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  Paris, France (SPX) Oct 17, 2024 An international research team, including scientists from the CNRS, the European Southern Observatory, and Charles University, has traced the origins of 70% of known meteorite falls to three asteroid families in the main asteroid belt. These families - Karin, Koronis, and Massalia - were formed by collisions occurring 5.8, 7.5, and around 40 million years ago. The new findings, which have identified the origins of over 90% of all meteorites, are published in three scientific papers, the first released o ... read more |
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Astronomers Use New Technique to Search for Alien Signals Between PlanetsUniversity Park PA (SPX) Oct 17, 2024 A new search technique has allowed astronomers to target exoplanets that align with Earth and each other in search of radio signals that could indicate interplanetary communication. Penn State resea ... more  
New Team Evaluates Plans for NASA's Mars Sample Return ProgramLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 17, 2024 NASA has formed a new strategy review team to assess potential changes in the Mars Sample Return Program's architecture, a significant initiative aimed at returning carefully selected Martian sample ... more  
NASA shifts to commercial satellite services, phases out legacy TDRS networkLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 17, 2024 NASA is advancing its strategy to adopt commercially operated satellite communications for near-Earth missions, aiming to enhance service coverage, availability, and accelerate data delivery. ... more 
HydRON to Revolutionize Satellite Data Sharing with Laser-Based NetworkMilan, Italy (SPX) Oct 17, 2024 At this week's International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Milan, the European Space Agency (ESA) signed a contract marking the start of HydRON's Element #1. HydRON, which stands for High thRoughp ... more |
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Launch successful Potsdam physicists deploy first perovskite tandems in orbitBerlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 16, 2024 July 9, 2024, marked a significant milestone for Felix Lang and his research team at the University of Potsdam with the maiden flight of the new Ariane 6 rocket, launched from the Guiana Space Centr ... more |
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NASA launches coding competition to organize solar eclipse imagesWashington DC (UPI) Oct 15, 2024 NASA is launching a coding competition to get some much-needed help with organizing images from April's solar eclipse for the 2024 Eclipse Megamovie project. ... more 
SOHO Spies Bright Comet Making Debut in Evening SkyGreenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 13, 2024 The ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has captured images of the second-brightest comet to ever pass through its field of view during the spacecraft's ne ... more 
Controlled Propulsion for Gentle LandingsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 13, 2024 The Curiosity and Perseverance Mars rovers continue to provide a wealth of information about the Red Planet. This was made possible in part by the sky crane landin ... more 
Researchers find clues to the mysterious heating of the sun's atmospherePlainsboro NJ (SPX) Oct 13, 2024 There is a profound mystery in our sun. While the sun's surface temperature measures around 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit, its outer atmosphere, known as the solar corona, measures more like 2 million d ... more |
 
A new machine learning model sharpens view of the Milky Way using Gaia dataMadrid, Spain (SPX) Oct 13, 2024 A team of scientists from the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) and the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona (ICCUB) have applied advanced machine learning tech ... more  Available on Amazon Books |
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Lichens Found Thriving at Mars Analog Research StationsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 13, 2024 Lichens, those resilient organisms made up of fungi and photosynthetic partners, are found just about everywhere on Earth, thriving on surfaces like rocks, trees, and even buildings. Known from all ... more  
NASA's Heart Health Tech Helps Patients Manage Heart FailureLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 13, 2024 Ensuring optimal health is critical both on Earth and in space, where unique challenges such as changes in blood pressure and bone density can pose significant risks. Recognizing this, two NASA scie ... more 
Main reflector installed for 40-meter radio telescope in ShigatseSydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 10, 2024 The main reflector for the 40-meter-aperture radio telescope's antenna system was successfully installed on Monday in Shigatse, located in the Xizang autonomous region of Southwest China, according ... more  
Sandia evaluates heat shields for Mars Sample Return and Titan missionsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 16, 2024 Sandia National Laboratories' National Solar Thermal Test Facility is utilizing solar energy to simulate the intense heat experienced during atmospheric reentry and hypersonic flight. The latest tes ... more |
 
The astronaut wears Prada as Axiom unveils new spacesuitRome (AFP) Oct 16, 2024 Astronauts walking on the moon as part of NASA's first human mission to the lunar South Pole will be wearing Prada, as part of a new venture unveiled on Wednesday. ... more 
NASA targets multiple Commercial Crew missions in 2024Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 16, 2024 NASA, alongside partners Boeing and SpaceX, is advancing its plans for next year's International Space Station (ISS) missions as part of the agency's Commercial Crew Program. While preparatory effor ... more  
Beware of the full moon Tropical forest mammals shy away from the moonlightBerlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 16, 2024 A recent study using automatic wildlife cameras across three continents has shed light on how the moon's phases affect the behaviour of tropical forest mammals. Half of the species studied altered t ... more 
TTTech Aerospace partners with Thales Alenia Space for Lunar Gateway avionicsBerlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 16, 2024 TTTech Aerospace is collaborating with Thales Alenia Space to support NASA's Artemis program, which aims to return humans to the Moon. The company is supplying TTEthernet networking and computing pl ... more |
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Out-of-this-world simulation aids lunar dust collectionLondon, UK (SPX) Oct 16, 2024 Teleoperated robots for gathering lunar dust are now closer to reality, thanks to new research from the University of Bristol. Researchers successfully completed a sample collection task using ... more 
Astroport and Orbit Fab Team Up to Drive Lunar Exploration EffortsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 17, 2024 Astroport Space Technologies, Inc., a leader in space exploration technologies, and Orbit Fab, Inc., a specialist in in-space refueling, have announced a strategic partnership aimed at accelerating ... more  
First coherent picture of atomic nucleus structure achieved using quarks and gluonsBerlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 16, 2024 Physicists have long understood that protons and neutrons, which make up atomic nuclei, are composed of quarks bound by gluons. However, reproducing the properties of atomic nuclei using only these ... more 
Using AI to find the smallest and closest exoplanets around sun-like starsSydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 16, 2024 An international research team led by Professor Jian Ge from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory has announced the discovery of five new ultra-short-period planets (USPs), each smaller than Earth ... more |
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Rain may have helped form the first cells, kick-starting life as we know itChicago IL (SPX) Oct 16, 2024 Billions of years of evolution have made modern cells incredibly complex. Inside cells are small compartments called organelles that perform specific functions essential for the cell's survival and ... more |
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It's twins mystery of famed brown dwarf solvedLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 17, 2024 An enduring mystery surrounding the first discovered brown dwarf, Gliese 229B, has finally been unraveled by astronomers from Caltech. Despite having been studied extensively since its discovery in ... more 
Sun reaches maximum phase in 11-Year Solar CycleGreenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 16, 2024 In a teleconference with reporters on Tuesday, representatives from NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the international Solar Cycle Prediction Panel announced tha ... more 
NJIT secures $5M NASA grant to create AI-based solar eruption research centerLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 17, 2024 NJIT's Institute for Space Weather Sciences (ISWS) has received a $5 million grant from NASA to establish a new research center focused on advancing solar eruption prediction using artificial intell ... more 
China's underground lab seeks answer to deep scientific riddleKaiping, China (AFP) Oct 17, 2024 Far beneath the lush landscape of southern China, a sprawling subterranean laboratory aims to be the world's first to crack a deep scientific enigma. ... more |
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