Astronomy instrument helps capture singular quantum interference effects
Friday, 24 March 2023 09:32
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By adapting technology used for gamma-ray astronomy, a group of experimental researchers has found that X-ray transitions previously thought to have been unpolarized according to atomic physics, are in fact highly polarized, reports a new study published in Physical Review Letters on 15 March.
When electrons recombine with highly charged ions, X-ray polarization becomes important for testi Sierra Space advances to the forefront of commercial and national security policy in the Orbital Age
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Sierra Space, a leading, pureplay commercial space company building the first end-to-end business and technology platform in space, has announced the creation of a new strategy and government affairs group that positions the company for long-term success and growth in the Orbital Age.
To lead this dynamic new organization, Sierra Space recruited one of Washington, D.C.'s most prominent and Neuraspace introduces "Machine Learning Prediction Plots" for earlier debris planning
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Neuraspace, a European-born global leader in space traffic management (STM), has introduced "Machine Learning Prediction Plots", giving satellite and satellite constellation operators a tool for earlier collision avoidance planning.
As a first in the space industry, the latest addition to Neuraspace's STM software, using artificial intelligence (AI), enables operators to decide several day TDGA secures New Media Holding as lead investor in $20M seed round for Space Media
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London based TDGA, the owner of the biggest brand in Space Media today, Space Hero, announced a $20m Seed Round. As part of the round, Singapore based New Media Holding, owner of the World's largest Creator network and Asia's largest media network, has invested $5m as a strategic investment. Furthermore, NMH has committed to be the lead investor for this round after an extensive due diligence va Ultrafast beam-steering breakthrough at Sandia Labs
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In a major breakthrough in the fields of nanophotonics and ultrafast optics, a Sandia National Laboratories research team has demonstrated the ability to dynamically steer light pulses from conventional, so-called incoherent light sources.
This ability to control light using a semiconductor device could allow low-power, relatively inexpensive sources like LEDs or flashlight bulbs to replac First detection of neutrinos made at a particle collider
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A team including physicists of the University of Bern has for the first time detected subatomic particles called neutrinos created by a particle collider, namely at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The discovery promises to deepen scientists' understanding of the nature of neutrinos, which are among the most abundant particles in the universe and key to the solution of the question why there Earth from Space: Monterrey, Mexico
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This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image features the diverse landscape surrounding Monterrey, the capital of the northeast state of Nuevo León, Mexico. First crewed Starliner launch slips again
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The first flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle with astronauts on board, previously scheduled for late April, has been delayed, likely until the summer.
Russia's only female cosmonaut praises ISS mission
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Russia's only active female cosmonaut Anna Kikina on Thursday described a "wonderful" atmosphere during her mission to the International Space Station where she travelled aboard a SpaceX spaceship.
The orbital station is one of the few remaining areas of cooperation between Moscow and Washington amid a breakdown of ties since Moscow sent troops to Ukraine.
Kikina is only the fifth profe Researchers detect silicate clouds, methane, water, carbon monoxide on distant planet
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Researchers using data from NASA's James Webb telescope have observed silicate clouds, water, methane, and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a distant planet.
The discovery is the most number of different molecules ever seen collected on one planet outside of our solar system, scientists say.
Researchers lead by the University of Arizona's Brittany Miles studied spectra data fr NASA warns of “devastating” impacts of potential budget cuts
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NASA Administrator Bill Nelson claims proposed spending reductions for fiscal year 2024 could have “devastating and potentially unrecoverable” effects on NASA programs, delaying or canceling many missions.
Sweden's sky lights up with northern lights research
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Scientists in Sweden put on a light show in the night sky on Thursday, releasing material from a sounding rocket to research the spectacular northern lights phenomena.
The northern lights, also known as aurora borealis or polar lights, appear as swathes of blue, green and purple lights flickering and dancing across the sky.
They can occasionally be seen across the Arctic on clear nights.
Researchers at the Swedish Institute of Space Physics sent up the rocket from the Esrange Space Center in the country's far north, releasing materials similar to those in fireworks into the sky at an altitude of between 100-200 kilometers (62-124 miles).
Waves of greenish-white lights could be seen across the dark sky just after 1830 GMT above the northern Swedish town of Kiruna and within a 200-kilometer radius.
Somewhat less spectacular than the real northern lights, the experiment ended up blocking out a real aurora borealis occurring naturally.
The experiment was part of aurora research aimed at helping scientists improve near-space weather forecasts to protect satellites and critical infrastructures.
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Hubble monitors changing weather and seasons on Jupiter and Uranus
Thursday, 23 March 2023 13:00 Write a comment
Ever since its launch in 1990, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has been an interplanetary weather observer, keeping an eye on the ever-changing atmospheres of the largely gaseous outer planets. And it’s an unblinking eye that allows Hubble’s sharpness and sensitivity to monitor a kaleidoscope of complex activities over time. Today new images are shared of Jupiter and Uranus.
Media information session from ESA’s 315th Council
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Watch the replay of the media information session to hear about further transformation measures and ambitious, new ideas for space exploration following ESA's 315th Council, taking place in the freshly renovated ESA HQ Nikis building in Paris.
ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and ESA Council Chair Anna Rathsman will cover the following topics: the implementation steps of the results of CM22, including the transformation of ESA to be fit for the future, the Space Summit planned for November 2023, as well as the public release of certain official ESA documents. Moreover, the final report and recommendations of the
