String theory: NASA Mars rover discovers mystery object
Saturday, 23 July 2022 12:41
Washington (AFP) July 21, 2022
Is it tumbleweed? A piece of fishing line? Spaghetti?
A tangled object discovered by NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has intrigued space watchers, leaving some musing tongue-in-cheek about the quality of Italian dining on the Red Planet.
But the most plausible explanation is more prosaic: it's likely remnants of a component used to lower the robotic explorer to the Martian surface in Feb
Is it tumbleweed? A piece of fishing line? Spaghetti?
A tangled object discovered by NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has intrigued space watchers, leaving some musing tongue-in-cheek about the quality of Italian dining on the Red Planet.
But the most plausible explanation is more prosaic: it's likely remnants of a component used to lower the robotic explorer to the Martian surface in Feb Hunting for dark galaxies with FAST
Saturday, 23 July 2022 12:41
Beijing, China (SPX) Jul 22, 2022
A large-scale neutral hydrogen (HI) survey of the local universe is one of the major science initiatives under the Five-hundred Meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) project.
Equipped with a 19-beam array receiver and combined with super-high sensitivity owing to its large collection area, FAST is the most powerful survey tool for exploring the HI universe.
The late Prof. N
A large-scale neutral hydrogen (HI) survey of the local universe is one of the major science initiatives under the Five-hundred Meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) project.
Equipped with a 19-beam array receiver and combined with super-high sensitivity owing to its large collection area, FAST is the most powerful survey tool for exploring the HI universe.
The late Prof. N Measuring the Universe with Star-Shattering Explosions
Saturday, 23 July 2022 12:41
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 22, 2022
An international team of 23 researchers led by Maria Dainotti, Assistant Professor at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), has analyzed archive data for powerful cosmic explosions from the deaths of stars and found a new way to measure distances in the distant Universe.
With no landmarks in space, it is very difficult to get a sense of depth. One technique astronomers use
An international team of 23 researchers led by Maria Dainotti, Assistant Professor at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), has analyzed archive data for powerful cosmic explosions from the deaths of stars and found a new way to measure distances in the distant Universe.
With no landmarks in space, it is very difficult to get a sense of depth. One technique astronomers use AI-assisted analysis of three-dimensional galaxy distribution in our Universe
Saturday, 23 July 2022 12:41
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 22, 2022
By applying a machine-learning technique, a neural network method, to gigantic amounts of simulation data about the formation of cosmic structures in the universe, a team of researchers has developed a very fast and highly efficient software program that can make theoretical predictions about structure formation. By comparing model predictions to actual observational datasets, the team succeeded
By applying a machine-learning technique, a neural network method, to gigantic amounts of simulation data about the formation of cosmic structures in the universe, a team of researchers has developed a very fast and highly efficient software program that can make theoretical predictions about structure formation. By comparing model predictions to actual observational datasets, the team succeeded Satellite built by Open Cosmos and RHEA Group to fly on LauncherOne
Saturday, 23 July 2022 12:41
Farnborough UK (SPX) Jul 22, 2022
In what will be a mission of firsts, Virgin Orbit (Nasdaq: VORB), has been selected to launch RHEA Group's first satellite into space. The international engineering and solutions firm is working with Open Cosmos to design, build and operate its mission.
Open Cosmos and RHEA have selected Virgin Orbit from its UK business to carry the satellite, DOVER Pathfinder (DOVER), to Low Earth Orbit
In what will be a mission of firsts, Virgin Orbit (Nasdaq: VORB), has been selected to launch RHEA Group's first satellite into space. The international engineering and solutions firm is working with Open Cosmos to design, build and operate its mission.
Open Cosmos and RHEA have selected Virgin Orbit from its UK business to carry the satellite, DOVER Pathfinder (DOVER), to Low Earth Orbit Eutelsat KONNECT VHTS built by Thales shipped to Kourou
Saturday, 23 July 2022 12:41
Paris, France (SPX) Jul 22, 2022
EUTELSAT KONNECT VHTS satellite, the state-of-the-art and largest satellite ever put into orbit by international operator Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) is now on its way to Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, by boat, for a launch planned 6 September 2022 on board an Ariane 5 rocket.
EUTELSAT KONNECT VHTS, a very high throughput satellite built by Thales Alenia Spa
EUTELSAT KONNECT VHTS satellite, the state-of-the-art and largest satellite ever put into orbit by international operator Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) is now on its way to Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, by boat, for a launch planned 6 September 2022 on board an Ariane 5 rocket.
EUTELSAT KONNECT VHTS, a very high throughput satellite built by Thales Alenia Spa The missing link to how galaxies evolve
Saturday, 23 July 2022 12:41
Amherst MA (SPX) Jul 22, 2022
A University of Massachusetts Amherst undergraduate student has contributed significant work regarding the growth of stars and black holes, providing key insight into how they are linked. This new information will allow the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to more efficiently untangle how, exactly, galaxies work.
Astronomers know that the evolution of galaxies is powered by two processes:
A University of Massachusetts Amherst undergraduate student has contributed significant work regarding the growth of stars and black holes, providing key insight into how they are linked. This new information will allow the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to more efficiently untangle how, exactly, galaxies work.
Astronomers know that the evolution of galaxies is powered by two processes: EO-Lab is Launched - Your Access to Earth Observation Data
Saturday, 23 July 2022 12:41
Warsaw, Poland (SPX) Jul 14, 2022
How can we measure the well-being of our planet Earth? Scientists and researchers in Germany are now offered a new platform for analysing Earth observation satellite data. EO-Lab has been commissioned by the German Space Agency at German Aerospace Centre (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action.
The ne
How can we measure the well-being of our planet Earth? Scientists and researchers in Germany are now offered a new platform for analysing Earth observation satellite data. EO-Lab has been commissioned by the German Space Agency at German Aerospace Centre (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action.
The ne CSU researcher links real encounter with 'milky seas' to satellite pictures
Saturday, 23 July 2022 12:41
Fort Collins CO (SPX) Jul 17, 2022
Milky seas - the rare phenomenon of glowing areas on the ocean's surface that can cover hundreds of square miles - are not new to scientists at Colorado State University. They have previously demonstrated the use of satellites to see these elusive phenomena. What was missing were photographic observations of milky seas observed from the Earth's surface and from space at the same time.
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Milky seas - the rare phenomenon of glowing areas on the ocean's surface that can cover hundreds of square miles - are not new to scientists at Colorado State University. They have previously demonstrated the use of satellites to see these elusive phenomena. What was missing were photographic observations of milky seas observed from the Earth's surface and from space at the same time.
Unti UK launches consultation on Virgin Orbit launch
Friday, 22 July 2022 20:06
The U.K. announced a public consultation July 22 to assess the environmental impact of the country’s first space launch, as part of the licensing process for clearing Virgin Orbit’s mission this year.
SCOUT wins defense contract to demonstrate utility of commercial data from sensors in space
Friday, 22 July 2022 18:40
Startup SCOUT Space won a Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research contract from the U.S. Space Force to augment military systems with commercial data from space-based sensors
The post SCOUT wins defense contract to demonstrate utility of commercial data from sensors in space appeared first on SpaceNews.
Vega-C launch in slow motion
Friday, 22 July 2022 12:56
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ESA’s new Vega-C rocket lifted off for its inaugural flight VV21 on 13 July 2022 at 15:13 CEST/13:13 UTC/10:13 local time from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. This video features shots of the launch from different angles.
With new first and second stages and an uprated fourth stage, Vega-C increases performance to about 2.3 t in a reference 700 km polar orbit, from the 1.5 t capability of its predecessor, Vega.
For flight VV21, Vega-C’s payload is LARES-2, a scientific mission of the Italian space agency ASI and six research CubeSats from France, Italy and Slovenia.
Week in images: 18-22 July 2022
Friday, 22 July 2022 12:10
Week in images: 18-22 July 2022
Discover our week through the lens
SpaceX delays 32nd launch of year, putting off attempt at record for one more day
Friday, 22 July 2022 11:08
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 21, 2021
SpaceX will delay Thursday's Starlink launch, an attempt by the company to beat its record of 31 launches in 2021 with a 32nd launch this year, until Friday because of fog.
The countdown to launch was aborted seconds ahead of the Falcon 9 rocket's planned launch of 46 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from the from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
The lift off
SpaceX will delay Thursday's Starlink launch, an attempt by the company to beat its record of 31 launches in 2021 with a 32nd launch this year, until Friday because of fog.
The countdown to launch was aborted seconds ahead of the Falcon 9 rocket's planned launch of 46 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from the from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
The lift off Northrop Grumman and NASA test SLS booster
Friday, 22 July 2022 11:08
Promontory UT (SPX) Jul 22, 2022
Northrop Grumman and NASA have conducted a full-scale static fire of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket motor, known as Flight Support Booster-2. The five-segment solid rocket booster is the world's largest solid rocket motor and will provide more than 75 percent of the SLS rocket's initial thrust during launch.
Over 300 measurement channels assessed the 154-foot-long solid rocket boo
Northrop Grumman and NASA have conducted a full-scale static fire of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket motor, known as Flight Support Booster-2. The five-segment solid rocket booster is the world's largest solid rocket motor and will provide more than 75 percent of the SLS rocket's initial thrust during launch.
Over 300 measurement channels assessed the 154-foot-long solid rocket boo