Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 observatory from NASA's Ke ... more
ENERGY TECH
New AI enhances the view inside fusion energy systems
Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Oct 06, 2025
Imagine watching a favorite movie when suddenly the sound stops. The data representing the audio is missing. All that's left are images. What if artificial intelligence (AI) could analyze each frame ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Quantum states rewrite the limits of heat-to-power conversion
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 06, 2025
Harnessing quantum states that resist thermalization, scientists in Japan have discovered a way to break through conventional thermodynamic efficiency barriers such as the Carnot limit. The study, l ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Solar fuel breakthrough may unlock cheaper green energy
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
Researchers at Lund University have taken a major step toward solving one of the biggest obstacles in developing efficient solar fuels. Their work shows how inexpensive iron-based systems could be u ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Space: Framatome and ENEA sign MoU to explore advanced technological solutions for designing lunar nuclear fission reactors
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
Framatome and ENEA, Italy's Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Development, have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly explore advanced technologies for lunar surface nucl ... more
CARBON WORLDS
Turning palm waste into a machine-learning-optimized CO2 capture material
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 06, 2025
Researchers at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) have discovered a way to transform oil palm ash - an agricultural byproduct from Malaysia's palm oil industry - into a high-efficiency carbon capture m ... more
TRADE WARS
Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela not invited to Summit of the Americas
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 2, 2025
The Dominican Republic is preparing to welcome hemispheric leaders to the 10th Summit of the Americas on Dec. 4 to 5 in Punta Cana. But the Cuban, Nicaraguan and Venezuelan governments have been excluded. ... more

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TRADE WARS
Tokyo stocks soar on Takaichi win, Paris sinks as French PM resigns
Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 6, 2025
Tokyo stocks surged almost five percent to a record high Monday and the yen sank on bets that the new leader of Japan's ruling party will embark on a new era of loose monetary policy to kickstart the country's economy. ... more
TECH SPACE
OpenAI offers more copyright control for Sora 2 videos
Tokyo (AFP) Oct 6, 2025
When OpenAI released its new video generation model Sora 2 last week, users delighted in creating hyper-realistic clips inspired by real cartoons and video games, from South Park to Pokemon. ... more
CHIP TECH
China's chip challenge: the race to match US tech
Beijing (AFP) Oct 6, 2025
China's push to develop top-end artificial intelligence microchips is gaining momentum, but analysts say it will struggle to match the technical might of US powerhouse Nvidia within the current decade. ... more
CHIP TECH
Competition heats up to challenge Nvidia's AI chip dominance
New York (AFP) Oct 6, 2025
The artificial intelligence (AI) revolution has whetted the appetites of Nvidia's competitors, who are seeking to close the gap on the chip giant, which has so far been the central playmaker in the AI revolution. ... more
OIL AND GAS
What Trump's Qatar security pledge means for Mideast
Doha (AFP) Oct 3, 2025
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order this week vowing to defend Qatar against attacks, following Israeli air strikes targeting Hamas leaders in Doha. ... more
TECH SPACE
China trials 'energy-saving' underwater data centres
Nantong, China (AFP) Oct 3, 2025
Power-hungry data centres run hot, so one Chinese company is planning to submerge a pod of servers in the sea off Shanghai with hopes of solving computing's energy woes. ... more
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Trump jeopardising US role as scientific leader: Nobel officials
Stockholm (AFP) Oct 2, 2025
Donald Trump's assault on science could threaten the United States' position as the world's leading research nation and have knock-on effects worldwide, Nobel Prize officials in Sweden told AFP. ... more
INTERNET SPACE
OpenAI launches Sora 2 with TikTok-style app
San Francisco, United States (AFP) Sept 30, 2025
OpenAI on Tuesday released Sora 2, its most advanced video generation model yet, alongside a TikTok-style social app that will let users insert themselves into AI-created scenes through a feature called "cameos." ... more
WATER WORLD
India plans mega-dam to counter China water fears
Riew, India (AFP) Sept 30, 2025
On a football field ringed by misty mountains, the air rang with fiery speeches as tribesmen protested a planned mega-dam - India's latest move in its contest with China over Himalayan water. ... more
TECH SPACE
Electronic Arts to be bought by Saudi-led consortium for $55 bn
Washington (AFP) Sept 29, 2025
Video game giant Electronic Arts, known for The Sims and FIFA games, announced Monday it would be acquired for $55 billion by a consortium led by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund. ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE
An Aussie tycoon bets billions on cleaning up iron ore giant
New York (AFP) Sept 26, 2025
Moored off a Manhattan pier for New York's annual Climate Week is one of the world's first ammonia-powered vessels - a green flagship for an Australian tycoon's drive to decarbonize his mining empire. ... more
GPS NEWS
SATNUS completes third NGWS flight campaign with autonomous systems integration
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Sep 29, 2025
SATNUS has carried out its third flight test campaign for the Next Generation Weapon System (NGWS), marking significant progress toward the program's Phase 1B demonstrations. The trials centered on ... more
THE PITS
US government aims to open more public lands to coal mining
Washington (AFP) Sept 29, 2025
The US government said Monday it intends to open huge swaths of public land to coal mining, coupled with a $625 million investment to "expand and reinvigorate" the industry that is a major contributor to climate change. ... more
ENERGY TECH
Lightning Strikes 12 Times a Minute Inside Zap Energy Fusion Platform
Seattle WA (SPX) Oct 01, 2025
Zap Energy has advanced its Century test platform to sustain more than 100 plasma shots at a frequency of 0.2 Hz, equivalent to one discharge every five seconds. Each pulse generated currents up to ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Glimmering sea of solar as China expands desert installation
Ordos, China (AFP) Oct 1, 2025
An ocean of blue solar panels ripples across the ochre dunes of Inner Mongolia's Kubuqi desert, a glittering example of China's almost inconceivably mammoth energy transition. ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
Two newly launched NASA missions will help scientists understand the influence of the Sun
Boulder CO (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
Even at a distance of 93 million miles (150 million kilometers) away, activity on the Sun can have adverse effects on technological systems on Earth. Solar flares - intense bursts of energy in the S ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Artificial plant device cleans radioactive soil using only sunlight
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
A research group at the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), led by Professor Seongkyun Kim from the Department of Physics and Chemistry, has developed a solar-powered artifi ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Breaking Shockley-Queisser barrier with cryogenic silicon solar cells
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
Researchers from Taizhou University and the University of Delaware have reported the first experimental solar cell to exceed the long-standing Shockley-Queisser efficiency ceiling for single-junctio ... more
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UAV NEWS
Breakthrough in UAV swarm intelligence as SRI redefines topology mapping
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 30, 2025
Unmanned swarm systems are revolutionizing fields from disaster relief to military reconnaissance, yet two obstacles have long hindered their reliability: precise trajectory prediction and transpare ... more
WATER WORLD
Cracked coatings unlock new pathway for solar-powered clean water systems
Nanchang, China (SPX) Oct 01, 2025
More than 3.6 billion people worldwide face water scarcity, and conventional desalination still depends on energy-intensive methods. Solar-driven interfacial evaporation (SDIE) offers a greener alte ... more
WATER WORLD
Crocodile skin inspires resilient solar desalination breakthrough
Nanchang China (SPX) Oct 01, 2025
More than 3.6 billion people face water scarcity, and conventional desalination consumes large amounts of energy. Solar-driven interfacial evaporation (SDIE) offers a sustainable option, but perform ... more
WATER WORLD
Deep-sea mining poses new threat to sharks, rays and ghost sharks
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 06, 2025
New research from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa reveals that thirty species of sharks, rays, and chimaeras - also called ghost sharks - could be directly affected by proposed deep-sea mining op ... more
WATER WORLD
Hydropower emerges as Southeast Asia's hidden force in driving down carbon emissions
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 06, 2025
When discussions about renewable energy turn to solar and wind, hydropower often stays in the background. Yet a major new study shows it could be Southeast Asia's most effective tool for cutting emi ... more
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