Washington DC (UPI) May 28, 2025
China Wednesday launched its Tianwen-2 space mission to collect asteroid samples and conduct a main-belt comet study. A LongMarch 3B rocket lifted off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center. The Long March 3B Y110 rocket lifted off toward the near-Earth asteroid 469219 Kamo'oalewa and is expected to take a year to reach the asteroid. Asteroid samples are scheduled to return to Eart

Boston MA (SPX) May 28, 2025
The human brain contains about 86 billion neurons. These cells fire electrical signals that help the brain store memories and send information and commands throughout the brain and the nervous system. The brain also contains billions of astrocytes - star-shaped cells with many long extensions that allow them to interact with millions of neurons. Although they have long been thought to be m

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 28, 2025
Unlike fish, jellyfish move through the sea with minimal energy thanks to a simple muscle-driven propulsion system. This natural motion, known as "embodied intelligence," lets them travel efficiently without a brain or bones-qualities that researchers are now adapting for sustainable marine monitoring. A team led by Dai Owaki, associate professor in Tohoku University's Department of Roboti

Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 28, 2025
Dawn Aerospace has begun taking orders for its Aurora spaceplane, a fully reusable suborbital vehicle slated for delivery beginning in 2027. This development marks a historic first: a spaceplane engineered to cross the Karman line (100 km) is now commercially available for purchase.

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 28, 2025

Jiangxi province has marked a technological milestone with the launch of its first domestically developed ecological monitoring satellite, "Nanchang Aerospace-1". Lifted into orbit aboard a Zhuque-2 carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on May 17 at 12:12 pm, the satellite was co-developed by Nanchang Hangkong University and Changsha Tianyi Space Science and Technology Resear

Paris, France (SPX) May 28, 2025
The new Goshawk u8 flat-panel terminal from Kymeta is now officially available on Eutelsat OneWeb's Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite network, enhancing multi-orbit connectivity options for global government and military customers. Designed to function seamlessly across both LEO and Geostationary Orbit (GEO) networks, the terminal addresses a growing demand for resilient and versatile communicatio

Paris (AFP) May 29, 2025
It's an evocative idea that has long bedevilled scientists: a huge and mysterious planet is lurking in the darkness at the edge of our solar system, evading all our efforts to spot it. Some astronomers say the strange, clustered orbits of icy rocks beyond Neptune indicate that something big is out there, which they have dubbed Planet Nine. Now, a US-based trio hunting this elusive world

Beijing (AFP) May 28, 2025
China on Thursday launched a space probe on the country's first mission to retrieve samples from an asteroid and bring them home for research, the Xinhua state news agency reported. Beijing has ploughed billions of dollars into its space programme in recent years in an effort to achieve what President Xi Jinping describes as the country's "space dream". It has built a space station orbit

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