3D-printed bend-based mechanism
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3D-printed bend-based mechanism Satellites map aftermath of Emilia-Romagna floods
The Italian region of Emilia-Romagna was devastated by severe floods in May 2023, claiming lives and displacing thousands of people, resulting in an estimated €8.8 billion in damages. With the region still grappling with the aftermath, satellites have been instrumental in assessing the damages of the affected areas.
First contact with aliens could end in colonization and genocide if we don't learn from history
We're only halfway through 2023, and it feels already like the year of alien contact.
In February, President Joe Biden gave orders to shoot down three unidentified aerial phenomena—NASA's title for UFOs. Then, the alleged leaked footage from a Navy pilot of a UFO, and then news of a whistleblower's report on a possible U.S. government cover-up about UFO research. Most recently, an independent analysis published in June suggests that UFOs might have been collected by a clandestine agency of the U.S. government.
If any actual evidence of extraterrestrial life emerges, whether from whistleblower testimony or an admission of a cover-up, humans would face a historic paradigm shift.
As members of an Indigenous studies working group who were asked to lend our disciplinary expertise to a workshop affiliated with the Berkeley SETI Research Center, we have studied centuries of culture contacts and their outcomes from around the globe. Our collaborative preparations for the workshop drew from transdisciplinary research in Australia, New Zealand, Africa and across the Americas.
In its final form, our group statement illustrated the need for diverse perspectives on the ethics of listening for alien life and a broadening of what defines "intelligence" and "life.
Space Force using Anduril software to integrate U.S. space surveillance sensors
The Space Force is using a software platform developed by Anduril Industries to integrate data from a decades-old network of space surveillance sensors.
Thermal data startup constellr raises 17 million euros
Thermal satellite data startup constellr raised 17 million euros ($18.93) in an extension of the German company’s seed funding round.
Correction: PlanetiQ wins first task order of $60 million NOAA contract
PlanetiQ won it’s first order for operational radio occultation data to feed numerical weather models.
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Galaxy J1135 reveals its water map
NASA moving into next phase of exploration architecture review
Three months after rolling out the first phase of its architecture for human exploration of the moon and Mars, NASA is heading into a second phase that will focus on Mars.
Earth from Space: New York
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This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image highlights the colours of autumn over the southern part of New York state in the US. California Science Center starts complex process to display Space Shuttle Endeavour vertically
