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- 1Amazon asks FCC to approve 5,105 new satellites amid secrecy concerns●# Amazon is asking the # FCC to approve 5,105 massive new # satellites while hiding their orbital debris risk models beh
Amazon has asked the FCC to approve 5,105 additional satellites for its Project Kuiper constellation, but critics say the company is withholding the orbital debris risk models used to justify the launch plans behind claims of corporate confidentiality. Space sustainability advocates are pushing back, arguing the public deserves full transparency since a safe orbital environment is a shared resource, and that the environmental and collision risks of mega-constellations should not be assessed through hidden proprietary filings.
- 22I/Borisov: the interstellar comet that visited our solar system●Discovered in 2019, 2I/Borisov represents the second confirmed interstellar object to transit our solar system. Unlike p
2I/Borisov, discovered in 2019 by amateur astronomer Gennady Borisov, was the second confirmed interstellar object detected passing through our solar system. Unlike comets from the Kuiper Belt or Oort Cloud, it followed a hyperbolic trajectory, indicating it originated around another star. Its composition offers scientists a rare chemical sample from a distant planetary system.