Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of April 5-11, 2026 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in recess this week except for pro forma sessions.
During the…
Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of April 5-11, 2026 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in recess this week except for pro forma sessions.
During the…

Researchers in the United States have unlocked secrets of high-temperature superconductors.
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have discovered how tiny changes in superhydride structure enable…


WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly discovered fossils have given scientists their first real glimpse of when Earth made a crucial transition from plants and unrecognizably simple animals to the complex creatures that took over the…

Researchers have found that Saturn’s northern lights heat one side of the planet’s upper atmosphere and drive winds that mimic changes in its spin.
That finding resolves a long-standing mismatch between Saturn’s true rotation and the signals…

The top official at Nasa says that the chance of alien existence is a factor in how the US space agency plans its missions.
Speaking on Sunday, Nasa administrator Jared Isaacman told CNN’s Meet the Press that investigating the existence of alien…

Proposals to deploy reflective mirrors and up to 1m more satellites in low Earth orbit could have far-reaching consequences for human health and ecosystems, leading sleep and circadian rhythm researchers have said.
Presidents of four international…

A new study has found that Australopithecus, an extinct group of early human relatives that lived in Africa millions of years ago, experienced pelvic strain during childbirth nearly as intense as that seen in modern human labor.
That finding…