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  Washington DC (UPI) Apr 23, 2021 Proliferating levels of debris are posing a threat to the space environment and should be regulated as more satellites are being launched into space, researchers say. Edinburgh University researchers said in a study published Friday in the journal Nature Astronomy the debris is troublesome, potentially affecting "professional astronomy, public stargazing and the cultural importance of the sky" to indigenous populations. The situation can also damage "the sustainability of commercial, civ ... read more |
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Today's space domain awareness just got better as new AFRL Space Lab opensKirtland AFB NM (SPX) Apr 22, 2022 The Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate held a ribbon cutting ceremony April 11 to open a new facility named Skywave Technology Laboratory. The 3,500 square foot, $3.5 million l ... more  
Perseverance starts Jezero Delta campaignPasadena CA (JPL) Apr 22, 2022 We made it! Perseverance is at the delta, and gracing us with stunning images to pour over. Mars 2020 is officially out of "Rapid Traverse" mode, where we put the pedal to the metal and focused on d ... more  
Search for life on Jupiter moon Europa bolstered by new studyWashington DC (UPI) Apr 23, 2021 Scientists say they are one step closer to understanding Europa, a moon orbiting Jupiter that's widely considered the prime candidate for alien life forms within the solar system. ... more 
Curiosity goes oops Sols 3451-3452Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 22, 2022 Not that it matters, but exactly 100 sols ago, on January 7th, we were planning sols 3351 and 3352, and it was this blogger's turn to report on what was happening. Apparently, we were marvelling at ... more |
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Using bacteria to build settlements on MarsNew Delhi, India (SPX) Apr 21, 2022 In collaboration with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), a team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has developed a sustainable method for making bricks out of Mar ... more  
Where no satnav has gone beforeParis (ESA) Apr 22, 2022 The test version of a unique satellite navigation receiver has been delivered for integration testing on the Lunar Pathfinder spacecraft. The NaviMoon satnav receiver is designed to perform the fart ... more  
Tianzhou-3 docks with Tianhe's front docking portBeijing (XNA) Apr 21, 2022 China's cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-3 separated from the country's space station core module Tianhe and redocked with the module on Wednesday. Tianzhou-3 detached from the rear docking port of T ... more  
Space dust, asteroids and comets can account for all water on MercuryLeiden, Netherlands (SPX) Apr 22, 2022 Mercury harbors water ice in the shadows of the steepest craters around its poles. But it is unclear how those water molecules ended up on Mercury. Now a new simulation shows that incoming minor bod ... more |
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Mars rover searches for evidence of past life at ancient river deltaWashington DC (UPI) Apr 20, 2021 NASA's Perseverance rover, searching for evidence of past life on Mars, has completed a 31-Martian-day journey of roughly 3 miles after collecting eight rock-core samples from its first science campaign. ... more
Water on Jupiter's moon closer to surface than thought: studyParis (AFP) April 19, 2022 Ridges that criss-cross the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa indicate there are shallow pockets of water beneath, boosting hopes in the search for extra-terrestrial life, scientists said Tuesday. ... more
Sols 3449-3450: Comin' Down the MountainPasadena CA (JPL) Apr 20, 2022 After spending the last few weeks exploring the top of the nearby pediment surface, Curiosity is now making her way back down from the pediment and towards an alternate route to Gediz Vallis Ridge. ... more 
NASA's Perseverance rover arrives at Delta for new science campaignPasadena CA (JPL) Apr 20, 2022 After collecting eight rock-core samples from its first science campaign and completing a record-breaking, 31-Martian-day (or sol) dash across about 3 miles (5 kilometers) of Mars, NASA's Perseveran ... more |
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Abundant features on Europa bodes well for search for extraterrestrial lifeStanford CA (SPX) Apr 20, 2022 Europa is a prime candidate for life in our solar system, and its deep saltwater ocean has captivated scientists for decades. But it's enclosed by an icy shell that could be miles to tens of miles t ... more 
Divide and conquer: Mars rovers to be superseded by swarms of two-wheeled robotsMoscow, Russia (SPX) Apr 13, 2022 Skoltech scientists have proposed a concept for a modular Mars exploration rover. Leveraging the power of cooperative robotics, the new system described in an Acta Astronautica paper consists of fou ... more 
Jupiter's moon has splendid dunesNew Brunswick NJ (SPX) Apr 20, 2022 Scientists have long wondered how Jupiter's innermost moon, Io, has meandering ridges as grand as any that can be seen in movies like "Dune." Now, a Rutgers research study has provided a new explana ... more 
Sols 3446-3448: Weekend workloadWashington DC (SPX) Apr 14, 2022 Due to some complex terrain, the rover's last drive came up about ten meters short of the target destination. The rover's unexpected parking orientation unfortunately will not allow our usual uplink ... more 
AFRL is developing green power for satellitesKirtland AFB NM (SPX) Apr 22, 2022 The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Space Vehicles Directorate is developing a new "green energy" fuel cell technology, that will allow thruster equipped spacecraft to convert chemical energ ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 14, 2022 
Due to some complex terrain, the rover's last drive came up about ten meters short of the target destination. The rover's unexpected parking orientation unfortunately will not allow our usual uplink direct from Earth.
We can instead send the weekend's commands through one of the orbiters at Mars, but a little later than planned. As a result, today's plan had to be adjusted accordingly. Wee ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Apr 22, 2022 
The test version of a unique satellite navigation receiver has been delivered for integration testing on the Lunar Pathfinder spacecraft. The NaviMoon satnav receiver is designed to perform the farthest ever positioning fix from Earth, employing signals that will be millions of times fainter than those used by our smartphones or cars.
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 Paris (AFP) April 19, 2022  Ridges that criss-cross the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa indicate there are shallow pockets of water beneath, boosting hopes in the search for extra-terrestrial life, scientists said Tuesday.
Europa has long been a candidate for finding life in our solar system due to its vast ocean, which is widely thought to contain liquid water - a key ingredient for life.
There is a problem: ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Apr 14, 2022 
Diverse microbial life existed on Earth at least 3.75 billion years ago, suggests a new study led by UCL researchers that challenges the conventional view of when life began.
For the study, published in Science Advances, the research team analysed a fist-sized rock from Quebec, Canada, estimated to be between 3.75 and 4.28 billion years old. In an earlier Nature paper*, the team found tiny ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Apr 20, 2021 
NASA's next crew of astronauts planned to launch no earlier than Saturday, but space agency officials are preparing to delay the flight because of weather problems preventing the return of Axiom Space's first mission crew from the International Space Station.
The Ax-1 crew originally planned for a 10-day mission, part of the first-ever private astronaut mission to the International Spac ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 21, 2022 
China's cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-3 separated from the country's space station core module Tianhe and redocked with the module on Wednesday.
Tianzhou-3 detached from the rear docking port of Tianhe at 5:02 a.m. (Beijing Time), moved to the module's front port and completed a computer-orchestrated rendezvous and docking at 9:06 a.m., according to the China Manned Space Agency.
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 London, Canada (SPX) Apr 22, 2022 
A bright fireball was observed by a network of all-sky cameras across southern Ontario at 11:37pm on Sunday, April 17, 2022. Analysis of the video data suggests that fragments of the meteor are likely to have made it to the ground near the eastern shore of Lake Simcoe, just north of the town of Argyle.
Western University's physics and astronomy department runs an all-sky camera network tha ... more |
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 Arlington VA (SPX) Apr 15, 2022 
The ground-based laser system homed in on the red drone flying by, shooting a high-energy beam invisible to the naked eye. Suddenly, a fiery orange glow flared on the drone, smoke poured from its engine and a parachute opened as the craft tumbled downward, disabled by the laser beam.
The February demonstration marked the first time the U.S. Navy used an all-electric, high-energy laser weap ... more |
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 Dallas TX (SPX) Apr 22, 2022  Lockheed Martin has received a contract totaling $74 million to produce the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Weapon System for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). The award amount covers the production of an eighth THAAD battery for the U.S. government. It's expected to be fielded by 2025.
"This award demonstrates the U.S. government's continued confi ... more |
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 Davis UK (SPX) Mar 23, 2022 
In 2006, the Cassini spacecraft recorded geyser curtains shooting forth from "tiger stripe" fissures near the south pole of Saturn's moon Enceladus - sometimes as much as 200 kilograms of water per second. A new study suggests how expanding ice during millennia-long cooling cycles could sometimes crack the moon's icy shell and let its inner ocean out, providing a possible explanation for the gey ... more |
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 New York NY (SPX) Apr 14, 2022 
From designing new biomaterials to novel photonic devices, new materials built through a process called bottom-up nanofabrication, or self-assembly, are opening up pathways to new technologies with properties tuned at the nanoscale. However, to fully unlock the potential of these new materials, researchers need to "see" into their tiny creations so that they can control the design and fabricatio ... more |
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 Bonn, Germany (SPX) Apr 08, 2022 
Coalescing supermassive black holes in the centers of merging galaxies fill the universe with low-frequency gravitational waves. Astronomers have been searching for these waves by using large radio telescopes to look for the subtle effect these spacetime ripples have on radio waves emitted by pulsars within our Galaxy.
Now, an international team of scientists has shown that the high-energy ... more |
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 Cambridge MA (SPX) Apr 21, 2022 
In some of the most crowded parts of the universe, black holes may be tearing apart thousands of stars and using their remains to pack on weight. This discovery, made with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, could help answer key questions about an elusive class of black holes.
While astronomers have previously found many examples of black holes tearing stars apart, little evidence has been ... more |
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 Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 14, 2022 
When it comes to the future of intelligent robots, the first question people ask is often: how many jobs will they make disappear? Whatever the answer, the second question is likely to be: how can I make sure that my job is not among them?
In a study just published in Science Robotics, a team of roboticists from EPFL and economists from the University of Lausanne offers answers to both que ... more |
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 Wright-Patterson AFB (AFRL) Apr 15, 2022 
The Air Force Research Laboratory will showcase programs and technologies in several areas including weapons and unmanned aerial systems, plus avenues for sharing ideas or capabilities with the lab during the Association for Unmanned Vehicles Systems International (AUVSI) XPONENTIAL in Orlando, Florida, April 25-28, 2022.
AFRL supports both the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force, seamless ... more |
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