Week in images: 09-13 October 2023
Friday, 13 October 2023 12:10
Week in images: 09-13 October 2023
Discover our week through the lens
Chinese commercial satellite firm completes high-speed laser image transmission test
Friday, 13 October 2023 11:26
Earth from Space: Bentiu, South Sudan
Friday, 13 October 2023 07:00
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The landscape around the city of Bentiu in South Sudan is featured in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image. Chinese firm sold satellites for intelligence to Russia's Wagner: contract
Friday, 13 October 2023 06:38
Paris (AFP) Oct 11, 2023
Russian mercenary group Wagner in 2022 signed a contract with a Chinese firm to acquire two satellites and use their images, aiding its intelligence work as the organisation sought to push Russia's invasion of Ukraine, according to a document seen by AFP.
The contract was signed in November 2022, over half a year into Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in which the Wagner group under its founder Y
Russian mercenary group Wagner in 2022 signed a contract with a Chinese firm to acquire two satellites and use their images, aiding its intelligence work as the organisation sought to push Russia's invasion of Ukraine, according to a document seen by AFP.
The contract was signed in November 2022, over half a year into Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in which the Wagner group under its founder Y Illuminating errors creates a new paradigm for quantum computing
Friday, 13 October 2023 06:38
Princeton NJ (SPX) Oct 12, 2023
Researchers have developed a method that can reveal the location of errors in quantum computers, making them up to ten times easier to correct. This will significantly accelerate progress towards large-scale quantum computers capable of tackling the world's most challenging computational problems, the researchers said.
Led by Princeton University's Jeff Thompson, the team demonstrated a wa
Researchers have developed a method that can reveal the location of errors in quantum computers, making them up to ten times easier to correct. This will significantly accelerate progress towards large-scale quantum computers capable of tackling the world's most challenging computational problems, the researchers said.
Led by Princeton University's Jeff Thompson, the team demonstrated a wa Ex-Fusion and Tokyo Tech establish collaborative research cluster for laser fusion
Friday, 13 October 2023 06:38
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 13, 2023
EX-Fusion Inc. has established a Collaborative Research Cluster focused on advancing liquid metal devices for the realization of commercial laser fusion reactors in collaboration with Tokyo Institute of Technology. The signing ceremony to formalize this partnership was held on October 11, marking the official commencement of their joint efforts.
The 'EX-Fusion Liquid Metal Collaborative Re
EX-Fusion Inc. has established a Collaborative Research Cluster focused on advancing liquid metal devices for the realization of commercial laser fusion reactors in collaboration with Tokyo Institute of Technology. The signing ceremony to formalize this partnership was held on October 11, marking the official commencement of their joint efforts.
The 'EX-Fusion Liquid Metal Collaborative Re Antarctic ice shelf demise
Friday, 13 October 2023 05:30
New research, based largely on information from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 and ESA’s CryoSat satellite missions, has revealed alarming findings about the state of Antarctica's ice shelves: 40% of these floating shelves have significantly reduced in volume over the past quarter-century. While this underscores the accelerating impacts of climate change on the world's southernmost continent, the picture of ice deterioration is mixed.
Five things to know about NASA's mission to a metal world
Friday, 13 October 2023 03:13
Washington (AFP) Oct 12, 2023
For the first time ever, a NASA probe is set to journey to an object composed not of rock, ice, or gas, but metal: the asteroid Psyche.
By studying this space oddity, scientists hope to learn more about the inner cores of rocky planets such as our own - or, potentially catalog a previously unknown class of cosmic body.
Here are some big numbers and fun facts to dazzle your friends with
For the first time ever, a NASA probe is set to journey to an object composed not of rock, ice, or gas, but metal: the asteroid Psyche.
By studying this space oddity, scientists hope to learn more about the inner cores of rocky planets such as our own - or, potentially catalog a previously unknown class of cosmic body.
Here are some big numbers and fun facts to dazzle your friends with Work starts on telescope to assist lunar missions
Friday, 13 October 2023 03:13
Changchun, China (XNA) Oct 13, 2023
China on Wednesday started the construction of a 40-meter-aperture radio telescope in the Changbai Mountain area in the northeastern province of Jilin, to support future lunar and deep-space probe missions.
Developed by the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the optical instrument is designed to be a large, fully movable, high-precision multipurpose radio
China on Wednesday started the construction of a 40-meter-aperture radio telescope in the Changbai Mountain area in the northeastern province of Jilin, to support future lunar and deep-space probe missions.
Developed by the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the optical instrument is designed to be a large, fully movable, high-precision multipurpose radio Preparing To Drill: Sols 3975-3976
Friday, 13 October 2023 03:13
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 13, 2023
Earth planning date: Wednesday, October 11, 2023: Planning today started 90 minutes later than usual thanks to the data downlink containing the information we needed to assemble the plan not arriving on Earth until just before 9:30 PDT. The late start meant that I was able to watch the reveal of the initial results from the OSIRIS-REx mission, which delivered a sample of the asteroid Bennu to Ea
Earth planning date: Wednesday, October 11, 2023: Planning today started 90 minutes later than usual thanks to the data downlink containing the information we needed to assemble the plan not arriving on Earth until just before 9:30 PDT. The late start meant that I was able to watch the reveal of the initial results from the OSIRIS-REx mission, which delivered a sample of the asteroid Bennu to Ea The Universe's most energetic particles
Friday, 13 October 2023 03:13
Osaka, Japan (SPX) Oct 13, 2023
Showers in bathrooms bring us comfort; showers from space bring astrophysicists joy. Osaka Metropolitan University scientists have observed, with their novel method, cosmic-ray extensive air showers with unprecedented precision, opening the door to new insights into the Universe's most energetic particles.
When a high energy cosmic ray collides with the Earth's atmosphere, it generates an
Showers in bathrooms bring us comfort; showers from space bring astrophysicists joy. Osaka Metropolitan University scientists have observed, with their novel method, cosmic-ray extensive air showers with unprecedented precision, opening the door to new insights into the Universe's most energetic particles.
When a high energy cosmic ray collides with the Earth's atmosphere, it generates an JWST uncovers the smallest stars in our Galaxy and helps solving star cluster mystery
Friday, 13 October 2023 03:13
Padua, Italy (SPX) Oct 13, 2023
Using observations from the James Webb Space Telescope, an international team of astronomers led by Tuila Ziliotto, a PhD student at the University of Padova, analyzed the smallest stars of the ancient star cluster M92.
As building blocks of galaxies, star clusters play a pivotal role in their formation and evolution, yet much about their origin remains shrouded in mystery. One intriguing
Using observations from the James Webb Space Telescope, an international team of astronomers led by Tuila Ziliotto, a PhD student at the University of Padova, analyzed the smallest stars of the ancient star cluster M92.
As building blocks of galaxies, star clusters play a pivotal role in their formation and evolution, yet much about their origin remains shrouded in mystery. One intriguing Terran Orbital shareholders send open letter to Board
Friday, 13 October 2023 03:13
New York NY (SPX) Oct 13, 2023
A group of concerned investors (the "Concerned Investor Group") in Terran Orbital Corp. (NYSE: LLAP) ("Terran" or the "Company") comprised of Sophis Investments LLC, Roark's Drift LLC, and Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems' Co-Founders, Jordi Puig-Suari, Roland Coelho and Austin Williams, sent a letter to Terran's Board of Directors (the "Board") detailing the path required for Terran to regain marke
A group of concerned investors (the "Concerned Investor Group") in Terran Orbital Corp. (NYSE: LLAP) ("Terran" or the "Company") comprised of Sophis Investments LLC, Roark's Drift LLC, and Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems' Co-Founders, Jordi Puig-Suari, Roland Coelho and Austin Williams, sent a letter to Terran's Board of Directors (the "Board") detailing the path required for Terran to regain marke