Spectrum to manufacture satellite components for D-Orbit USA
Thursday, 28 November 2024 12:10
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2024
Spectrum Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, Inc. (Spectrum), a subsidiary of Ocutrx Technologies, Inc., has been selected as the manufacturing partner for D-Orbit USA, the U.S.-based division of Italian space logistics firm D-Orbit Group. Spectrum will expand its capabilities by renovating a 7,500-square-foot facility, which includes a 2,000-square-foot ISO 8-100,000 Clean Room to assemble sat
Spectrum Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, Inc. (Spectrum), a subsidiary of Ocutrx Technologies, Inc., has been selected as the manufacturing partner for D-Orbit USA, the U.S.-based division of Italian space logistics firm D-Orbit Group. Spectrum will expand its capabilities by renovating a 7,500-square-foot facility, which includes a 2,000-square-foot ISO 8-100,000 Clean Room to assemble sat
Deep space health risks highlighted in new book by Dr Geoffrey Guy
Thursday, 28 November 2024 12:10
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2024
Astronauts venturing beyond Earth's protective magnetic and gravitational fields may face significant health risks, according to Quantum Biology - A Glimpse into the Future of Medicine, a new book by Dr Geoffrey Guy. The book explores the emerging field of quantum biology, which examines how sub-atomic processes influence the human body. Dr Guy argues that traveling outside Earth's "Goldil
Astronauts venturing beyond Earth's protective magnetic and gravitational fields may face significant health risks, according to Quantum Biology - A Glimpse into the Future of Medicine, a new book by Dr Geoffrey Guy. The book explores the emerging field of quantum biology, which examines how sub-atomic processes influence the human body. Dr Guy argues that traveling outside Earth's "Goldil
Long March 12 set for inaugural launch from Hainan space center
Thursday, 28 November 2024 12:10
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2024
China's Long March 12 carrier rocket is preparing for its debut flight, marking a significant milestone as the first launch from the Hainan International Commercial Aerospace Launch Center. This facility, located in Wenchang, Hainan province, is China's first spaceport dedicated solely to commercial operations. The rocket was transported to the No. 2 launch service tower at the space compl
China's Long March 12 carrier rocket is preparing for its debut flight, marking a significant milestone as the first launch from the Hainan International Commercial Aerospace Launch Center. This facility, located in Wenchang, Hainan province, is China's first spaceport dedicated solely to commercial operations. The rocket was transported to the No. 2 launch service tower at the space compl
New AI tool generates realistic satellite images of future flooding
Thursday, 28 November 2024 12:10
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Boston MA (SPX) Nov 26, 2024
Visualizing the potential impacts of a hurricane on people's homes before it hits can help residents prepare and decide whether to evacuate. MIT scientists have developed a method that generates satellite imagery from the future to depict how a region would look after a potential flooding event. The method combines a generative artificial intelligence model with a physics-based flood model
Visualizing the potential impacts of a hurricane on people's homes before it hits can help residents prepare and decide whether to evacuate. MIT scientists have developed a method that generates satellite imagery from the future to depict how a region would look after a potential flooding event. The method combines a generative artificial intelligence model with a physics-based flood model
Shape memory alloy antenna redefines communication technology
Thursday, 28 November 2024 12:10
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2024
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Maryland have developed a revolutionary antenna that adjusts its shape based on temperature. Using additive manufacturing and shape memory alloys, the new technology promises significant advancements for military, scientific, and commercial communications. Details of the project are outlined in the journal ACS Applied Engineering M
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Maryland have developed a revolutionary antenna that adjusts its shape based on temperature. Using additive manufacturing and shape memory alloys, the new technology promises significant advancements for military, scientific, and commercial communications. Details of the project are outlined in the journal ACS Applied Engineering M
NASA data reveals role of green spaces in cooling cities
Thursday, 28 November 2024 12:10
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Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 27, 2024
As any urban dweller who has lived through a heat wave knows, a shady tree can make all the difference. But what happens when there's no shade available? A recent study in Nature Communications used NASA satellite data to identify a major gap in global resilience to climate change: cities in the Global South have far less green space - and therefore less cooling capacity - than cities in t
As any urban dweller who has lived through a heat wave knows, a shady tree can make all the difference. But what happens when there's no shade available? A recent study in Nature Communications used NASA satellite data to identify a major gap in global resilience to climate change: cities in the Global South have far less green space - and therefore less cooling capacity - than cities in t
Revolv Space prepares for inaugural in-orbit test of SARA system
Thursday, 28 November 2024 12:10
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Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 26, 2024
Revolv Space has completed integration and testing of its Solar Array Drive Assembly (SADA), known as SARA, on DPhi Space's Clustergate-1 platform, signaling readiness for its first in-orbit demonstration in early 2025. This mission marks a significant step for SARA, showcasing its ability to perform in the rigors of space and establishing its flight credentia
Revolv Space has completed integration and testing of its Solar Array Drive Assembly (SADA), known as SARA, on DPhi Space's Clustergate-1 platform, signaling readiness for its first in-orbit demonstration in early 2025. This mission marks a significant step for SARA, showcasing its ability to perform in the rigors of space and establishing its flight credentia
China to launch next-generation Beidou satellites in 2027
Thursday, 28 November 2024 07:28All-optical nonlinear Compton scattering achieved with multi-petawatt laser producing ultra-bright gamma rays
Thursday, 28 November 2024 06:32
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Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 26, 2024
In a major advancement for strong field physics, researchers from the Institute for Basic Science's Center for Relativistic Laser Science (CoReLS) in Korea have successfully demonstrated nonlinear Compton scattering (NCS) using a groundbreaking all-optical setup. This achievement, recently published in 'Nature Photonics', uses the 4-petawatt laser at Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (
In a major advancement for strong field physics, researchers from the Institute for Basic Science's Center for Relativistic Laser Science (CoReLS) in Korea have successfully demonstrated nonlinear Compton scattering (NCS) using a groundbreaking all-optical setup. This achievement, recently published in 'Nature Photonics', uses the 4-petawatt laser at Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (
PolyU conducts successful catalyst material experiments in Low Earth Orbit
Thursday, 28 November 2024 06:32
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Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 26, 2024
The Shijian-19 satellite, China's first reusable and returnable satellite, has completed its mission and returned to Earth, carrying a variety of experimental payloads. Among these was the Hong Kong Polytechnic University's (PolyU) in-orbit material experiment testbed, a milestone as Hong Kong's first reusable experimental payload to return from space. The China National Space Administration for
The Shijian-19 satellite, China's first reusable and returnable satellite, has completed its mission and returned to Earth, carrying a variety of experimental payloads. Among these was the Hong Kong Polytechnic University's (PolyU) in-orbit material experiment testbed, a milestone as Hong Kong's first reusable experimental payload to return from space. The China National Space Administration for
Slingshot Aerospace secures $13M NOAA contract for Space Traffic Platform Interface
Thursday, 28 November 2024 06:32
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2024
Slingshot Aerospace, a leader in AI-driven satellite tracking and space coordination technologies, has been awarded a $13.3 million contract by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Space Commerce (OSC). This contract focuses on developing the Presentation Layer for the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS), the U.S. government's next-generation space safety pl
Slingshot Aerospace, a leader in AI-driven satellite tracking and space coordination technologies, has been awarded a $13.3 million contract by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Space Commerce (OSC). This contract focuses on developing the Presentation Layer for the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS), the U.S. government's next-generation space safety pl
KSAT teams with Starsite to establish lunar support site in Western Australia
Thursday, 28 November 2024 06:32
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Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 27, 2024
Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) is partnering with Starsite Pty Ltd to build and operate a 20-meter antenna at a new site in Western Australia. Starsite, the Australian landowner, will manage and maintain the installation, which is designed to support key lunar missions. Starsite was chosen to host the facility based on its expertise and commitment to operational excellence. The collab
Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) is partnering with Starsite Pty Ltd to build and operate a 20-meter antenna at a new site in Western Australia. Starsite, the Australian landowner, will manage and maintain the installation, which is designed to support key lunar missions. Starsite was chosen to host the facility based on its expertise and commitment to operational excellence. The collab
Team identifies how interstellar medium impacts pulsar signals
Thursday, 28 November 2024 06:32
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2024
A new study led by Sofia Sheikh of the SETI Institute has revealed how pulsar signals - emissions from the spinning remnants of massive stars - are distorted as they traverse the interstellar medium (ISM). The findings, published in The Astrophysical Journal, were developed through contributions from undergraduate researchers in Penn State's Pulsar Search Collaboratory, a student program origina
A new study led by Sofia Sheikh of the SETI Institute has revealed how pulsar signals - emissions from the spinning remnants of massive stars - are distorted as they traverse the interstellar medium (ISM). The findings, published in The Astrophysical Journal, were developed through contributions from undergraduate researchers in Penn State's Pulsar Search Collaboratory, a student program origina
Discovery Alert: a 'Hot Neptune' in a Tight Orbit
Thursday, 28 November 2024 06:32
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Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2024
A Neptune-sized planet, TOI-3261 b, makes a scorchingly close orbit around its host star. Only the fourth object of its kind ever found, the planet could reveal clues as to how planets such as these form. An international team of scientists used the NASA space telescope, TESS (the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite), to discover the exoplanet (a planet outside our solar system), then ma
A Neptune-sized planet, TOI-3261 b, makes a scorchingly close orbit around its host star. Only the fourth object of its kind ever found, the planet could reveal clues as to how planets such as these form. An international team of scientists used the NASA space telescope, TESS (the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite), to discover the exoplanet (a planet outside our solar system), then ma
Final data and undiscovered images from NASA's NEOWISE
Thursday, 28 November 2024 06:32
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2024
While NASA's NEOWISE telescope ended its journey through space on Nov. 1, 2024, the team at IPAC, a science center at Caltech, was working on one further gift from the prolific mission. The final data release from NEOWISE was released to the astronomy community just two weeks later, on Nov. 14, encompassing over 26 million images and nearly 200 billion sources detected by the telescope.
While NASA's NEOWISE telescope ended its journey through space on Nov. 1, 2024, the team at IPAC, a science center at Caltech, was working on one further gift from the prolific mission. The final data release from NEOWISE was released to the astronomy community just two weeks later, on Nov. 14, encompassing over 26 million images and nearly 200 billion sources detected by the telescope.