Via SatelliteRachel Jewett

D-Orbit publishes lessons from in‑orbit capture‑the‑flag cybersecurity exercise

D-Orbit published findings from a capture‑the‑flag competition it ran aboard an operational satellite last year, detailing vulnerabilities uncovered and defensive measures validated. Run with cybersecurity firm mhackeroni, the live on‑orbit tests targeted command‑and‑control systems to surface weaknesses and inform commercial satellite operator security practices.

2026-01-27T12:52:11.210341-08:00
Universe TodayAndy Tomaswick

Habitable Worlds Observatory Requires Picometer-Level Precision to Find an Earth 2.0

By Universe Today: Lately we’ve been reporting about a series of studies on the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO), NASA’s flagship telescope mission for the 2040s. These studies have looked at the type of data they need to collect, and what the types of worlds they would expect to find would look like.

2026-01-27T06:23:30.260772-08:00