{"count":36892,"next":"https://api.spaceflightnewsapi.net/v4/articles/?format=json&limit=10&offset=4160&ordering=-published_at","previous":"https://api.spaceflightnewsapi.net/v4/articles/?format=json&limit=10&offset=4140&ordering=-published_at","results":[{"id":36410,"title":"Study questions assumptions about hidden alien technosignals","authors":[{"name":"SpaceDaily","socials":null}],"url":"https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Study_questions_assumptions_about_hidden_alien_technosignals_999.html","image_url":"https://www.spxdaily.com/images-bg/epfl-large-antenna-dish-farm-earth-station-europe-bg.jpg","news_site":"SpaceDaily","summary":"Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 18, 2026\n\n\nFor more than sixty years, astronomers have conducted systematic searches for technosignatures, looking for artificial radio emissions, laser flashes, or excess heat that could reveal advanced civilizations in the Milky Way. \n\nDespite decades of monitoring across radio, optical, and infrared bands, no technosignature has been confirmed, a result often attributed to the fact that only a small","published_at":"2026-02-23T14:45:10Z","updated_at":"2026-02-23T13:40:20.748855Z","featured":false,"launches":[],"events":[]},{"id":36413,"title":"Researchers probe dark matter stars that resemble black holes","authors":[{"name":"SpaceDaily","socials":null}],"url":"https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Researchers_probe_dark_matter_stars_that_resemble_black_holes_999.html","image_url":"https://www.spxdaily.com/images-bg/hypothetical-dark-matter-boson-stars-bg.jpg","news_site":"SpaceDaily","summary":"Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 18, 2026\n\n\nIn 2019, an unusual gravitational wave event labelled GW190521 rippled across the universe and into detectors on Earth, initially interpreted as the merger of two black holes each tens of times more massive than the Sun. 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The approach combines a novel sourceless efficiency calibration technique with a flight path based terrain model to tackle long standing challenges caused by over","published_at":"2026-02-23T14:45:10Z","updated_at":"2026-02-23T13:40:20.883392Z","featured":false,"launches":[],"events":[]},{"id":36416,"title":"Warming drives growth of Arctic peatlands","authors":[{"name":"SpaceDaily","socials":null}],"url":"https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Warming_drives_growth_of_Arctic_peatlands_999.html","image_url":"https://www.spxdaily.com/images-bg/canada-northwest-territories-forest-boreal-peatlands-bg.jpg","news_site":"SpaceDaily","summary":"London, UK (SPX) Feb 16, 2026\n\n\nNew analysis shows that Arctic peatlands have expanded in recent decades as the region has warmed far faster than the global average. Average temperatures in the Arctic have risen by about 4 C over the last forty years, and the study links this rapid warming to the outward growth of peat-forming ecosystems. \n\nLed by the University of Exeter, the research team examined peatland cores taken fr","published_at":"2026-02-23T14:45:10Z","updated_at":"2026-02-23T13:40:20.985075Z","featured":false,"launches":[],"events":[]},{"id":36417,"title":"EU brings secure GOVSATCOM hub online under GMV leadership","authors":[{"name":"SpaceDaily","socials":null}],"url":"https://www.spacewar.com/reports/EU_brings_secure_GOVSATCOM_hub_online_under_GMV_leadership_999.html","image_url":"https://www.spxdaily.com/images-bg/gmv-euspa-govsatcom-hub-splash-bg.jpg","news_site":"SpaceDaily","summary":"Madrid, Spain (SPX) Feb 18, 2026\n\n\nThe European Union has begun operational use of its 'Governmental Satellite Communications Programme', known as 'GOVSATCOM', opening secure encrypted satellite communications services to EU member states under European control. The move marks a significant step in the bloc's efforts to secure strategic autonomy in space-based communications for government and security users. \n\nAt the core of","published_at":"2026-02-23T14:45:10Z","updated_at":"2026-02-23T13:40:21.062600Z","featured":false,"launches":[],"events":[]},{"id":36418,"title":"Texas AM partners with Aegis to orbit TAMU SPIRIT research hub on ISS","authors":[{"name":"SpaceDaily","socials":null}],"url":"https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Texas_AM_partners_with_Aegis_to_orbit_TAMU_SPIRIT_research_hub_on_ISS_999.html","image_url":"https://www.spxdaily.com/images-bg/aegis-aerospace-tamu-spirit-orbital-research-platform-iss-bg.jpg","news_site":"SpaceDaily","summary":"Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 17, 2026\n\n\nTexas A and M University has developed TAMU SPIRIT, a dedicated orbital research platform that will be deployed on the International Space Station in partnership with Aegis Aerospace. The platform will mount on the station's Express Logistics Carrier 3 and give Texas A and M System faculty, researchers and students sustained access to the conditions of low Earth orbit for a wide range of experim","published_at":"2026-02-23T14:45:10Z","updated_at":"2026-02-23T13:40:21.079315Z","featured":false,"launches":[],"events":[]},{"id":36419,"title":"OpenAI hires creator of 'OpenClaw' AI agent tool","authors":[{"name":"SpaceDaily","socials":null}],"url":"https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/OpenAI_hires_creator_of_OpenClaw_AI_agent_tool_999.html","image_url":"https://www.spxdaily.com/images-bg/openai-chatgpt-robot-speech-marker-bg.jpg","news_site":"SpaceDaily","summary":"Washington, United States (AFP) Feb 16, 2026\n\n\n OpenAI has hired the Austrian creator of OpenClaw, an artificial intelligence tool able to execute real-world tasks, the US startup's head Sam Altman said on Sunday. \n\nAI agent tool OpenClaw has fascinated - and spooked - the tech world since researcher Peter Steinberger built it in November to help organise his digital life. \n\nA Reddit-like pseudo social network for OpenClaw agents called","published_at":"2026-02-23T14:45:10Z","updated_at":"2026-02-23T13:40:21.154863Z","featured":false,"launches":[],"events":[]}]}