Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 03, 2024
CesiumAstro, a leader in advanced space connectivity solutions, has unveiled Element, a fully integrated satellite platform designed to revolutionize both defense and commercial space applications. With adaptable and reconfigurable payloads, the Element platform is built to evolve with changing mission requirements, enhancing flexibility and capabilities in satellite operations.
CesiumAstr
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 03, 2024
Scientists are delving deep into the origins of the universe, focusing on the Epoch of Reionization (EoR) - a pivotal time when the first stars and galaxies formed and ionized the primordial hydrogen that filled the universe. This era, where ionized gas bubbles began to appear and coalesce, set the foundation for galaxy formation as we know it today.
While we can't travel back to witness t
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 03, 2024
A research team led by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has made the first detection of carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on the surface of Charon, Pluto's largest moon, using data from the James Webb Space Telescope. These findings build upon Charon's known surface composition, which includes water ice, ammonia-bearing materials, and organic compounds linked to its unique gray and red hue
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 03, 2024
Inspired by the half-human, half-horse creatures that are part of Ancient Greek mythology, the field of astronomy has its own kind of centaurs: distant objects orbiting the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has mapped the gases spewing from one of these objects, suggesting a varied composition and providing new insights into the formation and evolution of the sol
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 2, 2024
When astronauts eventually traverse the moon's surface as part of the planned Artemis lunar missions, they'll have a prototype to thank.
NASA engineers at the Johnson Space Center are designing a new lunar rover prototype called the Ground Test Unit. The space agency said Wednesday it plans to have the vehicle available for the Artemis V moon mission.
"The Ground Test Unit will h
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 03, 2024
NASA has chosen Intuitive Machines of Houston and Aalyria Technologies Inc. of Livermore, California, to conduct capability studies aimed at advancing space communication and exploration technologies. These studies are intended to provide NASA with insights into industry capabilities and innovations, laying the groundwork for partnerships with commercial communications and navigation providers.
Huntsville AL (SPX) Oct 03, 2024
A new NASA competition, the LunaRecycle Challenge, is open and offering $3 million in prizes for innovations in recycling material waste on deep space missions.
As NASA continues efforts toward long-duration human space travel, including building a sustained human presence on the Moon through its Artemis missions, the agency needs novel solutions for processing inorganic waste streams like
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 03, 2024
As NASA's Artemis missions approach, astronauts returning to the Moon will be equipped with a human-rated Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) to enhance their exploration of the lunar surface. The unpressurized rover will play a key role in enabling diverse scientific research and discoveries.
At NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, engineers are developing a prototype for the rover, known as t
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 03, 2024
A team of researchers led by Professor Shuo Yao from China University of Geosciences (Beijing) and her doctoral student Hongyi Wang has revealed that magnetized magma intrusions are the source of two lunar magnetic anomalies. Using a 3D amplitude inversion technique originally developed at the University of British Columbia's Geophysical Inversion Facility (UBC-GIF), the team has made significan
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 03, 2024
Asteroids have long posed a potential threat to Earth, and the European Space Agency's (ESA) Hera mission is set to explore ways to mitigate these risks. Hera, developed in Germany, will embark on a two-year journey to study the Didymos-Dimorphos asteroid system as part of an international planetary defense effort. Scheduled for launch between 7 and 27 October 2024 on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape
Boston MA (SPX) Oct 03, 2024
They planned to fly for four years and to get as far as Jupiter and Saturn. But nearly half a century and 15 billion miles later, NASA's twin Voyager spacecraft have far exceeded their original mission, winging past the outer planets and busting out of our heliosphere, beyond the influence of the sun. The probes are currently making their way through interstellar space, traveling farther than an
Erie PA (SPX) Oct 03, 2024
Over six missions to the moon, from 1969 to 1972, Apollo astronauts collected more than 800 pounds of lunar rock and soil. Chemical and isotopic analysis of that material showed that it was similar to the rock and soil on Earth: calcium-rich, basaltic and dating to about 60 million years after the solar system formed.
Using that data, the planetary scientists who gathered at the Kona Confe
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Oct 2, 2024
The European Commission on Wednesday proposed to delay by a year a ban on imports of products driving deforestation that has faced pushback from countries around the world.
The move triggered an immediate outcry from environmental groups, which had hailed the unprecedented law as a major breakthrough in the fight to protect nature and the climate.
The legislation, which will bar a vast
Bogota (AFP) Oct 3, 2024
Colombia said Wednesday it is seeking 40 billion dollars in investment to fund its ambitious plans to stop extracting fossil fuels as part of its transition to a low-carbon economy.
The country's first left-wing president, Gustavo Petro, last year halted all new concessions for oil, coal and gas exploration as part of his government's commitment to combat climate change.
"We are shifting
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 30, 2024
The extreme environmental conditions on Mars, with its 95.32% carbon dioxide atmosphere and significant temperature fluctuations, pose major challenges for energy storage systems on the planet. To overcome these hurdles, Prof. Peng Tan and Dr. Xu Xiao from the University of Science and Technology of China have developed a new type of Mars battery, which uses the Martian atmosphere as a fuel sour
Beijing (AFP) Oct 3, 2024
China should set a "strong but achievable" target of slashing emissions at least 30 percent by 2035 when it submits updated climate commitments in coming months, a report urged Thursday.
Signatories to the 2015 Paris climate accord must announce by next February their updated roadmaps to achieve the treaty's goal of limiting global temperature rises.
China currently aims to peak carbon d
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 03, 2024
A new survey of climate scientists reveals a broad consensus that global temperatures are on track to surpass the 1.5 C to well-below 2 C targets outlined in the 2015 Paris Agreement. The study, published in 'Communications Earth and Environment', included responses from authors of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports. It highlights significant concerns, but also some opt
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 03, 2024
In a groundbreaking study, scientists at Northwestern University have, for the first time, witnessed hydrogen and oxygen atoms merging to form nano-sized water bubbles at the molecular level. This study aimed to unravel the mechanism behind how palladium, a rare metal, catalyzes this reaction, shedding light on new ways to accelerate water generation.
The team's work revealed that this pro
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 03, 2024
In the 1990s, NASA satellites designed to detect high-energy particles from distant celestial events made an unexpected discovery - gamma radiation bursts originating from Earth. Scientists quickly linked these radioactive bursts to thunderstorms, but the frequency of the phenomenon remained uncertain. Traditional satellites were not designed to detect such emissions from Earth, making consisten
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 03, 2024
Framatome has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with CEZ to collaborate on the development of Framatome's own VVER-1000 nuclear fuel. This partnership strengthens their ongoing cooperation, advancing the design of fuel to support the safe and reliable operation of VVER nuclear reactors in the Czech Republic and beyond.
"We are pleased to take another step in the development
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 03, 2024
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) has been operating the WiValdi Wind Energy Research Farm since August 2023, offering a large-scale platform for real-world wind energy research. Located in Krummendeich, Lower Saxony, the facility is designed to better understand wind energy dynamics, improving efficiency, reducing costs, and lowering noise pollution. Equipped with over 2000 sensors on two wind
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 03, 2024
The European Space Agency (ESA) has launched its new Earth Observation Science Strategy, 'Earth Science in Action for Tomorrow's World', aimed at addressing escalating environmental challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and extreme weather. The strategy, which looks forward to 2040, sets the course for leveraging satellite-based Earth monitoring to support policy and action towar
The Kansas City Chiefs opened the 21-day practice window for running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire.,The Chiefs' transaction came on Wednesday. They will
The economy is always a top issue for voters. David Wessel, director of the Brookings Institution’s Hutchins Center, compares the presidential candidates' plans on taxes, tariffs, housing and more.
With all the religious-based violence going on in the "Holy" Land, we need to take the advice of the Deist Thomas Paine. He called for a Deism revolution in religion.
