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Tuesday, 09 March 2021 07:10
How fast is the universe expanding? Galaxies provide one answer
Berkeley CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2021
Determining how rapidly the universe is expanding is key to understanding our cosmic fate, but with more precise data has come a conundrum: Estimates based on measurements within our local universe don't agree with extrapolations from the era shortly after the Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago.
A new estimate of the local expansion rate - the Hubble constant, or H0 (H-naught) - reinforces th
Determining how rapidly the universe is expanding is key to understanding our cosmic fate, but with more precise data has come a conundrum: Estimates based on measurements within our local universe don't agree with extrapolations from the era shortly after the Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago.
A new estimate of the local expansion rate - the Hubble constant, or H0 (H-naught) - reinforces th
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Tuesday, 09 March 2021 07:10
A billion years from now, a lack of oxygen will wipe out life on Earth
St Andrews, Scotland (SPX) Mar 09, 2021
Earth will not be able to support and sustain life forever. Our oxygen-rich atmosphere may only last another billion years, according to a new study in Nature Geoscience.
As our Sun ages, it is becoming more luminous, meaning that in the future Earth will receive more solar energy. This increased energy will affect the surface of the planet, speeding up the weathering of silicate rocks suc
Earth will not be able to support and sustain life forever. Our oxygen-rich atmosphere may only last another billion years, according to a new study in Nature Geoscience.
As our Sun ages, it is becoming more luminous, meaning that in the future Earth will receive more solar energy. This increased energy will affect the surface of the planet, speeding up the weathering of silicate rocks suc
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Tuesday, 09 March 2021 07:10
SpaceX plans Starlink launch, seeks approval of Internet service for vehicles
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 9, 2021
Elon Musk's SpaceX plans to launch 60 Starlink broadband Internet satellites from Florida on Tuesday, while the company seeks federal approval to beam the service to trucks, boats and aircraft around the world.
The launch is planned for 9:50 p.m. EST aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The weather is expected to be nearly perfect for la
Elon Musk's SpaceX plans to launch 60 Starlink broadband Internet satellites from Florida on Tuesday, while the company seeks federal approval to beam the service to trucks, boats and aircraft around the world.
The launch is planned for 9:50 p.m. EST aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The weather is expected to be nearly perfect for la
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Tuesday, 09 March 2021 07:10
Stacking complete for twin Space Launch System rocket boosters
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Mar 10, 2021
Stacking is complete for the twin Space Launch System (SLS) solid rocket boosters for NASA's Artemis I mission. Over several weeks, workers used one of five massive cranes to place 10 booster segments and nose assemblies on the mobile launcher inside the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Engineers with Exploration Ground Systems placed the first seg
Stacking is complete for the twin Space Launch System (SLS) solid rocket boosters for NASA's Artemis I mission. Over several weeks, workers used one of five massive cranes to place 10 booster segments and nose assemblies on the mobile launcher inside the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Engineers with Exploration Ground Systems placed the first seg
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Tuesday, 09 March 2021 07:10
Satellite company Spire Global plans to expand with new funds
Orlando Fl (UPI) Mar 09, 2021
A San Francisco company with about 100 satellites in orbit for weather and transportation monitoring has plans to expand after listing its stock for public trading this summer.
Spire Global is confident it can use its existing satellites to produce much more data and attract new customers with $475 million in cash it expects to raise by going public, CEO Peter Platzer said in an interview
A San Francisco company with about 100 satellites in orbit for weather and transportation monitoring has plans to expand after listing its stock for public trading this summer.
Spire Global is confident it can use its existing satellites to produce much more data and attract new customers with $475 million in cash it expects to raise by going public, CEO Peter Platzer said in an interview
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Tuesday, 09 March 2021 07:10
Launch of Space provider "beyond gravity"
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 10, 2021
RUAG International shall become "beyond gravity" - an agile leading-edge technology provider for space. The company is withdrawing completely from the remaining military-related business and will continue to develop the...
From a state-owned enterprise to a startup - CEO Andre Wall has set his sights on nothing less than this transformation, in the future RUAG International with solely foc
RUAG International shall become "beyond gravity" - an agile leading-edge technology provider for space. The company is withdrawing completely from the remaining military-related business and will continue to develop the...
From a state-owned enterprise to a startup - CEO Andre Wall has set his sights on nothing less than this transformation, in the future RUAG International with solely foc
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Tuesday, 09 March 2021 07:10
Microscopic wormholes possible in theory
Oldenburg, Germany (SPX) Mar 10, 2021
Wormholes play a key role in many science fiction films - often as a shortcut between two distant points in space. In physics, however, these tunnels in spacetime have remained purely hypothetical. An international team led by Dr. Jose Luis Blazquez-Salcedo of the University of Oldenburg has now presented a new theoretical model in the science journal Physical Review Letters that makes microscop
Wormholes play a key role in many science fiction films - often as a shortcut between two distant points in space. In physics, however, these tunnels in spacetime have remained purely hypothetical. An international team led by Dr. Jose Luis Blazquez-Salcedo of the University of Oldenburg has now presented a new theoretical model in the science journal Physical Review Letters that makes microscop
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Tuesday, 09 March 2021 07:10
Breaking the warp barrier for faster-than-light travel
Gottingen, Germany (SPX) Mar 10, 2021
If travel to distant stars within an individual's lifetime is going to be possible, a means of faster-than-light propulsion will have to be found. To date, even recent research about superluminal (faster-than-light) transport based on Einstein's theory of general relativity would require vast amounts of hypothetical particles and states of matter that have "exotic" physical properties such as ne
If travel to distant stars within an individual's lifetime is going to be possible, a means of faster-than-light propulsion will have to be found. To date, even recent research about superluminal (faster-than-light) transport based on Einstein's theory of general relativity would require vast amounts of hypothetical particles and states of matter that have "exotic" physical properties such as ne
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Tuesday, 09 March 2021 07:10
Juno data shatter ideas about origin of Zodiacal Light
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 10, 2021
Look up to the night sky just before dawn, or after dusk, and you might see a faint column of light extending up from the horizon. That luminous glow is the zodiacal light, or sunlight reflected toward Earth by a cloud of tiny dust particles orbiting the Sun. Astronomers have long thought that the dust is brought into the inner solar system by a few of the asteroid and comet families that ventur
Look up to the night sky just before dawn, or after dusk, and you might see a faint column of light extending up from the horizon. That luminous glow is the zodiacal light, or sunlight reflected toward Earth by a cloud of tiny dust particles orbiting the Sun. Astronomers have long thought that the dust is brought into the inner solar system by a few of the asteroid and comet families that ventur
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Monday, 08 March 2021 15:32
Planetary pact: China and Russia to launch lunar space station
Though Moscow was once at the forefront of space travel—it sent the first man into space—its cosmic ambitions have dimmed thanks to poor financing and endemic corruption.
It has been eclipsed by China and the United States, which have both clocked major wins in space exploration and research in recent years.
The Russian space agency Roscomos said in a statement that it had signed an agreement with China's National Space Administration (CNSA) to develop a "complex of experimental research facilities created on the surface and/or in the orbit of the Moon".
The CNSA, for its part, said that the project was "open to all interested countries and international partners" in what experts said would be China's biggest international space cooperation project to date.
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