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Watch the replay of the media briefing in which ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher updates journalists on the key decisions taken at the ESA Council meeting, held in Paris on 23 and 24 October 2024.

Image: Proba-1’s T-plus 23 years in orbit

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 23, 2024
Space-ng has unveiled AstroVision at Silicon Valley Space Week, a computer vision system aimed at revolutionizing spacecraft navigation. AstroVision integrates advanced optical sensors, a powerful neural engine, and machine learning algorithms to provide precise navigation data-quaternions and state vectors-without relying on GPS or radio communications. This innovative solution supports Alterna

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 22, 2024
A new study highlights how satellite technologies can improve the detection of droughts, particularly in critical areas like the Amazon basin. Led by researchers from the Military University of Technology in Poland and Griffith University in Australia, the team combined two advanced satellite methods to enhance hydrological drought monitoring. Techniques such as the Global Positioning Syst

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 22, 2024
El Nino, a significant warm-water event in the tropical Pacific that influences global weather patterns, has a history that stretches back at least 250 million years, according to a new modeling study conducted by researchers at Duke University. The study found that the oscillation between El Nino and its colder counterpart, La Nina, existed during the time when Earth's continents were in

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 23, 2024
The collaboration between humans and artificial intelligence (AI) is establishing a new cognitive framework that operates outside the traditional boundaries of human thought. This development, referred to as System 0, functions alongside the intuitive System 1 and the analytical System 2 models of thinking. Unlike these, System 0 offers an external processing system that enhances cognitive abili

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 22, 2024
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leader in Earth observation, has introduced its new product, Analysis-Ready PlanetScope (ARPS). The ARPS product uses an advanced proprietary algorithm to deliver near-daily, spatially consistent image stacks optimized for time-series analysis and machine learning models. ARPS works by harmonizing PlanetScope's daily 3m resolution imagery, reducing inconsisten

Boston MA (SPX) Oct 24, 2024
Many black holes detected to date appear to be part of a pair. These binary systems comprise a black hole and a secondary object - such as a star, a much denser neutron star, or another black hole - that spiral around each other, drawn together by the black hole's gravity to form a tight orbital pair. Now a surprising discovery is expanding the picture of black holes, the objects they can

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 24, 2024
In early October 2024, instruments from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) on three sun-orbiting observatories captured remarkable images of comet C/2023 A3, also known as Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, as it passed between the Earth and the Sun. The comet, first discovered in 2023, was observed by NRL's Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph (LASCO) aboard the joint NASA and European Space A

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 24, 2024
GITAI USA Inc. (GITAI), a leader in space robotics, has announced that its Inchworm-type Robotic Arm has successfully completed testing and achieved Technology Readiness Level 6 (TRL6). The tests were conducted in a thermal vacuum chamber designed to replicate the harsh environment of the lunar South Pole. GITAI is working to significantly reduce space operation costs by developing advance