Daily Archives: Mar 21, 2026

James Thompson

Rare Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Revealed in Unprecedented Detail

What does it mean when a comet carries the chemistry of another star system into our own? For astronomers tracking 3I/ATLAS, only the third confirmed interstellar comet, the answer lies in a fusion of high-precision trajectory modeling, cutting-edge spectroscopy, and multi-mission coordination across the solar system. This rare visitor...
Charles Mitchell

9 Breakthroughs from Kizilelma’s Historic BVR Strike

"Today, we opened the door to a new era in aviation history," said Selçuk Bayraktar after Türkiye's Bayraktar Kizilelma unmanned fighter executed the world's first confirmed beyond‑visual‑range air‑to‑air missile strike by a UCAV. For decades, long‑range kills from the air were the domain of manned fighters this single test...
James Thompson

China’s Reusable Rocket Race: Engineering to Rival Falcon 9

For one thing, by the look of things, China's rapid march toward reusable rocket capability isn't some sort of dream of the future but very much a reality unfolding in real time, with several commercial and state-backed contenders preparing hardware that could match-and on several metrics outperform-SpaceX's Falcon 9....