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The material, known as C-PICA (Conformal Phenolic Impregnated Carbon Ablator), provides a stronger, less","published_at":"2026-01-30T07:44:14Z","updated_at":"2026-01-30T06:40:15.542641Z","featured":false,"launches":[],"events":[]},{"id":35815,"title":"China sea launch boosts private rocket activity in 2026","authors":[{"name":"SpaceDaily","socials":null}],"url":"https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/China_sea_launch_boosts_private_rocket_activity_in_2026_999.html","image_url":"https://www.spxdaily.com/images-bg/china-ceres-1-y65-night-launch-ocean-platform-bg.jpg","news_site":"SpaceDaily","summary":"Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 30, 2026\r\n\r\n\r\nGalactic Energy has opened Chinas 2026 commercial launch campaign with a pre dawn sea based mission of its Ceres 1 carrier rocket on January 17, extending the companys record of frequent small satellite launches from both land and ocean platforms. \r\n\r\nThe latest flight lifted off at 4:10 am local time from a mobile barge in the Yellow Sea off the coast of Shandong province, sending four commer","published_at":"2026-01-30T07:44:14Z","updated_at":"2026-02-02T07:36:56.818787Z","featured":false,"launches":[{"launch_id":"ea2d97bc-a834-4904-b579-6a1e1f7a9c54","provider":"Launch Library 2"}],"events":[]},{"id":35816,"title":"New clues to Mars habitability in discovery of ancient beach","authors":[{"name":"SpaceDaily","socials":null}],"url":"https://www.marsdaily.com/reports/New_clues_to_Mars_habitability_in_discovery_of_ancient_beach_999.html","image_url":"https://www.spxdaily.com/images-bg/perseverance-mars-jezero-crater-delta-butte-desk-true-color-bg.jpg","news_site":"SpaceDaily","summary":"London, UK (SPX) Jan 30, 2026\r\n\r\n\r\nNew findings from NASAs Perseverance rover have revealed evidence of wave-formed beaches and rocks altered by subsurface water in a Martian crater that once held a vast lake - considerably expanding the timeline for potential habitability at this ancient site. \r\n\r\nIn an international study led by Imperial College London, researchers uncovered that the so-called Margin unit in Marss Jezero crat","published_at":"2026-01-30T07:44:14Z","updated_at":"2026-02-02T07:36:37.001473Z","featured":false,"launches":[{"launch_id":"c4db6995-f25f-4608-8eb9-ce95d5226af2","provider":"Launch Library 2"}],"events":[]},{"id":35818,"title":"Quark wakes reveal early universe plasma flowed like a liquid","authors":[{"name":"SpaceDaily","socials":null}],"url":"https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Quark_wakes_reveal_early_universe_plasma_flowed_like_a_liquid_999.html","image_url":"https://www.spxdaily.com/images-bg/primordial-soup-cosmos-bg.jpg","news_site":"SpaceDaily","summary":"Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 30, 2026\n\n\nIn its first instants, the universe formed a searing quark gluon plasma in which quarks and gluons moved at near light speed before cooling to build the protons and neutrons that dominate matter today. \n\nPhysicists at CERNs Large Hadron Collider are recreating this primordial plasma by smashing together heavy ions at relativistic energies, briefly liberating quarks and gluons so they can pro","published_at":"2026-01-30T07:44:14Z","updated_at":"2026-01-30T06:40:15.595136Z","featured":false,"launches":[],"events":[]},{"id":35819,"title":"Radio view of rare supernova tracks dying star's final decade","authors":[{"name":"SpaceDaily","socials":null}],"url":"https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Radio_view_of_rare_supernova_tracks_dying_stars_final_decade_999.html","image_url":"https://www.spxdaily.com/images-bg/supernova-sn-2024ggi-galaxy-ngc-3621-eso-vlt-bg.jpg","news_site":"SpaceDaily","summary":"Charlottesville VA (SPX) Jan 30, 2026\r\n\r\n\r\nAs from a rare kind of stellar explosion known as a Type Ibn supernova, giving them an unusually detailed look at the final decade in the life of a massive star before it died. 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