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  Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Jan 27, 2023 The convergence of two spacecraft at Venus in August 2021 has given a unique insight into how the planet is able to retain its thick atmosphere without the protection of a global magnetic field. The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission, enroute to study Mercury, and the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter, which is observing the Sun from different perspectives, are both using a number of gravity-assists from Venus to change their trajectories and guide them on their way. On 9-10 August 2021, the missions flew past Ven ... read more |
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Giant iceberg breaks away from Antarctic ice shelfParis (ESA) Jan 27, 2023 Satellite imagery confirms an enormous iceberg, around five times the size of Malta, has finally calved from Antarctica's Brunt Ice Shelf. The new berg, estimated to be around 1550 sq km and around ... more  
Phew! Truck-sized asteroid misses EarthLos Angeles (AFP) Jan 27, 2023 Bruce Willis: you can stand down. ... more  
Aiming for the Triple Junction: Sols 3723-3724Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 27, 2023 Your blogger is a little tired right now... I am just back from a field trip to the salt flats in Botswana, guided by colleagues from BIUST University, walking, viewing and sampling in 38C heat. It ... more  
Driving mobility into the third dimensionParis, France (SPX) Jan 25, 2023 After selecting all partners for structural elements of its eVTOL prototype, Airbus is now focusing on two major features of CityAirbus NextGen: the electrical power distribution system (EPDS) and t ... more |
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How ESA works with the EU to advance European spaceParis (ESA) Jan 25, 2023 ESA has formed a formidable partnership with the EU to secure the future of Europe in space, developing Earth observation, navigation, secure connectivity and space entrepreneurship, people attendin ... more  
NASA safety system enables Rocket Lab launch from WallopsWallops Island VA (SPX) Jan 26, 2023 A revolutionary NASA flight safety system has enabled a new era of space transportation with the successful flight of Rocket Lab USA's Electron rocket Jan. 24, from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in ... more  
20 Years Ago: Remembering Columbia and Her CrewHouston TX (SPX) Jan 26, 2023 The year 2003 was shaping up to be an ambitious one for NASA, with six space shuttle missions planned, five to continue construction of the ever-growing and permanently occupied International Space ... more  
New data platform to host Copernicus Earth observation dataBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 26, 2023 Remote sensing data reveals the state of our planet and allows us to look into Earth's past: it is an indispensable tool to help us better understand and protect our planet. How can we secure this t ... more |
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China Compound Eye facility to monitor asteroids for planetary defenseChongqing, China (XNA) Jan 26, 2023 China plans to use its new China Compound Eye facility in Chongqing to observe asteroids and Earth-like planets hundreds of millions of kilometers away as part of its planetary defense work. The Cho ... more 
SpaceX launches 56 more Starlink satellites in heaviest payload yetWashington DC (UPI) Jan 26, 2021 SpaceX on Thursday morning launched 56 new Starlink Internet satellites into low Earth orbit as it expanded the satellite network in its sixth launch of 2023. ... more  
MEASAT partners Parcel365 to unlock digital economy potential in rural areasKuala Lumpur, Malaysia (SPX) Jan 27, 2023 MEASAT has signed an agreement with Parcel365 to collaborate on the Digital Village365 initiative that aims to uplift rural communities and stimulate digital economic activities for B40 communities. ... more  
Waseda researchers measure boron flux in high-energy cosmic rays with CALETTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 27, 2023 Cosmic rays (CR) constitute high-energy particles that mainly originate outside our solar system. These primary CR interact with interstellar matter to produce secondary CR. The secondary nature of ... more |
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Microsoft invests billions in ChatGPT firm OpenAIWashington (AFP) Jan 23, 2023 Microsoft on Monday said it had extended its partnership with OpenAI, the research lab and creator of ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot that has sparked widespread fears of cheating in schools and universities. ... more  
Lockheed Martin achieves first light in latest laser lab demonstrationBothell WA (SPX) Jan 24, 2023 Lockheed Martin achieved first light from the Directed Energy Interceptor for Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense System (DEIMOS) system, which verifies that the laser's optical performance parameters ... more  
USSF,USCG partner to strengthen presence in space domainWashington DC (SPX) Jan 25, 2023 The United States Space Force Science, Technology, and Research Directorate and United States Coast Guard Research and Development Center solidified their commitment to collaborate and enhance space ... more  
Airbus to provide satellite communications for Belgian Armed ForcesBrussels, Belgium (SPX) Jan 25, 2023 Airbus has signed a contract with the Belgian Ministry of Defence to provide tactical satellite communications services for a 15 year period. The Armed Forces will utilise channels of the Airbus UHF ... more 
MIT Gas Turbine Laboratory prepares to jet into the futureBoston MA (SPX) Jan 26, 2023 In 1941, the National Academy of Sciences appointed a committee to assess the use of gas turbine engines - which use heat released during fuel combustion to produce thrust for propulsion - in aviati ... more |
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 Houston (AFP) Jan 26, 2023 
Emirati astronaut Sultan al-Neyadi said Wednesday that he will not be required to fast during Ramadan while on his upcoming space mission.
The 41-year-old will become the first Arab astronaut to spend six months in space when he blasts off for the International Space Station (ISS) next month aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Neyadi, NASA's Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg and Russia's Andr ... more |
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 Wallops Island VA (SPX) Jan 26, 2023 
A revolutionary NASA flight safety system has enabled a new era of space transportation with the successful flight of Rocket Lab USA's Electron rocket Jan. 24, from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
This mission, the first Electron launch from the United States, was enabled by NASA's work in developing the NASA Autonomous Flight Termination Unit (NAFTU), a critical piece of fligh ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 27, 2023 
Your blogger is a little tired right now... I am just back from a field trip to the salt flats in Botswana, guided by colleagues from BIUST University, walking, viewing and sampling in 38C heat. It was great to walk around and see with my own eyes geology relevant to Mars here on Earth. This enhances my - and more generally our - understanding of the physical and chemical processes that underly ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 23, 2023 
The Shenzhou-15 astronauts Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu sent their Spring Festival greetings from China's Tiangong space station in a video released by the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) on New Year's Eve.
The trio, dressed in blue jumpsuits with dark red patterns, each held a sticker showing their own calligraphy. Two of the stickers were written with the Chinese character "f ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jan 25, 2023 
ESA has formed a formidable partnership with the EU to secure the future of Europe in space, developing Earth observation, navigation, secure connectivity and space entrepreneurship, people attending the 15th European space conference held on 24 and 25 January in Brussels will hear.
Josef Aschbacher, ESA Director General, will tell the conference how today's geopolitical, economic, industr ... more |
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 Vienna, Austria (SPX) Jan 26, 2023 
At first glance, mica is something quite ordinary: it is a common mineral, found in granite for example, and has been extensively studied from geological, chemical and technical perspectives.
One might think that nothing new can be discovered from such an everyday material. But now a team from the Vienna University of Technology has presented a study in the journal Nature Communications, i ... more |
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 Bern, Switzerland (SPX) Jan 25, 2023 
Frozen molecules were central to the origin of life on Earth. In addition to impacts of icy comets and asteroids, according to current theory, our planet likely also received the elementary components of life from the ices of the immense interstellar molecular cloud from which the Earth and the rest of the solar system emerged.
In a new study, an international research team, with the parti ... more |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Jan 26, 2023 
In an observational feat of high precision, scientists used a new technique with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to capture the shadows of starlight cast by the thin rings of Chariklo. Chariklo is an icy, small body, but the largest of the known Centaur population, located more than 2 billion miles away beyond the orbit of Saturn. Chariklo is only 160 miles (250 kilometers) or ~51 times smalle ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) Jan 27, 2023 
Fiji suspended its police chief "effective immediately" on Friday, shunting aside an ally of the former prime minister who was defeated in general elections last month.
The sidelined police chief, Sitiveni Qiliho, is regarded as a close supporter of former prime minister Frank Bainimarama, who ruled the Pacific nation for 16 years after leading a 2006 military coup.
Prime Minister Sitive ... more |
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 Herndon VA (SPX) Jan 20, 2023 
HawkEye 360 Inc., the world's leading commercial provider of space-based radio frequency (RF) data and analytics, announced that Slingshot Aerospace awarded the RF data provider a contract to provide data for Slingshot's space-based monitoring and detection of RF threats and to support Slingshot's proliferated Low Earth Orbit (pLEO) Data Exploitation and Enhanced Processing (DEEP) program for th ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 25, 2023 
The China National Space Administration on Saturday released a group of new photos from the country's lunar rover Yutu 2, together with its good wishes for all Chinese people, ahead of the Chinese New Year, the Year of the Rabbit.
The photos showed the wheel track left by the rover, some rocks and a small impact crater on the lunar surface.
Yutu, or Jade Rabbit, is known as the pet o ... more |
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 Chongqing, China (XNA) Jan 26, 2023 
China plans to use its new China Compound Eye facility in Chongqing to observe asteroids and Earth-like planets hundreds of millions of kilometers away as part of its planetary defense work. The Chongqing Innovation Center under the Beijing Institute of Technology, which designed and built the China Compound Eye, recently released its first 3D radar map of an area of moon craters taken by the hi ... more |
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 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 26, 2023 
Remote sensing data reveals the state of our planet and allows us to look into Earth's past: it is an indispensable tool to help us better understand and protect our planet. How can we secure this tool long term while providing continuous access? The European Copernicus Earth observation programme seeks to answer this question.
On 24 January 2023, the 'Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem' was ... 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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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Jan 24, 2023 
If you want to build a habitable planet, ices are a vital ingredient because they are the main source of several key elements - namely carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur (referred to here as CHONS). These elements are important ingredients in both planetary atmospheres and molecules like sugars, alcohols, and simple amino acids.
An international team of astronomers using NASA's ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Jan 25, 2023  A new study led by a joint team at Nagoya University and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan has measured the cosmic age of a very distant galaxy. The team used the ALMA radio telescope array to detect a radio signal that has been travelling for approximately 97% of the age of the Universe. This discovery confirms the existence of galaxies in the very early Universe found by the James ... more |
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