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Monday, 26 May 2025 10:49
Rocket Lab USA has announced it will launch the next BlackSky Gen-3 satellite as part of its continued partnership with the real-time space-based intelligence company. The mission, named "Full Stream Ahead," is scheduled to lift off from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand during a window opening May 28, 2025 (UTC).
This upcoming flight marks the second of four planned Electron missions this y Numerical models uncover how barred olivine crystals formed in ancient meteorites
Monday, 26 May 2025 10:49
Researchers from Nagoya City University and Tohoku University have successfully simulated the formation of barred olivine, a rare mineral texture found in chondrules-small spherical particles within meteorites dating back to the early solar system. Unlike textures in Earth rocks, barred olivine is unique to these primordial materials.
Led by Associate Professor Hitoshi Miura, the team used Gold and precious metals traced to Earth's core in Hawaiian lava
Monday, 26 May 2025 10:49
Researchers at the University of Gottingen have uncovered evidence that material from Earth's core, including gold and other precious metals, is leaking into the planet's upper layers. Their study, published in Nature, reports the detection of the rare isotope 100Ru (ruthenium) in volcanic rocks from Hawaii, indicating that the samples originated from deep within the core-mantle boundary, around Titan atmosphere wobbles like a gyroscope revealing seasonal shifts
Monday, 26 May 2025 10:49
The unusual motion of Titan's atmosphere has been uncovered by scientists at the University of Bristol using data from NASA's Cassini-Huygens mission. Their research shows that Saturn's largest moon possesses an atmosphere that doesn't rotate in sync with its surface but instead exhibits a wobble resembling a gyroscope.
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Monday, 26 May 2025 10:49
Scientists at Paderborn University have set a new benchmark in quantum photonics by demonstrating the fastest control yet of individual photons in a cryogenic circuit. Their achievement marks a significant leap for quantum communication, simulation, and information processing by enabling real-time manipulation of single light particles at temperatures near absolute zero.
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Monday, 26 May 2025 10:49
Where did the moon's magnetism go? Scientists have puzzled over this question for decades, ever since orbiting spacecraft picked up signs of a high magnetic field in lunar surface rocks. The moon itself has no inherent magnetism today.
Now, MIT scientists may have solved the mystery. They propose that a combination of an ancient, weak magnetic field and a large, plasma-generating impact ma Chinese commercial company lands contract to build provincial satellite constellation
Monday, 26 May 2025 10:11
Chinese commercial satellite manufacturer MinoSpace has won a major contract to build a remote sensing satellite constellation for Sichuan Province.
Strauss' 'Blue Danube' waltz is launching into space to mark his 200th birthday
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Waltzing celebration for half a century of European satellite tracking
Monday, 26 May 2025 07:00
2025 marks a landmark year for Europe’s ‘bridge between Earth and space’. The European Space Agency’s Estrack satellite tracking network turns 50 – and with it, its deep space antenna in Cebreros, Spain, celebrates 20 years of connecting Earth to the agency’s most distant missions.
Fittingly, this celebration of technological excellence coincides with the 200th birthday of Johann Strauss II and the 50th anniversary of the ESA. To honour this convergence of milestones, ESA and the Vienna Tourist Board are orchestrating a unique mission: broadcasting The Blue Danube Waltz to its destined home among the stars.
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Saturday, 24 May 2025 07:55
SpaceX launched another batch of 27 Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low-Earth orbit on Friday from California.
The Falcon 9 flight was delayed from Thursday night. No reason was given for the scrubbing.
The rocket lifted off 3:32 p.m. PDT from Vandenberg Space Force Base's Pad 4E.
A little more than eight minutes after liftoff, the first stage booster landed on the drones After two setbacks, SpaceX could try to launch massive Starship next week
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SpaceX blames Starship Flight 8 mishap on engine hardware failure
Friday, 23 May 2025 22:14
Raytheon secures $380 million contract extension for GPS ground control system
Friday, 23 May 2025 21:31
The Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX) is a critical software upgrade for the Global Positioning System (GPS) infrastructure and is now more than eight years behind schedule.