ESA awards development contract for NanoMagSat
Wednesday, 27 November 2024 09:30
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Today, the ESA awarded a contract to Open Cosmos to design, build, launch and commission the NanoMagSat Scout satellites. This new mission will uphold Europe’s leadership in monitoring Earth’s magnetic field and contribute to applications such as space weather hazard assessment, navigation, directional drilling, and more.
European science takes express ride into space
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The SubOrbital Express-4 sounding rocket was successfully launched from the Esrange Space Center outside Kiruna, in the north of Sweden, at 06:00 CET yesterday morning.
Webb traces swirling spiral arms in infrared
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Webb traces spiral arms in infrared 10 ways Sentinel-1 data lets us ‘see’ our world
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As the launch of the Sentinel-1C satellite approaches, we reflect on some of the many ways the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission has given us remarkable radar insights into our planet over the years.
Large fire at Japan rocket test site, no injuries reported
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Tokyo (AFP) Nov 26, 2024
A huge fire erupted Tuesday at a Japanese rocket testing station, sending flames and smoke soaring into the sky, in the latest mishap for the country's ambitious space programme.
There were no reports of any injuries in the incident, in a remote area of Kagoshima in southern Japan, where a solid-fuel Epsilon S rocket was being tested.
Footage on national broadcaster NHK showed towering b
A huge fire erupted Tuesday at a Japanese rocket testing station, sending flames and smoke soaring into the sky, in the latest mishap for the country's ambitious space programme.
There were no reports of any injuries in the incident, in a remote area of Kagoshima in southern Japan, where a solid-fuel Epsilon S rocket was being tested.
Footage on national broadcaster NHK showed towering b PLD Space partners with Deimos for MIURA 5 guidance system development
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Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 26, 2024
PLD Space has announced the selection of Deimos to co-lead the development of the Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) system for its MIURA 5 orbital launcher. Scheduled to commence its launch campaign in late 2025, this collaboration aims to enhance MIURA 5's capability to deliver both dedicated and rideshare small payload missions efficiently and reliably. Deimos joins a growing consortium
PLD Space has announced the selection of Deimos to co-lead the development of the Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) system for its MIURA 5 orbital launcher. Scheduled to commence its launch campaign in late 2025, this collaboration aims to enhance MIURA 5's capability to deliver both dedicated and rideshare small payload missions efficiently and reliably. Deimos joins a growing consortium ISS National Lab Showcases Advances in Microgravity Physical Science Research
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 26, 2024
A recent publication in 'Gravitational and Space Research' highlights significant findings from research conducted through the ISS National Laboratory, focusing on transport phenomena - key processes that govern the movement of momentum, energy, and mass. These processes, such as heat transfer and diffusion, are fundamental to understanding how substances interact with their surroundings. By stu
A recent publication in 'Gravitational and Space Research' highlights significant findings from research conducted through the ISS National Laboratory, focusing on transport phenomena - key processes that govern the movement of momentum, energy, and mass. These processes, such as heat transfer and diffusion, are fundamental to understanding how substances interact with their surroundings. By stu HyImpulse secures funding to Advance Small Launcher 1
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Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 26, 2024
HyImpulse Technologies GmbH, a prominent European company specializing in launch systems for small satellite transportation, has announced the acquisition of euro 11.8 million in funding through the European Space Agency's (ESA) Boost! Program. This funding, structured as a co-funded contract extension, aims to expedite the development of HyImpulse's Small Launcher 1 (SL1) orbital vehicle. The
HyImpulse Technologies GmbH, a prominent European company specializing in launch systems for small satellite transportation, has announced the acquisition of euro 11.8 million in funding through the European Space Agency's (ESA) Boost! Program. This funding, structured as a co-funded contract extension, aims to expedite the development of HyImpulse's Small Launcher 1 (SL1) orbital vehicle. The Scientists map complete energy spectrum of solar high-energy protons near Mars
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Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 26, 2024
Scientists have achieved a major milestone in Martian space research by constructing the first complete energy spectrum of high-energy solar protons during a solar eruptive event. This effort sheds light on the radiation environment around Mars and has important implications for future Mars exploration.
The research was a collaborative effort involving the University of Science and Technol
Scientists have achieved a major milestone in Martian space research by constructing the first complete energy spectrum of high-energy solar protons during a solar eruptive event. This effort sheds light on the radiation environment around Mars and has important implications for future Mars exploration.
The research was a collaborative effort involving the University of Science and Technol Ancient water on Mars suggests potential for past life
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Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 25, 2024
New research led by Curtin University has identified what may be the earliest direct evidence of ancient hot water activity on Mars, highlighting the planet's potential habitability in its distant past.
The study examined a 4.45 billion-year-old zircon grain from the Martian meteorite NWA7034, commonly referred to as "Black Beauty." Researchers found geochemical signatures indicating the p
New research led by Curtin University has identified what may be the earliest direct evidence of ancient hot water activity on Mars, highlighting the planet's potential habitability in its distant past.
The study examined a 4.45 billion-year-old zircon grain from the Martian meteorite NWA7034, commonly referred to as "Black Beauty." Researchers found geochemical signatures indicating the p From space to atmosphere scientists unravel secrets of asteroid 2022 WJ1
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 26, 2024
Scientists led by Lowell Observatory's Dr. Teddy Kareta have made remarkable strides in characterizing near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) by combining telescopic observations with fireball camera data. Their study, published in 'The Planetary Science Journal', focuses on asteroid 2022 WJ1, integrating data from the Lowell Discovery Telescope (LDT) in Arizona and meteor observation cameras in Ontario, C
Scientists led by Lowell Observatory's Dr. Teddy Kareta have made remarkable strides in characterizing near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) by combining telescopic observations with fireball camera data. Their study, published in 'The Planetary Science Journal', focuses on asteroid 2022 WJ1, integrating data from the Lowell Discovery Telescope (LDT) in Arizona and meteor observation cameras in Ontario, C Earthbound asteroids may be tracked more precisely using new equation
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London, UK (SPX) Nov 26, 2024
Tracking potentially hazardous asteroids with greater precision may now be achievable thanks to a novel equation for calculating their orbits more accurately.
Building on concepts introduced by Sir Isaac Newton and advanced by Albert Einstein's general relativity, researchers have devised a method to pinpoint the positions of minor solar system objects, such as asteroids, Kuiper Belt objec
Tracking potentially hazardous asteroids with greater precision may now be achievable thanks to a novel equation for calculating their orbits more accurately.
Building on concepts introduced by Sir Isaac Newton and advanced by Albert Einstein's general relativity, researchers have devised a method to pinpoint the positions of minor solar system objects, such as asteroids, Kuiper Belt objec Uranus moons could hold clues to hidden oceans for future space missions
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 26, 2024
NASA's upcoming mission to Uranus aims to explore the icy moons first photographed by Voyager 2 in 1986, this time seeking evidence of subsurface oceans that could potentially harbor life. Researchers from the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) are developing advanced tools to support the mission, including a computer model designed to detect hidden oceans using data from spacec
NASA's upcoming mission to Uranus aims to explore the icy moons first photographed by Voyager 2 in 1986, this time seeking evidence of subsurface oceans that could potentially harbor life. Researchers from the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) are developing advanced tools to support the mission, including a computer model designed to detect hidden oceans using data from spacec A clue to what lies beneath the bland surfaces of Uranus and Neptune
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Berkeley CA (SPX) Nov 26, 2024
Diamond rain? Super-ionic water? These are just two proposals that planetary scientists have come up with for what lies beneath the thick, bluish, hydrogen-and-helium atmospheres of Uranus and Neptune, our solar system's unique, but superficially bland, ice giants.
A planetary scientist at the University of California, Berkeley, now proposes an alternative theory - that the interiors of bo
Diamond rain? Super-ionic water? These are just two proposals that planetary scientists have come up with for what lies beneath the thick, bluish, hydrogen-and-helium atmospheres of Uranus and Neptune, our solar system's unique, but superficially bland, ice giants.
A planetary scientist at the University of California, Berkeley, now proposes an alternative theory - that the interiors of bo Novel supernova observations grant astronomers a peek into the cosmic past
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Columbus OH (SPX) Nov 26, 2024
An international team of researchers has made new observations of an unusual supernova, finding the most metal-poor stellar explosion ever observed.
This rare supernova, called 2023ufx, originated from the core collapse of a red supergiant star, exploded on the outskirts of a nearby dwarf galaxy. Results of the study showed that observations of both this supernova and the galaxy it was dis
An international team of researchers has made new observations of an unusual supernova, finding the most metal-poor stellar explosion ever observed.
This rare supernova, called 2023ufx, originated from the core collapse of a red supergiant star, exploded on the outskirts of a nearby dwarf galaxy. Results of the study showed that observations of both this supernova and the galaxy it was dis