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  Laurel, United States (AFP) Sept 27, 2022 Bullseye: A NASA spaceship on Monday struck an asteroid seven million miles away in order to deflect its orbit, succeeding in a historic test of humanity's ability to prevent a celestial object from devastating life on Earth. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impactor hit its target, the space rock Dimorphos, at 7:14 pm Eastern Time (2314 GMT), 10 months after blasting off from California on its pioneering mission. "We're embarking on a new era, an era in which we potentially have the ... read more |
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Mission seeks to test technology to mitigate potential asteroid or comet impacts of EarthTucson AZ (SPX) Sep 27, 2022 NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft successfully hit its target Sept. 26, and now scientists are analyzing to what degree the kinetic impact changed the trajectory of Dimorphos ... more 
DART hits asteroid in first-ever planetary defense testWashington DC (SPX) Sep 27, 2022 After 10 months flying in space, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) - the world's first planetary defense technology demonstration - successfully impacted its asteroid target on Monday, ... more  
New theory concludes that the origin of life on Earth-like planets is likelyFayetteville AK (SPX) Sep 27, 2022 Does the existence of life on Earth tell us anything about the probability of abiogenesis - the origin of life from inorganic substances - arising elsewhere? That's a question that has confounded sc ... more  
ClearSpace secures a major UK contract to help clean up spaceLondon, UK (SPX) Sep 27, 2022 In October 2021, the UK Space Agency (UKSA) commissioned the ClearSpace UK-based subsidiary to perform a feasibility study for a mission to remove at least two UK-registered derelict objects from lo ... more |
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UH astronomers map distances to 56,000 galaxies, largest-ever catalogManoa HI (SPX) Sep 27, 2022 How old is our universe, and what is its size? A team of researchers led by University of Hawai?i at Manoa astronomers Brent Tully and Ehsan Kourkchi from the Institute for Astronomy have assembled ... more  
SES, ESA and EC partner to deliver satellite quantum cryptographyLuxembourg (SPX) Sep 25, 2022 An SES-led consortium of 20 European companies, with the European Space Agency (ESA) and European Commission support, will design, develop, launch and operate the EAGLE-1 satellite-based end-to-end ... more  
Outpost completes successful flight tests of their autonomous paragliderParis, France (SPX) Sep 25, 2022 During a technical session at IAC, Michael Vergalla, CTO of Outpost, presented a paper on the findings of Outpost's two successful flight tests on a breakthrough technology of an autonomous paraglid ... more  
Vandenberg's final Delta 4 Heavy launchedVandenberg SFB CA (SPX) Sep 24, 2022 Team Vandenberg launched a National Reconnaissance Office mission (NROL-91) aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket from Vandenberg's Space Launch Complex-6 Saturday, Sept. 24, at 3:25 ... more |
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In new setback, hurricane forces Moon rocket into storageWashington (AFP) Sept 26, 2022 NASA's Artemis 1 rocket - waiting to blast off on a delayed mission to the Moon - will be rolled back into its storage hangar Monday night, the space agency said, as Florida braces for Hurricane Ian. ... more  
Virtual hiking map for Jezero crater, the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover landing siteBrussels, Belgium (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 Prospective Mars explorers can now take a hike around the landing site of NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover with an interactive map (https://maps.planet.fu-berlin.de/jezero/) loaded with orbital i ... more 
NASA's stakeholder collaborations help inform Moon to Mars planningWashington DC (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 NASA released a revised version of its Moon to Mars objectives Tuesday, forming a blueprint for shaping exploration throughout the solar system. These guideposts in the agency's Moon to Mars explora ... more 
InSight hears its first meteoroid impacts on MarsPasadena CA (JPL) Sep 21, 2022 NASA's InSight lander has detected seismic waves from four space rocks that crashed on Mars in 2020 and 2021. Not only do these represent the first impacts detected by the spacecraft's seismometer s ... more |
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Analysis of particles of the asteroid Ryugu delivers surprising resultsFrankfurt, Germany (SPX) Sep 25, 2022 Frank Brenker and his team are world leaders in a method that makes it possible to analyse the chemical composition of material in a three-dimensional and entirely non-destructive way and without co ... more  
First 3D renders from JunoCam data reveal "frosted cupcake" clouds on JupiterBrussels, Belgium (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 Animations of the relative heights of the cloud tops of Jupiter reveal delicately textured swirls and peaks that resemble the frosting on top of a cupcake. The results have been presented by citizen ... more 
Star Light Simulator illuminates the search for life around the Milky Way's most common starsBrussels, Belgium (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 Italian researchers have demonstrated experimentally for the first time that microorganisms can photosynthesise using the infrared-dominated light emitted by the most common type of star in the Milk ... more 
Super-Earths are bigger, more common and more habitable than Earth itselfTucson AZ (The Conversation) Sep 21, 2022 Astronomers now routinely discover planets orbiting stars outside of the solar system - they're called exoplanets. But in summer 2022, teams working on NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite f ... more  
Who wants to go to the moon? Europe names astronaut candidatesParis (AFP) Sept 21, 2022 The European Space Agency announced a team of seven astronauts on Wednesday to train for NASA's Artemis mission to the moon - but only one will have the chance to become the first European to walk on the lunar surface. ... more |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 
With satellite and mission operators grappling with unprecedented congestion in space, Kayhan Space and Precious Payload has announced a strategic partnership to provide more access to breakthrough spaceflight safety solutions.
As part of the collaborative agreement, Precious Payload will offer Pathfinder - Kayhan's collision avoidance and conjunction assessment software - to satellite ope ... more |
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 Vandenberg SFB CA (SPX) Sep 24, 2022 
Team Vandenberg launched a National Reconnaissance Office mission (NROL-91) aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket from Vandenberg's Space Launch Complex-6 Saturday, Sept. 24, at 3:25 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time.
Col. Bryan Titus, Space Launch Delta 30 vice commander, was the launch decision authority.
"Today the Western Range closed a chapter in history that began with ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 21, 2022 
NASA's InSight lander has detected seismic waves from four space rocks that crashed on Mars in 2020 and 2021. Not only do these represent the first impacts detected by the spacecraft's seismometer since InSight touched down on the Red Planet in 2018, it also marks the first time seismic and acoustic waves from an impact have been detected on Mars.
A new paper published Monday in Nature Geo ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Sep 22, 2022 
The Shenzhou-XIV taikonauts, who are aboard the Tiangong space station, gave an off-Earth salute to all participants in China's 30-year manned space program on Wednesday.
In a celebratory video message released by the China Manned Space Agency, taikonauts Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe raised their right hands to their heads, expressing their appreciation for the country's accomplishmen ... more |
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 Bangkok, Thailand (SPX) Sep 25, 2022 
Satellite manufacturer and service provider mu Space Corp and space-based service with secure cloud data storage provider, SpaceBelt have agreed a Memorandum of Understanding entered on the 16 of August 2022. Both parties firmly believe they can bring their own expertise to the project in order for it to succeed and benefit from the collaboration, with plans to have a commercial agreement toward ... more |
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 Traverse City MIw (SPX) Sep 25, 2022 
ATLAS Space Operations, the leading provider of Ground Software as a Service (GSaaS), has announced the award of a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II award to develop their Space Domain Awareness (SDA) capabilities. This effort will use ATLAS software and hardware to increase ATLAS' ability to conduct passive RF observations of on-orbit assets.
To deliver on the milestones ... more |
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 Fayetteville AK (SPX) Sep 27, 2022 
Does the existence of life on Earth tell us anything about the probability of abiogenesis - the origin of life from inorganic substances - arising elsewhere? That's a question that has confounded scientists, and anyone else inclined to ponder it, for some time.
A widely accepted argument from Australian-born astrophysicist Brandon Carter argues that the selection effect of our own existenc ... more |
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 Brussels, Belgium (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 
Animations of the relative heights of the cloud tops of Jupiter reveal delicately textured swirls and peaks that resemble the frosting on top of a cupcake. The results have been presented by citizen scientist and professional mathematician and software developer, Gerald Eichstadt, at the Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC) 2022 in Granada.
The animation uses data from JunoCam, the visible-l ... more |
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 United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 23, 2022 
Solomon Islands leader Manasseh Sogavare on Friday told the United Nations his South Pacific country remains neutral despite growing ties with China, charging that he has been "vilified" for the relationship with Beijing.
The sprawling archipelago switched diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing in 2019 and signed a security pact with Beijing in April, with some critics warning of auth ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Sep 02, 2022 
Europe's latest Galileo satellites in space have joined the operational constellation, transmitting navigation signals to three billion users across planet Earth as well as relaying distress calls to rescuers. Their entry into service follows a summer test campaign and will result in a measurable increase in positioning accuracy and improved data delivery performance of the overall Galileo syste ... more |
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 Brussels, Belgium (SPX) Sep 25, 2022 
Lunar enthusiasts of all ages are challenged to help identify features on the Moon that might pose a hazard to rovers or astronauts exploring the surface. The 2022 EXPLORE Lunar Data Challenge is focused on the Archytas Dome region, close to the Apollo 17 landing site where the last humans set foot on the Moon 50 years ago this December.
The Machine Learning Lunar Data Challenge is open to ... more |
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 Rochester NY (SPX) Sep 27, 2022 
About two billion years ago, an impactor hurtled toward Earth, crashing into the planet in an area near present-day Johannesburg, South Africa. The impactor-most likely an asteroid-formed what is today the biggest crater on our planet.
Scientists have widely accepted, based on previous research, that the impact structure, known as the Vredefort crater, was formed by an object about 15 kilo ... more |
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 Herndon VA (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 
HawkEye 360 Inc., the world's leading commercial provider of space-based radio frequency (RF) data and analytics, has announced two new signals available as part of its RFGeo signal mapping product: VHF and UHF Flex. RFGeo data and analytics provide a new geospatial data layer that enables RF awareness, utilizing the unique data generated by HawkEye 360's satellite constellation to detect and ge ... more |
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 Tsukuba, Japan (SPX) Sep 16, 2022 
Witnessing a total solar eclipse is an unforgettable experience and may have been even more impressive throughout history before we were able to understand and accurately predict their occurrence. But the historical records of these remarkable astronomical spectacles are more than mere curiosities-they provide invaluable information on changes in the Earth's movement.
In a new study in Pub ... more |
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 Manoa HI (SPX) Sep 27, 2022 
How old is our universe, and what is its size? A team of researchers led by University of Hawai?i at Manoa astronomers Brent Tully and Ehsan Kourkchi from the Institute for Astronomy have assembled the largest-ever compilation of high-precision galaxy distances, called Cosmicflows-4. Using eight different methods, they measured the distances to a whopping 56,000 galaxies. The study has been publ ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Sep 16, 2022 
The MICROSCOPE mission has confirmed the 'equivalence principle' with unprecedented accuracy, bolstering Einstein's general relativity.
The result, announced this week by a team led by the French space agency CNES, is a triumph for Einstein's general relativity. However, it also potentially rules out some candidate universal theories of physics.
General relativity is the best theory ... more |
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