Launching things into space is hard. Aside from the engines and software, orbital calculations and the launch pad, the tanks that hold the fuel are a masterful example of engineering in their own right – and ESA will soon be testing the next generation of rocket tanks: Phoebus. 

Ames IA (SPX) Oct 19, 2023
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is looking for materials that "revolutionize and engineer our future." Researchers at Iowa State University and the University of California, Santa Barbara think they can do just that by fundamentally changing Digital Light Processing - a type of 3D printing that users light rather than heat to quickly cure and harden liquid resin into plastic layers -

Sendai, Japan (SPX) Oct 19, 2023
In an innovative study, a multidisciplinary team of researchers has successfully altered the trajectory of light in a manner akin to the influence of gravity. The research, recently published in the journal Physical Review A, presents groundbreaking applications in the areas of optics, materials science, and notably, 6G communications technology. Albert Einstein's theory of relativity has

Boston MA (SPX) Oct 17, 2023
Anyone who has ever tried to pack a family-sized amount of luggage into a sedan-sized trunk knows this is a hard problem. Robots struggle with dense packing tasks, too. For the robot, solving the packing problem involves satisfying many constraints, such as stacking luggage so suitcases don't topple out of the trunk, heavy objects aren't placed on top of lighter ones, and collisions betwee

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 20, 2023
In a significant step towards sustainable aviation, key stakeholders in Germany's aerospace sector have come together to expedite the development and deployment of Power-to-Liquid (PtL) aviation fuels. A Letter of Intent (LoI) was signed in Berlin, sealing a comprehensive research collaboration among Lufthansa Airlines, the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR)

Atlanta GA (SPX) Oct 20, 2023
Danti, a tech company specializing in AI-powered data solutions, recently secured a Direct-to-Phase II contract worth $1.2 million from AFWERX. The focus of the contract is to leverage artificial intelligence in geospatial and broader data search to tackle key challenges faced by the Department of the Air Force, specifically the Space Force. AFWERX, in collaboration with the Air Force Rese

Perth, Australia (SPX) Oct 24, 2023
Fugro SpAARC's space operations set to grow with further funding from Western Australian Government Fugro's Space Automation, AI and Robotics Control Complex (SpAARC) in Perth, Western Australia (WA), is to receive an additional AUD 5 million in funding from the WA Government. Roger Cook, the WA Premier, made the announcement at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Perth on the morning of the opening

New Delhi, India (SPX) Oct 24, 2023
French Space Days India 2023, organized by Business France in partnership with CNES, GIFAS, ISpA, IFCCI and supported by IN-Space and ISRO, concluded with remarkable achievements and key figures that underscored the strength of bilateral space cooperation. This four-day immersive event, spread across Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai, and Bengaluru, brought together visionaries and experts from France an

Newark NJ (SPX) Oct 24, 2023
Researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology's Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research (NJIT-CSTR) have captured the Oct. 14 solar eclipse in a way never seen before - recording the first radio images of an annular eclipse's famous "ring of fire" effect. The eclipse was partially visible to much of the continental U.S. for several hours that Saturday, though the full "ring of fire" effe

Evanston IL (SPX) Oct 24, 2023
By analyzing tiny lunar crystals gathered by Apollo 17 astronauts in 1972, researchers recalculated the age of the Earth's Moon. Although previous assessments estimated the Moon as 4.425 billion years old, the new study discovered it is actually 4.46 billion years old - 40 million years older than previously thought. Led by researchers at the Field Museum and the University of Glasgow, the