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Saturday, 28 December 2024 03:12
Parker Solar Probe makes history with closest pass to Sun
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 28, 2024
Operations teams have confirmed NASA's mission to "touch" the Sun survived its record-breaking closest approach to the solar surface on Dec. 24, 2024.
Breaking its previous record by flying just 3.8 million miles above the surface of the Sun, NASA's Parker Solar Probe hurtled through the solar atmosphere at a blazing 430,000 miles per hour - faster than any human-made object has ever moved
Operations teams have confirmed NASA's mission to "touch" the Sun survived its record-breaking closest approach to the solar surface on Dec. 24, 2024.
Breaking its previous record by flying just 3.8 million miles above the surface of the Sun, NASA's Parker Solar Probe hurtled through the solar atmosphere at a blazing 430,000 miles per hour - faster than any human-made object has ever moved
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Saturday, 28 December 2024 03:12
Launch of China's Lijian 1 Y6 commercial rocket ends in failure
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 28, 2024
China's Lijian-1 Y6 carrier rocket, a cornerstone of the nation's growing commercial space ambitions, failed during its launch on Friday. The mission was conducted at a commercial aerospace innovation pilot zone in Northwest China, marking an important yet ultimately unsuccessful attempt to expand China's presence in the competitive commercial launch market.
The Lijian-1 rocket is part of
China's Lijian-1 Y6 carrier rocket, a cornerstone of the nation's growing commercial space ambitions, failed during its launch on Friday. The mission was conducted at a commercial aerospace innovation pilot zone in Northwest China, marking an important yet ultimately unsuccessful attempt to expand China's presence in the competitive commercial launch market.
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Saturday, 28 December 2024 03:12
From commercial Moon landers to asteroid investigations, the year ahead
Knoxville TN (SPX) Dec 28, 2024
In 2024, space exploration dazzled the world. NASA's Europa Clipper began its journey to study Jupiter's moon Europa. SpaceX's Starship achieved its first successful landing, a critical milestone for future deep space missions. China made From new commercial Moon landers to asteroid investigations, expect a slate of exciting space missions in 2025s with the Chang'e 6 mission, which successfully
In 2024, space exploration dazzled the world. NASA's Europa Clipper began its journey to study Jupiter's moon Europa. SpaceX's Starship achieved its first successful landing, a critical milestone for future deep space missions. China made From new commercial Moon landers to asteroid investigations, expect a slate of exciting space missions in 2025s with the Chang'e 6 mission, which successfully
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Saturday, 28 December 2024 03:12
Hotfire test prepares Blue Origin's New Glenn for maiden flight
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 28, 2024
Blue Origin announced today that its New Glenn rocket has successfully completed an integrated launch vehicle hotfire test, marking the final significant milestone before its inaugural flight. Scheduled to lift off from Launch Complex 36 in Cape Canaveral, FL, the NG-1 mission will carry a Blue Ring Pathfinder as its first payload.
The hotfire test, lasting 24 seconds, represented the firs
Blue Origin announced today that its New Glenn rocket has successfully completed an integrated launch vehicle hotfire test, marking the final significant milestone before its inaugural flight. Scheduled to lift off from Launch Complex 36 in Cape Canaveral, FL, the NG-1 mission will carry a Blue Ring Pathfinder as its first payload.
The hotfire test, lasting 24 seconds, represented the firs
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Friday, 27 December 2024 14:59
NASA's Parker Solar Probe survives close brush with the sun's scorching surface
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Friday, 27 December 2024 11:39
Astronauts face unique visual challenges at lunar south pole
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Friday, 27 December 2024 10:56
Living in the deep, dark, slow lane: Insights from the first global appraisal of microbiomes in Earth's subsurface environments
Woods Hole MA (SPX) Dec 26, 2024
Which microbes thrive below us in darkness - in gold mines, in aquifers, in deep boreholes in the seafloor - and how do they compare to the microbiomes that envelop the Earth's surfaces, on land and sea?
The first global study to embrace this huge question, conducted at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), Woods Hole, reveals astonishingly high microbial diversity in some subsurface env
Which microbes thrive below us in darkness - in gold mines, in aquifers, in deep boreholes in the seafloor - and how do they compare to the microbiomes that envelop the Earth's surfaces, on land and sea?
The first global study to embrace this huge question, conducted at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), Woods Hole, reveals astonishingly high microbial diversity in some subsurface env
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Friday, 27 December 2024 10:56
Building safer and more accessible nuclear clocks
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 26, 2024
Scientists are making significant strides in creating nuclear clocks, a new frontier in ultra-precise timekeeping. Unlike optical atomic clocks that depend on electronic transitions, nuclear clocks harness the energy transitions within atomic nuclei. These transitions are less influenced by external forces, offering potentially unparalleled timekeeping accuracy.
Despite their promise, nucl
Scientists are making significant strides in creating nuclear clocks, a new frontier in ultra-precise timekeeping. Unlike optical atomic clocks that depend on electronic transitions, nuclear clocks harness the energy transitions within atomic nuclei. These transitions are less influenced by external forces, offering potentially unparalleled timekeeping accuracy.
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Friday, 27 December 2024 10:56
Texas A and M researchers illuminate the mysteries of icy ocean worlds
College Station TX (SPX) Dec 26, 2024
As NASA's Europa Clipper embarks on its historic journey to Jupiter's icy moon, Europa, Dr. Matt Powell-Palm, a faculty member at Texas A and M University's J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering, has unveiled groundbreaking research that could transform our understanding of icy ocean worlds across the solar system. The study published in Nature Communications, co-authored with
As NASA's Europa Clipper embarks on its historic journey to Jupiter's icy moon, Europa, Dr. Matt Powell-Palm, a faculty member at Texas A and M University's J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering, has unveiled groundbreaking research that could transform our understanding of icy ocean worlds across the solar system. The study published in Nature Communications, co-authored with
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Friday, 27 December 2024 10:56
Uncovering a centaur's tracks: UCF scientists examine unique asteroid-comet hybrid
Orlando FL (SPX) Dec 26, 2024
Although our Solar System is billions of years old, we've only recently become better acquainted with one of its more dynamic and captivating inhabitants known as (2060) Chiron.
Chiron belongs to the class of objects that astronomers call "Centaurs." Centaurs are space objects that orbit the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune. They are akin to the mythological creature they borrow their name
Although our Solar System is billions of years old, we've only recently become better acquainted with one of its more dynamic and captivating inhabitants known as (2060) Chiron.
Chiron belongs to the class of objects that astronomers call "Centaurs." Centaurs are space objects that orbit the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune. They are akin to the mythological creature they borrow their name
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