If there had been an astronaut aboard the historic first launch of Europe’s Ariane 6 launcher, this is what they would have seen: images and videos from key phases of the flight were captured by the YPSat payload, a project led and undertaken by ESA Young Professionals in their own time.

Image: Freezing boiling water in Concordia against the sunset

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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 09, 2024
Scout Space Inc., a prominent in-space observation service provider specializing in space security and comprehensive Space Domain Awareness (SDA), has announced its selection to participate in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Bringing Classified Innovation to Defense and Government Systems (BRIDGES) Consortium. Scout was chosen by DARPA based on its proposal focused

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 10, 2024
A team, including a University of Michigan astronomer, has discovered a promising exoplanet, LHS 1140 b, which may be an ice or water world within the habitable zone. The study, led by Universite de Montreal, indicates that LHS 1140 b is unlikely to be a mini-Neptune, a type of small gas giant. Located about 48 light-years away in the constellation Cetus, this exoplanet is one of the most

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 10, 2024
Exolaunch, a global leader in launch mission management, integration, and satellite deployment services, has successfully deployed four satellites aboard the maiden flight of Arianespace's Ariane 6. The launch took place on Tuesday, July 9 at 1600 GFT from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana. This mission, representing customers ESA, NASA, and Spacemanic, underscores Exolaunch's piv

Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 10, 2024
Scientists first noticed these radio waves decades ago, and over the years they've determined the radio waves come from solar flares and giant eruptions on the Sun called coronal mass ejections, or CMEs, which are a key driver of space weather that can impact satellite communications and technology at Earth. But no one knows where the radio waves originate within a CME. The CURIE mission a

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 10, 2024
A team from the SKAO, South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO), and China's CETC54 successfully mounted the 15-meter-wide main reflector onto the SKA-Mid telescope pedestal in South Africa. This milestone is part of a larger effort involving a consortium from ten countries, led by CETC54, which is also manufacturing the dishes. Over the past year, construction has accelerated at S