ESA's mini weather mission exceeds expectations
Thursday, 03 April 2025 11:24
Paris, France (SPX) Apr 01, 2025
Launched just seven months ago, ESA's Arctic Weather Satellite has quickly demonstrated how the fast-track New Space strategy can accelerate the delivery of missions that offer high-quality atmospheric data crucial for short-term weather forecasting.
This compact prototype, developed on a tight schedule and modest budget, has impressed experts with its ability to generate temperature and h
Launched just seven months ago, ESA's Arctic Weather Satellite has quickly demonstrated how the fast-track New Space strategy can accelerate the delivery of missions that offer high-quality atmospheric data crucial for short-term weather forecasting.
This compact prototype, developed on a tight schedule and modest budget, has impressed experts with its ability to generate temperature and h Mapping the Earth's crops
Thursday, 03 April 2025 11:24
Urbana IL (SPX) Apr 01, 2025
As agricultural research continues to become more entwined with technology, smart farming - a phrase that encompasses research computing tools that help farmers to better address issues like crop disease, drought and sustainability - has quickly become a ubiquitous term in Ag labs across the country. The availability of NCSA resources like Delta for researchers, both nationally and on the Univer
As agricultural research continues to become more entwined with technology, smart farming - a phrase that encompasses research computing tools that help farmers to better address issues like crop disease, drought and sustainability - has quickly become a ubiquitous term in Ag labs across the country. The availability of NCSA resources like Delta for researchers, both nationally and on the Univer China highlights major strides in moon research and exploration
Thursday, 03 April 2025 11:24
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 03, 2025
China's lunar exploration initiative has seen consistent advancements across science, technology, engineering, and international partnerships, according to Wu Weiren, chief designer of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program.
Speaking during the launch of an exhibition at the National Museum of China, Wu emphasized that the country has developed an expansive body of lunar geological and envi
China's lunar exploration initiative has seen consistent advancements across science, technology, engineering, and international partnerships, according to Wu Weiren, chief designer of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program.
Speaking during the launch of an exhibition at the National Museum of China, Wu emphasized that the country has developed an expansive body of lunar geological and envi Amazon to launch first batch of Starlink-rival satellites
Thursday, 03 April 2025 11:24
Washington (AFP) April 2, 2025
Amazon is preparing to launch its first full batch of Project Kuiper satellites next week, marking a crucial milestone in the tech giant's bid to compete with Elon Musk's Starlink.
The mission, named Kuiper Atlas 1, will launch 27 satellites using an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 12:00 pm EDT (1600 GMT) on Wednesday, April 9, Amazon said.
The deployment will be carried o
Amazon is preparing to launch its first full batch of Project Kuiper satellites next week, marking a crucial milestone in the tech giant's bid to compete with Elon Musk's Starlink.
The mission, named Kuiper Atlas 1, will launch 27 satellites using an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 12:00 pm EDT (1600 GMT) on Wednesday, April 9, Amazon said.
The deployment will be carried o ISS National Lab unveils startup accelerator to drive innovation in orbit
Thursday, 03 April 2025 11:24
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 03, 2025
The International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory has introduced the Orbital Edge Accelerator, a new initiative aimed at jumpstarting entrepreneurial activity within the expanding space economy. This program will select six emerging startups to each receive up to $500,000 in funding from investment partners Cook Inlet Region, Inc. (CIRI), E2MC, and Stellar Ventures. In addition to the fi
The International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory has introduced the Orbital Edge Accelerator, a new initiative aimed at jumpstarting entrepreneurial activity within the expanding space economy. This program will select six emerging startups to each receive up to $500,000 in funding from investment partners Cook Inlet Region, Inc. (CIRI), E2MC, and Stellar Ventures. In addition to the fi NASA Webb Measures Size and Surface of Near-Earth Asteroid 2024 YR4
Thursday, 03 April 2025 11:24
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 03, 2025
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has observed asteroid 2024 YR4, revealing it to be roughly 60 meters in diameter-about the height of a 15-story building-and confirming it poses no significant threat to Earth in 2032 or thereafter.
The study, led by Andy Rivkin of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, utilized Webb's Director's Discretionary Time to analyze this unusual
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has observed asteroid 2024 YR4, revealing it to be roughly 60 meters in diameter-about the height of a 15-story building-and confirming it poses no significant threat to Earth in 2032 or thereafter.
The study, led by Andy Rivkin of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, utilized Webb's Director's Discretionary Time to analyze this unusual Sound waves reveal secrets of stellar evolution and galactic history
Thursday, 03 April 2025 11:24
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 03, 2025
A team led by UNSW Sydney has harnessed the sound frequencies emitted by stars to trace their life cycles and uncover the past and future of our galaxy. The research, focusing on 27 stars in the M67 cluster located 2700 light years from Earth, offers new insight into how stars like our Sun evolve.
Dr Claudia Reyes, the study's lead author and a PhD graduate from UNSW's School of Physics, a
A team led by UNSW Sydney has harnessed the sound frequencies emitted by stars to trace their life cycles and uncover the past and future of our galaxy. The research, focusing on 27 stars in the M67 cluster located 2700 light years from Earth, offers new insight into how stars like our Sun evolve.
Dr Claudia Reyes, the study's lead author and a PhD graduate from UNSW's School of Physics, a A new clue to how multicellular life may have evolved
Thursday, 03 April 2025 11:24
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 01, 2025
Life began on Earth around 3.8 billion years ago, with organic molecules forming in watery environments under the influence of sunlight and electrical activity, according to the widely held primordial soup theory. These early chemical reactions, likely powered by RNA, ultimately led to the emergence of single-celled organisms.
But what catalyzed the leap from single-celled organisms to com
Life began on Earth around 3.8 billion years ago, with organic molecules forming in watery environments under the influence of sunlight and electrical activity, according to the widely held primordial soup theory. These early chemical reactions, likely powered by RNA, ultimately led to the emergence of single-celled organisms.
But what catalyzed the leap from single-celled organisms to com The ticking frontier of thorium powered nuclear clocks
Thursday, 03 April 2025 11:24
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 02, 2025
In a recent perspective featured in the National Science Review, Dr Xin Tong from the Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, outlines the transformative potential and enduring technical hurdles of thorium-229-based nuclear optical clocks.
Time and frequency currently stand as the most precisely measurable physical parameters, wit
In a recent perspective featured in the National Science Review, Dr Xin Tong from the Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, outlines the transformative potential and enduring technical hurdles of thorium-229-based nuclear optical clocks.
Time and frequency currently stand as the most precisely measurable physical parameters, wit James Webb captures earliest hint of cosmic clarity
Thursday, 03 April 2025 11:24
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 01, 2025
From a fiery origin to its slow expansion and eventual formation of structure, the Universe's evolution has long fascinated scientists. A key chapter in this story unfolded a few hundred million years after the Big Bang, when the earliest galaxies and stars began coalescing from vast reservoirs of primordial gas. Astronomers have detected galaxies dating back to less than 300 million years post-
From a fiery origin to its slow expansion and eventual formation of structure, the Universe's evolution has long fascinated scientists. A key chapter in this story unfolded a few hundred million years after the Big Bang, when the earliest galaxies and stars began coalescing from vast reservoirs of primordial gas. Astronomers have detected galaxies dating back to less than 300 million years post- How VIN Decoding Became the Silent Ally of Smart Used Car Buyers
Thursday, 03 April 2025 11:24
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 02, 2025
The used car market was once a jungle. Buyers wandered it blindfolded - guessing, trusting, hoping. They sniffed tires, tapped hoods, and squinted at dashboards. Still, they walked away with lemons. Sometimes polished. Sometimes cursed.
But not anymore.
Now, the most powerful ally doesn't stand on the lot. It lives in code. Silent. Systematic. Brutally honest. It's called the Vehicle
The used car market was once a jungle. Buyers wandered it blindfolded - guessing, trusting, hoping. They sniffed tires, tapped hoods, and squinted at dashboards. Still, they walked away with lemons. Sometimes polished. Sometimes cursed.
But not anymore.
Now, the most powerful ally doesn't stand on the lot. It lives in code. Silent. Systematic. Brutally honest. It's called the Vehicle Scientists fuse two extreme quantum materials into one exotic platform
Thursday, 03 April 2025 11:24
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 02, 2025
An international research collaboration led by Rutgers University-New Brunswick has succeeded in integrating two highly unconventional quantum materials into a synthetic structure long considered unattainable, paving the way for advances in quantum computing and materials science.
Featured on the cover of Nano Letters, the breakthrough emerged after four years of rigorous experimentation,
An international research collaboration led by Rutgers University-New Brunswick has succeeded in integrating two highly unconventional quantum materials into a synthetic structure long considered unattainable, paving the way for advances in quantum computing and materials science.
Featured on the cover of Nano Letters, the breakthrough emerged after four years of rigorous experimentation, 
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Firing up HENON’s engine Moog Highlights Meteor Satellite Bus at Space Symposium
Thursday, 03 April 2025 11:00
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Russia, China target SpaceX’s Starlink in escalating space electronic warfare
Thursday, 03 April 2025 09:00
The Secure World Foundation in its annual report details military space capabilities developed by 12 countries