Consortium explores energy-efficient electronics and photonics
Tuesday, 25 July 2023 08:37
The University of Texas at Arlington is part of a new consortium funded by the Department of Energy that involves the development of new technologies and college courses covering everything from radiation detection to nuclear engineering.
The grant also will help UTA develop 2D materials that can be integrated into new hand-held photonic technologies with multiple uses.
Electrical En Teams selected to teach AI Agents to interact with people and learn
Tuesday, 25 July 2023 08:37
As part of DARPA's Environment-driven Conceptual Learning (ECOLE) program, several university teams and industry performers will attempt to create artificial intelligence (AI) agents capable of continually learning from linguistic and visual input. Resulting agents would be able to collaborate with humans to help them produce analyses of image, video, and multimedia documents during time-sensiti Satellites unveil the far-reaching impact of irrigation
Tuesday, 25 July 2023 07:30
Globally, more than 70% of the freshwater withdrawn from Earth’s surface or from underground is used to irrigate crops. The need to produce more food for a growing population against the backdrop of climate change is challenging enough, but satellites reveal that extracting water doesn’t just affect the local environment – there are knock-on consequences for many aspects of the Earth system.
Ariane 6: launch system tests progressing well
Tuesday, 25 July 2023 07:00
Teams preparing Ariane 6 for its inaugural flight successfully completed for the first time a launcher preparation and countdown sequence, on 18 July at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
CAPSTONE working well more than a year after launch
Tuesday, 25 July 2023 01:22
A year after its launch, a privately owned, NASA-funded cubesat orbiting the moon continues to work well, providing data to support the agency’s Artemis lunar exploration efforts.
Startup Impulse Space raises $45 million in Series A round
Monday, 24 July 2023 16:40
In-space transportation services startup Impulse Space announced July 24 it has closed a $45 million iSeries A funding led by RTX Ventures, the venture capital arm of Raytheon Technologies.
Maxar to begin production of new small satellite bus
Monday, 24 July 2023 15:52
Maxar Technologies announced July 24 that its new satellite bus designed for low Earth orbit constellations passed a critical design review.
Webb detects water vapour in rocky planet-forming zone
Monday, 24 July 2023 14:00
New measurements by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope’s Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI) has detected water vapour in the inner disc of the system PDS 70, located 370 light-years away. This is the first detection of water in the terrestrial region of a disc already known to host two or more protoplanets.
China’s CASIC to begin launching VLEO satellites in December
Monday, 24 July 2023 13:20
Chinese space and defense contractor CASIC says it will begin building a constellation of 300 satellites in very-low Earth orbit late this year.
Rhodes wildfire forces thousands to flee
Monday, 24 July 2023 11:58
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Rhodes wildfire forces thousands to flee New Galileo station goes on duty
Monday, 24 July 2023 09:12
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New Galileo station goes on duty OneSat’s robot arms enable fully European propulsion
Monday, 24 July 2023 08:14
A robotic arm – entirely developed and built in Europe – that enables a satellite to change and control its orbit fuel efficiently has passed its qualification review for launch into space on the OneSat range of satellites.
Probe the space weather around Earth
Monday, 24 July 2023 08:00
Launching soon on one of the next cargo missions to the International Space Station is the Multi-Needle Langmuir Probe that will measure the “weather” in the upper atmosphere. The experiment is part of ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen’s Huginn mission climate science.
World Nano Foundation highlights nanotech's role in space materials science
Sunday, 23 July 2023 09:27
The World Nano Foundation (WNF), an international not-for-profit body dedicated to commercializing nanoscale technologies, has announced the publication of its latest white paper titled "Space Exploration: Unveiling the Potential of Nanotechnology in Advanced Materials Science." This document dives deep into the breakthroughs in materials science, which are propelling a revolution in space explo Enabling autonomous exploration
Sunday, 23 July 2023 09:27
A research group in Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute is creating the next generation of explorers - robots.
The Autonomous Exploration Research Team has developed a suite of robotic systems and planners enabling robots to explore more quickly, probe the darkest corners of unknown environments, and create more accurate and detailed maps. The systems allow robots to do all thi