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Saturday, 08 July 2023 08:20
Heading toward a cluster of craters: Sols 3880-3881
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 05, 2023
While many of us were up late watching fireworks here on Earth, Curiosity wrapped up a very busy weekend on Mars. The team was pleased that our four-sol plan over the 4th of July holiday executed as expected, but planning today was unusual because the new images of the terrain in front of the rover could not be loaded into our planning software. Although we were not able to select ChemCam and Ma
While many of us were up late watching fireworks here on Earth, Curiosity wrapped up a very busy weekend on Mars. The team was pleased that our four-sol plan over the 4th of July holiday executed as expected, but planning today was unusual because the new images of the terrain in front of the rover could not be loaded into our planning software. Although we were not able to select ChemCam and Ma
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Saturday, 08 July 2023 08:20
Evidence of new volcanic process on Moon discovered
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 08, 2023
In an unprecedented find, scientists from the Planetary Science Institute (PSI) have unearthed traces of an unusual volcanic process on the Moon that had previously only been recognized on Earth. This breakthrough was made possible by the use of a unique new instrument designed to examine microwave wavelengths, a process longer than infrared.
Senior Scientist at PSI and primary author of t
In an unprecedented find, scientists from the Planetary Science Institute (PSI) have unearthed traces of an unusual volcanic process on the Moon that had previously only been recognized on Earth. This breakthrough was made possible by the use of a unique new instrument designed to examine microwave wavelengths, a process longer than infrared.
Senior Scientist at PSI and primary author of t
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Saturday, 08 July 2023 08:20
Practicing the game-winning asteroid sample catch
Tucson AZ (SPX) Jul 08, 2023
The capsule looked like something from a 1960s sci-fi flick. Resting on the ground, slightly tilted, its white heat shield flaked off in places, it looked how one would expect after speeding in from outer space and streaking across the sky like a shooting star. Despite its appearance, the mini-fridge-sized object had, in fact, never left the surface of Earth.
Instead, it was a replica of t
The capsule looked like something from a 1960s sci-fi flick. Resting on the ground, slightly tilted, its white heat shield flaked off in places, it looked how one would expect after speeding in from outer space and streaking across the sky like a shooting star. Despite its appearance, the mini-fridge-sized object had, in fact, never left the surface of Earth.
Instead, it was a replica of t
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Saturday, 08 July 2023 08:20
Sidus Space Joins Forces with Lulav Space to Develop Advanced Star Tracker
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jul 08, 2023
Sidus Space (NASDAQ: SIDU), a significant player in the satellite industry, has announced a collaboration with Lulav Space, a specialist in robotics for space applications. The partnership aims to explore, develop, and showcase the potential of Event-based Star Trackers (EBST).
Sidus Space intends to incorporate the jointly developed EBST into the upcoming LizzieSat mission, which is the f
Sidus Space (NASDAQ: SIDU), a significant player in the satellite industry, has announced a collaboration with Lulav Space, a specialist in robotics for space applications. The partnership aims to explore, develop, and showcase the potential of Event-based Star Trackers (EBST).
Sidus Space intends to incorporate the jointly developed EBST into the upcoming LizzieSat mission, which is the f
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Saturday, 08 July 2023 08:20
Canadian student rocketry group reaches new heights with Spaceport Nova Scotia's first launch
Canso, Canada (SPX) Jul 07, 2023
Recently, a group of some of the brightest young minds in the fields of Canadian science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) took their passion for rocketry and space to new levels as they launched their amateur high-powered rocket from Spaceport Nova Scotia.
Arbalest Rocketry, a rocketry team from Ontario's York University, made the most of a Launch Canada initiated opportunit
Recently, a group of some of the brightest young minds in the fields of Canadian science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) took their passion for rocketry and space to new levels as they launched their amateur high-powered rocket from Spaceport Nova Scotia.
Arbalest Rocketry, a rocketry team from Ontario's York University, made the most of a Launch Canada initiated opportunit
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Friday, 07 July 2023 16:32
After the launch of Euclid: 'This is a big step toward understanding dark matter and dark energy'
What is it like to work on the fundamental questions about the universe? On July 1, the Euclid satellite launched successfully. This mission from the European Space Agency will take images of the sky to create the most detailed map of the universe ever made. Astronomer Henk Hoekstra (Leiden Observatory) and physicist Alessandra Silvestri (Leiden Institute of Physics) tell about their role in the mission.
The new space satellite is like the Google of the universe. "Euclid is basically a data-gathering machine," Hoekstra explains. "What Hubble covered in 30 years, Euclid can do in one week in both optical and infrared wavelengths. So it's a huge volume of data. With this, you are guaranteed to find the needle in a haystack."
Hoekstra has multiple roles in the mission. He is the lead of the weak lensing group and one of the four cosmology coordinators. This means he was involved from the early stages to set the requirements for the accuracy of the data Euclid will obtain.
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Friday, 07 July 2023 16:31
Join NASA to Celebrate Webb Space Telescope’s First Year of Science
NASA is commemorating the first year of science and discoveries from the agency’s James Webb Space Telescope, the largest, most powerful, and most complex space telescope ever built. To celebrate the anniversary, multiple events will take place online and live across the U.S.
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Friday, 07 July 2023 12:18
Seven European IoT providers choose EchoStar for real-time satellite connectivity
Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Jul 03, 2023
EchoStar Corporation (Nasdaq: SATS) reports that seven leading European Internet of Things (IoT) service providers have signed multi-year commercial agreements to develop and sell IoT solutions using EchoStar Mobile's Pan-European, satellite based, LoRa-enabled IoT network.
The customers, API-K, Cyric, DalesLandNet, Dryad, Galaxy1, ProEsys and Symes are leveraging the real-time network to
EchoStar Corporation (Nasdaq: SATS) reports that seven leading European Internet of Things (IoT) service providers have signed multi-year commercial agreements to develop and sell IoT solutions using EchoStar Mobile's Pan-European, satellite based, LoRa-enabled IoT network.
The customers, API-K, Cyric, DalesLandNet, Dryad, Galaxy1, ProEsys and Symes are leveraging the real-time network to
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Friday, 07 July 2023 12:18
PIGS finds ancient stars in the heart of the Milky Way
Cardiff UK (SPX) Jul 04, 2023
An international team of researchers has obtained the largest set of detailed observations yet of the oldest stars in the centre of our Galaxy, the Milky Way. The Pristine Inner Galaxy Survey (PIGS) team finds that this group of stars is slowly spinning around the centre of the Milky Way, despite being thought to have formed in a chaotic fashion.
They also seem to spend most of their long
An international team of researchers has obtained the largest set of detailed observations yet of the oldest stars in the centre of our Galaxy, the Milky Way. The Pristine Inner Galaxy Survey (PIGS) team finds that this group of stars is slowly spinning around the centre of the Milky Way, despite being thought to have formed in a chaotic fashion.
They also seem to spend most of their long
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Friday, 07 July 2023 12:18
'Sandwich' discovery offers new explanation for planet formation
Warwick UK (SPX) Jul 04, 2023
Scientists have made a new discovery on how small planets might form.
Researchers at the University of Warwick investigated the "birth environment" of planets - areas of gas and dust that swirl around a central star - known as the protoplanetary disc.
They discovered a new method of planet formation in this region, not yet described in previous research. The work has been submitted t
Scientists have made a new discovery on how small planets might form.
Researchers at the University of Warwick investigated the "birth environment" of planets - areas of gas and dust that swirl around a central star - known as the protoplanetary disc.
They discovered a new method of planet formation in this region, not yet described in previous research. The work has been submitted t
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