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AI system accelerates aircraft concept design using language models
A research team at Beihang University has unveiled a new artificial intelligence-based method that can quickly generate conceptual aircraft designs-potentially transforming how early-stage design is done in aerospace engineering. By using large language models (LLMs) like GPT and Gemini, the team created a prototype system that delivers viable design solutions with little to no prior training ex UK invests $191 mn in European satellite firm Eutelsat
Britain will invest 163 million euros ($191 million) in European satellite firm Eutelsat, a rival to Elon Musk's Starlink, the Elysee Palace said Thursday during President Emmanuel Macron's UK state visit.
Eutelsat, which counts the French state as a major investor, is the world's second-largest operator of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites, which enable internet and phone services.
"Jus You can’t judge a star by its protoplanetary disc
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This image tells the story of redemption for one lonely star. The young star MP Mus (PDS 66) was thought to be all alone in the Universe, surrounded by nothing but a featureless band of gas and dust called a protoplanetary disc. In most cases, the material inside a protoplanetary disc condenses to form new planets around the star, leaving large gaps where the gas and dust used to be. These features are seen in almost every disc – but not in MP Mus’s.
When astronomers first observed it with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), they saw a smooth,
The biggest piece of Mars on Earth is going up for auction in New York
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Watch live: Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski returns to Earth
NASA selects instruments for Artemis lunar terrain vehicle
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ESA Council receives Anniversary Statement
The Council of the European Space Agency has received the Anniversary Statement as signed by Member States marking 50 years of the agency.
Week in images: 07-11 July 2025
Week in images: 07-11 July 2025
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NASA targets July 31 for Crew-11 launch while Ax-4 mission won't return until next week
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Earth from Space: Lake District, UK
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The varied landscape of England’s Lake District is featured in this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.