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Ion dynamics examined as comet 67P awakens from dormancy
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A recent doctoral thesis at the Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) and Umea University sheds light on how the interaction between comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and the solar wind evolves as the comet moves closer to the Sun. Research conducted by Anja Moslinger delves into the intricate motion of ions during this transition phase.
As a comet approaches the Sun, its interaction with Meteorite contains evidence of liquid water on Mars 742M years ago
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An asteroid struck Mars 11 million years ago and sent pieces of the red planet hurtling through space. One of these chunks of Mars eventually crashed into the Earth somewhere near Purdue and is one of the few meteorites that can be traced directly to Mars. This meteorite was rediscovered in a drawer at Purdue University in 1931 and therefore named the Lafayette Meteorite.
During early inve NASA's California-based Jet Propulsion Lab cuts 325 jobs after 500 in early round
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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has laid-off an additional 325 workers after an earlier round of 500 job cuts earlier in the year, largely because of budgetary constraints.
"The impacts are occurring across technical, business and support areas of the Laboratory," JPL officials wrote in a Tuesday update.
NASA's federally-funded JPL is managed by the California Institute of Techn Wearable tech for space station research
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A spider stellar engine could move binary stars halfway across a galaxy
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Transforming how we stream content using satellites
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We all know the frustration of settling down to watch something, only to spend more time staring at a buffering screen than enjoying the content. This common annoyance could soon be history, thanks to ESA's 5G-EMERGE project, which is combining satellite technology with 5G networks to revolutionise how we receive media content, particularly in areas where traditional internet connections struggle to deliver.
Getting Proba-3 fit for flight
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Getting Proba-3 fit for flight Introducing the Smile mission – Let’s Smile (episode 1)
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Smile is the Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer, a brand-new space mission currently in the making. It will study space weather and the interaction between the solar wind and Earth’s environment.
Unique about Smile is that it will take the first X-ray images and videos of the solar wind slamming into Earth’s protective magnetic bubble, and its complementary ultraviolet images will provide the longest-ever continuous look at the northern lights.
In this first of several short videos, David Agnolon (Smile Project Manager) and Philippe Escoubet (Smile Project Scientist) talk about the why and the how of Smile. You’ll
Themis flight model: assemble!
A new model estimates odds of intelligent life across universes
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A fresh theoretical model developed by astrophysicists at Durham University offers a method to assess the likelihood of intelligent life appearing in our Universe, as well as in possible alternate universes. This concept builds on the legacy of the famous Drake Equation, devised in the 1960s by Dr. Frank Drake to estimate the number of detectable extraterrestrial civilizations within the Milky W