Universe Today
• Mark Thompson
In early February the Sun unleashed six X‑class flares in four days, including an X8.1 — the strongest in years. Scientists say a new forecasting system, retrospectively validated by eruptions identified only after the forecasts, could give up to a year’s warning of major solar storms.
Universe Today
• Mark Thompson
By Universe Today: The rocks that twelve astronauts carried home from the Moon fifty years ago have just rewritten our understanding of lunar history. A new analysis of Apollo samples has finally resolved one of the most stubborn debates in planetary science and the answer turns out to be one that neither side of the argument was entirely right about.
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
By SpaceNews.com: The European Space Agency announced up to $118 million in funding March 2 for projects promising to accelerate the convergence of satellite and terrestrial communications.
Ars Technica
• Eric Berger
By Ars Technica: Launching SLS every three and a half years or so is not a recipe for success.".
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: NASA has provided new details about its plans to procure a Mars communications orbiter funded under last year’s budget reconciliation bill.
Universe Today
• Matthew Williams
By Universe Today: Simulated lunar dirt can be turned into extremely durable structures, potentially paving the way to more sustainable and cost-effective space missions, a new study suggests.
Universe Today
• Mark Thompson
By Universe Today: A visitor from another star system has just had its portrait taken by a spacecraft on its way to Jupiter and the image is superb. Comet 3I/ATLAS, only the third interstellar object ever discovered passing through our Solar System, has been captured in stunning detail by ESA's JUICE mission, revealing a glowing halo of gas, a sweeping tail, and hints of jets erupting from its ancient, icy heart.
Universe Today
• Mark Thompson
By Universe Today: SpaceX's Starship is the most powerful rocket ever built and it may be about to change everything. But researchers at the German Aerospace Centre have been asking a question: does Europe have an answer? Their new study, built on meticulous analysis of Starship's own flight data, suggests the answer is yes although it will require a fundamentally different approach, and a willingness to think differently.
NASA Spaceflight
• Justin Davenport
Universe Today
• Carolyn Collins Petersen
Bloomberg
• Bailey Lipschultz, Eric Johnson, Kiel Porter, Ryan Gould
