A novel crystal structure sheds light on the dynamics of extrasolar planets
Friday, 24 June 2022 12:12
For decades, scientists have looked to the strange worlds beyond our solar system to understand more about our home planet. A team of researchers using the resources of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory recently discovered more about those planets without leaving Earth.
More than 5,000 extrasolar planets have been discovered since 1992. These planets are lar How do you process space data and imagery in low earth orbit?
Friday, 24 June 2022 12:12
Aerospace organizations around the globe, including Axiom Space, are developing new ideas for how humans will explore, conduct research, and do business in low Earth orbit (LEO) when the International Space Station (ISS) is retired at the end of this decade. Regardless of what the next commercial space stations may look like, one thing is certain: humanity's desire for on-orbit scientific resear Beyond Gravity launches its own start-up program "Launchpad"
Friday, 24 June 2022 12:12
The international space supplier Beyond Gravity is launching its own start-up program "Launchpad" in October 2022. The incubator supports young start-ups and their promising ideas around space technology.
In the process, teams are developed from an early stage to an initial investment opportunity. The application period runs until mid-August 2022.
From state-owned enterprise to start Chinese scientists help Africa combat land degradation
Friday, 24 June 2022 12:12
On June 16, the 28th World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, China's national home event was held in Beijing, where Chinese scientists released an online tool, the Great Green Wall Big Data Facilitator, to help African countries combat increasingly severe land degradation.
Land degradation is one of the most significant global ecological and environmental challenges. Africa is par MIT engineers devise a recipe for improving any autonomous robotic system
Friday, 24 June 2022 12:12
Autonomous robots have come a long way since the fastidious Roomba. In recent years, artificially intelligent systems have been deployed in self-driving cars, last-mile food delivery, restaurant service, patient screening, hospital cleaning, meal prep, building security, and warehouse packing.
Each of these robotic systems is a product of an ad hoc design process specific to that particula Irvine scientists observe effects of heat in materials with atomic resolution
Friday, 24 June 2022 12:12
As electronic, thermoelectric and computer technologies have been miniaturized to nanometer scale, engineers have faced a challenge studying fundamental properties of the materials involved; in many cases, targets are too small to be observed with optical instruments.
Using cutting-edge electron microscopes and novel techniques, a team of researchers at the University of California, Irvine Week in images: 20-24 June 2022
Friday, 24 June 2022 12:00
Week in images: 20-24 June 2022
Discover our week through the lens
ILA 2022 in images
Friday, 24 June 2022 11:32
Photo highlights from the ‘Space for Earth’ space pavilion at ILA, the Berlin Air and Space Show, from 22 to 26 .June 2022.
Image: Lunar science stirring on Mount Etna
Friday, 24 June 2022 11:23
This image comes to you from Mount Etna, Sicily, where a lunar analog study focusing on robotic exploration is currently unfolding.
The project—named the ARCHES Space-Analog Demonstration—is a multi-agency, multi-robot event brought to life by the German Aerospace Center DLR, and featuring significant ESA participation. ESA will be joining the project to run the latest and final part of the Analog-1 campaign, the completion of which will mark the culmination of one of the agency's long-term research endeavors, dating back to 2008.
For four weeks spanning 12 June to 9 July, the project will explore the operations and technologies that enable a sample return mission on the lunar surface involving an astronaut on the Lunar Gateway with a rover operations control room on Earth and scientific expertise on-hand at other control centers.
As part of the simulation, ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter will control a rover stationed 2,600 m up on the slopes of Mt. Etna from a room 23 km away in the nearby town of Catania. This distance simulates the sort of remote-control situations astronauts will encounter at the lunar Gateway.
X Prize Foundation studying active debris removal competition
Friday, 24 June 2022 10:40
The X Prize Foundation is considering a prize competition focused on removal of space debris to spur technological innovation in the field.
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Second helpings of Mercury
Friday, 24 June 2022 08:00
The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission has made its second gravity assist of planet Mercury, capturing new close-up images as it steers closer towards Mercury orbit in 2025.
NASA: Give us back our moon dust and cockroaches
Friday, 24 June 2022 07:27
NASA wants its moon dust and cockroaches back.
The space agency has asked Boston-based RR Auction to halt the sale of moon dust collected during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission that had subsequently been fed to cockroaches during an experiment to determine if the lunar rock contained any sort of pathogen that posed a threat to terrestrial life.
Parallel Paths for Space Sustainability
Friday, 24 June 2022 07:20
The United States' announcement of a ban on destructive ASAT tests set the stage for a UN meeting on reducing space threats.
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Earth from Space: Lake Balkhash
Friday, 24 June 2022 07:00
Lake Balkhash, the largest lake in Central Asia, is featured in this false-colour image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.
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