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Manoa HI (SPX) Aug 13, 2025
A new artificial intelligence tool developed by researchers at the University of Hawai'i (UH) at Manoa is making it easier for scientists to explore complex geoscience data-from tracking sea levels on Earth to analyzing atmospheric conditions on Mars. Called the Intelligent Data Exploring Assistant (IDEA), the software framework combines the power of large language models, like those used in Cha
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 13, 2025
NASA is working with two American firms to study the feasibility of raising the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory's orbit, potentially extending its mission life and demonstrating new spacecraft servicing capabilities. Cambrian Works of Reston, Virginia, and Katalyst Space Technologies of Flagstaff, Arizona, each received $150,000 Phase III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) awards for conce
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 13, 2025
The U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command (SSC) and United Launch Alliance (ULA) have completed the first National Security Space Launch (NSSL) mission aboard a Vulcan VC4S rocket. Liftoff occurred Aug. 12 at 5:56 p.m. PDT (8:56 p.m. EDT) from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. Spacecraft separation took place about seven hours later, placing the pay
Washington DC (UPI) Aug 13, 2025
Europe's Ariane 6 rocket sent a weather and climate satellite to orbit on Tuesday night. The Ariane 6 took off at 8:37 p.m. EDT from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, in its third-ever launch, carrying the Metop-SGA1. "The mission as a whole not only ensures the continued delivery of global observations from polar orbit for weather forecasting and climate analysis for

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Wednesday, 13 August 2025 13:00

No Earth-like atmosphere on TRAPPIST-1 d

The exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 d intrigues astronomers looking for possibly habitable worlds beyond our solar system because it is similar in size to Earth, rocky, and resides in an area around its star where liquid water on its surface is theoretically possible. But according to a new study using data from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, it does not have an Earth-like atmosphere.

Penguins resting on Antarctic sea ice

Combining 25 years of space-based data with ocean sampling, scientists have uncovered a change in the microscopic organisms that underpin the Southern Ocean’s food chain and carbon storage.

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