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November 29, 2024
TECH SPACE
Atomic-6 receives $3.8M to advance space armor shielding



Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2024
Atomic-6 has secured a Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) of $3.8 million to enhance the development of its innovative Space Armor shielding tiles. This funding will support qualification testing and preparation for the technology's first flight deployment. Space Armor is engineered to address critical challenges in shielding mass, stowage efficiency, post-impact debris, and mission risks. This advanced shielding solution is designed to protect space assets from orbital debris and kinetic energy th ... read more

SPACEMART
Zenno Astronautics gains support from Japanese space leaders in latest funding round
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 29, 2024
New Zealand-headquartered Zenno Astronautics has announced the initial close of its seed expansion funding round, marking a major milestone for the space-focused superconductor company. The round wa ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
SatVu receives major funding to advance thermal imaging capabilities
London, UK (SPX) Nov 29, 2024
SatVu, a prominent climate technology innovator, has secured Pounds 20 million in funding to propel its advanced high-resolution thermal imaging technology. The funding consists of a Pounds 10 mil ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Commercial Earth Observation to exceed $8 billion by 2033
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 29, 2024
The commercial Earth Observation (EO) market is forecasted to experience substantial growth, according to the latest Earth Observation Data and Services Market report from Novaspace. Currently value ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
McGill Professor leads AXIS mission in final phase of NASA selection process
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 29, 2024
NASA has advanced the Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS) mission, co-led by McGill University's Professor Daryl Haggard, to the final selection phase of its $1 billion space probe competition. ... more
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Scientists map complete energy spectrum of solar high-energy protons near Mars
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 26, 2024
Scientists have achieved a major milestone in Martian space research by constructing the first complete energy spectrum of high-energy solar protons during a solar eruptive event. This effort sheds ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Revolv Space prepares for inaugural in-orbit test of SARA system
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 26, 2024
Revolv Space has completed integration and testing of its Solar Array Drive Assembly (SADA), known as SARA, on DPhi Space's Clustergate-1 platform, signaling read ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
NASA data reveals role of green spaces in cooling cities
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 27, 2024
As any urban dweller who has lived through a heat wave knows, a shady tree can make all the difference. But what happens when there's no shade available? A recent study in Nature Communication ... more
TECH SPACE
Shape memory alloy antenna redefines communication technology
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2024
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Maryland have developed a revolutionary antenna that adjusts its shape based on temperature. Using additive manufacturing and shape m ... more

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EARTH OBSERVATION
New AI tool generates realistic satellite images of future flooding
Boston MA (SPX) Nov 26, 2024
Visualizing the potential impacts of a hurricane on people's homes before it hits can help residents prepare and decide whether to evacuate. MIT scientists have developed a method that generat ... more
OUTER PLANETS
Uranus moons could hold clues to hidden oceans for future space missions
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 26, 2024
NASA's upcoming mission to Uranus aims to explore the icy moons first photographed by Voyager 2 in 1986, this time seeking evidence of subsurface oceans that could potentially harbor life. Researche ... more
DRAGON SPACE
Long March 12 set for inaugural launch from Hainan space center
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2024
China's Long March 12 carrier rocket is preparing for its debut flight, marking a significant milestone as the first launch from the Hainan International Commercial Aerospace Launch Center. This fac ... more
SPACE MEDICINE
Deep space health risks highlighted in new book by Dr Geoffrey Guy
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2024
Astronauts venturing beyond Earth's protective magnetic and gravitational fields may face significant health risks, according to Quantum Biology - A Glimpse into the Future of Medicine, a new book b ... more
TECH SPACE
Spectrum to manufacture satellite components for D-Orbit USA
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2024
Spectrum Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, Inc. (Spectrum), a subsidiary of Ocutrx Technologies, Inc., has been selected as the manufacturing partner for D-Orbit USA, the U.S.-based division of I ... more
VSAT NEWS
Kacific introduces SatPack for portable and reliable satellite internet in remote regions
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 27, 2024
Kacific Broadband Satellites Group (Kacific) has unveiled SatPack, a portable satellite internet solution designed for rapid deployment in challenging environments across the Asia-Pacific. Building ... more
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY
All-optical nonlinear Compton scattering achieved with multi-petawatt laser producing ultra-bright gamma rays
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 26, 2024
In a major advancement for strong field physics, researchers from the Institute for Basic Science's Center for Relativistic Laser Science (CoReLS) in Korea have successfully demonstrated nonlinear C ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
XRISM mission looks deeply into 'hidden' stellar system
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 26, 2024
The Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) observatory has captured the most detailed portrait yet of gases flowing within Cygnus X-3, one of the most studied sources in the X-ray ... more
TIME AND SPACE
New bar set for simulating the universe in the Exascale era
Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Nov 26, 2024
The universe just got a whole lot bigger - or at least in the world of computer simulations, that is. In early November, researchers at the Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory u ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
Airbus to deliver advanced satellite modems to UK MoD for Skynet comms
London, UK (SPX) Nov 27, 2024
Airbus has secured a contract with the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence (MOD) to supply next-generation satellite modems for the Skynet military satellite communications network. The agreement i ... more
SPACEMART
Space ISAC launches first Global ISAC Hub in Australia
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 26, 2024
Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Space ISAC) has announced the establishment of its first international Global Hub in Australia. This initiative aims to expand collaboration among Spac ... more
OUTER PLANETS
A clue to what lies beneath the bland surfaces of Uranus and Neptune
Berkeley CA (SPX) Nov 26, 2024
Diamond rain? Super-ionic water? These are just two proposals that planetary scientists have come up with for what lies beneath the thick, bluish, hydrogen-and-helium atmospheres of Uranus and Neptu ... more
MOON DAILY
KSAT teams with Starsite to establish lunar support site in Western Australia
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 27, 2024
Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) is partnering with Starsite Pty Ltd to build and operate a 20-meter antenna at a new site in Western Australia. Starsite, the Australian landowner, will manage an ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Novel supernova observations grant astronomers a peek into the cosmic past
Columbus OH (SPX) Nov 26, 2024
An international team of researchers has made new observations of an unusual supernova, finding the most metal-poor stellar explosion ever observed. This rare supernova, called 2023ufx, origin ... more
EXO WORLDS
Team identifies how interstellar medium impacts pulsar signals
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2024
A new study led by Sofia Sheikh of the SETI Institute has revealed how pulsar signals - emissions from the spinning remnants of massive stars - are distorted as they traverse the interstellar medium ... more
EXO WORLDS
Discovery Alert: a 'Hot Neptune' in a Tight Orbit
Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2024
A Neptune-sized planet, TOI-3261 b, makes a scorchingly close orbit around its host star. Only the fourth object of its kind ever found, the planet could reveal clues as to how planets such as these ... more
EXO WORLDS
Final data and undiscovered images from NASA's NEOWISE
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2024
While NASA's NEOWISE telescope ended its journey through space on Nov. 1, 2024, the team at IPAC, a science center at Caltech, was working on one further gift from the prolific mission. The fi ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
NASA selects NOAA for development of space weather sensors on SWFO-1
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2024
NASA has awarded a $20.5 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, for the development of Suprathermal Ion Sensors as p ... more
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SOLAR SCIENCE
Eclipse maker Proba-3 to revolutionize solar corona observations
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 27, 2024
The elusive solar corona, a faint, ultra-hot layer of the Sun, has intrigued scientists for centuries. This region, responsible for solar winds and storms, is usually obscured by the Sun's intense l ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Astronomers identify potential source of mysterious stellar signals
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 27, 2024
Researchers at the Curtin University node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have made a record-setting discovery while uncovering clues to a rare cosmic phenomenon kno ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
China FAST telescope discovers over 1000 pulsars
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 27, 2024
China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), the largest and most sensitive filled-aperture radio telescope in the world, has identified over 1,000 new pulsars since it bega ... more
SPACEMART
Sidus Space prepares LizzieSat-2 for December launch
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2024
Sidus Space (NASDAQ: SIDU) has finalized launch preparations for LizzieSat-2 at the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. The satellite is now in SpaceX's c ... more
PHYSICS NEWS
PolyU conducts successful catalyst material experiments in Low Earth Orbit
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 26, 2024
The Shijian-19 satellite, China's first reusable and returnable satellite, has completed its mission and returned to Earth, carrying a variety of experimental payloads. Among these was the Hong Kong ... more
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