Warming temperatures accelerate spring leaf flush in Japan
Monday, 05 May 2025 08:15
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 02, 2025
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba have confirmed that elevated spring temperatures in 2023 and 2024 caused earlier leaf emergence across Japan. Using satellite data from JAXA's GCOM-C satellite, the team documented how climate change is advancing the start of season (SOS) across multiple regions.
Their analysis found that in 2023, leaf flush began 3 to 7 days earlier than the 2018
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba have confirmed that elevated spring temperatures in 2023 and 2024 caused earlier leaf emergence across Japan. Using satellite data from JAXA's GCOM-C satellite, the team documented how climate change is advancing the start of season (SOS) across multiple regions.
Their analysis found that in 2023, leaf flush began 3 to 7 days earlier than the 2018 Who gets to be called an astronaut? Private space travel has reignited debate over use of prestigious title
Monday, 05 May 2025 08:15
Nottingham UK (SPX) May 05, 2025
The recent all-women spaceflight carried out on Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin vehicle has raised discussion of who gets to be called an astronaut. Sean Duffy, Donald Trump's transportation secretary, disputed the astronaut title given to those on the flight, including singer Katy Perry and journalist Gayle King.
The term astronaut was only rarely disputed until the first "celebrity" suborbital
The recent all-women spaceflight carried out on Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin vehicle has raised discussion of who gets to be called an astronaut. Sean Duffy, Donald Trump's transportation secretary, disputed the astronaut title given to those on the flight, including singer Katy Perry and journalist Gayle King.
The term astronaut was only rarely disputed until the first "celebrity" suborbital Axiom advances space health tech and cancer studies with Ax 4 mission
Monday, 05 May 2025 08:15
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 05, 2025
Axiom Space is redefining research in orbit through its fourth mission to the International Space Station, known as Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4). This milestone mission carries the highest number of scientific projects ever for Axiom, with approximately 60 investigations representing 31 nations. Participating countries include the United States, India, Poland, Hungary, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Nigeria, t
Axiom Space is redefining research in orbit through its fourth mission to the International Space Station, known as Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4). This milestone mission carries the highest number of scientific projects ever for Axiom, with approximately 60 investigations representing 31 nations. Participating countries include the United States, India, Poland, Hungary, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Nigeria, t Elon Musk new interest after space satellites: Stake
Monday, 05 May 2025 08:15
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 05, 2025
Casinos are nothing new; in fact, they've existed for millennia in China, as well as in Venice roughly four centuries ago. Games of chance have been a preferred form of entertainment for people from many cultures since the dawn of time, and they remain a popular hobby nowadays. However, many things have changed over the years. While in the past, casinos were also accessible to the very wealthy,
Casinos are nothing new; in fact, they've existed for millennia in China, as well as in Venice roughly four centuries ago. Games of chance have been a preferred form of entertainment for people from many cultures since the dawn of time, and they remain a popular hobby nowadays. However, many things have changed over the years. While in the past, casinos were also accessible to the very wealthy, Moon RACER achieves autonomous navigation milestone on lunar terrain vehicle
Monday, 05 May 2025 08:15
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 05, 2025
On a simulated lunar landscape, Intuitive Machines has successfully tested the autonomous driving capabilities of its Moon RACER Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) mock-up, marking a major step forward in lunar mobility technology.
The achievement comes just over a year after the Moon RACER team received NASA's Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services (LTVS) feasibility assessment contract. This recent mil
On a simulated lunar landscape, Intuitive Machines has successfully tested the autonomous driving capabilities of its Moon RACER Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) mock-up, marking a major step forward in lunar mobility technology.
The achievement comes just over a year after the Moon RACER team received NASA's Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services (LTVS) feasibility assessment contract. This recent mil Meteoroid shockwaves offer clues for tracking space junk returns
Monday, 05 May 2025 08:15
Paris, France (SPX) May 05, 2025
Every year, Earth gains mass from the constant bombardment of space debris and meteoritic material. Roughly 50 metric tons of meteorites reach the surface annually, accompanied by even more fine space dust. Since the dawn of the space age, human-made objects have joined this influx, with derelict satellites, discarded rocket parts, and even tools dropped by astronauts periodically plunging back
Every year, Earth gains mass from the constant bombardment of space debris and meteoritic material. Roughly 50 metric tons of meteorites reach the surface annually, accompanied by even more fine space dust. Since the dawn of the space age, human-made objects have joined this influx, with derelict satellites, discarded rocket parts, and even tools dropped by astronauts periodically plunging back Trump NASA budget prioritizes Moon, Mars missions over research
Sunday, 04 May 2025 08:57
Washington (AFP) May 2, 2025
President Donald Trump's proposed NASA budget released Friday puts crewed missions to the Moon and Mars front and center - slashing science and climate programs as it seeks to shrink the agency's funding by nearly a quarter.
The plan would significantly overhaul flagship programs, phasing out the government-owned Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion crew capsule, and eliminating the p
President Donald Trump's proposed NASA budget released Friday puts crewed missions to the Moon and Mars front and center - slashing science and climate programs as it seeks to shrink the agency's funding by nearly a quarter.
The plan would significantly overhaul flagship programs, phasing out the government-owned Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion crew capsule, and eliminating the p Van Hoeydonck, first artist to exhibit on Moon, dies
Sunday, 04 May 2025 08:57
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) May 3, 2025
Belgian artist Paul Van Hoeydonck, who made what was for decades the only work of art on the Moon, died on Saturday aged 99, his family said on Facebook.
Born on October 8, 1925, Van Hoeydonck was a prolific artist whose works spanned sculpture, painting, drawing, collage and graphic design.
He is best known for "Fallen Astronaut", an aluminium sculpture left on the moon in 1971 by the c
Belgian artist Paul Van Hoeydonck, who made what was for decades the only work of art on the Moon, died on Saturday aged 99, his family said on Facebook.
Born on October 8, 1925, Van Hoeydonck was a prolific artist whose works spanned sculpture, painting, drawing, collage and graphic design.
He is best known for "Fallen Astronaut", an aluminium sculpture left on the moon in 1971 by the c South Korea to send cube satellite aboard NASA's Artemis II test flight
Sunday, 04 May 2025 08:57
Washington DC (UPI) May 2, 2025
South Korea will fly a shoebox-size cube satellite on an Artemis II test flight in April 2026 in preparation for missions to the moon, NASA and the Korea AeroSpace Administration announced Friday.
During the 10-day flight, NASA is planning to send four astronauts around the moon, the first time since Apollo 17 landed men on the lunar surface in 1972. Artimis II was originally scheduled
South Korea will fly a shoebox-size cube satellite on an Artemis II test flight in April 2026 in preparation for missions to the moon, NASA and the Korea AeroSpace Administration announced Friday.
During the 10-day flight, NASA is planning to send four astronauts around the moon, the first time since Apollo 17 landed men on the lunar surface in 1972. Artimis II was originally scheduled Spacecraft launched by Soviet Union in 1972 is falling back to Earth
Sunday, 04 May 2025 08:57
Washington DC (UPI) May 2, 2025
A spacecraft launched by the Soviet Union in 1972 is due to come crashing back into Earth's atmosphere around May 10 and nobody knows where it will land.
The Kosmos 482 mission launched the spacecraft toward Venus but an upper stage rocket booster malfunction left the spacecraft orbiting Earth instead.
Netherlands Delft Technical University space situational awareness lecturer Ma
A spacecraft launched by the Soviet Union in 1972 is due to come crashing back into Earth's atmosphere around May 10 and nobody knows where it will land.
The Kosmos 482 mission launched the spacecraft toward Venus but an upper stage rocket booster malfunction left the spacecraft orbiting Earth instead.
Netherlands Delft Technical University space situational awareness lecturer Ma Gateway to the Stars: Inside Paris's Musee de l'Air et de l'Espace
Sunday, 04 May 2025 08:57
Paris, France (SPX) May 03, 2025
Tucked against the runways of Le Bourget Airport on the city's northeastern fringe, the Musee de l'Air et de l'Espace is more than an aviation attic-it is France's living record of humankind's push skyward. Founded in 1919 and spread across 1.5 square kilometres of Art-Deco hangars, the museum ranks among the world's oldest and richest aerospace collections, safeguarding 150 aircraft and nearly
Tucked against the runways of Le Bourget Airport on the city's northeastern fringe, the Musee de l'Air et de l'Espace is more than an aviation attic-it is France's living record of humankind's push skyward. Founded in 1919 and spread across 1.5 square kilometres of Art-Deco hangars, the museum ranks among the world's oldest and richest aerospace collections, safeguarding 150 aircraft and nearly Exoplanets explained by Nobel Prize winner (part 1) | The 5 Ws
Friday, 02 May 2025 14:00
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Astrophysicist and Nobel Prize Laureate Didier Queloz answers the who, what, where, when and why of exoplanets in this 3-part series.
ESA unveils longest-ever dataset on forest biomass
Friday, 02 May 2025 12:20
As the new Biomass satellite settles into life in orbit following its launch on 29 April, ESA has released its most extensive satellite-based maps of above-ground forest carbon to date. Spanning nearly two decades, the dataset offers the clearest global picture yet of how forest carbon stocks have changed over time.
Developed through ESA’s Climate Change Initiative, this new long-term record integrates data from multiple satellite missions – and will soon be further enhanced by data from the Biomass mission itself.
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Microsoft raises Xbox prices globally, following Sony
Friday, 02 May 2025 09:28
New York (AFP) May 1, 2025
Microsoft announced Thursday that it will increase Xbox console prices worldwide, citing "market conditions" just days after Sony made a similar move with its PlayStation 5.
The tech giant also plans to raise prices for some new games developed by its video game subsidiaries.
"We understand that these changes are challenging, and they were made with careful consideration given market con
Microsoft announced Thursday that it will increase Xbox console prices worldwide, citing "market conditions" just days after Sony made a similar move with its PlayStation 5.
The tech giant also plans to raise prices for some new games developed by its video game subsidiaries.
"We understand that these changes are challenging, and they were made with careful consideration given market con