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UTA physicists publish study on habitability of F-Type Star Systems
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Physicists at The University of Texas at Arlington have published a study of F-type star systems, in which they explored systems where the planets spend at least part of their orbits in the stellar habitable zones.
The paper, titled "Statistics and Habitability of F-type Star-Planet Systems", is published in the September 12 edition of The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. Shaan Pat Gargantuan black hole jets are biggest seen yet
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Astronomers have spotted the biggest pair of black hole jets ever seen, spanning 23 million light-years in total length. That's equivalent to lining up 140 Milky Way galaxies back to back.
"This pair is not just the size of a solar system, or a Milky Way; we are talking about 140 Milky Way diameters in total," says Martijn Oei, a Caltech postdoctoral scholar and lead author of a new Nature Study reveals surprising behavior of Mars' induced magnetosphere
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Researchers at the Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) in Kiruna have discovered that the induced magnetosphere of Mars can break down under certain conditions. These findings were recently published in 'Nature', a prominent scientific journal.
Mars, lacking a natural internal magnetic field, forms an induced magnetosphere as its atmosphere interacts directly with the solar wind. This Lunar X-ray images and farside soil analysis enhance understanding of Moon
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The Einstein Probe X-ray astronomical satellite recently captured and transmitted detailed X-ray images of the moon back to Earth on Tuesday, coinciding with the Mid-Autumn Festival.
This achievement marks the first instance in which Chinese scientists have successfully produced a comprehensive X-ray image of the moon using a domestically developed space telescope.
Chen Yong, a resea Space Perspective completes major uncrewed test flight of Neptune
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Space Perspective, known for offering carbon-neutral spaceflight experiences, has successfully conducted a full flight profile of its uncrewed Spaceship Neptune-Excelsior, marking another milestone toward crewed missions. The flight took off from Marine Spaceport (MS) Voyager near St. Petersburg, Florida, on September 15, 2024. This demonstration showcased the capabilities of the vehicle that wi Rocket Lab aborts New Zealand launch of Electron rocket
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Rocket Lab was set to launch an Electron rocket with 25 new satellites in what would have been the U.S.-based company's 53rd liftoff.
That is, until the countdown clock hit T-0. At that point, Rocket Lab aborted the launch. There was no immediate word on rescheduling.
The mission, nicknamed "Kinéis Killed the RadIOT Star,' initially had been delayed from Sept. 16-17 due to poor FAA proposes $630,000 fine against SpaceX for 2023 regulatory violations
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The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday said it plans to fine SpaceX for regulatory violations.
The FAA proposed to fine the company more than $630,000, saying it failed to comply with regulations during two launches in 2023.
SpaceX on June 18, 2023, used an unapproved launch control room for the PSN Satria mission and did not conduct the required hour poll, the FAA said. Reinventing the clock: NASA's new tech for space timekeeping
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Here on Earth, it might not matter if your wristwatch runs a few seconds slow. But crucial spacecraft functions need accuracy down to one billionth of a second or less. Navigating with GPS, for example, relies on precise timing signals from satellites to pinpoint locations. Three teams at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, are at work to push timekeeping for space exploration to new levels of precision.
- One team develops highly precise quantum clock synchronization techniques to aid essential spacecraft communication and navigation.
- Another Goddard team is working to employ the technique of clock synchronization in space-based platforms to enable telescopes to function as one enormous observatory.
- The third team is developing an atomic clock for spacecraft based on strontium, a metallic chemical element, to enable scientific observations not possible with current technology.
There are plenty of uses for powerful lasers in space. But where should we put them?
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SpaceX pushes booster recovery limits with satellite launch
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SpaceX pushed one of its most-used boosters to its limits with a launch Tuesday evening from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
A Falcon 9 rocket using a booster for the 22nd time managed a successful recovery landing even though it was used to fly its payload, a pair of the European Commission's Galileo L13 satellites, to a medium-Earth orbit. The last time SpaceX flew such a mission, it didn't even try to recover the booster because it required more propellant than a low-Earth orbit mission.
Liftoff came at 6:50 p.m. Eastern time from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station's Space Launch Complex 40, and the booster stuck the landing on the droneship Just Read the Instructions a little more than eight minutes later.
SpaceX had to expend a booster, meaning let it fall back into the Atlantic, for the Galileo L12 mission back in April so SpaceX could provide the performance needed to get the payload to orbit.
"Data from that mission informed subtle design and operational changes, including mass reductions and trajectory adjustments, that will allow us to safely recover and reuse this booster," SpaceX posted on its website ahead of the new mission.
