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  College Park MD (SPX) Jan 17, 2023 As space missions delve deeper into the outer solar system, the need for more compact, resource-conserving and accurate analytical tools has become increasingly critical-especially as the hunt for extraterrestrial life and habitable planets or moons continues. A University of Maryland-led team developed a new instrument specifically tailored to the needs of NASA space missions. Their mini laser-sourced analyzer is significantly smaller and more resource efficient than its predecessors-all without ... read more |
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Northrop Grumman-built satellite to support US Space Force national security missionDulles VA (SPX) Jan 17, 2023. Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE: NOC) Long Duration Propulsive ESPA (LDPE)-3A spacecraft launched successfully in support of the USSF-67 mission. This spacecraft helps advance rapid access to s ... more  
Capella Space raises $60M to expand satellite imaging capacitySan Francisco CA (SPX) Jan 17, 2023 Capella Space, a leading American satellite manufacturer and Earth observation company, has closed $60 million in growth equity financing from the U.S. Innovative Technology Fund ("USIT"). Capella w ... more  
Sweden opens Mainland Europe's first spaceportWashington DC (UPI) Jan 13, 2023 Sweden on Friday inaugurated and officially opened Mainland Europe's first space facility for satellite launches. ... more 
SEXBOMB being moved to Cornwall Space Port for hypersonic developmentsEdmonton, Canada (SPX) Jan 17, 2023 Space Engine Systems Inc. (SES) is a Canadian based company that claims to be a trucking company to anywhere in space and mainly focussed on the Lunar Mission. SES space planes use air breathi ... more |
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China's space industry hits new heightsBeijing (XNA) Jan 17, 2023 China's space industry had a busy year in 2022, the highlight of which was completion of one of the world's largest and most sophisticated orbiting infrastructures, the Tiangong space station. ... more  
Study finds active galactic nuclei are even more powerful than thoughtSanta Cruz CA (SPX) Jan 17, 2023 Powered by supermassive black holes swallowing matter in the centers of galaxies, active galactic nuclei are the most powerful compact steady sources of energy in the universe. The brightest active ... more  
Eavesdropping on the Earth itselfTrondheim, Norway (SPX) Jan 13, 2023 The more-than 1.2 million km of fibre-optic cables that criss-cross the planet carry the world's phone calls, internet signals and data. But this summer, researchers published the eerie sounds of bl ... more  
Chinese, European Mars probes help examine atmosphere near sunShanghai (XNA) Jan 17, 2023 In an "almost-out-of-service" period in 2021, China's Tianwen-1 orbiter, along with Mars Express of the European Space Agency, helped solar scientists know more about what happens near the sun. ... more |
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Looking back at the eruption that shook the worldParis (ESA) Jan 17, 2023 One year ago, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano erupted, causing widespread destruction to the Pacific Island Nation of Tonga, spewing volcanic material up to 58 km into the atmosphere. It broug ... more  
du and SES demo satellite-enabled 5G Mobile Backhaul Network in the Middle EastLuxembourg (SPX) Jan 17, 2023 SES and du from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), a leading telecom operator in the United Arab Emirates, have successfully demonstrated the first satellite-enabled 5G backhaul ... more  
Runaway West Antarctic ice retreat can be slowed by climate-driven ocean tempsCambridge UK (SPX) Jan 17, 2023 An international team of researchers has combined satellite imagery and climate and ocean records to obtain the most detailed understanding yet of how the West Antarctic Ice Sheet - which contains e ... more  
New spin control method brings billion-qubit quantum chips closerSydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 13, 2023 Australian engineers have discovered a new way of precisely controlling single electrons nestled in quantum dots that run logic gates. What's more, the new mechanism is less bulky and requires fewer ... more |
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Start ups grow diamond qubitsBadem, Germany (SPX) Jan 13, 2023 Qubits are the processing units of quantum computers. They can be created in various different ways. One option is the creation of solid-state spin qubits in materials such as diamonds, in which qub ... more  
ChatGPT bot 'for professional use' on the waySan Francisco (AFP) Jan 11, 2023 Hot startup OpenAI on Wednesday initiated a waitlist for a professional and paid version of its software ChatGPT, which has sparked debate about artificial intelligence and the future of work. ... more  
NASA creating tool to predict supersonic jet noise at takeoffWashington DC (SPX) Jan 15, 2023 NASA researchers recently conducted a series of flights to record the sound of jet engines with the goal of using that data to help predict the way future engines designed for use by supersonic-capa ... more  
World View to go public via SPAC Deal with Leo HoldingsTucson AZ (SPX) Jan 15, 2023 World View and Leo Holdings Corp. II (NYSE: LHC), a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company, have entered into a definitive business combination agreement that will result in World View ... more 
US, Japan sign Space Collaboration Agreement at NASA HeadquartersWashington DC (SPX) Jan 15, 2023 During an event hosted by NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy at the agency's Headquarters in Washington Friday, representatives from the United States and Japan gathe ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 15, 2023 
The China Manned Space Agency on Friday unveiled a detailed list of crop seeds and microbial strains on board the Shenzhou XIV and Shenzhou XV manned spaceships.
More than 1,300 pieces of crop seeds and microbial strains from 112 contributors, including Chinese universities, research institutes, and grass-root breeding stations, were brought into space for breeding experiments.
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 Decatur AL (SPX) Jan 15, 2023 
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan Centaur rocket has begun its journey to the launch site in preparation for the first test flight. The certification flight one (Cert-1) rocket was completed, loaded onto the R/S RocketShip outside of ULA's rocket factory in Decatur, Ala. and is on a 2,000-mile voyage to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
"The first Vulcan is complete, and ... more |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 13, 2023  NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has acquired a new image using its high-resolution color camera. The camera, which is mounted in the helicopter's fuselage and pointed approximately 22 degrees below the horizon, was used during the 38th flight of Ingenuity on January 11, 2023 (Sol 667 of the Perseverance rover mission). During the flight, Ingenuity traveled a horizontal distance of ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 17, 2023 
China's space industry had a busy year in 2022, the highlight of which was completion of one of the world's largest and most sophisticated orbiting infrastructures, the Tiangong space station.
After traveling for 15 months in low orbit, about 400 kilometers above the Earth, Tianhe, the space station's core module, received its first long-term companion - the Wentian lab module - in late Ju ... more |
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 Xichang, China (XNA) Jan 15, 2023 
China launched two carrier rockets on Friday to place four satellites into orbit. A Long March 2C rocket blasted off at 2:10 am at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China's Sichuan province and soon deployed the APSTAR 6E communications satellite into its preset geosynchronous orbit, according to a news release from China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the nation's dominan ... more |
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 San Jose CA (SPX) Jan 13, 2023 
Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS) has signed a contract with FOSSA Systems ("FOSSA"), a Spanish company that offers global low-power Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity and in-space services through its satellite constellation, to place its latest generation of satellites, FOSSASat FEROX, into low-Earth orbit on two Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle missions starting in 2023.
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 College Park MD (SPX) Jan 17, 2023 
As space missions delve deeper into the outer solar system, the need for more compact, resource-conserving and accurate analytical tools has become increasingly critical-especially as the hunt for extraterrestrial life and habitable planets or moons continues.
A University of Maryland-led team developed a new instrument specifically tailored to the needs of NASA space missions. Their mini ... more |
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 San Antonio TX (SPX) Jan 11, 2023 
In June 2021, NASA's Juno spacecraft flew close to Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon, observing evidence of magnetic reconnection. A team led by Southwest Research Institute used Juno data to examine the electron and ion particles and magnetic fields as the magnetic field lines of Jupiter and Ganymede merged, snapped and reoriented, heating and accelerating the charged particles in the region. ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Jan 12, 2023 
As a river cuts through a landscape, it can operate like a conveyer belt, moving truckloads of sediment over time. Knowing how quickly or slowly this sediment flows can help engineers plan for the downstream impact of restoring a river or removing a dam. But the models currently used to estimate sediment flow can be off by a wide margin.
An MIT team has come up with a better formula to cal ... more |
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 Las Vegas NV (SPX) Jan 06, 2023 
Quectel Wireless Solutions, a global IoT solutions provider, has launched three new combo antennas to help IoT solution designers and developers optimize device performance.
Each new combo antenna has been designed to offer maximized choice and performance for IoT deployments so customers can ensure their devices can access the connectivity they need across a variety of wireless technologi ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 13, 2023 
NASA's Lunar Flashlight mission successfully launched on Dec. 11, 2022, to begin its four-month journey to the Moon, where the small satellite, or SmallSat, will test several new technologies with a goal of looking for hidden surface ice at the lunar South Pole. While the SmallSat is largely healthy and communicating with NASA's Deep Space Network, the mission operations team has discovered that ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Jan 7, 2023 
A newly discovered comet could be visible to the naked eye as it shoots past Earth and the Sun in the coming weeks for the first time in 50,000 years, astronomers have said.
The comet is called C/2022 E3 (ZTF) after the Zwicky Transient Facility, which first spotted it passing Jupiter in March last year.
After travelling from the icy reaches of our Solar System it will come closest to th ... more |
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 San Francisco CA (SPX) Jan 17, 2023 
Capella Space, a leading American satellite manufacturer and Earth observation company, has closed $60 million in growth equity financing from the U.S. Innovative Technology Fund ("USIT"). Capella will leverage this growth capital to expand its imaging capacity and develop new data products as customer demand grows for its frequent, timely and high-quality SAR imagery and analytics capabilities. ... more |
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 Shanghai (XNA) Jan 17, 2023 
In an "almost-out-of-service" period in 2021, China's Tianwen-1 orbiter, along with Mars Express of the European Space Agency, helped solar scientists know more about what happens near the sun.
During the late September to mid-October stretch in 2021, China's Mars orbiter experienced its first sun transit, when its communication with Earth was significantly disturbed by solar radiation. ... more |
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 Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Jan 17, 2023 
Powered by supermassive black holes swallowing matter in the centers of galaxies, active galactic nuclei are the most powerful compact steady sources of energy in the universe. The brightest active galactic nuclei have long been known to far outshine the combined light of the billions of stars in their host galaxies.
A new study indicates that scientists have substantially underestimated t ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jan 13, 2023 
Two teams of astronomers using ESA's XMM-Newton space telescope have observed repeated outbursts of light from inactive black holes that partially destroy stars again and again. This discovery is unexpected, since outbursts of black holes usually appear only once when a black hole consumes a star.
Supermassive black holes lie at the centres of most galaxies. Their masses range from hundred ... more |
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