LAGRANGIAN
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Maharshi Bhattacharya
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Jan 26, 2026
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Issue 86 | Breaking Space News: Jan 19 - 25, 2026
Atlantic Council Warns that U.S. Faces High Risk of Russian Nuclear and Counterspace Escalation in Orbit, and More Evidence Suggests that Mars Once Had a Large Ocean.The Week in Space: NASA Ends Funding for Planetary Science Advisory Groups, China's Xuntian Telescope Readies for Launch, Earth Hit by Strongest Solar Radiation in Decades, US Space Force Funding Boosted to $40 Billion, Resilient GPS Cancelled, Starfish Space Tapped for End‐of‐Life Satellite Disposal Service. Plus: Blue Origin Announces Enterprise Facing TerraWave Constellation, Open Cosmos Secures Broadband License for Europe, Rocket Lab's Neutron Test Suffers an Implosion, Earthquake Sensors Enable Near‐Real‐Time Tracking of Space Debris and More.
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Jan 20, 2026
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Issue 85 | Breaking Space News: Jan 12 - 18, 2026
Astronauts’ Brains Move and Rotate During Extended Spaceflight and Apparently Viruses and Bacteria Evolve Differently in Space.The Week in Space: Artemis II Readies for Crewed Lunar Mission, China Submits ITU Filings for 193,000 Satellites, NASA Plans to Deploy A Lunar Nuclear Reactor by 2030 and US War Department Invests $1B in L3Harris. ESA and China Resume High‐Level Space Talks in Paris After Nearly a Decade, Plus: York Space Prepares for an IPO, Slingshot Wins Space Force Contract, Luxembourg’s Hydrosat, India's Aule, Japan's Interstellar Technologies, SkyFi and Think Orbital Raise Funding, Parsons Acquires Altamira, and More.
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Jan 12, 2026
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Issue 84 | Breaking Space News: Jan 5 - 11, 2026
RNA May Have Assembled Under Ancient Prebiotic Earth Conditions Without Enzymes Or Cells. The Week In Space: US Lawmakers Have Approved A $24.4 Billion NASA Budget For FY 2026, Rejecting Trump Administration’s Proposed Science Cuts. Cave Training For Chinese Astronauts, The Fastest-Spinning Asteroid, Starless Dark-Matter, And NASA Preps Early Astronaut Return From ISS Due To Medical Emergency. Plus: FCC Has Approved 7,500 More Starlink Satellites, SecWar Hegseth On His "Arsenal Of Freedom" Tour, India’s Unsuccessful PSLV Launch, SkyFi’s On-Demand Access To Vantor’s Imagery And More.
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Jan 5, 2026
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46 min read
Issue 83 | Breaking Space News: Dec 29, 2025 - Jan 4, 2026
US Scientific Capacity May Take a Hit as Trump Admin Moves to Break-Up NCAR for "Climate Alarmism." The Week in Space: More Space Debris Incidents, ESA Hit by a Cyberattack, Iran, UAE Launch Satellites on a Russian Rideshare, Chinese Launch Updates, and Space Force's Vandenberg Expansion Plans for Heavy-Lift Vehicles. Plus: First-Ever Furnace Ignited in Space at 1000°C and Free‐Floating Exoplanet Detected and Measured.
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Dec 29, 2025
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Issue 82 | Breaking Space News: Dec 22 - 28, 2025
Russia Just Patented a Rotating Artificial‐Gravity Space Station. The Week in Space: Orbital Data-Centers Are Coming to a Night Sky Near You. Plus: Heat Leakage from the Largest US Crypto‐Mining Center, NASA’s Hunt for Critical Minerals from 60,000 Feet, Chinese Reusable Rocket's Failed Booster Recovery, ISRO Launches AST SpaceMobile's Heaviest Satellite, South Korean Innospace's Launch Anomaly and more.
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Dec 23, 2025
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49 min read
Issue 81 | Breaking Space News: Dec 16 - 21, 2025
Trump Signs Executive Order on American Space Superiority as NASA Safety Panel Urges Reassessment of Artemis Plans. This Week in Space News: Wildfire Smoke Is Altering Earth’s Climate in Unexpected Ways, Webb’s Latest Findings Include a Lemon‐Shaped Exoplanet, and a Black Hole Moving at 3.54 Million Km/H. Plus: Jared Isaacman Becomes NASA’s New Administrator, a Starlink Satellite Is Hurtling Toward Earth, Chinese, European and Japanese Launch Updates, a Flat‐Satellite Design Demo, a Reconfigurable‐Expandable Habitat Concept, the First Wheelchair User to Reach Space, and More.
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Dec 18, 2025
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47 min read
Issue 80 | Breaking Space News: Dec 8 - 15, 2025
SpaceX Plans 2026 IPO, Eyes $1.5 Trillion Valuation And World’s First Satellite Collision Insurance Emerges. This Week in Space News: Scientists Map Large River Drainage Systems on Mars, Radio Bursts From Space Debris Collisions and Astronomers Observe Black Hole Dragging the Fabric of Spacetime. Plus: Lots of Orbital Demos Upcoming, Canada, Germany, NATO Defense Postures in Space, Bacteria‐Dyed Radiation‐Sensitive Fabric for Spacesuits, and More.
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Dec 8, 2025
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Issue 79 | Breaking Space News: Dec 1 - 7, 2025
Menstrual Cups Successfully Tested in Spaceflight. This Week in Space News: Clocks on Mars Run Faster Than on Earth, ISS Hosts Eight Spacecraft, Microbes Could Transform Martian Soil for 3D‐Printed Habitats, Sugars and Polymers Found on Bennu, and Solar Insights Unearthed from Ancient Chinese Texts. Plus: Russian Cosmonaut Removed from SpaceX Flight, Missile Defense Agency Awards Contracts to Over 1,000 Companies, and Hypersonics, GEO Satellites, Nuclear Microreactors Draw Major Space and Defense Investment.
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Dec 1, 2025
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62 min read
Issue 78 | Breaking Space News: Nov 24 - 30, 2025
Now Germany Wants to Militarize Space, to "Limit the Use of Space by Adversaries." This Week in Space News: We May Have Finally Spotted Dark Matter, New Insight on What Space Weather Does to Our Protective Shield. Plus: US-China Space-Race Heats Up with the RACE Act And Regulatory Changes in China, ESA Approves Massive Funding, US to Prototype Space-Based Interceptors, Amazon's Starlink Competition and Much More.