Daily Archives: Mar 17, 2026

The launch of BlueBird 6 marked a turning point in the race to create communications capabilities in low-Earth orbit. AST SpaceMobile's newest spacecraft, launched from India's Satish Dhawan Space Centre aboard an LVM3 rocket, is both the largest commercial communications array ever placed into low-Earth orbit, stretching almost 2,400...

How does a wartime tactic meant to strengthen Russia's front lines end up destabilizing its own streets? The Kremlin's large-scale recruitment of convicts for combat in Ukraine-once hailed by Moscow as a resourceful solution to manpower shortages-is now producing dangerous consequences inside Russia. What began as a high-risk gamble...

"It looks like a comet. It acts like a comet. But it also does things no comet should do." So said NASA scientist Tom Statler, capturing the strange duality of 3I/ATLAS-the third confirmed interstellar visitor to our solar system. Since its discovery on July 1, 2025, this high-speed object...