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Wednesday, 18 January 2023 07:38
China powers up satellite payloads for gamma-ray burst observation
Beijing (XNA) Jan 18, 2023
The four payloads on three satellites that were sent into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China's Shanxi province on Jan 15 have been powered up for preliminary testing, according to Tsinghua University on Monday.
The four payloads, GRID-05B, GRID-06B, GRID-07 and GRID-08B, will carry out networked joint observations with those satellites in orbit to analyze gamma-r
The four payloads on three satellites that were sent into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China's Shanxi province on Jan 15 have been powered up for preliminary testing, according to Tsinghua University on Monday.
The four payloads, GRID-05B, GRID-06B, GRID-07 and GRID-08B, will carry out networked joint observations with those satellites in orbit to analyze gamma-r
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Wednesday, 18 January 2023 07:38
Newly discovered green comet expected to whiz by Earth
Toronto, Canada (SPX) Jan 18, 2023
A rare, recently discovered comet with a greenish tint is expected to whiz by Earth over the next few weeks, but sky gazers may need binoculars or a small telescope to see it.
"It will be going past the constellation Corona Borealis just before sunrise here in Toronto with Feb. 1st being the best day to view it," says York University Assistant Professor Elaina Hyde, director of the Allan I
A rare, recently discovered comet with a greenish tint is expected to whiz by Earth over the next few weeks, but sky gazers may need binoculars or a small telescope to see it.
"It will be going past the constellation Corona Borealis just before sunrise here in Toronto with Feb. 1st being the best day to view it," says York University Assistant Professor Elaina Hyde, director of the Allan I
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Wednesday, 18 January 2023 07:38
To the Marker Band again: Sols 3712-3714
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 18, 2023
We received the data that we had been missing during Wednesday's planning, so we hit the ground running today, ready to plan for contact science and our drive onto the Marker Band in this new location! Early in planning the Geology and Mineralogy science theme group selected two targets in our workspace that will be brushed and examined with MAHLI and APXS named "Paredao" and "Curupira."
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We received the data that we had been missing during Wednesday's planning, so we hit the ground running today, ready to plan for contact science and our drive onto the Marker Band in this new location! Early in planning the Geology and Mineralogy science theme group selected two targets in our workspace that will be brushed and examined with MAHLI and APXS named "Paredao" and "Curupira."
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Wednesday, 18 January 2023 07:38
Back on the Job: Sol 3715
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 18, 2023
Curiosity's science and engineering team members were back at it today after a holiday long weekend, while Curiosity itself was ready and waiting after its own soliday weekend. With the data from the holiday-soliday plan in hand, Curiosity's team was faced with the decision whether or not to drill our current location, and, if so, where.
The Marker Band has proven elusive to drill. Curiosi
Curiosity's science and engineering team members were back at it today after a holiday long weekend, while Curiosity itself was ready and waiting after its own soliday weekend. With the data from the holiday-soliday plan in hand, Curiosity's team was faced with the decision whether or not to drill our current location, and, if so, where.
The Marker Band has proven elusive to drill. Curiosi
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Wednesday, 18 January 2023 07:38
The moon is a sight for scientific eyes at Raytheon Intelligence and Space
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 18, 2023
New 3D images of the moon - from Tycho Crater to Hadley Rille - reveal never-seen-before details of the lunar surface. The remarkable new images of the moon's surface provide not only new details about the closest object to our Earth but new scientific opportunities as well.
Raytheon Intelligence and Space has partnered with the National Radio Astronomy Observatory and the Green Bank Obser
New 3D images of the moon - from Tycho Crater to Hadley Rille - reveal never-seen-before details of the lunar surface. The remarkable new images of the moon's surface provide not only new details about the closest object to our Earth but new scientific opportunities as well.
Raytheon Intelligence and Space has partnered with the National Radio Astronomy Observatory and the Green Bank Obser
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Wednesday, 18 January 2023 07:38
RIT scientists help rediscover earliest known star map using multispectral imaging
Rochester NY (SPX) Jan 18, 2023
Scientists uncovered what they believe to be the first astronomical map. The discovery, outlined in recent studies published in the Journal for the History of Astronomy and the Classical Quarterly, was made in part thanks to multispectral imaging conducted by researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology's Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science.
More than 2,100 years ago, the Gre
Scientists uncovered what they believe to be the first astronomical map. The discovery, outlined in recent studies published in the Journal for the History of Astronomy and the Classical Quarterly, was made in part thanks to multispectral imaging conducted by researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology's Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science.
More than 2,100 years ago, the Gre
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Wednesday, 18 January 2023 07:38
New explanation for Jupiter's two massive asteroid swarms
Abu Dhabi UAE (SPX) Jan 18, 2023
An international team of scientists including NYUAD researcher Nikolaos Georgakarakos and others from the US, Japan, and China led by Jian Li from Nanjing University, has developed new insights that may explain the numerical asymmetry of the L4 and L5 Jupiter Trojan swarms, two clusters containing more than 10,000 asteroids that move along Jupiter's orbital path around the sun.
For decades
An international team of scientists including NYUAD researcher Nikolaos Georgakarakos and others from the US, Japan, and China led by Jian Li from Nanjing University, has developed new insights that may explain the numerical asymmetry of the L4 and L5 Jupiter Trojan swarms, two clusters containing more than 10,000 asteroids that move along Jupiter's orbital path around the sun.
For decades
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Tuesday, 17 January 2023 17:10
Space Shuttle Columbia launched for the last time 20 years ago in mission that ended in tragedy
It was a cool Thursday morning in Cape Canaveral as the nation's first space shuttle was about to make its last ever trip into space.
Space Shuttle Columbia lifted off at 10:39 a.m. Eastern time on Jan. 16, 2003, from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-A with a crew of seven.
"The Lord has blessed us with a beautiful day here," mission commander Rick Husband said over the radio just before liftoff. "We appreciate all of the hard work everyone has put into this, and we are ready to go."
Husband's crew were shuttle pilot William McCool, Michael Anderson, David Brown, Kalpana Chawla, Laurel Clark and Ilan Ramon, who was the first Israeli to go into space.
All seven died 16 days later when the shuttle disintegrated on re-entry, the result of a chunk of insulating foam that had broken off from the external fuel tank and hit the left wing of the orbiter during the launch. The damage was fatal as the extreme heat would be the vessel's demise as it streaked across the skies over Texas.
Columbia's final mission was the orbiter's 28th overall, the 113th mission for the shuttle program.
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Tuesday, 17 January 2023 12:20
2023 Copernicus Sentinels calendar
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Tuesday, 17 January 2023 07:27
ChatGPT bot 'for professional use' on the way
San Francisco (AFP) Jan 11, 2023
Hot startup OpenAI on Wednesday initiated a waitlist for a professional and paid version of its software ChatGPT, which has sparked debate about artificial intelligence and the future of work.
OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman teased an upcoming version of ChatGPT "geared for professional use" as media reports swirled that Microsoft plans to invest $10 billion in the startup.
Microsoft, wh
Hot startup OpenAI on Wednesday initiated a waitlist for a professional and paid version of its software ChatGPT, which has sparked debate about artificial intelligence and the future of work.
OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman teased an upcoming version of ChatGPT "geared for professional use" as media reports swirled that Microsoft plans to invest $10 billion in the startup.
Microsoft, wh
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