Trading spaces: ESA bolsters European business
Friday, 01 October 2021 07:00
Yesterday, ESA’s orbiting laboratory, OPS-SAT, hosted the first-ever stock trade in space. The successful experiment required developers at Europe’s leading online broker flatexDEGIRO to think far outside of the box and adapt their software to the technical demands and constrained bandwidth found on an orbiting platform at 500 km altitude.
Trading space: ESA bolsters European business
Friday, 01 October 2021 07:00
Yesterday, ESA’s orbiting laboratory, OPS-SAT, hosted the first-ever stock trade in space. The successful experiment required developers at Europe’s leading online broker flatexDEGIRO to think far outside of the box and adapt their software to the technical demands and constrained bandwidth found on an orbiting platform at 500 km altitude.
Space for climate: raising awareness ahead of COP26
Friday, 01 October 2021 05:40
Ahead of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP26), climate and energy ministers are coming together this week in Milan, Italy, to discuss the key political topics to be addressed at the upcoming global summit – taking place in early November in Glasgow.
ESA will be present at both the Pre-COP and COP26, highlighting the vital importance of observing our changing world from space and showing how satellite data play a critical role in underpinning climate policy.
Industry group working on satellite servicing standards
Thursday, 30 September 2021 18:20
A satellite servicing industry group is making progress on a series of standards that it believes can help enable the growth of the nascent field.
DoD trying to keep China from accessing critical U.S. space technology
Thursday, 30 September 2021 16:21
Chinese investments in U.S. space startups and use of Chinese software by DoD suppliers are issues of growing concern at the Pentagon, officials said.
'Planet confusion' could slow Earth-like exoplanet exploration
Thursday, 30 September 2021 15:55
When it comes to directly imaging Earth-like exoplanets orbiting faraway stars, seeing isn't always believing.
A new Cornell study finds that next-generation telescopes used to see exoplanets could confuse Earth-like planets with other types of planets in the same solar system.
With today's telescopes, dim distant planets are hard to see against the glare of their host stars, but next-generation tools such as the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, currently under development by NASA, will be better at imaging Earth-like planets, which orbit stars at just the right distance to offer prime conditions for life.
"Once we have the capability of imaging Earth-like planets, we're actually going to have to worry about confusing them with completely different types of planets," said Dmitry Savransky, associate professor in the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (College of Engineering) and the Department of Astronomy (College of Arts and Sciences).
Head in the sky: 8-year-old Brazilian girl dubbed world's youngest astronomer
Thursday, 30 September 2021 14:11
When Nicole Oliveira was just learning to walk, she would throw up her arms to reach for the stars in the sky.
Today, at just eight years of age, the Brazilian girl is known as the world's youngest astronomer, looking for asteroids as part of a NASA-affiliated program, attending international seminars and meeting with her country's top space and science figures.
In Oliveira's room, filled with posters of the solar system, miniature rockets and Star Wars figures, Nicolinha, as she is affectionately known, works on her computer studying images of the sky on two large screens.
The project, called Asteroid Hunters, is meant to introduce young people to science by giving them a chance to make space discoveries of their own.
Virgin Galactic cleared to launch after US closes safety probe
Thursday, 30 September 2021 12:36
Space Force upskilling Guardians with process mapping and automation
Thursday, 30 September 2021 12:36
Recreating "real food meals" as small cubes that taste like candy
Thursday, 30 September 2021 12:36
DARPA'S Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept achieves successful flight
Thursday, 30 September 2021 12:36
NASA launches new mission to monitor Earth's landscapes
Thursday, 30 September 2021 12:36
Did a cosmic impact destroy an ancient city in the Jordan Valley
Thursday, 30 September 2021 12:36
Microgravity on demand with Earth return through ESA's Boost!
Thursday, 30 September 2021 12:36
Nitrogen-fixing bacteria help clover plants grow in Mars-like soil
Thursday, 30 September 2021 12:36