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Blue Origin set to acquire Honeybee Robotics![]() Brooklyn NY (SPX) Jan 26, 2022 Honeybee Robotics (Honeybee) will be acquired by Blue Origin. With major operations in Longmont, Colorado and Altadena, California, Honeybee will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Blue Origin, headquartered in Kent, Washington. The deal between Honeybee's parent organization, Ensign-Bickford Industries, and Blue Origin is expected to close in mid-February. Terms of the deal are not being disclosed. Since 1983, Honeybee Robotics has delivered more than 1,000 advanced projects to government and in ... read more |
New tech spurs spaceplane vision: halfway around world in 40 minutesWashington DC (UPI) Jan 26, 2021 Seattle-area company Radian Aerospace plans to build and commercialize a true spaceplane that could take off from a commercial runway, fly to space and return under its own power - a feat never achieved in aerospace history. ... more
Satellogic completes transaction to become publicly traded companyNew York NY (SPX) Jan 27, 2022 Satellogic Inc., a leader in sub-meter resolution satellite imagery collection has completed its previously announced business combination with CF Acquisition Corp. V (Nasdaq: CFV) ("CFV"), a public ... more
Three, two, one: astronomers predict SpaceX space junk will hit the MoonWashington (AFP) Jan 26, 2022 A chunk of a SpaceX rocket that blasted off seven years ago and was abandoned in space after completing its mission will crash into the Moon in March, experts say. ... more
University spy in Germany 'passed Ariane rocket details to Russia'Frankfurt, Germany (AFP) Jan 27, 2022 German prosecutors on Thursday said they had charged a Russian scientist working at a Bavarian university with espionage, accusing him of sharing information about Europe's Ariane space rocket progr ... more |
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12 Companies to Provide Venture Class Launch Services for NASAWashington DC (SPX) Jan 27, 2022 NASA has selected 12 companies to provide launch services for the agency's Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) missions, providing new opportunities for science and technolog ... more
Advances in Space Transportation Systems Transforming Space CoastCape Canaveral FL (VOA) Jan 13, 2022 From a seaside perch overlooking the hustle and bustle of ships coming and going at Port Canaveral on Florida's east coast, Dale Ketcham reflects on decades of history with nostalgia. "I moved ... more
Making matter from collisions of lightWashington DC (SPX) Jan 26, 2022 Nuclear scientists have used a powerful particle accelerator to create matter directly from collisions of light. Scientists predicted this process in the 1930s, but it has never been achieved in a s ... more
A VIPER in the SandHuntsville AL (SPX) Jan 27, 2022 The test version of NASA's Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, kicks up high sinkage sand-like material while transiting NASA Glenn's Simulated Lunar Operations Laboratory, or ... more
Making a splash in a lava seaParis (ESA) Jan 27, 2022 Volcanoes, impact craters, tectonic faults, river channels and a lava sea: a vast amount of information is captured in a relatively small area in this geologically rich new image from ESA's Mars Exp ... more |
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Nearly 1,000 mysterious strands revealed in Milky Way's centerChicago IL (SPX) Jan 27, 2022 An unprecedented new telescope image of the Milky Way galaxy's turbulent center has revealed nearly 1,000 mysterious strands, inexplicably dangling in space. Stretching up to 150 light years l ... more
New MeerKAT radio image reveals complex heart of the Milky WayCape Town, South Africa (SPX) Jan 27, 2022 The South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) has released a new MeerKAT telescope image of the centre of our Galaxy, showing radio emission from the region with unprecedented clarity and de ... more
Physicist solves century old problem of radiation reactionLancaster UK (SPX) Jan 26, 2022 A Lancaster physicist has proposed a radical solution to the question of how a charged particle, such as an electron, responded to its own electromagnetic field. This question has challenged p ... more
A new language for quantum computingBoston MA (SPX) Jan 25, 2022 Time crystals. Microwaves. Diamonds. What do these three disparate things have in common? Quantum computing. Unlike traditional computers that use bits, quantum computers use qubits to encode inform ... more
Berkeley astronomers set to put Web Telescope through its pacesBerkeley CA (SPX) Jan 26, 2022 NASA's latest and snazziest satellite, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), launched on Christmas Day, deployed its 21-foot-wide mirror a mere two weeks ago and reached its orbital destination ear ... more |
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Beaming with science Paris (ESA) Jan 27, 2022
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station farewelled over 2000 kg of scientific experiments and hardware on Sunday 23 January as a cargo Dragon spacecraft began its return to Earth.
ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer captured the resupply vehicle in all its glory as it departed the orbital outpost at 15:40 GMT/16:40 CET. It splashed down approximately 29 hours later off the coast of Flo ... more |
New tech spurs spaceplane vision: halfway around world in 40 minutes Washington DC (UPI) Jan 26, 2021
Seattle-area company Radian Aerospace plans to build and commercialize a true spaceplane that could take off from a commercial runway, fly to space and return under its own power - a feat never achieved in aerospace history.
The company emerged from secrecy in an announcement last week that said a former Boeing official who oversaw that company's X-33 spaceplane program, Livingston Hol ... more |
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SwRI scientist helps confirm liquid water beneath Mars south polar cap San Antonio, TX (SPX) Jan 26, 2022
A Southwest Research Institute scientist measured the properties of ice-brine mixtures as cold as -145 degrees Fahrenheit to help confirm that salty water likely exists between grains of ice or sediment under the ice cap at Mars' south pole. Laboratory measurements conducted by SwRI geophysicist Dr. David Stillman support oddly bright reflections detected by the MARSIS subsurface sounding radar ... more |
China's rocket technology hits the ski slopes Dalian (XNA) Jan 20, 2022
Who would ever have thought that technology used on China's largest carrier rocket would be used to improve the safety of skiers?
Chinese scientists have developed a strong ski helmet with space technology originally used on the Long March-5 rocket, the country's heaviest launch vehicle and the carrier of Mars probe Tianwen-1.
The helmet, designed by a team from the Dalian University ... more |
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OneWeb and Hughes to bring orbital broadband service to India London, UK (SPX) Jan 21, 2022
OneWeb, the low Earth orbit satellite communications company, and Hughes Network Systems LLC has announced a strategic six-year Distribution Partner agreement to provide low Earth orbit (LEO) connectivity services across India. The arrangement between OneWeb and Hughes Communications India Private Ltd. (HCIPL), a joint venture between Hughes and Bharti Airtel Limited, follows the Memorandum of U ... more |
Physicist solves century old problem of radiation reaction Lancaster UK (SPX) Jan 26, 2022
A Lancaster physicist has proposed a radical solution to the question of how a charged particle, such as an electron, responded to its own electromagnetic field.
This question has challenged physicists for over 100 years but mathematical physicist Dr Jonathan Gratus has suggested an alternative approach - published in the Journal of Physics A- with controversial implications.
It is w ... more |
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A planetary dynamical crime scene at 14 Herculis New York NY (SPX) Jan 25, 2022
The forensic evidence left in the 14 Her giant planetary system suggests an active dynamical past. Two giant planets, several times more massive than Jupiter, in highly eccentric orbits around a solar-type star were found orbiting at nearly right angles to each other.
In the recently published paper "14 Her: a likely case of planet-planet scattering," Daniella Bardalez Gagliuffi-a senior m ... more |
Oxygen ions in Jupiter's innermost radiation belts Gottingen, Germany (SPX) Jan 13, 2022
Planets like Earth, Jupiter, and Saturn with global magnetic fields of their own are surrounded by so-called radiation belts: Trapped in the magnetic field, fast moving charged particles such as electrons, protons, and heavier ions whiz around thus forming the invisible, torus-shaped radiation belts. With their high velocities reaching almost the speed of light, the particles can ionize other mo ... more |
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After three years of declines, shark bites are again on the rise Gainesville FL (SPX) Jan 25, 2022
After three consecutive years of worldwide declines, the number of shark bites picked up in 2021, with a total of 73 unprovoked incidents. The data, published this week by the Florida Museum of Natural History's International Shark Attack File, also included 39 provoked shark bites and nine fatalities that occurred throughout the year.
The number of unprovoked bites in 2021 aligns with the ... more |
China completes health check on BDS satellite constellation Xian (XNA) Jan 26, 2022
A health check on all 52 in-orbit satellites of China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) has been completed, according to the Xi'an Satellite Control Center.
The center said the satellites met all key indicators, meaning the constellation can provide services without issue.
The evaluation was conducted without interrupting the satellites' usual navigation services, and develo ... more |
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Chinese lunar rover's 2-year travelogue on moon's far side reported Beijing (XNA) Jan 21, 2022
Chinese scientists published the country's lunar rover travelogue of its first two years of service that depicted the unique and untrodden moonscape on the moon's far side, revealing its notable differences with the near side with in situ evidence.
The study published on Thursday in the peer-reviewed journal, Science Robotics, described cloddy soil, gel-like rocks, and fresh small craters ... more |
Looking Up at the Asteroids in the Neighborhood Medford MA (SPX) Jan 21, 2022
Asteroids fly through our solar system all the time, but it's rare for us to take notice of them. But that's changed this week, as an asteroid passes within 1,231,184 miles of Earth on January 18. The asteroid, dubbed 7482 (1994 PC1), was first seen in 1994 and is about two-thirds of a mile wide.
One likely reason Americans are paying more attention is because many millions have watched th ... more |
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Satellogic completes transaction to become publicly traded company New York NY (SPX) Jan 27, 2022
Satellogic Inc., a leader in sub-meter resolution satellite imagery collection has completed its previously announced business combination with CF Acquisition Corp. V (Nasdaq: CFV) ("CFV"), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Cantor Fitzgerald. The business combination was approved at a special meeting of CFV stockholders on January 24, 2022. Beginning Wednesday, J ... more |
Ancient ice reveals mysterious solar storm Lund, Sweden (SPX) Jan 27, 2022
Through analyzes of ice cores from Greenland and Antarctica, a research team led by Lund University in Sweden has found evidence of an extreme solar storm that occurred about 9,200 years ago. What puzzles the researchers is that the storm took place during one of the sun's more quiet phases - during which it is generally believed our planet is less exposed to such events.
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UW alum helped pack James Webb telescope for space travel Madison WI (SPX) Jan 26, 2022
A University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering mechanics alumnus made important contributions to NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, which arrived at its home in distant orbit Monday.
The telescope, the world's largest and most powerful space science observatory, launched on Dec. 25, starting its journey toward its destination about 1 million miles from Earth.
Webb is an international ... more |
Extraordinary black hole found in neighboring galaxy Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Jan 25, 2022
Astronomers discovered a black hole unlike any other. At one hundred thousand solar masses, it is smaller than the black holes we have found at the centers of galaxies, but bigger than the black holes that are born when stars explode. This makes it one of the only confirmed intermediate-mass black holes, an object that has long been sought by astronomers.
"We have very good detections of t ... more |
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