Today In Space
Last Updated: Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 9:54 AM PST
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Colliding space debris produces radio bursts, raising prospect of ‘debris weather’ alerts
By SpaceNews.com: Colliding space debris produces radio bursts, raising prospect of ‘debris weather’ alerts.
Odin Space raises $3 million in seed funding
By SpaceNews.com: Odin Space raises $3 million in seed funding.
Nvidia-backed Starcloud trains Gemma LLM on-orbit aboard Starcloud-1 — first AI model trained in space intensifies orbital data-center race
By CNBC: The company's Starcloud-1 satellite is running Gemma, an open model from Google, marking the first time in history that an LLM has been trained in outer space.
NASA loses contact with MAVEN Mars orbiter
By SpaceNews.com: NASA has lost contact with a Mars orbiter that has circled the planet for more than a decade, collecting science data and serving as a communications relay.
NASA Struggles to Bring Perseverance’s Mars Discoveries Back Home
Multi‑Agent AI for Space Missions: Enhancing Autonomy and Resilience Against the Unknown
By SpaceNews.com: How multi-agent AI can strengthen space missions against the unknown.
Benchmark Demonstrates High‑Throughput ASCENT Electric Thruster in Hot‑Fire Tests at Edwards AFB
By SpaceNews.com: Benchmark demonstrates high-throughput ASCENT thruster in hotfire testing at Edwards Air Force Base.
Industrial Project in Chile Could Darken World’s Best Skies — 28 Leading Astronomers Urge Relocation
By Space.com: "We might lose the ability to observe about 30% of the faintest galaxies. We are at the point of starting to be able to see details of exoplanet atmospheres, but if the sky gets brighter, we may not be able to see those details anymore.".