Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 20, 2025
Researchers have analyzed biofilm produced by bacteria from the El Medano hot springs in Chile's central Andes, discovering that a key component has potential applications as a natural additive in the pharmaceutical and food industries. The study was recently published in the journal Scientific Reports. The key component, an exopolysaccharide (EPS), is a cluster of extracellular carbohydra

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 20, 2025
The future of timekeeping is being reshaped by optical atomic clocks, which operate with laser frequencies roughly 100,000 times faster than the microwave frequencies of caesium clocks, the current standard for defining the second in the International System of Units (SI). Some of these optical clocks are already 100 times more accurate than caesium clocks and are poised to redefine the second.

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 20, 2025
Stoke Space, a leading company advancing fully reusable medium-lift rocket technology, has announced a successful $260 million Series C funding round. This latest investment more than doubles the company's total funding to $480 million, fueling its ongoing development and expansion efforts. The funding round included participation from a mix of new and returning investors such as Breakthro

Paris, France (SPX) Jan 20, 2025
The Malargue deep-space communication station in Argentina has undergone a significant upgrade, enhancing its data transmission capabilities by nearly 80%. Completed in late July 2024, this improvement is set to meet the growing demands of deep-space missions and increasing international requests. As deep-space exploration intensifies, the need for ground stations to handle larger and more

Houston TX (SPX) Jan 20, 2025
At the start of a new year, many people think about making positive changes in their lives, such as improving physical fitness or learning a particular skill. Astronauts on the International Space Station work all year to maintain a high level of performance while adapting to changes in their physical fitness, cognitive ability, sensory perception, and other functions during spaceflight. R

US Air Force Academy, CO (SPX) Jan 20, 2025
Cadets from different academic disciplines credit U.S. Air Force Academy Department of Political Science Professor Madison Walker with stoking their passion for space law, policy and research. Cadet 1st Class Anjulina Abdon, a Political Science major, worked with the space policy professor on her space deterrence theory capstone project during the fall. Abdon will attend U.S. Air Force rem

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 20, 2025
China's Long March 2D carrier rocket successfully deployed three satellites into their designated orbits during a launch on Friday afternoon. The mission, conducted at 12:07 pm from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, included the deployment of the Tianlu 1, PRSC-EO1, and Lantan 1 satellites, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the r

The FAA says it is investigating reports that debris from the failed Starship test flight landed, and caused property damage in, the Turks and Caicos.

While Blue Origin considers the first flight of its New Glenn rocket a success, it will have to complete a mishap investigation before its next launch.