Beijing (AFP) Nov 15, 2024
China is expected to push forward in its quest to build the first lunar base on Friday, launching an in-space experiment to test whether the station's bricks could be made from the Moon's own soil. Brick samples will blast off aboard a cargo rocket heading for China's Tiangong space station, part of Beijing's mission to put humans on the Moon by 2030 and build a permanent base there by 2035.

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 13, 2024
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works (NYSE: LMT), collaborating with NASA Aeronautics, has commenced engine run testing on the X-59, marking the last significant system evaluation before taxi trials and the aircraft's inaugural flight. This milestone represents the first instance of the X-59 operating entirely on its internal power systems. During this phase, Lockheed Martin aims to confirm the per

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 15, 2024
AST SpaceMobile has revealed new launch services agreements that will provide the orbital capacity needed to establish continuous space-based cellular broadband coverage across critical global markets. This initiative will initially focus on areas including the United States, Europe, Japan, the U.S. Government, and other targeted strategic regions. The launch c

Image: These two images acquired by Copernicus Sentinel-2 highlight how the mission can help distinguish between clouds and snow.

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 15, 2024
Sidus Space, Inc. (Nasdaq: SIDU) has successfully closed its recently announced public offering, issuing 5,600,000 shares of Class A common stock or equivalent pre-funded warrants. The shares were offered at $1.25 each, including the exercise price of the Pre-funded Warrants, resulting in gross proceeds of $7.0 million before underwriting discounts and related costs. Sidus Space plans to u

Huntsville AL (SPX) Nov 15, 2024
Syed Ayaz, a researcher at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), has published a paper in Scientific Reports that builds on an earlier first-of-its-kind study that examined kinetic Alfven waves (KAW) as a possible explanation for why the solar corona, the outermost layer of the sun's atmosphere, is approximately 200 times hotter than the surface of the sun itself. The new study, also a

Huntsville AL (SPX) Nov 15, 2024
Syed Ayaz, a researcher at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), has published a study in 'Scientific Reports' that builds on his pioneering research into kinetic Alfven waves (KAW) as a potential explanation for why the solar corona, the sun's outermost atmosphere layer, is vastly hotter than the sun's surface. This latest research deepens understanding of these electromagnetic waves a

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 15, 2024
Solar flares, some of the most powerful phenomena in the solar system, offer a unique chance to explore the Sun's atmospheric layers. Utilizing NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS), which operates in the far ultraviolet (FUV) range, researchers can closely examine molecular hydrogen (H2) emissions that occur during these energetic events. These emissions, originating near the boun

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 15, 2024
Have you ever wondered about the timeline for our Sun's formation? An international team of scientists has moved closer to an answer through an experiment at GSI/FAIR's Experimental Storage Ring (ESR). They successfully measured the bound-state beta decay of fully ionized thallium (205Tl81+), offering new insights into the production of radioactive lead (205Pb) in asymptotic giant branch (AGB) s

Paris, France (SPX) Nov 15, 2024
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a compelling view of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) after its interaction with the Milky Way's gaseous halo. Despite the impact stripping away most of its surrounding gas halo, the LMC has retained enough material to continue forming new stars - a testament to its substantial mass and resilience. The LMC, one of the Milky Way's closest nei