Researchers start planting space-bred seeds returned by Shenzhou-13
Wednesday, 25 May 2022 10:44
Chinese researchers have commenced breeding experiments on 12,000 seeds that were bred inside the Shenzhou-13 crewed spaceship in space for six months.
The seeds, including alfalfa, oats and fungi, were selected by multiple research institutions last year. They were brought back to Earth by the Shenzhou-13 on April 16.
Space breeding refers to the process of exposing seeds to cosmic President Biden: NASA to Welcome Japanese Astronaut Aboard Gateway
Wednesday, 25 May 2022 10:44
President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met in Tokyo Monday where they announced progress on collaboration for human and robotic lunar missions. They confirmed their commitment to include a Japanese astronaut aboard the lunar Gateway outpost and their shared ambition to see a future Japanese astronaut land on the Moon as part of NASA's Artemis program.
"In recent year AI reveals unsuspected math underlying search for exoplanets
Wednesday, 25 May 2022 10:44
Artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms trained on real astronomical observations now outperform astronomers in sifting through massive amounts of data to find new exploding stars, identify new types of galaxies and detect the mergers of massive stars, accelerating the rate of new discovery in the world's oldest science.
But AI, also called machine learning, can reveal something deeper, Un Astronomers find hidden trove of massive black holes
Wednesday, 25 May 2022 10:44
A team led by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has found a previously overlooked treasure trove of massive black holes in dwarf galaxies. The newly discovered black holes offer a glimpse into the life story of the supermassive black hole at the center of our own Milky Way galaxy.
As a giant spiral galaxy, the Milky Way is believed to have been built up from me Webb Nearly Set to Explore the Solar System
Wednesday, 25 May 2022 10:44
As NASA's James Webb Space Telescope moves through the final phases of commissioning its science instruments, we have also begun working on technical operations of the observatory. While the telescope moves through space, it will constantly find distant stars and galaxies and point at them with extreme precision to acquire images and spectra. However, we also plan to observe planets and their sa The chaotic early phase of the solar system
Wednesday, 25 May 2022 10:44
Before the Earth and other planets formed, the young sun was still surrounded by cosmic gas and dust. Over the millennia, rock fragments of various sizes formed from the dust. Many of these became building blocks for the later planets. Others did not become part of a planet and still orbit the sun today, for example as asteroids in the asteroid belt.
Researchers from ETH Zurich and the N Launcher wins Space Force contract to support engine development
Wednesday, 25 May 2022 10:26
Launcher won a $1.7 million contract from the U.S. Space Force that will assist the company’s development of a high-performance rocket engine for its small launch vehicle.
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Supporting the Paris Agreement from space
Wednesday, 25 May 2022 09:15
Earth observation is already capable of supporting national climate action, but there are many more opportunities on the horizon, according to discussions today among leading scientists and policymakers at ESA’s Living Planet Symposium being held in Bonn, Germany.
Teach an Earth-observing satellite to know what it sees
Wednesday, 25 May 2022 08:32
For decades now Earth observation satellites have been monitoring our ever-changing home planet; the next step is to enable them to recognise what they see. The latest public challenge for the machine learning community from ESA’s Advanced Concepts Team is to train satellite software to identify features within the images it acquires – with the winning team getting the unique opportunity to load their solution to ESA's OPS-SAT nanosatellite and test it in orbit.
Supply chain challenges also present opportunities for the space industry
Wednesday, 25 May 2022 08:18
Supply chain disruptions continue to pose a challenge for the space industry, but some see those disruptions as an opportunity for new approaches and innovation.
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Watch live: Samantha Cristoforetti in-flight call to World Economic Forum (WEF) 2022 in Davos
Wednesday, 25 May 2022 05:57
Experts offer advice for space sector entrepreneurs
Wednesday, 25 May 2022 03:32
At the Space Tech Expo May 24, space industry executives and startup founders shared advice for fledgling startups.
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Fighting Fires via Satellite
Wednesday, 25 May 2022 02:44
A forest fire is a massive wall of heat and flame. Driven by high winds, it can leap across roads, spin into columns of fire, turn homes to ash.
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Space Systems Command refines front-door concept
Tuesday, 24 May 2022 22:33
The U.S. Space Systems Command is continuing to refine its concept for establishing a single point of contact for commercial innovators called the front door.
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NASA Awards Contract to National Academy of Sciences
Tuesday, 24 May 2022 18:03
NASA has awarded a sole-source contract to the National Academy of Sciences of Washington to conduct studies on questions of national importance within the domain of NASA science and technology programs relating to space science, Earth science, and biological and physical science in space.