Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 08, 2024
The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) has been chosen by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) to lead a multimillion-dollar initiative aimed at driving nuclear energy research at the university. This project will not only enhance experimental data but also strengthen computational work at UTSA while offering professional training opportunities to prepare st

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 08, 2024
From Aug. 19-20, ESA's (European Space Agency's) Juice (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) mission achieved a milestone during a lunar-Earth flyby, executing a double gravity assist maneuver. As the spacecraft passed both the Moon and Earth, its onboard instruments, including two from NASA, recorded the sharpest image ever taken of Earth's radiation belts - regions of charged particles held within Eart

Washington DC (SPX) Oct 08, 2024
On Dec. 20, 2019, the U.S. Space Force was established, creating the first new branch of the U.S. armed services in 73 years. The need for a separate, space-oriented branch of service was driven by the quickly evolving space domain, and a growing threat posed by near-peer competitors in space. For the last 60 years, the United States' space capabilities have become an essential part

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 08, 2024
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), in collaboration with Altera, an Intel company, has successfully demonstrated its 12th Generation Electronic Warfare (Gen12) transceiver in a flight test using Altera's Agilex 9 Direct RF FPGA. This test, known as the SHIP-enabled Wideband Transceiver Integrated Flight Test (SWIFT), was conducted under the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Eng

Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Oct 07, 2024
GomSpace has provided an update on its Marine Domain Awareness program in Indonesia, emphasizing progress made in its partnership with the Indonesian government. CEO Carsten Drachmann remarked, "It has been a long journey that started more than 3 years ago, and I know it seems like an even longer wait here at the end, but things will take the time they take, when it comes to government business.

London, UK (SPX) Oct 08, 2024
Around 800 million years ago, Earth was teeming with a greater diversity of life than classical theories suggest. A new study from Brazilian researchers has shed light on this period, revealing that various lineages of species, including the ancestors of algae, fungi, plants, and animals, were already present. The research findings, published in 'Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences o

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 08, 2024
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of Earth data and insights, has announced a new contract with American Crystal Sugar Company through its partnership with SatAgro, a precision agriculture firm. Utilizing Planet's satellite data, American Crystal Sugar is enhancing its sugar beet crop monitoring efforts in the northern U.S. American Crystal Sugar, the largest beet sugar produc