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October 16, 2023
TIME AND SPACE
Could a new law of physics support the idea we're living in a computer simulation?



Portsmouth UK (SPX) Oct 16, 2023
A University of Portsmouth physicist has explored whether a new law of physics could support the much-debated theory that we are simply characters in an advanced virtual world. The simulated universe hypothesis proposes that what humans experience is actually an artificial reality, much like a computer simulation, in which they themselves are constructs. The theory is popular among a number of well-known figures including Elon Musk, and within a branch of science known as information physics ... read more

SPACE TRAVEL
Beyond the Frigid Void: Per Wimmer's Adventures in the Shadows of the Known
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 14, 2023
Imagine, if you dare, a realm where temperatures dive to an unearthly 55 degrees below Celsius. A place where every breath feels like a thousand icy needles, and the vast expanse of Earth seems an e ... more
MOON DAILY
Accelerating interoperability standards for commercial lunar infrastructure
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 16, 2023
Lunar exploration is expanding at a rapid pace, and a robust lunar economy within the next decade is coming quickly into focus. It's clear that many shareable, scalable commercial systems will be ne ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
HALO Space successfully completes second battery of test flights
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Oct 16, 2023
HALO Space, the space tourism company with which GMV collaborates, recently carried out the second round of test flights for its space tourism trips in the dry lake of Cuddeback (California, USA), a ... more
MARSDAILY
Eclipse on Earth, Exploration on Mars
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 16, 2023
On Saturday, October 14th, an annular eclipse will be visible across much of North, Central, and South America. Although Perseverance won't see this event from Mars, it's no stranger to Martian ecli ... more
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TECH SPACE


Terran Orbital opens new printed circuit board assembly facility

MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
Northrop Grumman to Create Constellation of Connectivity for Air Force Research Laboratory
San Diego CA (SPX) Oct 16, 2023
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is working with the Air Force Research Laboratory to integrate commercial space internet into airborne platforms, advancing connectivity for warfighters and ... more
IRON AND ICE
NASA journeys to the metal-rich asteroid Psyche
Kennedy Space Center, United States (AFP) Oct 13, 2023
It's a world like no other: a metal-rich asteroid that could be the remnants of a small planet, or perhaps an entirely new type of celestial body unknown to science. ... more
AEROSPACE
LSA Alliance using NASA technology to develop personal eVTOL market
Newport Beach CA (SPX) Oct 11, 2023
A remarkable new mode of personal mobility is being introduced by Applied eVTOL Concepts. The Epiphany Transporter evokes childhood dreams of Aladdin's Magic Carpet, providing fast, door-to-door, ai ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Unifying matter, energy and consciousness
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 16, 2023
With the rise of brain-interface technology and artificial intelligence that can imitate brain functions, understanding the nature of consciousness and how it interacts with reality is not just an a ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
NASA prepares Artemis II rocket core stage for final assembly phase
Michoud LA (SPX) Oct 16, 2023
NASA and its partners have fully secured the four RS-25 engines onto the core stage of the agency's SLS (Space Launch System) rocket for the Artemis II flight test. The core stage, and its engines, ... more

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EARTH OBSERVATION


Monitoring African copper and cobalt mining emissions from space

DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Space set to keep people safer during emergencies
Paris (ESA) Oct 13, 2023
Governments and international disaster response teams have long relied on satellites to assess the impacts of disasters such as earthquakes and hurricanes. Now ESA has partnered with ICEYE, a Finnis ... more
WATER WORLD
Unmanned and unbothered: autonomous intelligent oceanic exploration is upon us
Zhuhai, China (SPX) Oct 16, 2023
The ocean has always been a force to be reckoned with when it comes to understanding and traversing its seemingly limitless blue waters. Past innovations such as deep-sea submersibles and ocean-obse ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
US astronaut gets used to Earth after record-setting 371 days in space
Houston (AFP) Oct 14, 2023
After spending more than a year in space, Frank Rubio now has to get used to that pesky thing Earthlings call gravity. ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
Skygazers watch 'Ring of Fire' eclipse over Western Hemisphere
Albuquerque, United States (AFP) Oct 15, 2023
Skygazers across the Americas turned their faces upwards Saturday for a rare celestial event: an annular solar eclipse. ... more
IRON AND ICE
NASA asteroid sample contains life-critical water and carbon
Houston (AFP) Oct 11, 2023
A sample collected from the 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu contains abundant water and carbon, NASA revealed on Wednesday, offering more evidence for the theory that life on Earth was seeded from outer space. ... more
MOON DAILY


How to make roads on the Moon

MARSDAILY
Preparing To Drill: Sols 3975-3976
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 13, 2023
Earth planning date: Wednesday, October 11, 2023: Planning today started 90 minutes later than usual thanks to the data downlink containing the information we needed to assemble the plan not arrivin ... more
MOON DAILY
Work starts on telescope to assist lunar missions
Changchun, China (XNA) Oct 13, 2023
China on Wednesday started the construction of a 40-meter-aperture radio telescope in the Changbai Mountain area in the northeastern province of Jilin, to support future lunar and deep-space probe m ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
JWST uncovers the smallest stars in our Galaxy and helps solving star cluster mystery
Padua, Italy (SPX) Oct 13, 2023
Using observations from the James Webb Space Telescope, an international team of astronomers led by Tuila Ziliotto, a PhD student at the University of Padova, analyzed the smallest stars of the anci ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
The Universe's most energetic particles
Osaka, Japan (SPX) Oct 13, 2023
Showers in bathrooms bring us comfort; showers from space bring astrophysicists joy. Osaka Metropolitan University scientists have observed, with their novel method, cosmic-ray extensive air showers ... more
SPACEWAR
Chinese firm sold satellites for intelligence to Russia's Wagner: contract
Paris (AFP) Oct 11, 2023
Russian mercenary group Wagner in 2022 signed a contract with a Chinese firm to acquire two satellites and use their images, aiding its intelligence work as the organisation sought to push Russia's invasion of Ukraine, according to a document seen by AFP. ... more
CHIP TECH
Illuminating errors creates a new paradigm for quantum computing
Princeton NJ (SPX) Oct 12, 2023
Researchers have developed a method that can reveal the location of errors in quantum computers, making them up to ten times easier to correct. This will significantly accelerate progress towards la ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
Momentus to provide delivery service for RIDE! Space
San Jose CA (SPX) Oct 13, 2023
Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS), a U.S. commercial space company that offers satellite buses, transportation, and other in-space infrastructure services, has signed a contract with RIDE! Space for tran ... more
SPACEMART
Sidus Space reports registered direct offering and concurrent private placement for $2M
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Oct 13, 2023
Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIDU)has entered into a securities purchase agreement with certain institutional investors for the purchase and sale of 2,000 shares of its Series A Convertible Preferred S ... more
SPACEMART
Terran Orbital shareholders send open letter to Board
New York NY (SPX) Oct 13, 2023
A group of concerned investors (the "Concerned Investor Group") in Terran Orbital Corp. (NYSE: LLAP) ("Terran" or the "Company") comprised of Sophis Investments LLC, Roark's Drift LLC, and Tyvak Nan ... more
PHYSICS NEWS
NASA Tank Venting in Microgravity Challenge
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 13, 2023
As space travel extends to greater duration and distance, missions may require a propellant refill in space. To achieve this, spacecraft may require larger tanks and efficient refueling along with t ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
Aalyria and Second Front partner to expedite availability of spacetime for government use
Livermore CA (SPX) Oct 12, 2023
Aalyria, a dynamic startup commercializing advanced networking and communications technologies acquired from Google, has formed a strategic alliance with Second Front Systems. This collaboration pav ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
goTenna achieves key milestone for narrowband mesh radio voice capability
Brooklyn NY (SPX) Oct 10, 2023
Mobile mesh networking supplier goTenna, reports it has reached a significant milestone for a next-generation, voice-capable narrowband mesh radio. This project is funded by U.S. Customs and Border ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
US Army contracts Comtech for communication and engineering support services
Melville NY (SPX) Oct 10, 2023
Comtech (NASDAQ: CMTL) was recently awarded a U.S. Army contract with a maximum ceiling value of $544 million. Under the contract, Comtech will provide onsite professional engineering services, as ... more
IRON AND ICE
Asteroid samples from Bennu contain carbon and water
Houston TX (SPX) Oct 12, 2023
Initial studies of the 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu sample collected in space and brought to Earth by NASA show evidence of high-carbon content and water, which together could indicate the bu ... more
IRON AND ICE
With Psyche, a journey to an ancient asteroid is set to begin
Boston MA (SPX) Oct 12, 2023
If all goes well, on Thursday morning a NASA mission with extensive connections to MIT will be headed to a metal world. Psyche, a van-sized spacecraft with winglike solar panels, is scheduled ... more
MOON DAILY
Scientists raised key questions of solar wind-moon interaction
Beijing, China (SPX) Oct 12, 2023
As the nearest celestial body to Earth, Moon's space environment is distinctive to Earth's mainly because of lack of a significant atmosphere/ionosphere and a global magnetic field. From a global pe ... more
EXO WORLDS
Researchers capture first-ever afterglow of huge planetary collision in outer space
Bristol UK (SPX) Oct 12, 2023
The study, published in Nature, reports the sighting of two ice giant exoplanets colliding around a sun-like star, creating a blaze of light and plumes of dust. Its findings show the bright heat aft ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
"Starquakes" could explain mystery signals
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 12, 2023
Fast radio bursts, or FRBs, are an astronomical mystery, with their exact cause and origins still unconfirmed. These intense bursts of radio energy are invisible to the human eye, but show up bright ... more
SPACEMART
Relativity Space and Intelsat sign multi-launch agreement for Terran R
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 12, 2023
Relativity Space has signed a multi-year, multi-launch Launch Services Agreement (LSA) with Intelsat, operator of the largest integrated space and terrestrial network in the world. Under the agreeme ... more
MOON DAILY
Removal of magnetic spacecraft contamination within extraterrestrial samples easily carried out
Stanford CA (SPX) Oct 12, 2023
For decades, scientists have pondered the mystery of the moon's ancient magnetism. Based on analyses of lunar samples, its now-deceased magnetic field may have been active for more than 1.5 billion ... more
MARSDAILY
Fly across Mars's 'labyrinth of night' with Mars Express
Paris (ESA) Oct 12, 2023
Nestled between the colossal martian 'Grand Canyon' (Valles Marineris) and the tallest volcanoes in the Solar System (the Tharsis region) lies Noctis Labyrinthus - a vast system of deep and steep va ... more
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