NOAA adopts Finland's CubeSat-proven space weather monitor
Friday, 18 November 2022 15:41
An advanced X-ray monitoring instrument tested for space aboard an ESA CubeSat will serve as an operational space weather payload on the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Next Lagrange 1 Series satellite, currently planned for launch in 2028, which will operate 1.5 million km from Earth, keeping watch for eruptions from our sun.
Europe reaches funding deal for sovereign broadband constellation
Friday, 18 November 2022 14:56
The European Union reached a provisional agreement Nov. 17 to cover nearly half the 6 billion euro ($6.2 billion) cost of deploying a secure connectivity constellation by 2027.
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Op-ed | SLS and Artemis warrant continued robust support
Friday, 18 November 2022 14:34
As U.S. adversaries seek to militarize space, SLS’s heavy-lift capability makes it a unique entity for NASA and national security. Robust congressional support for SLS, NASA's near-term Artemis missions and future configurations is more important than ever.
On National Security | It’s no secret: Keeping space allies in the dark hurts the U.S.
Friday, 18 November 2022 14:00
Secrecy is innate to military space, and it’s been that way since the start. But officials are increasingly expressing frustration with a classification system that at times appears to be doing more harm than good.
Week in images: 14-18 November 2022
Friday, 18 November 2022 13:23
Week in images: 14-18 November 2022
Discover our week through the lens
Shaun the Sheep mission patch
Friday, 18 November 2022 12:20
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Shaun the Sheep mission patch Japanese lunar lander slated to launch Nov. 28 at the earliest
Friday, 18 November 2022 12:15
Japan’s ispace expects SpaceX to launch its lunar lander Nov. 28 at the earliest for a mission to the moon’s surface roughly five months later.
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Mars was covered by 300 meter deep oceans
Friday, 18 November 2022 12:11
Mars is called the red planet. But once, it was actually blue and covered in water, bringing us closer to finding out if Mars had ever harboured life.
Most researchers agree that there has been water on Mars, but just how much water is still debated.
Now a study from the University of Copenhagen shows that some 4.5 billion years ago, there was enough water for the entire planet to be First privately built Indian space rocket launches
Friday, 18 November 2022 12:11
The first privately developed Indian rocket lifted off into the upper reaches of the atmosphere on Friday, in another milestone in the country's push to become a major space power.
The half-tonne Vikram-S rocket launched before midday local time and travelled in an arc, live footage from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) showed.
It safely splashed down into the sea six minute Perseverance investigates intriguing Martian bedrock
Friday, 18 November 2022 12:11
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has begun exploring an area the science team calls "Yori Pass" near the base of Jezero Crater's ancient river delta. They've been eager to explore the region for several months after spotting a rock similar to one Perseverance collected samples from in July.
The feature is so tantalizing to the scientists because it is sandstone, which is composed of fine gra Humanity to go back to the moon. Ukrainian contribution to the space science
Friday, 18 November 2022 12:11
November 16, 2022, was a big day for all space industry fans. Artemis I, a first mission to the Moon after a break that lasted over 53 years, is finally launched. And while the eyes of millions were directed towards their screens to see the launch, only some people recognize the contributions of different countries to this achievement of humanity. In particular, the scientific contribution of Uk Massive Volcanism May Have Altered Ancient Venus' Climate
Friday, 18 November 2022 12:11
Volcanic activity lasting hundreds to thousands of centuries and erupting massive amounts of material may have helped transform Venus from a temperate and wet world to the acidic hothouse it is today, a NASA paper suggests.
The paper also discusses these "large igneous provinces" in Earth's history which caused several mass extinctions on our own planet millions of years ago.
"By und Webb observations point to a shorter cosmic dark age
Friday, 18 November 2022 12:11
The first galaxies may have formed far earlier than previously thought, according to observations from the James Webb Space Telescope that are reshaping astronomers' understanding of the early universe.
Researchers using the powerful observatory have now published papers in the journal Astrophysical Journal Letters, documenting two exceptionally bright, exceptionally distant galaxies, based Webb draws back curtain on universe's early galaxies
Friday, 18 November 2022 12:11
A few days after officially starting science operations, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope propelled astronomers into a realm of early galaxies, previously hidden beyond the grasp of all other telescopes until now.
"Everything we see is new. Webb is showing us that there's a very rich universe beyond what we imagined," said Tommaso Treu of the University of California at Los Angeles, princ Astronomers capitalize on early access to James Webb Space Telescope data
Friday, 18 November 2022 12:11
First in line to receive data transmissions from the James Webb Space Telescope, a team of astronomers at the University of California, Irvine and other institutions is using the unprecedentedly clear observations to reveal the secret inner workings of galaxies.
In a paper published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, the researchers describe their examination of the nearby galaxy NGC 74