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  Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Jan 27, 2023 The convergence of two spacecraft at Venus in August 2021 has given a unique insight into how the planet is able to retain its thick atmosphere without the protection of a global magnetic field. The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission, enroute to study Mercury, and the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter, which is observing the Sun from different perspectives, are both using a number of gravity-assists from Venus to change their trajectories and guide them on their way. On 9-10 August 2021, the missions flew past Ven ... read more |
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Phew! Truck-sized asteroid misses EarthLos Angeles (AFP) Jan 27, 2023 Bruce Willis: you can stand down. ... more  
Solar System formed from 'poorly mixed cake batter'Washington DC (SPX) Jan 27, 2023 Earth's potassium arrived by meteoritic delivery service finds new research led by Carnegie's Nicole Nie and Da Wang. Their work, published in Science, shows that some primitive meteorites contain a ... more  
NASA's Juno Team assessing camera after 48th flyby of JupiterSan Antonio TX (SPX) Jan 27, 2023 The JunoCam imager aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft did not acquire all planned images during the orbiter's most recent flyby of Jupiter on Jan. 22. Data received from the spacecraft indicates that the ... more  
Data from the first SLS flight to prepare NASA for future Artemis missionsHuntsville AL (SPX) Jan 27, 2023 NASA continues to evaluate data and learn more about the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket's debut performance during the agency's Nov. 16 Artemis I launch. Following an initial data assessment and r ... more |
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Searching for buried treasure on Mars with RIMFAXLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 27, 2023 What do the Perseverance rover and Superman have in common? They both can "see" through solid rock! Superman has X-ray vision whereas Perseverance has RIMFAX, a ground penetrating radar or GPR, loca ... more  
Isar Aerospace and Spaceflight Inc sign launch agreement to service global marketMunich, Germany (SPX) Jan 26, 2023 European launch service company Isar Aerospace, and U.S.-based Spaceflight Inc., the leading global launch services provider, announced they have signed a multi-launch services agreement. Under the ... more  
NASA selects nine technologies for commercial flight testsEdwards AFB CA (SPX) Jan 27, 2023 selected nine space technologies for flight testing to advance innovations that address mission needs for both the agency and the commercial space industry. Selected as part of the NASA's 2022 ... more  
RIT scientists reach a milestone in the search for continuous gravitational wavesRochester NY (SPX) Jan 27, 2023 Scientists on the hunt for a previously undetected type of gravitational waves believe they are getting close and have refined techniques to use in upcoming observational runs. Researchers from the ... more |
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Starry tail tells the tale of dwarf galaxy evolutionTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 27, 2023 A giant diffuse tail of stars has been discovered emanating from a large, faint dwarf galaxy. The presence of a tail indicates that the galaxy has experienced recent interaction with another galaxy. ... more 
NASA's Fermi detects first gamma-ray eclipses from 'Spider' SystemsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 27, 2023 Scientists have discovered the first gamma-ray eclipses from a special type of binary star system using data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. These so-called spider systems each contain ... more  
How a 3 cm glass sphere could help scientists understand space weatherLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 25, 2023 Solar flares and other types of space weather can wreak havoc with spaceflight and with telecommunications and other types of satellites orbiting the Earth. But, to date, scientists' ability to rese ... more  
Giant iceberg breaks away from Antarctic ice shelfParis (ESA) Jan 27, 2023 Satellite imagery confirms an enormous iceberg, around five times the size of Malta, has finally calved from Antarctica's Brunt Ice Shelf. The new berg, estimated to be around 1550 sq km and around ... more |
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Aiming for the Triple Junction: Sols 3723-3724Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 27, 2023 Your blogger is a little tired right now... I am just back from a field trip to the salt flats in Botswana, guided by colleagues from BIUST University, walking, viewing and sampling in 38C heat. It ... more  
How ESA works with the EU to advance European spaceParis (ESA) Jan 25, 2023 ESA has formed a formidable partnership with the EU to secure the future of Europe in space, developing Earth observation, navigation, secure connectivity and space entrepreneurship, people attendin ... more  
Driving mobility into the third dimensionParis, France (SPX) Jan 25, 2023 After selecting all partners for structural elements of its eVTOL prototype, Airbus is now focusing on two major features of CityAirbus NextGen: the electrical power distribution system (EPDS) and t ... more 
NASA safety system enables Rocket Lab launch from WallopsWallops Island VA (SPX) Jan 26, 2023 A revolutionary NASA flight safety system has enabled a new era of space transportation with the successful flight of Rocket Lab USA's Electron rocket Jan. 24, from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in ... more 
20 Years Ago: Remembering Columbia and Her CrewHouston TX (SPX) Jan 26, 2023 The year 2003 was shaping up to be an ambitious one for NASA, with six space shuttle missions planned, five to continue construction of the ever-growing and permanently occupied International Space ... more |
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 Houston (AFP) Jan 26, 2023 
Emirati astronaut Sultan al-Neyadi said Wednesday that he will not be required to fast during Ramadan while on his upcoming space mission.
The 41-year-old will become the first Arab astronaut to spend six months in space when he blasts off for the International Space Station (ISS) next month aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Neyadi, NASA's Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg and Russia's Andr ... more |
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 Wallops Island VA (SPX) Jan 26, 2023 
A revolutionary NASA flight safety system has enabled a new era of space transportation with the successful flight of Rocket Lab USA's Electron rocket Jan. 24, from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
This mission, the first Electron launch from the United States, was enabled by NASA's work in developing the NASA Autonomous Flight Termination Unit (NAFTU), a critical piece of fligh ... more |
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What do the Perseverance rover and Superman have in common? They both can "see" through solid rock! Superman has X-ray vision whereas Perseverance has RIMFAX, a ground penetrating radar or GPR, located on the lower rear of the rover. RIMFAX uses radio waves to image the subsurface rock layers as the rover drives along.
It is the first instrument of its kind sent by NASA to Mars and can "se ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 23, 2023 
The Shenzhou-15 astronauts Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu sent their Spring Festival greetings from China's Tiangong space station in a video released by the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) on New Year's Eve.
The trio, dressed in blue jumpsuits with dark red patterns, each held a sticker showing their own calligraphy. Two of the stickers were written with the Chinese character "f ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jan 25, 2023 
ESA has formed a formidable partnership with the EU to secure the future of Europe in space, developing Earth observation, navigation, secure connectivity and space entrepreneurship, people attending the 15th European space conference held on 24 and 25 January in Brussels will hear.
Josef Aschbacher, ESA Director General, will tell the conference how today's geopolitical, economic, industr ... more |
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 Vienna, Austria (SPX) Jan 26, 2023 
At first glance, mica is something quite ordinary: it is a common mineral, found in granite for example, and has been extensively studied from geological, chemical and technical perspectives.
One might think that nothing new can be discovered from such an everyday material. But now a team from the Vienna University of Technology has presented a study in the journal Nature Communications, i ... more |
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 Bern, Switzerland (SPX) Jan 25, 2023 
Frozen molecules were central to the origin of life on Earth. In addition to impacts of icy comets and asteroids, according to current theory, our planet likely also received the elementary components of life from the ices of the immense interstellar molecular cloud from which the Earth and the rest of the solar system emerged.
In a new study, an international research team, with the parti ... more |
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 San Antonio TX (SPX) Jan 27, 2023 
The JunoCam imager aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft did not acquire all planned images during the orbiter's most recent flyby of Jupiter on Jan. 22. Data received from the spacecraft indicates that the camera experienced an issue similar to one that occurred on its previous close pass of the gas giant last month, when the team saw an anomalous temperature rise after the camera was powered on in pre ... more |
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 Austin TX (SPX) Jan 27, 2023 
A handful of hyper-productive fisheries provide sustenance to a billion people and employ tens of millions. These fisheries occur on the eastern edges of the world's oceans - off the West Coast of the U.S., the Canary Islands, Peru, Chile, and Benguela. There, a process called upwelling brings cold water and nutrients to the surface, which in turn supports large numbers of larger sea creatures t ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jan 25, 2023 
Galileo's capabilities have grown with the addition of a new High Accuracy Service, freely available worldwide to anyone with a suitably equipped receiver. Delivering horizontal accuracy down to 20 cm and vertical accuracy of 40 cm, the High Accuracy Service is enabled through an additional level of real-time positioning corrections, delivered through a new data stream within the existing Galile ... more |
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 Huntsville AL (SPX) Jan 27, 2023 
NASA continues to evaluate data and learn more about the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket's debut performance during the agency's Nov. 16 Artemis I launch. Following an initial data assessment and review that determined the SLS rocket met or exceeded all performance expectations, SLS engineers are now taking a closer look at the Moon rocket's performance to prepare for the first crewed Artemis m ... more |
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 Chongqing, China (XNA) Jan 26, 2023 
China plans to use its new China Compound Eye facility in Chongqing to observe asteroids and Earth-like planets hundreds of millions of kilometers away as part of its planetary defense work. The Chongqing Innovation Center under the Beijing Institute of Technology, which designed and built the China Compound Eye, recently released its first 3D radar map of an area of moon craters taken by the hi ... more |
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 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 26, 2023 
Remote sensing data reveals the state of our planet and allows us to look into Earth's past: it is an indispensable tool to help us better understand and protect our planet. How can we secure this tool long term while providing continuous access? The European Copernicus Earth observation programme seeks to answer this question.
On 24 January 2023, the 'Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem' was ... more |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 25, 2023 
Solar flares and other types of space weather can wreak havoc with spaceflight and with telecommunications and other types of satellites orbiting the Earth. But, to date, scientists' ability to research ways to overcome that challenge has been severely limited. That's because experiments they conduct in laboratories here on Earth are affected by gravity in ways that are so different from conditi ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 27, 2023 
Scientists have discovered the first gamma-ray eclipses from a special type of binary star system using data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. These so-called spider systems each contain a pulsar - the superdense, rapidly rotating remains of a star that exploded in a supernova - that slowly erodes its companion.
An international team of scientists scoured over a decade of Fermi ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Jan 25, 2023  A new study led by a joint team at Nagoya University and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan has measured the cosmic age of a very distant galaxy. The team used the ALMA radio telescope array to detect a radio signal that has been travelling for approximately 97% of the age of the Universe. This discovery confirms the existence of galaxies in the very early Universe found by the James ... more |
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