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Friday, 26 September 2025 01:03
Wind driven rovers show promise for low cost Mars missions
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 26, 2025
Recent tests suggest that swarms of spherical tumbleweed rovers could offer an affordable and efficient way to explore Mars. Experiments conducted in a wind tunnel and on natural terrain show that the wind powered design can move across a range of surfaces under Mars like conditions.
The five metre wide rovers are designed to roll with martian winds, dispersing across the surface to collec
Recent tests suggest that swarms of spherical tumbleweed rovers could offer an affordable and efficient way to explore Mars. Experiments conducted in a wind tunnel and on natural terrain show that the wind powered design can move across a range of surfaces under Mars like conditions.
The five metre wide rovers are designed to roll with martian winds, dispersing across the surface to collec
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Friday, 26 September 2025 01:03
SpaceX, ULA launch rockets from Cape Canaveral
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 25, 2025
Cape Canaveral was the site of two successful rocket launches Thursday morning, one from SpaceX and another from United Launch Alliance.
SpaceX launched its 86th Starlink mission this year. The flight will add another 28 Starlink V2 Mini satellites to orbit. It has 8,400 already there.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 4:39 a
Cape Canaveral was the site of two successful rocket launches Thursday morning, one from SpaceX and another from United Launch Alliance.
SpaceX launched its 86th Starlink mission this year. The flight will add another 28 Starlink V2 Mini satellites to orbit. It has 8,400 already there.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 4:39 a
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Thursday, 25 September 2025 15:00
Tumbleweed rover tests demonstrate transformative technology for low-cost Mars exploration
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Thursday, 25 September 2025 18:15
Double launch day complete with SpaceX, ULA successes
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Thursday, 25 September 2025 14:16
Space dynamics lab shares open-source software to detect potentially dangerous meteors
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Thursday, 25 September 2025 08:48
Space: Framatome and ENEA sign MoU to explore advanced technological solutions for designing lunar nuclear fission reactors
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
Framatome and ENEA, Italy's Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Development, have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly explore advanced technologies for lunar surface nuclear fission reactors. The agreement is intended to support future human settlements on the Moon with reliable, long-duration power systems.
Nuclear fission is seen as a key enabler for lunar ope
Framatome and ENEA, Italy's Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Development, have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly explore advanced technologies for lunar surface nuclear fission reactors. The agreement is intended to support future human settlements on the Moon with reliable, long-duration power systems.
Nuclear fission is seen as a key enabler for lunar ope
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Wednesday, 24 September 2025 21:54
Interstellar objects may hold key to accelerating giant planet growth around young stars
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
Interstellar objects such as 3I/ATLAS, when captured in the planet-forming discs of young stars, may serve as the building blocks of giant planets, offering a solution to a long-standing problem in planet formation theory.
These wandering asteroid- and comet-like bodies are ejected from their home systems and drift through interstellar space, occasionally crossing into other star systems.
Interstellar objects such as 3I/ATLAS, when captured in the planet-forming discs of young stars, may serve as the building blocks of giant planets, offering a solution to a long-standing problem in planet formation theory.
These wandering asteroid- and comet-like bodies are ejected from their home systems and drift through interstellar space, occasionally crossing into other star systems.
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Wednesday, 24 September 2025 21:54
Gaia delivers first 3D fly through map of star forming regions in the Milky Way
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
Scientists have produced the most detailed three-dimensional map yet of stellar nurseries within our galaxy, using data from the European Space Agency's Gaia mission. The new model reveals how massive young stars interact with interstellar clouds, transforming our understanding of star-forming environments.
Studying stellar birthplaces has always been challenging, since thick gas and dust
Scientists have produced the most detailed three-dimensional map yet of stellar nurseries within our galaxy, using data from the European Space Agency's Gaia mission. The new model reveals how massive young stars interact with interstellar clouds, transforming our understanding of star-forming environments.
Studying stellar birthplaces has always been challenging, since thick gas and dust
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Wednesday, 24 September 2025 21:54
AI model predicts harmful solar winds with unprecedented accuracy
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
Scientists at NYU Abu Dhabi have built an artificial intelligence system capable of predicting solar wind speeds up to four days in advance with far greater accuracy than existing methods. Their findings are published in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.
Solar wind, a constant stream of charged particles from the Sun, can intensify into powerful events that disrupt Earth's atmos
Scientists at NYU Abu Dhabi have built an artificial intelligence system capable of predicting solar wind speeds up to four days in advance with far greater accuracy than existing methods. Their findings are published in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.
Solar wind, a constant stream of charged particles from the Sun, can intensify into powerful events that disrupt Earth's atmos
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Wednesday, 24 September 2025 21:54
Rare Einstein cross with central image uncovers dark matter halo
New Brunswick NJ (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
Astronomers have identified an extraordinary Einstein Cross containing a fifth image, pointing to the presence of a massive halo of dark matter. The finding, led by an international team including Rutgers researchers, is published in The Astrophysical Journal.
An Einstein Cross typically forms when the gravity of foreground galaxies bends light from a background galaxy into four distinct i
Astronomers have identified an extraordinary Einstein Cross containing a fifth image, pointing to the presence of a massive halo of dark matter. The finding, led by an international team including Rutgers researchers, is published in The Astrophysical Journal.
An Einstein Cross typically forms when the gravity of foreground galaxies bends light from a background galaxy into four distinct i
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