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NASA • Lee Mohon

Chandra captures first X‑ray image of a young Sun‑like star blowing an astrosphere

NASA's Chandra X‑ray Observatory has imaged, for the first time, a young Sun‑like star blowing a surrounding astrosphere — its stellar winds filling a bubble of hot gas as it expands into cooler galactic material. The X‑ray view offers a rare glimpse of heliosphere‑like processes in a star's youth.

2026-02-23T12:26:37.745310-08:00
North America   Defense Industry & Major Contractors   Commercial Space   Space Defense & Militarization   Defense Policy  
SpaceNews.com • Sandra Erwin

At Colorado space firms, Hegseth casts Pentagon bureaucracy as the enemy

By SpaceNews.com: At Colorado space firms, Hegseth casts Pentagon bureaucracy as the enemy At Colorado space firms, Hegseth casts Pentagon Bureaucracy as the enemy.

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2026-02-24T05:34:14.035396-08:00
Satellite   Space Policy & International Cooperation   Space Defense & Militarization   Policy & Regulation   Geopolitical Developments & Conflict Impact  
SpaceWatch Global

Plausible Deniability in Orbit: How Gaps in Space Law Enable Potential Weaponization

By SpaceWatch Global: In spring 2024, a lone Russian satellite drifting through an unexpected low Earth orbit (LEO) set off alarms from Washington to Brussels. Was it an innocuous on-orbit experiment or the first sign of an exo-atmospheric strike platform?.

2026-02-24T03:54:52.049482-08:00