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  Green Bank, United States (AFP) Sept 2, 2024 Nestled between mountains in a secluded corner of West Virginia, a giant awakens: the Green Bank Telescope begins its nightly vigil, scanning the cosmos for secrets. If intelligent life exists beyond Earth, there's a good chance the teams analyzing the data from the world's largest, fully steerable radio astronomy facility will be the first to know. "People have been asking themselves the question, 'Are we alone in the universe?' ever since they first gazed up at the night sky and wondered if t ... read more |
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SpaceX launches back-to-back Starlink flights after FAA lifts ban on Falcon fleetWashington DC (UPI) Aug 31, 2024 SpaceX carried out back-to-back launches of Falcon 9 rockets carrying Starlink satellites into orbit early Saturday, just hours after U.S. officials lifted a temporary ban on the rocket fleet. ... more  
Global space industry to exceed $6.1 trillion by 2064Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 01, 2024 The space industry is expected to experience significant growth, with a market valuation projected to reach $6.1 trillion by 2064, according to a new report by MarketsandMarkets. The report, titled ... more  
NASA Discovers a Long-Sought Global Electric Field on EarthGreenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 30, 2024 Using observations from a NASA suborbital rocket, an international team of scientists has, for the first time, successfully measured a planet-wide electric field thought to be as fundamental to Eart ... more  
Bubbling, frothing and sloshing: Long-hypothesized plasma instabilities finally observedPlainsboro NJ (SPX) Aug 30, 2024 Whether between galaxies or within doughnut-shaped fusion devices known as tokamaks, the electrically charged fourth state of matter known as plasma regularly encounters powerful magnetic fields, ch ... more |
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 UAH TERMINUS student team launches NASA RockSat-X payload  
Dark matter could have helped make supermassive black holes in the early universeLos Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 01, 2024 It takes a long time for supermassive black holes, like the one at the center of our Milky Way galaxy, to form. Typically, the birth of a black hole requires a giant star with the mass of at least 5 ... more |
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Researchers advance AI Models for Lunar scienceSydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 01, 2024 Chinese scientists have introduced the world's first professional multimodal large language model (LLM) tailored specifically for lunar science, promising a significant boost in the speed and effici ... more  
NASA shares reduced Crew-9 team that will return stranded astronauts from ISSWashington DC (UPI) Aug 30, 2024 NASA on Friday shared the reduced crew for its upcoming SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station in order to accommodate the return of the stranded astronauts of the Boeing Starliner. ... more 
NASA says Boeing's Starliner will return to Earth uncrewed on Sept. 6Washington DC (UPI) Aug 30, 2024 NASA said Thursday that Boeing's technically troubled Starliner spacecraft is set to return to Earth next week without stranded astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni WIlliams. ... more  
NASA JPL Developing Underwater Robots to Venture Deep Below Polar IceLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 30, 2024 On a remote patch of the windy, frozen Beaufort Sea north of Alaska, engineers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California huddled together, peering down a narrow hole in a thick la ... more |
 Advanced Control Strategy Enables Effective Surrounding of Noncooperative Targets by Spacecraft Formations  
Scientists Uncover Key Source of Solar Wind EnergyLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 30, 2024 Astronomers have long been puzzled by how the Sun's supersonic "solar wind" continues to receive energy as it travels through the Solar System. Now, leveraging the alignment of two spacecraft studyi ... more |
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Sentinel-2C Set for September Launch Aboard Vega RocketParis, France (SPX) Aug 30, 2024 In preparation for liftoff on 4 September 2024 (3 September Kourou time), the Vega-Sentinel-2C upper-composite has been hoisted into the launch tower at Europe's Spaceport. The Sentinel-2 miss ... more 
NASA and Boeing Prepare for Uncrewed Starliner Return MissionLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 30, 2024 NASA and Boeing teams have completed a comprehensive Delta-Flight Test Readiness Review, giving the green light for the uncrewed CST-100 Starliner spacecraft to undock from the International Space S ... more 
Blue Origin completes latest space tourism flightWashington (AFP) Aug 29, 2024 Blue Origin flew its latest group of six thrill-seekers to the edge of space and back again Thursday, including the youngest-ever woman to complete the feat. ... more 
NASA's Advanced Solar Sail Successfully Deploys in SpaceLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 30, 2024 NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System has successfully completed the deployment of its sail-hoisting boom system, marking a key milestone for the mission. The confirmation of this achievement ... more |
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket grounded pending mishap investigationWashington (AFP) Aug 28, 2024 SpaceX's stalwart Falcon 9 rocket has been grounded while the Federal Aviation Administration investigates why its first-stage booster tipped over and exploded while attempting to land after its latest launch, the agency announced Wednesday. ... more 
HKU Geologists Uncover Extensive Intrusive Magmatism at Chang'e-6 Lunar SiteSydney, Australia (SPX) Aug 30, 2024 Lunar igneous activities, including both intrusive and extrusive magmatism, offer crucial insights into the Moon's interior and its thermal history. These activities are distributed asymmetrically b ... more 
Highest-Resolution Black Hole Images Captured by Event Horizon TelescopeLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 30, 2024 The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration has achieved the sharpest images ever captured from Earth, detecting light from the centers of distant galaxies at a frequency of around 345 GHz. This ... more  
Martian Ice Caps Reveal Insights into Ancient Climate ShiftsHanover, NH (SPX) Aug 30, 2024 Katherine Lutz, a PhD student at the Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies and National Science Foundation Fellow, began her journey in planetary science by examining satellite images of M ... more |
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NASA Advances Work on NEO Surveyor Asteroid-Hunting SpacecraftLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 30, 2024 NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is making significant progress on the NEO Surveyor, a next-generation infrared space telescope designed to detect asteroids and comets that could potentially t ... more 
NASA Contracts Intuitive Machines for 2027 Lunar South Pole Research MissionLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 30, 2024 NASA has awarded a $116.9 million contract to Intuitive Machines of Houston to deliver a new set of science experiments and technology demonstrations to the lunar South Pole in 2027 as part of the a ... more 
Perseverance Kicks off the Crater Rim CampaignPasadena CA (JPL) Aug 30, 2024 Perseverance is officially headed into a new phase of scientific investigation on the Jezero Crater rim! For the last 2 months, the Perseverance rover has been exploring the Neretva Vallis reg ... more 
AI advances solutions to complex quantum chemistry challengesLondon, UK (SPX) Aug 26, 2024 Researchers at Imperial College London and Google DeepMind have harnessed neural networks, a form of AI modeled after the human brain, to address one of quantum chemistry's most challenging problems ... more |
New Horizons Offers Precise Measurements of Cosmic Light in the UniverseLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 30, 2024 Astronomers have achieved a significant milestone in understanding the darkness of deep space, thanks to NASA's New Horizons spacecraft. This mission has enabled the most accurate and direct measure ... more  
LZ experiment sets new record in search for dark matterBerkeley CA (SPX) Aug 27, 2024 Figuring out the nature of dark matter, the invisible substance that makes up most of the mass in our universe, is one of the greatest puzzles in physics. New results from the world's most sensitive ... more 
Solar Orbiter Identifies Magnetic Mechanism Behind Solar Wind AccelerationParis, France (SPX) Aug 30, 2024 ESA's Solar Orbiter spacecraft has delivered vital data that sheds light on the longstanding mystery of the energy source responsible for heating and accelerating the solar wind. In collaboration wi ... more 
Astrobotic Concludes Peregrine Mission One, Publishes Post-Mission FindingsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 30, 2024 Astrobotic's Peregrine Mission One (PM1), launched on January 8, 2024, aboard United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket, aimed to make history by landing on the Moon. However, a significant anomaly dur ... more |
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NASA invites industry input on Astrobee space roboticsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 27, 2024 NASA is reaching out to American companies for insights on the operation and enhancement of its free-flying robotic system aboard the International Space Station (ISS). This initiative is part of NA ... more 
SpaceX postpones historic mission featuring first private spacewalkKennedy Space Center FL (AFP) Aug 28, 2024 SpaceX on Tuesday postponed once more its attempt at launching a daring orbital expedition featuring an all-civilian crew that is aiming to carry out the first-ever spacewalk by private citizens. ... more 
Florida Tech Astrobiologist explores likelihood of life originating on EarthMelbourne, FL (SPX) Aug 27, 2024 Florida Tech astrobiologist Manasvi Lingam has asked life's biggest questions from a young age. Though he can't recall his exact queries, he says his interests were perfectly consistent with those o ... more 
NASA supports research to enhance astronaut health on extended space missionsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 27, 2024 NASA has committed funding to 11 new research projects aimed at improving the health and performance of astronauts during long-duration space missions. These studies will be conducted on Earth and d ... more |
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