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April 06, 2023
OUTER PLANETS
NASA's Webb Scores Another Ringed World with New Image of Uranus



Baltimore MD (SPX) Apr 07, 2023
The planet Uranus is an oddball in our solar system, tilted on its side as it orbits the sun, causing extreme seasons. While the planet's atmosphere appeared nearly featureless when visited by the Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1986, subsequent observations from the ground and in space have shown turbulent storms. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope recently observed Uranus, and the resulting image highlights a complex system of rings as well as a bright polar cap and likely storm clouds. Following i ... read more

TIME AND SPACE
A new measurement could change our understanding of the Universe
Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 06, 2023
The Universe is expanding - but how fast exactly? The answer appears to depend on whether you estimate the cosmic expansion rate - referred to as the Hubble's constant, or H0 - based on the echo of ... more
MARSDAILY
Scoping out the next sampling stop for Perseverance
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 06, 2023
After spending over 700 sols (Martian days) exploring the crater floor and delta front, Perseverance is making tracks up the front of the Jezero fan, climbing across stratigraphic layers, up and out ... more
MARSDAILY
New interactive mosaic uses NASA imagery to show Mars in vivid detail
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 06, 2023
Both scientists and the public can navigate a new global image of the Red Planet that was made at Caltech using data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Cliffsides, impact craters, and du ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Hubble unexpectedly finds double quasar in distant universe
Baltimore MD (SPX) Apr 06, 2023
The early universe was a rambunctious place where galaxies often bumped into each other and even merged together. Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and other space and ground-based observatories, ... more
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SPACEMART
Deloitte announces formal space practice for rapidly growing space industry
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 06, 2023
Deloitte, a multinational professional services network, has launched a new division, Deloitte Space, to help organizations achieve their space ambitions. With over 15 years of experience advising c ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Using the dark matter distribution to test our cosmological model
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 06, 2023
An international team of astrophysicists and cosmologists at various institutes including NAOJ and the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe have submitted a set of five pa ... more
TECH SPACE
D-Orbit signs contract with ESA for IRIDE Satellite Observation Program
Fino Mornasco, Italy (SPX) Apr 06, 2023
Space logistics and orbital transportation company D-Orbit signed a 26-million euro contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) for IRIDE, a space-based observation program initiated by the Italia ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
Apex's Aries spacecraft set for launch on SpaceX's Transporter-10 Mission
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 06, 2023
Apex, the Los Angeles-based spacecraft mass manufacturing company, announced its flagship product, the Aries satellite bus, will fly for the first time on SpaceX's Transporter-10 mission, which is t ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Analysing global waste distribution via dumpsite detection from satellite imagery
Beijing, China (SPX) Apr 04, 2023
With the advancement of global civilization, monitoring and managing dumpsites have become essential parts of environmental governance worldwide. However, dumpsite locations are difficult to pinpoin ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Planet joins Ursa Space's Virtual Constellation and Partner Network
Ithaca NY (SPX) Apr 06, 2023
Ursa Space Systems, a global satellite intelligence infrastructure provider, has announced that Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, will join its V ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
EUMETSAT's Data Lake - key element of DestinE has been kicked off
Warsaw, Poland (SPX) Mar 30, 2023
Data Lake, a massive repository of data managed by EUMETSAT, will provide the foundation for "Destination Earth" - a European Union's flagship initiative of digital Earth modelling contributing to t ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
First pair of second-generation weather satellites, built by Airbus, enter their test phase
Paris, France (SPX) Apr 06, 2023
The Airbus built satellite twins, MetOp-SG A and B will provide a panoply of new meteorological data that will substantially improve numerical weather prediction - the backbone of our daily weather ... more

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