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  Washington (AFP) Feb 5, 2025 A colossal explosion in the sky, unleashing energy hundreds of times greater than the Hiroshima bomb. A blinding flash nearly as bright as the Sun. Shockwaves powerful enough to flatten everything for miles. It may sound apocalyptic, but a newly detected asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has a greater than one percent chance of colliding with Earth in about eight years. Such an impact has the potential for city-level devastation, depending on where it strikes. Scientists aren' ... read more |
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ISS Crew Demonstrates Robotics and Monitors Environmental ConditionsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 05, 2025 The Expedition 72 crew dedicated Tuesday to advancing free-flying robotics research while performing crucial scientific tasks aboard the International Space Station. Their schedule also included eva ... more  
Asteroid Bennu comes from a long-lost salty world with ingredients for lifeTucson AZ (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 Nature had the conditions to "cook up" the chemical precursor ingredients for life before Earth formed, according to two studies published by the sample analysis team of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, w ... more  
NASA Tests in Simulated Lunar Gravity to Prep Payloads for MoonHouston TX (SPX) Feb 05, 2025 The old saying - "Practice makes perfect!" - applies to the Moon too. On Tuesday, NASA gave 17 technologies, instruments, and experiments the chance to practice being on the Moon... without actually ... more  
Rocket Lab and iQPS finalize arrangement for four Electron missionsSydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 05, 2025 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has secured an agreement with the Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS), a Japanese Earth observation company specializing in high-resolution imagery, to deliver fo ... more |
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Europa Clipper Charts Course to Jupiter With First Stellar SnapshotsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 05, 2025 Three months after lifting off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Europa Clipper spacecraft still has 1.6 billion miles (2.6 billion kilometers) ahead before it settles into Jupiter's ... more |
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Quantum hardware reveals cosmic bubble shiftsLondon, UK (SPX) Feb 05, 2025 Physicists have carried out an advanced simulation that they believe exposes fresh details about an elusive occurrence, potentially shaping the Universe's eventual destiny. The research centers on a ... more  
Interaction of kinetic waves and suprathermal particles could be key to unlocking heliophysics mysteryHuntsville AL (SPX) Feb 05, 2025 A graduate research assistant at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama system, has published a paper in the journal Astronomy and Physics that builds on ... more  
NASA Pioneers Autonomous Tools for Satellite SwarmsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 05, 2025 Coordinate your actions, unify your approach, and collaborate to fulfill a shared objective. This "pep talk" succinctly captures how NASA's latest swarm-based breakthrough operates. Known as Distrib ... more  
EUSPA unveils integrated GNSS and secure SATCOM user technology updateParis, France (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 The European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) has released the very first GNSS and Secure SATCOM User Technology Report, offering a unified resource that addresses two central space-base ... more |
Zohar rides with SpaceX to enhance real time space weather coverageLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 Mission Space is preparing to make a major stride forward by sending its new Zohar space weather sensor payload into orbit aboard SpaceX's Transporter-13. This launch marks a significant milestone, ... more  |
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Study highlights later-stage infusion of water on EarthLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 A research group led by a Rutgers-New Brunswick expert has determined that water did not show up as early in Earth's assembly as once assumed. Their conclusion, drawn from an analysis of ancient roc ... more  
Stable thermal fusion gains momentum via isotropic neutron findingsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 In physics, isotropy refers to a scenario where a system's properties remain uniform regardless of direction. For fusion, assessing the uniformity of neutron energy is vital. Isotropic neutron emiss ... more  
New Study Suggests Trench-Like Features on Uranus' Moon Ariel May Be Windows to Its InteriorLaurel MD (SPX) Feb 05, 2025 Last year, a study led by planetary scientist Richard Cartwright at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, proposed that deposits of carbon dioxide ice and other car ... more 
Blue Origin mission simulates moon gravityWashington DC (UPI) Feb 4, 2025 Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket and spacecraft completed its moon-gravity mission, but the capsule appeared to have a slight hiccup on its return when one of its parachutes did not open entirely on Tuesday. ... more |
 
Ariane 6 to deliver inaugural Galileo 2nd Gen satellites as European industy backs ArianespaceParis, France (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 Arianespace has confirmed at the 17th European Space Conference the signing of a launch services agreement with the European Commission and the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA). ... more  
Meteor collision shakes Mars recorded by InSightParis, France (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 A space rock crashed into the martian surface in February 2021, generating seismic waves that extended 1640 km to reach NASA's InSight lander. The collision carved out a crater about 21 m wide and d ... more 
Scientists measure Earth's cosmic detectabilityLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 A team of researchers led by Dr. Sofia Sheikh from the SETI Institute, in collaboration with the Characterizing Atmospheric Technosignatures project and the Penn State Extraterrestrial Intelligence ... more  
Space experiment aims to reveal hidden cosmic massLondon UK (SPX) Feb 04 2025 A space-based effort could soon uncover the nature of dark matter, one of the universe's most perplexing forces. Although invisible, this substance composes nearly 85 percent of cosmic mass, challen ... more |
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Astroscale second generation docking plate gains flight heritageLondon, UK (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 Astroscale Limited has reached a critical threshold with the first in-space deployment of its second-generation (Gen 2) docking plate. This hardware, now traveling aboard SpaceX's Transporter-12 rid ... more 
EdgeCortix unveils SAKURA-I with proven radiation immunity for orbital and lunar venturesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 EdgeCortix(R) Inc., a leading fabless semiconductor provider focused on low-power Artificial Intelligence (AI) computation at the edge, reports that its SAKURA-I AI Accelerator has shown strong radi ... more 
Orbex lands D-Orbit deal prior to first mission this yearLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 UK-based launch services provider Orbex has finalized a new commercial agreement with D-Orbit, a leading name in space transportation and logistics. This move highlights Orbex's advancing role in th ... more 
UK Gains Advanced Space Simulation Facility from AmentumLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 Amentum (NYSE: AMTM) has been chosen to equip the United Kingdom with specialized technology that replicates space-like conditions to optimize microgravity procedures and strengthen mission safety. ... more |
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Vodafone utilizes US satellite array for milestone mobile callLondon, UK (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 Vodafone, a leading British telecommunications company, has completed the nation's first satellite video call using a standard mobile phone. The achievement aims to tackle persistent "dead zones" ac ... more |
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Astranis inks fresh Falcon 9 dealLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 Astranis enthusiastically reveals it has finalized a new agreement with SpaceX for an additional Falcon 9 mission carrying five MicroGEO satellites before the end of this year. These advanced satell ... more 
Telescoping from the moonMiami FL (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 Before Neil Armstrong took his "giant leap for mankind," NASA staged a series of missions that paved the way for his team's successful Apollo 11 moon landing-from a flight that tested the lunar modu ... more 
IGRINS on Gemini South Detects Surprising Signatures in Dynamic Atmosphere of Exoplanet WASP-121bTucson AZ (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 Nearly one third of known exoplanets are enormous gas giants, similar to Jupiter or Saturn. But whereas our Solar System developed with gas giants far from our Sun, some planetary systems consist of ... more 
Crew Wraps Spacewalk Duties and Expands Crop Research in OrbitLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 The Expedition 72 crew began February by tidying up after last week's spacewalk, while also conducting ongoing research in space-based farming and microgravity physics. On Monday, they turned their ... more |
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