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  Washington DC (SPX) Jul 12, 2022 NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured the distinct signature of water, along with evidence for clouds and haze, in the atmosphere surrounding a hot, puffy gas giant planet orbiting a distant Sun-like star. The observation, which reveals the presence of specific gas molecules based on tiny decreases in the brightness of precise colors of light, is the most detailed of its kind to date, demonstrating Webb's unprecedented ability to analyze atmospheres hundreds of light-years away. Whi ... read more |
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Hopping space dust may influence the way asteroids look and moveBoulder CO (SPX) Jul 13, 2022 Like corn kernels popping in a frying pan, tiny grains of dust may hop around on the surface of asteroids, according to a new study from physicists at CU Boulder. That popcorn-like effect may ... more  
Machine learning 'phones home' for famous Martian rockPerth, Australia (SPX) Jul 13, 2022 New Curtin-led research has pinpointed the exact home of the oldest and most famous Martian meteorite for the first time ever, offering critical geological clues about the earliest origins of Mars. ... more 
Perseverance takes first core from the DeltaPasadena CA (JPL) Jul 13, 2022 Perseverance has taken its first sample from the Jezero delta! Since arriving at the delta, the rover has been observing and abrading different rocks to inform whether they are good candidate ... more  
Maiden Flight of Vega-C: Top of new European rocket from Beyond GravityZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 13, 2022 Beyond Gravity (formerly RUAG Space) delivered the payload fairing, the top of the new medium-lift European rocket Vega-C, which will launch tomorrow. Beyond Gravity also produced the launcher compu ... more |
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MIT design for Mars propellant production trucks wins NASA competitionBoston MA (SPX) Jul 12, 2022 Using the latest technologies currently available, it takes over 25,000 tons of rocket hardware and propellant to land 50 tons of anything on the planet Mars. So, for NASA's first crewed mission to ... more  
Can China claim ownership rights on the MoonMaxwell AFB AL (The Conversation) Jul 10, 2022 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson recently expressed concerns over China's aims in space, and in particular, that China would, in some way, claim ownership over the Moon and stop other countries from e ... more 
First encounter between the Ariane 6 central core and launch pad for combined testsKourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jul 13, 2022 The Ariane 6 central core (composed of the core stage and upper stage), assembled on 23 June, left the Launcher Assembly Building for the first time, en route to its new launch pad, which was built ... more 
Advanced Navigation sets sight to be the first Australian company to reach the MoonSydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 12, 2022 Advanced Navigation, one of the world's most determined innovators in AI robotics, and navigation technology has announced its ambitions to be the first Australian company to reach the Moon through ... more |
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What to know about NASA's $10B James Webb Space TelescopeWashington DC (UPI) Jul 12, 2021 NASA's $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope has sent its first batch of images from space, providing a view of space farther from Earth than ever seen. ... more 
Hypersonics: Developing and defending against missiles far faster than soundTucson AZ (SPX) Jul 11, 2022 The challenges of the hypersonic era in military operations are immense. But so are the abilities of innovators who work together to solve them. That was the message when Wes Kremer, president ... more 
Cosmic cliffs and dancing galaxies: Webb begins era of discoveryNasa Goddard Space Flight Center (Gsfc), United States (AFP) July 12, 2022 The cosmic cliffs of a stellar nursery and a quintet of galaxies bound in a celestial dance: NASA released the next wave of images from the James Webb Space Telescope Tuesday, heralding a new era of astronomy. ... more 
NASA releases first full set of images from $10B James Webb Space TelescopeWashington DC (UPI) Jul 12, 2021 NASA on Tuesday unveiled its first full collection of images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope - showcasing the type photos that engineers had in mind when they first conceived of the telescope in the 1990s. ... more |
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Webb Telescope: What will scientists learn?Washington (AFP) July 12, 2022 The James Webb Space Telescope's first images aren't just breathtaking - they contain a wealth of scientific insights and clues that researchers are eager to pursue. ... more 
Undead planets: the unusual conditions of the first exoplanet detectionLondon, UK (SPX) Jul 13, 2022 The first ever exoplanets were discovered 30 years ago around a rapidly rotating star, called a pulsar. Now, astronomers have revealed that these planets may be incredibly rare. The new work will be ... more  
Safran acquires Orolia and plans to become the world leader in resilient PNTRochester NY (SPX) Jul 10, 2022 After an exclusive negotiation process that began in December 2021, Orolia - a company recognized globally for its positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) and related activities, technologies and e ... more  
Physicists see electron whirlpools for the first timeBoston MA (SPX) Jul 11, 2022 Though they are discrete particles, water molecules flow collectively as liquids, producing streams, waves, whirlpools, and other classic fluid phenomena. Not so with electricity. While an ele ... more  
Physics professor selected for NASA missionArlington TX (SPX) Jul 11, 2022 A space physicist at The University of Texas at Arlington will play a key role in NASA's Geospace Dynamics Constellation (GDC) mission. GDC is a coordinated group of satellites that will provi ... more |
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 Boca Raton LA (SPX) Jul 11, 2022 
Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP), a global leader in satellite solutions, primarily serving the United States and Allied aerospace and defense industries, has announced the successful completion of CAPSTONE's first TCM burn (TCM-1). As the first statistical maneuver of the mission, TCM-1 is designed to clean up expected dispersions from the launch vehicle injection - enabling CAPSTONE to ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Jul 11, 2022 
The challenges of the hypersonic era in military operations are immense. But so are the abilities of innovators who work together to solve them.
That was the message when Wes Kremer, president of Raytheon Missiles and Defense, a Raytheon Technologies business, spoke to investors about how teams are working across the company to solve the myriad science and engineering problems that come wi ... more |
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 Perth, Australia (SPX) Jul 13, 2022 
New Curtin-led research has pinpointed the exact home of the oldest and most famous Martian meteorite for the first time ever, offering critical geological clues about the earliest origins of Mars.
Using a multidisciplinary approach involving a machine learning algorithm, the new research - published in Nature Communications - identified the particular crater on Mars that ejected the so-ca ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jul 08, 2022 
Scientific endeavors aboard China's space station are expected to bear fruits, as the Shenzhou-14 taikonauts have devoted more time to microgravity experiments on the orbiting core module Tianhe since entering it a month ago.
China's space station is designed to be a versatile space lab, capable of accommodating 25 experiment cabinets for scientific exploration. The China Manned Space Agen ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jul 08, 2022 
The ESA astronaut selection has been progressing as planned, with phase two of the selection process ending in March this year, and phase three ending in June.
During phase three, just over 400 applicants attended ESA's European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany, for thorough psychological assessment by an international team of experts. Though the precise tasks and tests are confidentia ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) July 8, 2022 
From laser beams and wooden satellites to galactic tow-truck services, start-ups in Japan are trying to imagine ways to deal with a growing environmental problem: space debris.
Junk like used satellites, parts of rockets and wreckage from collisions has been piling up since the space age began, with the problem accelerating in recent decades.
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 London, UK (SPX) Jul 12, 2022 
New climate models have found that the amount and location of land on a planet's surface can significantly impact its habitability. Astronomers have identified substantial differences in surface temperature, sea ice and water vapour across a planet's surface for different land configurations. The work will be presented on Monday 11 July at the National Astronomy Meeting (NAM 2022) by Evelyn Macd ... more |
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 Minneapolis MN (SPX) Jun 23, 2022 
A new citizen science project, led by researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities with support from NASA, allows volunteers to play an important role in helping scientists learn more about the atmosphere on Jupiter. Citizen scientists can help astrophysicists categorize tens of thousands of stunning images taken from the Juno spacecraft with just a web browser.
The planet Jupite ... more |
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 Suva, Fiji (AFP) July 13, 2022 
The United States launched a major push into the Pacific Wednesday as it seeks to hold off China's advances in the region, with Vice President Kamala Harris announcing the opening of two new embassies at a key regional summit.
Washington will open missions in Tonga and Kiribati and also appoint its first-ever Pacific regional envoy, Harris said as she pledged $600 million in funding for the ... more |
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 Rochester NY (SPX) Jul 10, 2022 
After an exclusive negotiation process that began in December 2021, Orolia - a company recognized globally for its positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) and related activities, technologies and equipment - today joins Safran Electronics and Defense, the European leader and world number three in inertial navigation systems.
Orolia employs more than 435 people in Europe and North America ... more |
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 Maxwell AFB AL (The Conversation) Jul 10, 2022 
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson recently expressed concerns over China's aims in space, and in particular, that China would, in some way, claim ownership over the Moon and stop other countries from exploring it. In an interview with a German newspaper, Nelson cautioned, "We must be very concerned that China is landing on the Moon and saying: 'It's ours now and you stay out.'" China immediately de ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jul 8, 2021 
An amazing surprise greeted NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft as it touched down on the asteroid Bennu in 2020 - The asteroid was not what it seemed - according to research published Thursday in the journals Science and Science Advances.
After it analyzed data from the spacecraft, NASA said it would have sunk into the asteroid if it hadn't fired thrusters to lift off as soon as it collecte ... more |
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 Arlington TX (SPX) Jul 11, 2022 
A space physicist at The University of Texas at Arlington will play a key role in NASA's Geospace Dynamics Constellation (GDC) mission.
GDC is a coordinated group of satellites that will provide the first direct global measurements of the region of space enveloping earth known as the ionosphere and thermosphere (I-T) region, according to a NASA press release.
Rick Wilder, assistant p ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Jul 13, 2022 
China will launch its first comprehensive solar probe, the Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory, in October, opening a new chapter in the country's exploration of the sun, according to the National Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
From Monday to July 24, the research institute is gathering suggestions from the public for names to give the milestone instrument, ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Jul 12, 2022 
Brown dwarfs are known as "failed stars", owing to the lack of central hydrogen burning. They bridge the gap between planets and stars. Some brown dwarfs are found to maintain kilogauss magnetic fields and produce flaring radio emissions, similar to aurora on magnetized planets in solar system, arousing astronomers' curiosities about their field properties and dynamos.
Radio emissions from ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Jul 12, 2022 
A research team from the Open University and the University of Southampton is asking for the public's help to find some of the most mysterious, elusive objects in the Universe - black holes. By examining data from the SuperWASP survey, the UK's leading extra-solar planet detection programme, the team hope to detect changes in starlight that may provide evidence for the existence of these black h ... more |
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