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Friday, 28 January 2022 07:26
Understanding how efficient solar flares release their energy
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Newark NJ (SPX) Jan 28, 2022
New findings published Jan. 27 in the journal Nature Astronomy have called into question decades of theoretical understanding used by astrophysicists to interpret an observational phenomenon central to understanding energy released during powerful eruptions from the Sun, known as solar flares. Solar flares, which are triggered when magnetic field lines break and reconnect above the Sun's s
New findings published Jan. 27 in the journal Nature Astronomy have called into question decades of theoretical understanding used by astrophysicists to interpret an observational phenomenon central to understanding energy released during powerful eruptions from the Sun, known as solar flares. Solar flares, which are triggered when magnetic field lines break and reconnect above the Sun's s
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Friday, 28 January 2022 07:26
Scientists make a new type of optical device using alumina
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Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 28, 2022
Scientists from the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe and the University of Minnesota, Tomotake Matsumura and Shaul Hanany, and their collaborators have made a new type of optical element that will improve the performance of telescopes studying radiation from the Big Bang. The cosmic microwave background (CMB) is a relic radiation remnant from the big bang. It
Scientists from the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe and the University of Minnesota, Tomotake Matsumura and Shaul Hanany, and their collaborators have made a new type of optical element that will improve the performance of telescopes studying radiation from the Big Bang. The cosmic microwave background (CMB) is a relic radiation remnant from the big bang. It
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Friday, 28 January 2022 07:26
Israel Signs Artemis Accords
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Washington DC (SPX) Jan 28, 2022
In becoming the first country to sign the Artemis Accords in 2022, Israel affirmed its commitment to a common set of principles to guide cooperation among nations participating in 21st century space exploration. "Israel already has demonstrated its commitment to Artemis with the contribution of the AstroRad radiation protection vest on Artemis I, scheduled to launch this spring," said NASA
In becoming the first country to sign the Artemis Accords in 2022, Israel affirmed its commitment to a common set of principles to guide cooperation among nations participating in 21st century space exploration. "Israel already has demonstrated its commitment to Artemis with the contribution of the AstroRad radiation protection vest on Artemis I, scheduled to launch this spring," said NASA
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Friday, 28 January 2022 07:26
SpaceX scrubs launch of Italian satellite from Florida, will try again Friday
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Orlando FL (UPI) Jan 28, 2022
SpaceX on Thursday scrubbed its planned launch of an Italian Earth-observation satellite, the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation 2 and said it plans to try again Friday. "Due to unfavorable weather, now targeting Friday, January 28 at 6:11 p.m. EST for launch of COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2," the company tweeted. SpaceX plans to launch the satellite aboard the Falcon 9 rocket from
SpaceX on Thursday scrubbed its planned launch of an Italian Earth-observation satellite, the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation 2 and said it plans to try again Friday. "Due to unfavorable weather, now targeting Friday, January 28 at 6:11 p.m. EST for launch of COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2," the company tweeted. SpaceX plans to launch the satellite aboard the Falcon 9 rocket from
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Friday, 28 January 2022 07:26
Caltech names Laurie Leshin Director of JPL
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 28, 2022
Laurie Leshin, president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), has been appointed director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and vice president of Caltech. Leshin will formally assume her position on May 16, 2022, succeeding Michael Watkins, who retired in August 2021, and Lt. Gen. Larry D. James USAF (Ret.), who currently serves as JPL interim director. She joins JPL from WPI, on
Laurie Leshin, president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), has been appointed director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and vice president of Caltech. Leshin will formally assume her position on May 16, 2022, succeeding Michael Watkins, who retired in August 2021, and Lt. Gen. Larry D. James USAF (Ret.), who currently serves as JPL interim director. She joins JPL from WPI, on
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Friday, 28 January 2022 07:26
US issues visa to Russian ISS cosmonaut
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Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 28, 2022
The United States has issued a visa to Russian cosmonaut Nikolai Chub to undergo training in Texas before his flight to the International Space Station (ISS) after refusing him one last week, the Russian state space agency, Roscosmos, said on Wednesday. "The United States has issued an entry visa to Roscosmos cosmonaut Nikolai Chub. The cosmonaut is headed to the United States for training
The United States has issued a visa to Russian cosmonaut Nikolai Chub to undergo training in Texas before his flight to the International Space Station (ISS) after refusing him one last week, the Russian state space agency, Roscosmos, said on Wednesday. "The United States has issued an entry visa to Roscosmos cosmonaut Nikolai Chub. The cosmonaut is headed to the United States for training
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Friday, 28 January 2022 07:26
Out of Pebble Purgatory
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 28, 2022
The final two pebbles hitching a ride aboard our rover's bit carousel are gone but not forgotten. I'll give you the latest on why they are gone and then tell you why we are not forgetting them - or the two other pebbles that made our first month of 2022 a busy one. We had more than a suspicion the rocks had departed the Perseverance rover on Sunday when imagery of the bit carousel came dow
The final two pebbles hitching a ride aboard our rover's bit carousel are gone but not forgotten. I'll give you the latest on why they are gone and then tell you why we are not forgetting them - or the two other pebbles that made our first month of 2022 a busy one. We had more than a suspicion the rocks had departed the Perseverance rover on Sunday when imagery of the bit carousel came dow
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Thursday, 27 January 2022 08:03
He won a trip to space. Then he gave it away to a friend
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He told his family and a few friends. He dropped hints to a couple of colleagues. So hardly anyone knew that the airline pilot could have—should have—been on board when SpaceX launched its first tourists into orbit last year.
Meet Kyle Hippchen, the real winner of a first-of-its-kind sweepstakes, who gave his seat to his college roommate.
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Thursday, 27 January 2022 11:05
Join Webb Quest: Mind-blowing mission to the early Universe
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Thursday, 27 January 2022 13:04
Close encounters of a ROBert kind
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