Space

 

By Robert Lea published November 18, 2025

"We really needed the sensitivity of JWST. We also needed the 100 times magnification from gravitational lensing from a galaxy cluster between us and LAP1-B."

 

The gravitational lens MACS JO416 which may have help the JWST detect the first stars born after the Big Bang (Image credit: Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Jose Diego (IFCA), Jordan D'Silva (UWA), Anton Koekemoer (STScI), Jake Summers (ASU), Rogier Windhorst (ASU), Haojing Yan (University of Missouri); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI))

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France, US Practice Up-Close Satellite Maneuvers Under Joint Space War Plan

Breaking Defense

French and American military satellites have successfully practiced joint maneuvers as part of U.S. Space Command’s multinational space warplan, France’s Space Command announced Dec. 14.

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Why (and How) the US Military Wants to Resupply Troops from Space Task & Purpose The Air Force and Space Force are spending millions of dollars researching a concept called “rocket cargo,” where they would shoot a capsule full of troops or supplies into orbit and land it anywhere on Earth in 90 minutes or less, which is way faster than anything they have currently. --##-- Pentagon Planning Competitive Awards for Ground, Air MTI From Space Aviation Week The Department of the Air Force is moving quickly to award multiple competitive contracts for space-based moving target indication assets, first for ground moving target indication and then for air moving target indication, service officials said Dec. 11.