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February 05, 2025
IRON AND ICE
A 'city-killer' asteroid might hit Earth -- how worried should we be?



Washington (AFP) Feb 5, 2025
A colossal explosion in the sky, unleashing energy hundreds of times greater than the Hiroshima bomb. A blinding flash nearly as bright as the Sun. Shockwaves powerful enough to flatten everything for miles. It may sound apocalyptic, but a newly detected asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has a greater than one percent chance of colliding with Earth in about eight years. Such an impact has the potential for city-level devastation, depending on where it strikes. Scientists aren' ... read more

SPACE TRAVEL
ISS Crew Demonstrates Robotics and Monitors Environmental Conditions
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 05, 2025
The Expedition 72 crew dedicated Tuesday to advancing free-flying robotics research while performing crucial scientific tasks aboard the International Space Station. Their schedule also included eva ... more
EXO WORLDS
Asteroid Bennu comes from a long-lost salty world with ingredients for life
Tucson AZ (SPX) Feb 04, 2025
Nature had the conditions to "cook up" the chemical precursor ingredients for life before Earth formed, according to two studies published by the sample analysis team of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, w ... more
MOON DAILY
NASA Tests in Simulated Lunar Gravity to Prep Payloads for Moon
Houston TX (SPX) Feb 05, 2025
The old saying - "Practice makes perfect!" - applies to the Moon too. On Tuesday, NASA gave 17 technologies, instruments, and experiments the chance to practice being on the Moon... without actually ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Rocket Lab and iQPS finalize arrangement for four Electron missions
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 05, 2025
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has secured an agreement with the Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS), a Japanese Earth observation company specializing in high-resolution imagery, to deliver fo ... more
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MOON DAILY
Commercial and Military Uses of Cislunar Space
Bethesda, MD (SPX) Feb 04, 2025
Cislunar space, the region between Earth and the Moon, has emerged as a focal point for both commercial and military interests. Its strategic importance is underscored by the growing investments in ... more
MOON DAILY
China readies Chang-e 7 for Lunar South Pole mission in search of water ice
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 05, 2025
China's Chang'e 7 mission is on track for a 2026 launch, with its sights set on the moon's southern polar region. The goal, China Media Group reported Monday, is to identify water ice deposits and t ... more
MARSDAILY
New Martian Crater Reveals Far-Reaching Seismic Signals
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025
By leveraging artificial intelligence, researchers have identified a newly formed crater on Mars, revealing that the impact event propelled vibrations deep into the planet's mantle. Recent fin ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
KAIST develops AI-driven performance prediction model to advance space electric propulsion technology
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 05, 2025
Hall thrusters, an essential propulsion technology for space missions such as NASA's Psyche asteroid mission and SpaceX's Starlink satellites, operate using plasma to achieve efficient thrust. The r ... more

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SPACE TRAVEL
Europa Clipper Charts Course to Jupiter With First Stellar Snapshots
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 05, 2025
Three months after lifting off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Europa Clipper spacecraft still has 1.6 billion miles (2.6 billion kilometers) ahead before it settles into Jupiter's ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Quantum hardware reveals cosmic bubble shifts
London, UK (SPX) Feb 05, 2025
Physicists have carried out an advanced simulation that they believe exposes fresh details about an elusive occurrence, potentially shaping the Universe's eventual destiny. The research centers on a ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
Interaction of kinetic waves and suprathermal particles could be key to unlocking heliophysics mystery
Huntsville AL (SPX) Feb 05, 2025
A graduate research assistant at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama system, has published a paper in the journal Astronomy and Physics that builds on ... more
SPACEMART
NASA Pioneers Autonomous Tools for Satellite Swarms
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 05, 2025
Coordinate your actions, unify your approach, and collaborate to fulfill a shared objective. This "pep talk" succinctly captures how NASA's latest swarm-based breakthrough operates. Known as Distrib ... more
GPS NEWS
EUSPA unveils integrated GNSS and secure SATCOM user technology update
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 04, 2025
The European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) has released the very first GNSS and Secure SATCOM User Technology Report, offering a unified resource that addresses two central space-base ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Zohar rides with SpaceX to enhance real time space weather coverage
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025
Mission Space is preparing to make a major stride forward by sending its new Zohar space weather sensor payload into orbit aboard SpaceX's Transporter-13. This launch marks a significant milestone, ... more
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WATER WORLD
Study highlights later-stage infusion of water on Earth
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025
A research group led by a Rutgers-New Brunswick expert has determined that water did not show up as early in Earth's assembly as once assumed. Their conclusion, drawn from an analysis of ancient roc ... more
ENERGY TECH
Stable thermal fusion gains momentum via isotropic neutron findings
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025
In physics, isotropy refers to a scenario where a system's properties remain uniform regardless of direction. For fusion, assessing the uniformity of neutron energy is vital. Isotropic neutron emiss ... more
OUTER PLANETS
New Study Suggests Trench-Like Features on Uranus' Moon Ariel May Be Windows to Its Interior
Laurel MD (SPX) Feb 05, 2025
Last year, a study led by planetary scientist Richard Cartwright at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, proposed that deposits of carbon dioxide ice and other car ... more
MOON DAILY
Blue Origin mission simulates moon gravity
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 4, 2025
Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket and spacecraft completed its moon-gravity mission, but the capsule appeared to have a slight hiccup on its return when one of its parachutes did not open entirely on Tuesday. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Ariane 6 to deliver inaugural Galileo 2nd Gen satellites as European industy backs Arianespace
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 04, 2025
Arianespace has confirmed at the 17th European Space Conference the signing of a launch services agreement with the European Commission and the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA). ... more
MARSDAILY
Meteor collision shakes Mars recorded by InSight
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 04, 2025
A space rock crashed into the martian surface in February 2021, generating seismic waves that extended 1640 km to reach NASA's InSight lander. The collision carved out a crater about 21 m wide and d ... more
EXO WORLDS
Scientists measure Earth's cosmic detectability
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025
A team of researchers led by Dr. Sofia Sheikh from the SETI Institute, in collaboration with the Characterizing Atmospheric Technosignatures project and the Penn State Extraterrestrial Intelligence ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Space experiment aims to reveal hidden cosmic mass
London UK (SPX) Feb 04 2025
A space-based effort could soon uncover the nature of dark matter, one of the universe's most perplexing forces. Although invisible, this substance composes nearly 85 percent of cosmic mass, challen ... more
TECH SPACE
Astroscale second generation docking plate gains flight heritage
London, UK (SPX) Feb 04, 2025
Astroscale Limited has reached a critical threshold with the first in-space deployment of its second-generation (Gen 2) docking plate. This hardware, now traveling aboard SpaceX's Transporter-12 rid ... more
TECH SPACE
EdgeCortix unveils SAKURA-I with proven radiation immunity for orbital and lunar ventures
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025
EdgeCortix(R) Inc., a leading fabless semiconductor provider focused on low-power Artificial Intelligence (AI) computation at the edge, reports that its SAKURA-I AI Accelerator has shown strong radi ... more
TECH SPACE
Orbex lands D-Orbit deal prior to first mission this year
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025
UK-based launch services provider Orbex has finalized a new commercial agreement with D-Orbit, a leading name in space transportation and logistics. This move highlights Orbex's advancing role in th ... more
SPACEMART
UK Gains Advanced Space Simulation Facility from Amentum
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025
Amentum (NYSE: AMTM) has been chosen to equip the United Kingdom with specialized technology that replicates space-like conditions to optimize microgravity procedures and strengthen mission safety. ... more
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SPACEMART
Vodafone utilizes US satellite array for milestone mobile call
London, UK (SPX) Feb 04, 2025
Vodafone, a leading British telecommunications company, has completed the nation's first satellite video call using a standard mobile phone. The achievement aims to tackle persistent "dead zones" ac ... more
INTERNET SPACE
Astranis inks fresh Falcon 9 deal
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025
Astranis enthusiastically reveals it has finalized a new agreement with SpaceX for an additional Falcon 9 mission carrying five MicroGEO satellites before the end of this year. These advanced satell ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Telescoping from the moon
Miami FL (SPX) Feb 04, 2025
Before Neil Armstrong took his "giant leap for mankind," NASA staged a series of missions that paved the way for his team's successful Apollo 11 moon landing-from a flight that tested the lunar modu ... more
EXO WORLDS
IGRINS on Gemini South Detects Surprising Signatures in Dynamic Atmosphere of Exoplanet WASP-121b
Tucson AZ (SPX) Feb 04, 2025
Nearly one third of known exoplanets are enormous gas giants, similar to Jupiter or Saturn. But whereas our Solar System developed with gas giants far from our Sun, some planetary systems consist of ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Crew Wraps Spacewalk Duties and Expands Crop Research in Orbit
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025
The Expedition 72 crew began February by tidying up after last week's spacewalk, while also conducting ongoing research in space-based farming and microgravity physics. On Monday, they turned their ... more
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