Divide and conquer: Mars rovers to be superseded by swarms of two-wheeled robots
Skoltech scientists have proposed a concept for a modular Mars exploration rover. Leveraging the power of cooperative robotics, the new system described in an Acta Astronautica paper consists of four two-wheeled robots that can operate independently or combine in various constellations. According to the study, that approach will enable longer exploration missions that gather more information abo Sols 3442-3443: Deoch-an-Doris
In Scots Gaelic, "deoch-an-doris" loosely means "one for the road." Today we planned one more set of investigations on the fascinating Feorachas outcrop before we leave it behind forever.
We first visited it over a month ago as we were climbing up the Greenheugh Pediment and now we have given it a more thorough investigation on the way down thanks to some crafty driving by Curiosity's rove Four billion-year-old relic from early solar system heading our way
An enormous comet - approximately 80 miles across, more than twice the width of Rhode Island - is heading our way at 22,000 miles per hour from the edge of the solar system. Fortunately, it will never get closer than 1 billion miles from the sun, which is slightly farther from Earth than Saturn; that will be in 2031.
Comets, among the oldest objects in the solar system, are icy bodies that ESO telescope captures surprising changes in Neptune's temperatures
An international team of astronomers have used ground-based telescopes, including the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT), to track Neptune's atmospheric temperatures over a 17-year period. They found a surprising drop in Neptune's global temperatures followed by a dramatic warming at its south pole.
"This change was unexpected," says Michael Roman, a postdocto Astronomers find freaky stars covered in helium burning ashes
A German team of astronomers from the Universities of Tubingen and Potsdam, led by Prof. Klaus Werner, have discovered a new type of weird stars.
The spectra of the star sample, obtained by Large Binocular Telescope in Arizona, USA, and the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) based at Xinglong and operated by the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chi White House releases in-space servicing strategy
A new federal strategy seeks to coordinate activities among agencies and interaction with the private sector to advance work making and repairing spacecraft in space.
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Webb’s coldest instrument reaches operating temperature
With help from a cryocooler, Webb's Mid-Infrared Instrument has dropped down to just a few degrees above the lowest temperature matter can reach and is ready for calibration.
Redirecting ESA programmes in response to geopolitical crisis
Press Release N° 16–2022
Following the Russian aggression against Ukraine, ESA’s Director General has initiated a comprehensive review of all activities currently undertaken in cooperation with Russia and Ukraine. The objective is to determine the possible consequences of this new geopolitical context for ESA programmes and activities and to create a more resilient and robust space infrastructure for Europe.
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Op-ed | The future of geointelligence is about information dominance, not data
The war in Ukraine has put the importance of information dominance on full display.
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