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  Washington DC (UPI) Sep 19, 2021 NASA announced Monday that the James Webb Space Telescope captured the blinding infrared light from Mars earlier this month. The images show the eastern hemisphere of Mars in different wavelengths of infrared light. NASA said that the new images will help advance scientific study of the red planet. "Webb can capture images and spectra with the spectral resolution needed to study short-term phenomena like dust storms, weather patterns, seasonal changes, and, in a single observation, proce ... read more |
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Leading scientists develop space tech platform to track carbon in every treePasadena CA (SPX) Sep 16, 2022 Non-profit CTrees is launching the first ever digital platform for calculating the carbon in every tree on the planet, with complete accuracy. Launching at COP27, the new platform offers high-accura ... more  
Planet Partners with Taylor Geospatial Institute to leverage data food security and moreSan Francisco CA (SPX) Sep 15, 2022 Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, has announced that they have entered into a multi-year contract with Saint Louis University in support of the T ... more  
Vandenberg hosts 2nd Annual Assured Access to Space Industry Days ForumVandenberg SFB CA (SPX) Sep 18, 2022 A new, exciting age in Space has begun, with established companies such as NASA, SpaceX, and the United Launch Alliance staking their claim in the space launch industry. And in this new age, comes c ... more  
Space archaeologists's offer first consultancy firm for orbital habitatsWashington DC (UPI) Sep 19, 2021 Three well-known space archaeologists have opened a new consultancy firm, offering advice to builders and designers of any future space stations or other off-planet living arrangements. ... more |
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SpaceX wants to bring satellite internet to Iran: MuskWashington (AFP) Sept 20, 2022 SpaceX will apply for an exemption from US sanctions against Iran in a bid to offer its satellite internet service to the country, owner Elon Musk said on Monday. ... more  
NASA pursues astronaut Lunar Landers for future Artemis missionsWashington DC (SPX) Sep 18, 2022 NASA is seeking proposals for sustainable lunar lander development and demonstration as the agency works toward a regular cadence of Moon landings. Through Artemis missions, NASA is preparing to ret ... more  
Satellite IM welcomes users to first fully decentralized Web3 communications platformBoston MA (SPX) Sep 18, 2022 Satellite IM, a fully decentralized peer-to-peer communications platform at the forefront of data privacy, has announced the launch of their communications platform that will allow users to chat dir ... more  
Satellite mission confirms cornerstone of general relativity is unshakeableLondon, UK (SPX) Sep 16, 2022 The MICROSCOPE mission has confirmed the 'equivalence principle' with unprecedented accuracy, bolstering Einstein's general relativity. The result, announced this week by a team led by the Fre ... more |
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FCC grants Lynk first-ever license for commercial satellite-direct-to-standard-mobile-phone serviceFalls Church VA (SPX) Sep 18, 2022 Lynk Global, Inc. (Lynk), the world's leading satellite-direct-to-standard-phone telecoms company, has expressed its appreciation to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for granting Lynk the ... more 
Intuitive Machines to go public on Nasdaq with acquisition companyHouston TX (SPX) Sep 18, 2022 Intuitive Machines, LLC ("Intuitive Machines" or the "Company"), a leading space exploration, infrastructure, and services company founded in 2013, and Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: IP ... more  
Researchers pioneer new technique that could help determine habitability of planetsTempe AZ (SPX) Sep 18, 2022 Our sun is surrounded by multi-million-degree plasma called the corona, beautifully visible during a total solar eclipse. About once a day, a magnetic explosion on the sun will send a chunk of ... more 
Quest to uncover intricacies of exoplanet atmospheres reaches important milestoneExeter UK (SPX) Sep 18, 2022 The quest to uncover intricacies of the atmospheres of faraway planets has reached an important milestone. An international team, including astrophysicists from the University of Exeter, is ta ... more |
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Scientists believe Mars rock samples contain organic matterWashington DC (UPI) Sep 17, 2021 Scientists believe some of the recently-collected rock samples taken by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover likely contain organic matter. ... more 
The Perseverance robotic arm tightrope of abrasion proximity sciencePasadena CA (JPL) Sep 18, 2022 The SHERLOC and PIXL proximity science instruments on Perseverance have enabled more detailed observations of Martian chemistry and minerology than ever before. PIXL can isolate features as small as ... more 
Chinese scientists discover history of volcanic eruptions in Chang'e-5 landing regionBeijing (XNA) Sep 18, 2022 A research team from China has discovered geological evidence of at least four layers of volcanic lava flows that flooded the landing region of the Chang'e-5 lunar exploration mission, according to ... more  
Jupiter to reach opposition, closest approach to Earth in 70 yearsWashington DC (SPX) Sep 18, 2022 Stargazers can expect excellent views of Jupiter the entire night of Monday, Sept. 26 when the giant planet reaches opposition. From the viewpoint of Earth's surface, opposition happens when an astr ... more  
How gravity gives astronomers a powerful lens on the universeCharlottesville VA (SPX) Sep 18, 2022 In 1919 astronomers Arthur Eddington and Andrew Crommelin captured photographic images of a total solar eclipse. The Sun was in the constellation Taurus at the time, and a handful of its stars could ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Sep 19, 2021 
Three well-known space archaeologists have opened a new consultancy firm, offering advice to builders and designers of any future space stations or other off-planet living arrangements.
The goal of Brick Moon is to help clients "create orbital or planetary habitats that improve productivity, reduce costs, and support crew well-being," according to its mission statement.
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 Washington (AFP) Sept 20, 2022 
SpaceX will apply for an exemption from US sanctions against Iran in a bid to offer its satellite internet service to the country, owner Elon Musk said on Monday.
"Starlink will apply for an exemption from sanctions against Iran," Musk said in response to a tweet from a science reporter.
Musk had initially announced that the Starlink satellite internet service had been made available on ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 16, 2022 
As Dr. Abigail Fraeman noted a couple weeks ago, Curiosity is navigating through terrain that is difficult to traverse. At the start of today's planning cycle, Curiosity's operations team received data that informed us that our previously planned drive came up short, only completing 36 cm of a planned ~7 m drive.
Curiosity remained surrounded by a mix of large rocks and sand, neither of wh ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Sep 18, 2022 
Crew members on the Shenzhou XIV mission stepped out of their spacecraft for the second spacewalk on Saturday afternoon, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
The agency said in a brief news release that Senior Colonel Cai Xuzhe opened an extravehicular activity hatch on the Tiangong space station at 1:35 pm and then floated out of the station. He was followed by mission commander Se ... more |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Sep 15, 2022 
Following the suspension of OneWeb's launches in March 2022, OneWeb and Arianespace have reached an agreement pursuant to which performance of the Launch Services Agreement may be resumed in the future. The terms of the settlement are confidential.
Arianespace is supporting OneWeb on its upcoming launches; including the performance of Dispenser Supply Services for two launches to be perfor ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Sep 15, 2021  People in Scotland and Northern Ireland saw something unusual in the sky on Wednesday night - a fiery streak that looked like a meteor, but wasn't.
The fireball was also seen by some skywatchers in northern England. The UK Meteor Network said about 800 people reported seeing the streaking fireball, which was visible for about 20 seconds.
If it wasn't a meteor, what was it?
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 Exeter UK (SPX) Sep 18, 2022 
The quest to uncover intricacies of the atmospheres of faraway planets has reached an important milestone.
An international team, including astrophysicists from the University of Exeter, is taking lessons and techniques learned from Earth climate science to pave the way to robustly model atmospheres of planets orbiting distant stars, aiding in the search for potentially habitable exoplanet ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Sep 18, 2022 
Stargazers can expect excellent views of Jupiter the entire night of Monday, Sept. 26 when the giant planet reaches opposition. From the viewpoint of Earth's surface, opposition happens when an astronomical object rises in the east as the Sun sets in the west, placing the object and the Sun on opposite sides of Earth.
Jupiter's opposition occurs every 13 months, making the planet appear la ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Sept 20, 2022 
It was the river that is said to have watered the biblical Garden of Eden and helped give birth to civilisation itself.
But today the Tigris is dying.
Human activity and climate change have choked its once mighty flow through Iraq, where - with its twin river the Euphrates - it made Mesopotamia a cradle of civilisation thousands of years ago.
Iraq may be oil-rich but the country is ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Sep 02, 2022 
Europe's latest Galileo satellites in space have joined the operational constellation, transmitting navigation signals to three billion users across planet Earth as well as relaying distress calls to rescuers. Their entry into service follows a summer test campaign and will result in a measurable increase in positioning accuracy and improved data delivery performance of the overall Galileo syste ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Sep 13, 2021 
NASA's CAPSTONE probe has experienced a problem on its journey to the moon, and is now in a protective safe mode, the space agency confirmed.
NASA and its private partner Advanced Space issued the update Monday, after what they referred to as an anomaly.
"This is a dynamic operational situation," Colorado-based Advanced Space said in a statement.
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 Flagstaff AZ (SPX) Sep 15, 2022 
Within two weeks, the DART spacecraft will impact the asteroid moon Dimorphos as it completes the world's first planetary defense test mission. The success of the effort relies heavily on the Lowell Discovery Telescope, which scientists are using for both before- and after-impact observations.
The DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission is an outgrowth of ongoing interest in planet ... more |
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 San Francisco CA (SPX) Sep 15, 2022 
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, has announced that they have entered into a multi-year contract with Saint Louis University in support of the Taylor Geospatial Institute (TGI), a leading geospatial research collaborative.
Bringing together eight midwestern universities and research centers, TGI aims to harness innovation in geospatial ... more |
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 Tsukuba, Japan (SPX) Sep 16, 2022 
Witnessing a total solar eclipse is an unforgettable experience and may have been even more impressive throughout history before we were able to understand and accurately predict their occurrence. But the historical records of these remarkable astronomical spectacles are more than mere curiosities-they provide invaluable information on changes in the Earth's movement.
In a new study in Pub ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Sep 19, 2021  NASA announced Monday that the James Webb Space Telescope captured the blinding infrared light from Mars earlier this month.
The images show the eastern hemisphere of Mars in different wavelengths of infrared light. NASA said that the new images will help advance scientific study of the red planet.
"Webb can capture images and spectra with the spectral resolution needed to study ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Sep 16, 2022 
The MICROSCOPE mission has confirmed the 'equivalence principle' with unprecedented accuracy, bolstering Einstein's general relativity.
The result, announced this week by a team led by the French space agency CNES, is a triumph for Einstein's general relativity. However, it also potentially rules out some candidate universal theories of physics.
General relativity is the best theory ... more |
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