Geneva, Switzerland (SPX) Nov 4, 2025
An international team of scientists, led by the University of Oxford, has achieved a world-first by creating plasma "fireballs" using the Super Proton Synchrotron accelerator at CERN, Geneva, to study the stability of plasma jets emanating from blazars. The results, published (3 November) in PNAS, could shed new light on a long-standing mystery about the Universe's hidden magnetic fields and mis

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 04, 2025
Does dark matter follow the same laws as ordinary matter? The question continues to intrigue scientists because dark matter is invisible and hypothetical, neither emitting nor reflecting light. Researchers from the University of Geneva, collaborating across several institutions, aimed to determine whether dark matter behaves similarly to ordinary matter on a cosmological scale or if additional f

Paris, France (SPX) Nov 04, 2025
European Space Agency (ESA) has initiated the study phase of the HOBI-WAN project, aimed at addressing astronaut food supply on extended Moon or Mars missions without Earth resupply. Funded by ESA's Terrae Novae Exploration Programme, HOBI-WAN (Hydrogen Oxidizing Bacteria In Weightlessness As a source of Nutrition) will test Solar Foods' gas fermentation technology for producing Solein pro

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 04, 2025
A hybrid Cessna 337 took flight from a Southern California runway with a unique configuration: a gas engine up front and a rear electric engine powered by a silicon-carbide inverter developed by the UA Power Group. The experiment demonstrated that the silicon carbide system is smaller and more efficient than standard silicon-based motor drives and can replace them in hybrid aircraft. Alan

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 04, 2025
The University of Michigan, supported by a $2 million grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, has launched a three-year research project aimed at enabling satellites in orbit to exchange power and momentum using laser links. The initiative, named ORACLE (Orbital Architectures for Cooperative Laser Energetics), seeks to augment existing laser-based data interlinks with new modes f

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 04, 2025
New experimental research led by Francesca Miozzi and Anat Shahar at Carnegie Science has shown that the galaxy's most common planets may be rich in liquid water due to critical early interactions between magma oceans and primitive atmospheres. Published in Nature, the study demonstrates how these formative processes can deliver water to young worlds. Nearly six thousand exoplanets have be

Boulder, CO (SPX) Nov 4, 2025
Far from Earth, in the vast expanses of space between stars, exists a treasure trove of carbon. There, in what scientists call the "interstellar medium," you can find a wide range of organic molecules - from honeycomblike polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to spheres of carbon shaped like soccer balls. In a new study, an international team of researchers led by scientists at the Unive

Washington DC (UPI) Nov 3, 2025
Five launches are planned this week at the two space complexes in central Florida, including doubleheaders on Wednesday and Saturday involving three companies. The missions at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station or Kennedy Space Center would break the record of 93 in one year from Florida's Space Coast. There have already been 91 launches. The week began early Sunday with SpaceX's

The Sentinel-1D satellite is in position on the launch pad at Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana – ready for liftoff on board the Ariane 6 launcher.

The Sentinel-1D satellite is ready to launch next week and, when it is fully commissioned, it will work with Sentinel-1C to capture high-resolution radar images over land, ice and sea. The mission has helped to reshape our view of planet Earth in numerous ways, by contributing data to public services and scientific studies on changes in our environment and climate. But did you know some of the following facts about Sentinel-1?