|
|
|
  Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Jul 19, 2021 An international team of astronomers have become the first in the world to detect isotopes in the atmosphere of an exoplanet. It concerns different forms of carbon in the gaseous giant planet TYC 8998-760-1 b at a distance of 300 light years in the constellation Musca (Fly). The weak signal was measured with ESO's Very Large Telescope in Chile and seems to indicate that the planet is relatively rich in carbon-13. The astronomers speculate that this is because the planet formed at a great distance ... read more |
 |
 
Rescuing Integral: No thrust? No problemParis (ESA) Jul 19, 2021 A year ago tomorrow, a failure on the Integral spacecraft meant it fired its thrusters for likely the last time. In the days since, the spacecraft in Earth orbit has continued to shed light on the v ... more  
NASA studies bigger, better Mars helicopterWashington DC (UPI) Jul 15, 2021 As the Mars helicopter Ingenuity breaks interplanetary records and captures the public's attention, NASA is quietly researching a bigger, better Mars chopper to navigate the Red Planet's rough terrain. ... more 
Zhurong rover visits parachute and backshellBeijing (XNA) Jul 16, 2021 The China National Space Administration published on Thursday three pictures taken recently by its Zhurong Mars rover that showed the parachute and bowl-shaped back shell used in the rover's landing ... more  
Juno tunes into Jovian radio triggered by Jupiter's volcanic moon IoWashington DC (SPX) Jul 16, 2021 By listening to the rain of electrons flowing onto Jupiter from its intensely volcanic moon Io, researchers using NASA's Juno spacecraft have found what triggers the powerful radio emissions within ... more |
|
|
 |
| Previous Issues | Jul 15 | Jul 14 | Jul 13 | Jul 12 | Jul 11 |
|
|
|
|
|
Lockheed Martin opens new spacecraft facility in FloridaWashington DC (UPI) Jul 15, 2021 Lockheed Martin opened a new spacecraft facility Thursday to help build NASA's Orion lunar capsules near Kennedy Space Center in Florida. ... more  
New maps help developers plan lunar road trip for VIPER's Artemis MissionWashington DC (SPX) Jul 16, 2021 As any seasoned road-tripper knows, to get the most out of an adventure, a good map helps. It's no different for NASA's first lunar robotic rover planned for delivery to the Moon in late 2023 to sea ... more 
Lockheed Martin opens advanced manufacturing facility to expand Orion productionTitusville FL (SPX) Jul 16, 2021 Lockheed Martin has opened its Spacecraft Test, Assembly and Resource (STAR) Center. The STAR Center features business and digital transformation innovations that will expand manufacturing, assembly ... more 
Ride with Juno as it flies past Jupiter and GanymedePasadena CA (JPL) Jul 15, 2021 On June 7, 2021, NASA's Juno spacecraft flew closer to Jupiter's ice-encrusted moon Ganymede than any spacecraft in more than two decades. Less than a day later, Juno made its 34th flyby of Jupiter, ... more 
A potential new tracer of exoplanet formationHeidelberg, Germany (SPX) Jul 15, 2021 An international team of astronomers, including scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, have become the first in the world to detect isotopes in the atmosphere of an exoplanet. It co ... more |
|
 Four newly found exoplanets may offer insights into Earth's teenage years  |
|
|
|
 
NASA Lucy mission's message to the futureBoulder CO (SPX) Jul 14, 2021 In the 1970s four spacecraft began their one-way trips out of our Solar System. As the first human-built objects to ever venture into interstellar space, NASA chose to place plaques on Pioneer 10 an ... more 
Surface of Jupiter's moon Europa churned by small impactsPasadena CA (JPL) Jul 14, 2021 It's easy to see the impact of space debris on our Moon, where the ancient, battered surface is covered with craters and scars. Jupiter's icy moon Europa withstands a similar trouncing - along with ... more 
Scientists get first samples from moonBeijing (XNA) Jul 14, 2021 The China National Space Administration distributed the first batch of lunar samples from the Chang'e 5 robotic mission to scientists on Monday. The samples, weighing about 17.5 grams, were di ... more 
Training an AI eye on the moonThuwal, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Jul 14, 2021 A Moon-scanning method that can automatically classify important lunar features from telescope images could significantly improve the efficiency of selecting sites for exploration. There is mo ... more 
The mystery of what causes Jupiter's X-ray auroras is solvedParis (ESA) Jul 14, 2021 The 40-year-old mystery of what causes Jupiter's X-ray auroras has been solved. For the first time, astronomers have seen the entire mechanism at work - and it could be a process occurring in many o ... more |
|
|
|
 |
|
 Washington DC (UPI) Jul 15, 2021 
As the Mars helicopter Ingenuity breaks interplanetary records and captures the public's attention, NASA is quietly researching a bigger, better Mars chopper to navigate the Red Planet's rough terrain.
The next aircraft sent to Mars has no budget, no confirmed design and no launch date, but researchers at NASA and various universities have studied possible destinations for such a missio ... more |
|
|
|
|
 Washington DC (SPX) Jul 16, 2021 
As any seasoned road-tripper knows, to get the most out of an adventure, a good map helps. It's no different for NASA's first lunar robotic rover planned for delivery to the Moon in late 2023 to search for ice and other resources on and below the lunar surface. The Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, is part of the agency's Artemis program. Without a Moon travel guide, VIP ... more |
|
 Washington DC (SPX) Jul 16, 2021 
By listening to the rain of electrons flowing onto Jupiter from its intensely volcanic moon Io, researchers using NASA's Juno spacecraft have found what triggers the powerful radio emissions within the monster planet's gigantic magnetic field. The new result sheds light on the behavior of the enormous magnetic fields generated by gas-giant planets like Jupiter.
Jupiter has the largest, mos ... more |
|
|
|
|
 Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Jul 19, 2021 
An international team of astronomers have become the first in the world to detect isotopes in the atmosphere of an exoplanet. It concerns different forms of carbon in the gaseous giant planet TYC 8998-760-1 b at a distance of 300 light years in the constellation Musca (Fly).
The weak signal was measured with ESO's Very Large Telescope in Chile and seems to indicate that the planet is relat ... more |
|
 Paris (ESA) Jul 14, 2021 
ESA will enhance the versatility of Europe's Ariane 6 rocket with a kick stage called Astris in a euro 90 m development contract with prime contractor, ArianeGroup. This is part of ESA's strategy to extend Ariane 6's capabilities to serve a wider range of space transportation requirements.
Astris is planned to fly by mid 2024 as an optional add-on to Ariane 6's upper stage and will interf ... more |
|
|
|
|
 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 16, 2021 
Richard Branson won the billionaire space race this week when he boarded his Virgin Galactic spacecraft and became the first "space tourist" for a few minutes. He got there ahead of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos who is to take off in his Blue Origin rocket next week.
Of course, American firms aren't the only ones heading into space. In recent months, China's national space program has landed r ... more |
|
 Meudon, France (SPX) Jul 19, 2021 
COSPAR, the Committee on Space Research, and its Panel on Planetary Protection (PPP) have recommended on 18 May 2021 that missions to the Moon would remain under the general terms of COSPAR Planetary Protection Policy Category II, but have added two sub-categories for lunar surface missions.
Category IIa concerns all missions to the surface of the Moon whose nominal mission profile does no ... more |
|
|
|
|
 Jerusalem (AFP) June 21, 2021 
Israel has used an airborne laser to shoot down drones in a series of tests, officials said Monday, calling it a "milestone" to update its already powerful defence systems.
During the tests, which took place "over the last week," a prototype of the high-power laser system carried on a small civilian plane "successfully intercepted several UAVs", said Yaniv Rotem, head of the defence ministry ... more |
|
 Washington DC (AFNS) Jul 13, 2021 
The CubeSat Networked Communications Experiment Block 1 - part of MDA's Nanosat Testbed Initiative - uses small, low-cost satellites to demonstrate networked radio communications between nanosatellites while in orbit. MDA will conduct a 90-day demonstration, with a mission extension of up to one year, to ensure the two CubeSats can navigate properly, receive and send signals to radios and networ ... more |
|
|
|
|
 Washington DC (SPX) Jul 12, 2021 
Tidal stresses may be causing constant icequakes on Saturn's sixth largest moon Enceladus, a world of interest in the search for life beyond Earth, according to a new study. A better understanding of seismic activity could reveal what's under the moon's icy crust and provide clues to the habitability of its ocean.
Enceladus is about 500 kilometers in diameter and almost entirely covered in ... more |
|
 Boston MA (SPX) Jul 14, 2021 
An MIT physicist has built a new instrument of interest to MIT researchers across a wide range of disciplines because it can quickly and relatively inexpensively determine a variety of important characteristics of a material at the nanoscale. It's capable of not only determining internal properties of a material, such as how that material's electrical or optical conductivity changes over exquisi ... more |
|
|
|
|
 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 19, 2021 
This morning the SciAccess Initiative announced the launch of Mission: AstroAccess, a program bringing a diverse group of disabled people on a historic ZERO-G parabolic flight. Mission: AstroAccess' crew of disabled volunteers will participate in targeted tasks during the program's flight to help answer important questions about how disabled people can safely travel and work in space.
"Spa ... more |
|
 Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Jul 14, 2021 
In the vicinity of black holes, space is so warped that even light rays may curve around them several times. This phenomenon may enable us to see multiple versions of the same thing. While this has been known for decades, only now do we have an exact, mathematical expression, thanks to Albert Sneppen, student at the Niels Bohr Institute. The result, which even is more useful in realistic black h ... more |
|
|
|
|
 Washington DC (SPX) Jul 12, 2021 
DARPA has announced that three teams of researchers led by Raytheon, BAE Systems, and Northrop Grumman have been selected to develop event-based infrared (IR) camera technologies under the Fast Event-based Neuromorphic Camera and Electronics (FENCE) program.
Event-based - or neuromorphic - cameras are an emerging class of sensors with demonstrated advantages relative to traditional imagers ... more |
|
 Washington DC (UPI) Jul 15, 2021 
The MQ-9 Reaper's automatic takeoff and landing capability has successfully been tested, which officials say could significantly expand the missions it is used for, the Air Force said on Thursday.
Previously, the aircraft was required to land at the airfield of operation, but the aircraft can now divert to other landing locations while aircrew controls it via satellite.
The U.S. ... more |
|
|
|
|
| Buy Advertising | About Us | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
| The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2020 - Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principals for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement |
