How ESA works with the EU to advance European space
Tuesday, 24 January 2023 06:00
ESA has formed a formidable partnership with the EU to secure the future of Europe in space, developing Earth observation, navigation, secure connectivity and space entrepreneurship, people attending the 15th European space conference held on 24 and 25 January in Brussels will hear.
Our Solar System is filled with asteroids that are particularly hard to destroy
Tuesday, 24 January 2023 04:10
Perth, Australia (SPX) Jan 24, 2023
A vast amount of rocks and other material are hurtling around our Solar System as asteroids and comets. If one of these came towards us, could we successfully prevent the collision between an asteroid and Earth?
Well, maybe. But there appears to be one type of asteroid that might be particularly hard to destroy.
Asteroids are chunks of rocky debris in space, remnants of a more violen
A vast amount of rocks and other material are hurtling around our Solar System as asteroids and comets. If one of these came towards us, could we successfully prevent the collision between an asteroid and Earth?
Well, maybe. But there appears to be one type of asteroid that might be particularly hard to destroy.
Asteroids are chunks of rocky debris in space, remnants of a more violen Milky Way found to be more unique than previously thought
Tuesday, 24 January 2023 04:10
London, UK (SPX) Jan 23, 2023
Is the Milky Way special, or, at least, is it in a special place in the Universe? An international team of astronomers has found that the answer to that question is yes, in a way not previously appreciated. A new study shows that the Milky Way is too big for its "cosmological wall", something yet to be seen in other galaxies. The new research is published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronom
Is the Milky Way special, or, at least, is it in a special place in the Universe? An international team of astronomers has found that the answer to that question is yes, in a way not previously appreciated. A new study shows that the Milky Way is too big for its "cosmological wall", something yet to be seen in other galaxies. The new research is published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronom Liquid-mirror program to revolutionize telescope designs
Tuesday, 24 January 2023 04:10
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 24, 2023
Today's glass-based ground and space telescopes are limited in their ability to provide resolved imagery of objects in geostationary orbit, 36,000 kilometers above earth. The cost to build and maintain complex optics large enough to effectively track items at that distance is prohibitive. Another key limitation of space-based telescopes is the escalating probability of in-orbit debris causing da
Today's glass-based ground and space telescopes are limited in their ability to provide resolved imagery of objects in geostationary orbit, 36,000 kilometers above earth. The cost to build and maintain complex optics large enough to effectively track items at that distance is prohibitive. Another key limitation of space-based telescopes is the escalating probability of in-orbit debris causing da DARPA selects Aurora Flight Sciences for Phase 2 of Active Flow Control X-Plane
Tuesday, 24 January 2023 04:10
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 18, 2023
DARPA has selected Aurora Flight Sciences to move into the detailed design phase of the Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors (CRANE) program. This follows successful completion of the project's Phase 1 preliminary design, which resulted in an innovative testbed aircraft that used active flow control (AFC) to generate control forces in a wind tunnel test.
Phase 2 will focu
DARPA has selected Aurora Flight Sciences to move into the detailed design phase of the Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors (CRANE) program. This follows successful completion of the project's Phase 1 preliminary design, which resulted in an innovative testbed aircraft that used active flow control (AFC) to generate control forces in a wind tunnel test.
Phase 2 will focu A paradigm shift in our understanding of a well-known astrophysical phenomenon
Tuesday, 24 January 2023 04:10
Ramat Gan, Israel (SPX) Jan 24, 2023
Matter outflows in the form of jets are observed in astronomical systems at fast, medium and slow speeds. The fastest jets are highly relativistic, namely travel very close to the speed of light. The origin, as well as many properties of the jets, is uncertain. One of the puzzles, that jet velocities seem to have a bi-modal distribution - some very fast and others slow, with a gap in velocities
Matter outflows in the form of jets are observed in astronomical systems at fast, medium and slow speeds. The fastest jets are highly relativistic, namely travel very close to the speed of light. The origin, as well as many properties of the jets, is uncertain. One of the puzzles, that jet velocities seem to have a bi-modal distribution - some very fast and others slow, with a gap in velocities A new model for dark matter
Tuesday, 24 January 2023 04:10
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Jan 24, 2023
Dark matter remains one of the greatest mysteries of modern physics. It is clear that it must exist, because without dark matter, for example, the motion of galaxies cannot be explained. But it has never been possible to detect dark matter in an experiment.
Currently, there are many proposals for new experiments: They aim to detect dark matter directly via its scattering from the constitue
Dark matter remains one of the greatest mysteries of modern physics. It is clear that it must exist, because without dark matter, for example, the motion of galaxies cannot be explained. But it has never been possible to detect dark matter in an experiment.
Currently, there are many proposals for new experiments: They aim to detect dark matter directly via its scattering from the constitue Asteroid findings from specks of space dust could save the planet
Tuesday, 24 January 2023 04:10
Perth, Australia (SPX) Jan 24, 2023
Curtin University-led research into the durability and age of an ancient asteroid made of rocky rubble and dust, revealed significant findings that could contribute to potentially saving the planet if one ever hurtled toward Earth.
The international team studied three tiny dust particles collected from the surface of ancient 500-metre-long rubble pile asteroid, Itokawa, returned to Earth b
Curtin University-led research into the durability and age of an ancient asteroid made of rocky rubble and dust, revealed significant findings that could contribute to potentially saving the planet if one ever hurtled toward Earth.
The international team studied three tiny dust particles collected from the surface of ancient 500-metre-long rubble pile asteroid, Itokawa, returned to Earth b Ivanhoe Mines and SES deploying low-latency satellite connectivity in Africa
Tuesday, 24 January 2023 04:10
Luxembourg (SPX) Jan 24, 2023
The Kamoa-Kakula Copper Project in The Democratic Republic of Congo will continue to enjoy high-speed satellite-based connectivity services as part of a new agreement between Ivanhoe Mines and SES, the two companies announced reported Monday.
The enhanced partnership builds on a successful five-year relationship between SES and Ivanhoe Mines and comes at a time of significant investment in
The Kamoa-Kakula Copper Project in The Democratic Republic of Congo will continue to enjoy high-speed satellite-based connectivity services as part of a new agreement between Ivanhoe Mines and SES, the two companies announced reported Monday.
The enhanced partnership builds on a successful five-year relationship between SES and Ivanhoe Mines and comes at a time of significant investment in Yokota AB aids Space Systems Command in historic US-Japan space partnership
Tuesday, 24 January 2023 04:10
Yokota Air Base, Japan (SPX) Jan 22, 2023
Yokota Air Base's very own 374th Mission Support Group and hosted Air Mobility Command unit, the 730th Air Mobility Squadron, assisted the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command to deliver the first of two payloads to be hosted on Japan's Geo-based Quasi-Zenith Satellite System, Jan. 17.
The delivery marks a historic step in solidifying the U.S. government and government of Japan commitmen
Yokota Air Base's very own 374th Mission Support Group and hosted Air Mobility Command unit, the 730th Air Mobility Squadron, assisted the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command to deliver the first of two payloads to be hosted on Japan's Geo-based Quasi-Zenith Satellite System, Jan. 17.
The delivery marks a historic step in solidifying the U.S. government and government of Japan commitmen Researchers gain deeper understanding of mechanism behind superconductors
Tuesday, 24 January 2023 04:10
Leipzig, Germany (SPX) Jan 18, 2023
This confirmed their own findings from 2016, when Haase and his team developed an experimental method based on magnetic resonance that can measure changes that are relevant to superconductivity in the structure of materials. They were the first team in the world to identify a measurable material parameter that predicts the maximum possible transition temperature - a condition required to achieve
This confirmed their own findings from 2016, when Haase and his team developed an experimental method based on magnetic resonance that can measure changes that are relevant to superconductivity in the structure of materials. They were the first team in the world to identify a measurable material parameter that predicts the maximum possible transition temperature - a condition required to achieve SwRI-contributed study provides darkest view ever of interstellar ices
Tuesday, 24 January 2023 04:10
San Antonio TX (SPX) Jan 24, 2023
An international team including Southwest Research Institute, Leiden University and NASA used observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to achieve the darkest ever view of a dense interstellar cloud.
These observations have revealed the composition of a virtual treasure chest of ices from the early universe, providing new insights into the chemical processes of one of the col
An international team including Southwest Research Institute, Leiden University and NASA used observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to achieve the darkest ever view of a dense interstellar cloud.
These observations have revealed the composition of a virtual treasure chest of ices from the early universe, providing new insights into the chemical processes of one of the col Channeling frustration into program management software
Monday, 23 January 2023 21:41
Charter, one of six space companies that participated in the fall 2022 Techstars Aerospace and Defense Accelerator, has raised $1.2 million in venture funding from TechStars, 7percent Ventures, Topspot Ventures and other investors.
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UK Space Agency offers $62 million for innovative connectivity projects
Monday, 23 January 2023 19:25
The U.K. announced 50 million British pounds ($62 million) in funding Jan. 23 for projects that could boost the country’s satellite communications industry.
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Space Development Agency renames constellation to reflect focus on U.S. warfighter
Monday, 23 January 2023 18:07
The Space Development Agency is renaming its planned network of military satellites “Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture."
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