NASA extends seat barter agreement with Roscosmos into 2027
Sunday, 13 April 2025 22:58
NASA and Roscosmos have extended a seat barter agreement for flights to the International Space Station into 2027 that will feature longer Soyuz missions to the station.
Massive black hole 'waking up' in Virgo constellation
Sunday, 13 April 2025 10:48
Paris (AFP) April 11, 2025
A massive black hole at the heart of a galaxy in the Virgo constellation is waking up, shooting out intense X-ray flares at regular intervals that have puzzled scientists, a study said Friday.
Astronomers previously had little reason to pay any attention to galaxy SDSS1335+0728, which is 300 million light years from Earth.
But in 2019, the galaxy suddenly started shining with a brightnes
A massive black hole at the heart of a galaxy in the Virgo constellation is waking up, shooting out intense X-ray flares at regular intervals that have puzzled scientists, a study said Friday.
Astronomers previously had little reason to pay any attention to galaxy SDSS1335+0728, which is 300 million light years from Earth.
But in 2019, the galaxy suddenly started shining with a brightnes Vast to Collaborate with CASIS on ISS Research Access
Sunday, 13 April 2025 08:11
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 14, 2025
Vast, a leader in orbital habitation systems, has finalized a strategic partnership with the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) to enable new research initiatives aboard the International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory. This collaboration strengthens Vast's standing in NASA's private astronaut mission (PAM) ecosystem and underscores its dedication to advancing space-
Vast, a leader in orbital habitation systems, has finalized a strategic partnership with the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) to enable new research initiatives aboard the International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory. This collaboration strengthens Vast's standing in NASA's private astronaut mission (PAM) ecosystem and underscores its dedication to advancing space- Chinese study reveals lower water content in lunar farside mantle
Sunday, 13 April 2025 08:11
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 14, 2025
Chinese researchers analyzing rock samples from the Chang'e-6 lunar mission have determined that the Moon's farside mantle holds significantly less water than the nearside. The study, led by Prof. HU Sen of the Institute of Geology and Geophysics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, sheds new light on the internal structure and evolution of the Moon.
Published in Nature, the team's findings
Chinese researchers analyzing rock samples from the Chang'e-6 lunar mission have determined that the Moon's farside mantle holds significantly less water than the nearside. The study, led by Prof. HU Sen of the Institute of Geology and Geophysics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, sheds new light on the internal structure and evolution of the Moon.
Published in Nature, the team's findings How alien energy patterns may reveal extraterrestrial life
Sunday, 13 April 2025 08:11
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 14, 2025
Are we alone in the cosmos? The search for extraterrestrial life has long captivated scientists, but a new theoretical approach suggests we might be looking in the wrong place. Mikhail Tikhonov, assistant professor of physics at Washington University in St. Louis, argues that instead of focusing solely on specific biological molecules, we should search for distinctive patterns of energy usage as
Are we alone in the cosmos? The search for extraterrestrial life has long captivated scientists, but a new theoretical approach suggests we might be looking in the wrong place. Mikhail Tikhonov, assistant professor of physics at Washington University in St. Louis, argues that instead of focusing solely on specific biological molecules, we should search for distinctive patterns of energy usage as NASA Uses Moonlight to Refine Satellite Earth Monitoring
Sunday, 13 April 2025 08:11
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 14, 2025
Flying beneath a waxing Moon in March 2025, NASA's ER-2 aircraft transformed into a unique lunar observatory, soaring above the clouds from NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. These nighttime sorties supported a critical Earth science mission known as Airborne Lunar Spectral Irradiance, or air-LUSI.
Equipped with a precision spectroradiometer, the air-LUSI instr
Flying beneath a waxing Moon in March 2025, NASA's ER-2 aircraft transformed into a unique lunar observatory, soaring above the clouds from NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. These nighttime sorties supported a critical Earth science mission known as Airborne Lunar Spectral Irradiance, or air-LUSI.
Equipped with a precision spectroradiometer, the air-LUSI instr Heat Shields Emerging as Crucial Enabler of Reusable Spacecraft
Sunday, 13 April 2025 08:11
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 14, 2025
Surviving re-entry into Earth's atmosphere is among the most technically demanding tasks in spaceflight. During low-Earth orbit returns, spacecraft experience searing temperatures up to 1,600oC. This figure skyrockets to over 16,000oC in extreme cases, such as the Galileo probe's plunge into Jupiter. Heat shields are indispensable for protecting both payloads and human passengers from this inten
Surviving re-entry into Earth's atmosphere is among the most technically demanding tasks in spaceflight. During low-Earth orbit returns, spacecraft experience searing temperatures up to 1,600oC. This figure skyrockets to over 16,000oC in extreme cases, such as the Galileo probe's plunge into Jupiter. Heat shields are indispensable for protecting both payloads and human passengers from this inten SpaceX doubleheader: Spy satellites launched in California, then Starlink ones in Florida
Sunday, 13 April 2025 08:11
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 12, 2025
SpaceX on Saturday launched Starshield satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office from California then 12 hours later 21 Starlink satellites from Florida.
The Falcon 9 lifted off at 5:25 a.m. PDT from Vandenberg Space Force Base's pad 4E. The number of spy satellites wasn't revealed.
At 8:53 p.m. EDT, another Falcon 9 lifted off from Kennedy Space Center's pad 39A.
SpaceX on Saturday launched Starshield satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office from California then 12 hours later 21 Starlink satellites from Florida.
The Falcon 9 lifted off at 5:25 a.m. PDT from Vandenberg Space Force Base's pad 4E. The number of spy satellites wasn't revealed.
At 8:53 p.m. EDT, another Falcon 9 lifted off from Kennedy Space Center's pad 39A. Drier far side of the Moon deepens understanding of lunar evolution
Sunday, 13 April 2025 08:11
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 14, 2025
The Chang'e 6 mission has unveiled that the Moon's far side mantle holds significantly less water than its near side, offering crucial insight into the Moon's geological history. Analysis of rock samples from the mission indicates water content in the far side's mantle is as low as 1 to 1.5 micrograms per gram-less than 2 parts per million-marking the driest values ever recorded in lunar geology
The Chang'e 6 mission has unveiled that the Moon's far side mantle holds significantly less water than its near side, offering crucial insight into the Moon's geological history. Analysis of rock samples from the mission indicates water content in the far side's mantle is as low as 1 to 1.5 micrograms per gram-less than 2 parts per million-marking the driest values ever recorded in lunar geology NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover Studies Trove of Rocks on Crater Rim
Sunday, 13 April 2025 08:11
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 14, 2025
Scientists with NASA's Perseverance rover are exploring what they consider a veritable Martian cornucopia full of intriguing rocky outcrops on the rim of Jezero Crater. Studying rocks, boulders, and outcrops helps scientists understand the planet's history, evolution, and potential for past or present habitability. Since January, the rover has cored five rocks on the rim, sealing samples from th
Scientists with NASA's Perseverance rover are exploring what they consider a veritable Martian cornucopia full of intriguing rocky outcrops on the rim of Jezero Crater. Studying rocks, boulders, and outcrops helps scientists understand the planet's history, evolution, and potential for past or present habitability. Since January, the rover has cored five rocks on the rim, sealing samples from th How NASA Science Data Defends Earth from Asteroids
Sunday, 13 April 2025 08:11
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 14, 2025
The asteroid 2024 YR4 made headlines in February with the news that it had a chance of hitting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032, as determined by an analysis from NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. The probability of collision peaked at over 3% on Feb. 18 - the highest ever recorded for an object of its size. This sparked c
The asteroid 2024 YR4 made headlines in February with the news that it had a chance of hitting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032, as determined by an analysis from NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. The probability of collision peaked at over 3% on Feb. 18 - the highest ever recorded for an object of its size. This sparked c Astronomers identify rare Earth-crossing asteroid from unexpected source
Sunday, 13 April 2025 08:11
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 14, 2025
Astronomers at W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawai'i, have traced the origin of 2024 YR4, an Earth-crossing asteroid discovered in December 2024, to a surprising location. Contrary to expectations, the solid, stony asteroid appears to have emerged from a central Main Belt asteroid family between Mars and Jupiter-a region not previously associated with Earth-crossing bodies.
"YR4 spin
Astronomers at W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawai'i, have traced the origin of 2024 YR4, an Earth-crossing asteroid discovered in December 2024, to a surprising location. Contrary to expectations, the solid, stony asteroid appears to have emerged from a central Main Belt asteroid family between Mars and Jupiter-a region not previously associated with Earth-crossing bodies.
"YR4 spin Just Keep Driving - Sols 4507-4508
Sunday, 13 April 2025 08:11
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 14, 2025
Earth planning date: Wednesday, April 9, 2025: Our drive from Monday's plan was mostly successful, putting us ~22 meters down the "road" out of an expected 30 meters. A steering command halted the drive a little short when we tried to turn-in-place but instead turned into a rock, which also had the effect of making our position too unstable for arm activities. Oh well! APXS data has been showing
Earth planning date: Wednesday, April 9, 2025: Our drive from Monday's plan was mostly successful, putting us ~22 meters down the "road" out of an expected 30 meters. A steering command halted the drive a little short when we tried to turn-in-place but instead turned into a rock, which also had the effect of making our position too unstable for arm activities. Oh well! APXS data has been showing From dormant giant to erupting beacon black hole Ansky shocks astronomers
Sunday, 13 April 2025 08:11
Paris, France (SPX) Apr 14, 2025
ESA's XMM-Newton telescope has become instrumental in monitoring an extraordinary cosmic awakening: a massive black hole in a galaxy 300 million light-years away has transitioned from complete dormancy to producing the most powerful and extended X-ray eruptions ever observed.
The black hole lies in SDSS1335+0728, an otherwise unremarkable galaxy in Virgo. After decades of inactivity, it be
ESA's XMM-Newton telescope has become instrumental in monitoring an extraordinary cosmic awakening: a massive black hole in a galaxy 300 million light-years away has transitioned from complete dormancy to producing the most powerful and extended X-ray eruptions ever observed.
The black hole lies in SDSS1335+0728, an otherwise unremarkable galaxy in Virgo. After decades of inactivity, it be SwRI links solar jet to unprecedented helium-3 surge
Sunday, 13 April 2025 08:11
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 14, 2025
The Solar Orbiter mission, a collaboration between NASA and ESA, has detected the most intense concentration of the rare helium-3 (3He) isotope ever recorded from the Sun, sparking new interest in the origin of solar energetic particles (SEPs). Scientists led by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) have now traced the source of this extraordinary event to a diminutive solar jet on the Sun's surfa
The Solar Orbiter mission, a collaboration between NASA and ESA, has detected the most intense concentration of the rare helium-3 (3He) isotope ever recorded from the Sun, sparking new interest in the origin of solar energetic particles (SEPs). Scientists led by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) have now traced the source of this extraordinary event to a diminutive solar jet on the Sun's surfa