Twisted magnetic fields can reveal how protobinary systems, Tatooine planets form
Sunday, 18 September 2022 13:48
Twisted magnetic fields around binary systems can reveal how the stellar system came together.
Circumbinary planets - planets that orbit around two stars, like the fictional Star Wars planet Tatooine and its two suns - exist in the Universe, and are sometimes referred to as Tatooine planets. Systems in which two stars rotate around each other, called binary star systems, are incredibly com Satellite IM welcomes users to first fully decentralized Web3 communications platform
Sunday, 18 September 2022 13:48
Satellite IM, a fully decentralized peer-to-peer communications platform at the forefront of data privacy, has announced the launch of their communications platform that will allow users to chat directly in a secure, serverless and feature rich environment. The application is a first-of-its-kind, Web3 native social application that gives users full and exclusive ownership of their data.
De Intuitive Machines to go public on Nasdaq with acquisition company
Sunday, 18 September 2022 13:48
Intuitive Machines, LLC ("Intuitive Machines" or the "Company"), a leading space exploration, infrastructure, and services company founded in 2013, and Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: IPAX, IPAXU, IPAXW) ("Inflection Point"), a special purpose acquisition company, has announced that they have signed a definitive business combination agreement that will result in Intuitive Machines be Chinese scientists discover history of volcanic eruptions in Chang'e-5 landing region
Sunday, 18 September 2022 13:48
A research team from China has discovered geological evidence of at least four layers of volcanic lava flows that flooded the landing region of the Chang'e-5 lunar exploration mission, according to a press release from the National Space Science Center (NSSC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
China's Chang'e-5 mission brought a total of 1,731 grams of lunar samples back to Earth at the e Scientists believe Mars rock samples contain organic matter
Sunday, 18 September 2022 13:48
Scientists believe some of the recently-collected rock samples taken by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover likely contain organic matter.
The four most recent samples are all sedimentary rocks from an ancient river delta in the Red Planet's Jezero Crater, NASA confirmed this week.
They mark the first-ever sedimentary rocks gathered from another planet.
"The rocks that we have The Perseverance robotic arm tightrope of abrasion proximity science
Sunday, 18 September 2022 13:48
The SHERLOC and PIXL proximity science instruments on Perseverance have enabled more detailed observations of Martian chemistry and minerology than ever before. PIXL can isolate features as small as a grain of sand. To achieve this, these instruments on the end of the robotic arm must be placed at a precise distance from the feature of interest - very close, but not too close. PIXL even has a "h Jupiter to reach opposition, closest approach to Earth in 70 years
Sunday, 18 September 2022 13:48
Stargazers can expect excellent views of Jupiter the entire night of Monday, Sept. 26 when the giant planet reaches opposition. From the viewpoint of Earth's surface, opposition happens when an astronomical object rises in the east as the Sun sets in the west, placing the object and the Sun on opposite sides of Earth.
Jupiter's opposition occurs every 13 months, making the planet appear la How gravity gives astronomers a powerful lens on the universe
Sunday, 18 September 2022 13:48
In 1919 astronomers Arthur Eddington and Andrew Crommelin captured photographic images of a total solar eclipse. The Sun was in the constellation Taurus at the time, and a handful of its stars could be seen in the photographs. But the stars weren't quite in their expected place. The tremendous gravity of the Sun had deflected the light of these stars, making them appear slightly out of place. It Shenzhou astronauts carry out second spacewalk
Sunday, 18 September 2022 13:48
Crew members on the Shenzhou XIV mission stepped out of their spacecraft for the second spacewalk on Saturday afternoon, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
The agency said in a brief news release that Senior Colonel Cai Xuzhe opened an extravehicular activity hatch on the Tiangong space station at 1:35 pm and then floated out of the station. He was followed by mission commander Se Private industry aims to fill demand for space threat intelligence
Sunday, 18 September 2022 13:00
Private companies hope to overcome obstacles that have prevented the DoD from leveraging commercial space technology to meet the U.S. government’s need for more knowledge of space threats.
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Chinese astronauts go on spacewalk from new station
Sunday, 18 September 2022 12:30
Two Chinese astronauts went on a spacewalk Saturday from a new space station that is due to be completed later this year.
Cai Xuzhe and Chen Dong installed pumps, a handle to open the hatch door from outside in an emergency, and a foot-stop to fix an astronaut's feet to a robotic arm, state media said.
Shanghai rocket maker considering developing huge methane-fueled rockets
Sunday, 18 September 2022 11:21
A major arm of China’s state-owned space contractor is looking at developing a series of partially and fully-reusable launch vehicles apparently in response to SpaceX’s Starship.
NASA requests proposal for second Artemis crewed lunar lander
Sunday, 18 September 2022 10:03
NASA has released a request for proposals for a second human lunar lander for the Artemis program to join the Starship lander under development by SpaceX.
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NASA requests proposals for second Artemis crewed lunar lander
Sunday, 18 September 2022 10:03NASA has released a request for proposals for a second human lunar lander for the Artemis program to join the Starship lander under development by SpaceX.
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New tri-agency office to coordinate U.S. missile-defense space programs
Friday, 16 September 2022 21:25
The Space Systems Command, the Space Development Agency and the Missile Defense Agency have formed a new program office to coordinate disparate procurements of satellites to detect ballistic and hypersonic missiles.