SwRI delivers plasma spectrometer for Moon mission
Wednesday, 12 July 2023 02:16Southwest Research Institute has delivered a plasma spectrometer for integration into a lunar lander as part of NASA's Lunar Vertex investigation, scheduled to commence next year. The target site is the Reiner Gamma region on the Moon's nearside, a mysterious area known to have a local magnetic field. The SwRI-developed Magnetic Anomaly Plasma Spectrometer (MAPS) will study the interaction of th
"Man in the Moon" gets his clock reset by 200 million years
Wednesday, 12 July 2023 02:16Scientists have 'reset the clock' for craters on the Moon, meaning that parts of its surface - which characterise the children's story of the Man in the Moon - are around 200 million years older than had been thought. Researchers from Norway and France have found a way of coordinating and recalibrating two conflicting systems of dating the surface of the Moon. This new evaluation shows tha
Planning Take Two: Sols 3885-3886
Wednesday, 12 July 2023 02:16Earth planning: Monday, July 10, 2023 This weekend, Curiosity went into runout and was unable to execute the Sols 3882-3884 plan that is detailed in last blog post. Nothing is actually wrong; runout refers to when the rover doesn't have anything to do as it hasn't received any new instructions. Runout is normally caused by an error in the uplink process - in this case, the transmitter at our DSN
Sols 3882-3884: Weekend Routine for a Red Rover
Wednesday, 12 July 2023 02:16Earth Planning Date: Friday, July 7, 2023. Happy Friday, Earthlings! Few things are better than planning an action-packed weekend on Mars. It's even better when the last plan executed like a charm; our drive from Wednesday's plan made it over 44 meters and put us in veiny, layered bedrock heaven! We're still headed towards a local cluster of craters ~150 meters to the east, and my Mastcam brain
Reinventing cosmology: uOttawa research puts age of universe at 26.7 - not 13.7 - billion years
Wednesday, 12 July 2023 02:16Our universe could be twice as old as current estimates, according to a new study that challenges the dominant cosmological model and sheds new light on the so-called "impossible early galaxy problem." "Our newly-devised model stretches the galaxy formation time by a several billion years, making the universe 26.7 billion years old, and not 13.7 as previously estimated," says author Rajend
Exploring dark matter and the first bright galaxies simultaneously: 21-cm forest probe may unlock secrets of early universe
Wednesday, 12 July 2023 02:16The mystery of the first galaxies of the universe is an indomitable urge of human beings. The formation of them is mastered by the nature of dark matter which is also one of the most important problems faced by fundamental physics. However, understanding the nature of dark matter-for example, whether it is cold or warm-and its subsequent effect on the first galaxy formation is a huge challenge.
New 3D Visualization Highlights 5,000 Galaxies Revealed by Webb
Wednesday, 12 July 2023 02:16This video, a scientific visualization of the galaxies captured as a part of the CEERS (Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science) Survey, showcases a large undertaking by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. It flies by thousands of galaxies, starting with those nearby and ending with less-developed galaxies in the very distant universe, including one never seen before Webb. The area highlight
U.S. sharpens plan for military space race
Tuesday, 11 July 2023 21:00The latest U.S. military budget goes all-in on the notion that resilience will be a core feature of space programs.
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Astranis to deliver GEO broadband satellite for the Philippines next year
Tuesday, 11 July 2023 17:20Astranis has sold a small broadband satellite launching to geostationary orbit next year to a telco in the Philippines looking for support from the country’s government, the Californian manufacturer announced July 11.
India’s renewed effort toward space preeminence
Tuesday, 11 July 2023 15:50India’s flurry of technical and political space activities positions the state to become a preeminent space power.
Former NASA astronaut to advise Vast on commercial space station efforts
Tuesday, 11 July 2023 15:22Vast Space has brought in a former NASA astronaut and SpaceX official to serve as an adviser for its plans to develop commercial space stations.
Follow Euclid's first months in space
Tuesday, 11 July 2023 12:43Follow Euclid on its journey to Lagrange point L2 and find out how mission controllers at ESOC in Darmstadt are proceeding with turning on, checking and calibrating the spacecraft’s equipment, the telescope and scientific instruments, as they prepare for routine science observations.
Muon wins option to monitor ionosphere for Space Force
Tuesday, 11 July 2023 12:00Muon Space will begin delivering space weather data to the U.S. Space Force under a $400,000 contract option announced July 11.
Tensions on Earth don't have to affect outer space diplomacy
Tuesday, 11 July 2023 11:32If the United States and the former Soviet Union could cooperate on space efforts during the Cold War, then tensions between nations on Earth today don't have to extend to diplomacy and agreements governing outer space. That's according to speakers at a recent webinar organized by the Space Diplomacy Lab at Duke, part of the university's Rethinking Diplomacy program. "Plans to have R
Teledyne e2v Space Imaging celebrates the success of its sensors as Aeolus de-orbits
Tuesday, 11 July 2023 11:32Teledyne e2v Space Imaging, part of the Teledyne Technologies, is proud to have designed and built sensors for Aeolus, the first ESA satellite mission to acquire profiles of Earth's wind on a global scale. Named after the Greek god of the winds, Aeolus is the fifth satellite in the Living Planet Programme of the European Space Agency. It has become one of the highest impact-per-observation