NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover to Take Bite Out of 'Krokodillen'`
Tuesday, 20 May 2025 10:18
Scientists expect the new area of interest on the lower slope of Jezero Crater's rim to offer up some of the oldest rocks on the Red Planet.
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is exploring a new region of interest the team is calling "Krokodillen" that may contain some of the oldest rocks on Mars. The area has been on the Perseverance science team's wish list because it marks an important boun China's Queqiao-2 Satellite Ready for Global Lunar Mission Support
Tuesday, 20 May 2025 10:18
Queqiao-2, China's dedicated relay satellite for lunar landing missions, is now poised to support both domestic and international lunar exploration efforts, according to the Deep Space Exploration Laboratory.
First launched in March 2024, Queqiao-2, also known as Magpie Bridge 2, played a critical role in the Chang'e 6 mission, which successfully retrieved samples from the far side of the Streak Patterns on Mars Likely Formed by Dust Rather Than Water Flow
Tuesday, 20 May 2025 10:18
New findings from Brown University and the University of Bern challenge the long-standing theory that certain streaks on Martian slopes are formed by flowing water. Using machine learning to analyze a comprehensive dataset of slope streak features, the research suggests these formations are more likely the result of dry processes, including wind and dust activity.
For decades, scientists h Laser ultrasound used to reveal the elasticity of space rock for the first time
Tuesday, 20 May 2025 10:18
Scientists and engineers at the University of Nottingham have measured the stiffness of space rock for the first time.
Many meteorites are made of crystalline materials, formed under exotic conditions that cannot be replicated on earth. The stiffness of the crystals that make up these materials has historically been difficult to measure and normally this requires scientists to grow a speci High Repetition Rate Ion Acceleration Achieved with Tabletop Lasers
Tuesday, 20 May 2025 10:18
Researchers at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) in Hyderabad have achieved a significant breakthrough in laser-driven ion acceleration, demonstrating the potential for compact, high-repetition-rate proton acceleration using tabletop lasers. This advancement, detailed in a recent study in Physical Review Research, leverages small, millijoule-class lasers to produce megavolt energ Second CubeSat joins ESA’s Ramses mission to asteroid Apophis
Tuesday, 20 May 2025 07:00
SI Imaging Services to offer leasing of high-resolution imaging satellite
Monday, 19 May 2025 22:01
ST. LOUIS – In addition to offering tasking of its latest satellite, South Korea’s SI Imaging Services will invite customers to lease capacity.
Gabbard signals shift in U.S. intelligence collection priorities
Monday, 19 May 2025 19:26
Lower-frequency sonic booms from Falcon 9 launches can feel like mini-earthquakes
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NATO allies to pledge capabilities to address growing threats
Monday, 19 May 2025 18:44
ST. LOUIS – At the June NATO summit in the Netherlands, allies will outline specific capabilities to contribute to the alliance.
The Milky Way will soon be visible in the California sky: How and when to see it
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GEOINT 2025: Navigating intelligence in a shifting world
Monday, 19 May 2025 17:55
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SatVu’s thermal imaging satellite winning over customers despite early setback
Monday, 19 May 2025 17:00
SatVu's HotSat satellites use thermal cameras to detect infrared radiation emitted by objects on Earth.
Space tourism's growth blurs the line between scientific and symbolic achievement. A tourism scholar explains
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Scientists urge NASA to act on Apophis mission concept
Monday, 19 May 2025 15:36
Scientists are urging NASA to act quickly on concepts for repurposing a pair of NASA smallsats to visit the asteroid Apophis ahead of an Earth flyby.