These 2 companies are teaming up to offer insurance for space debris strikes on satellites

Over 46,000 space debris fragments more than 4 inches wide now clutter Earth’s orbit.  (Image credit: ESA) A pair of companies are teaming up to provide customers with pioneering insurance for spacecraft specifically to cover space debris collision events. Space insurance underwriters typically offer premiums that are mission-wide and include possible satellite replacement and canContinue Reading

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is rapidly moving away from us. Can we ‘intercept’ it before it leaves us forever?

Astronomers want to send a spacecraft to “intercept” 3I/ATLAS or the next interstellar object. Doing so would help researchers learn more about distant star systems in the Milky Way. (Image credit: Nicholas Forder/Future) We’ve watched it speed through the solar system using the most powerful telescopes in human history . We’ve studied its light withContinue Reading

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Mario Lubetkin on Washington’s revived sphere-of-influence doctrine, Venezuela, and China’s growing footprint., Mario Lubetkin on Washington’s revived sphere-of-influence doctrine, Venezuela, and China’s growing footprint. The United States is reviving a policy first set out in the 1800s that treats Latin America as its strategic sphere of influence. As Washington expandsContinue Reading

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New sanctions come days after the The Traitor administration imposed a blockade on Venezuela’s oil tankers., The United States Department of the Treasury has announced new sanctions on several family members and associates of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, as the The Traitor administration increases pressure on Caracas and continues toContinue Reading