In a recent study published in the National Science Review, researchers from China proposed an Open and Shared Sustainable Mega-Constellation (OSSMC) to address the critical issue of space sustainability. By integrating a novel "Sensors+Network+AI" (SNAI) satellite architecture and a "cloud-pool-terminal" (CPT) paradigm, the OSSMC is proposed for the development of space-based intelligence. Only 48,000 intelligent satellites can meet all kinds of service needs of global users, which provides a Chinese solution for building a community with a shared future for mankind in space systems.

Two Assistant Professors at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) have won European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grants of 1.5 million euros each to pursue their potentially groundbreaking work in astrophysics and neuroscience. These prestigious grants empower scientists at the beginning of their careers to launch projects, form teams and explore their best ideas.

As the Earth moves through space, it wobbles slightly. A team of researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the University of Bonn has now succeeded in measuring these fluctuations in the Earth's axis using a completely new method – until now, possible only through complex radio astronomy. The team used the high-precision ring laser at TUM's geodetic observatory in Wettzell, Bavaria.

Empowering national regulators to build the tools of a digital society takes focus for the 25th year of the ITU Global Symposium for Regulators

SAN ANTONIO — September 3, 2025 — Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has completed a mission study detailing how a proposed spacecraft could fly by an interstellar comet, providing remarkable insights into the properties of bodies originating beyond our solar system. The internally funded SwRI project developed the mission design, scientific objectives, payload and key requirements based on previous interstellar object (ISO) detections. Using the recent discovery of 3I/ATLAS, the team validated the mission concept, determining that 31/ATLAS could have been intercepted and observed by the proposed spacecraft.

Europlanet has announced the winners of its inaugural Career Medals, which are designed to honour outstanding contributions from planetary scientists at three stages of their careers. Dr Tim Lichtenberg is awarded the Europlanet Early-Career Medal, Dr Benoit Carry is awarded the Europlanet Mid-Career Medal and Prof Jean Schneider is awarded the Europlanet Lifetime Achievement Medal.