Tiangong returns largest sample set yet for biological and materials science research
Friday, 02 May 2025 09:28
Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 02, 2025
The latest batch of experimental samples from China's Tiangong space station has safely returned to Earth, totaling approximately 37.25 kilograms and spanning 25 scientific investigations. Delivered by the Shenzhou-19 return capsule, this marks the eighth consignment of space station research materials.
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) reported that the experiments covered space life
The latest batch of experimental samples from China's Tiangong space station has safely returned to Earth, totaling approximately 37.25 kilograms and spanning 25 scientific investigations. Delivered by the Shenzhou-19 return capsule, this marks the eighth consignment of space station research materials.
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) reported that the experiments covered space life Strange young star group set to scatter across Milky Way in record time
Friday, 02 May 2025 09:28
Paris, France (SPX) May 02, 2025
Gaia, the European Space Agency's star-mapping mission, has revealed a peculiar family of stars unlike any seen before. Discovered using Gaia's third data release, the group, named Ophion, contains more than 1,000 young stars that are unexpectedly on the verge of rapid and chaotic dispersal across the Milky Way.
Typically, stellar families form in clusters, with stars born in close proximi
Gaia, the European Space Agency's star-mapping mission, has revealed a peculiar family of stars unlike any seen before. Discovered using Gaia's third data release, the group, named Ophion, contains more than 1,000 young stars that are unexpectedly on the verge of rapid and chaotic dispersal across the Milky Way.
Typically, stellar families form in clusters, with stars born in close proximi SpaceX launches 28 Internet satellites from Florida
Friday, 02 May 2025 09:28
Washington DC (UPI) May 1, 2025
SpaceX launched 28 V2 Internet satellites into low-Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Thursday night, adding to its fleet of nearly 7,300 orbitals already in space.
The Falcon 9 rocket carrying the payload was launched just after 6:51 p.m. EDT.
It was the 18th mission for the first-stage fuel booster, which landed on the drone ship Just Read the Ins
SpaceX launched 28 V2 Internet satellites into low-Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Thursday night, adding to its fleet of nearly 7,300 orbitals already in space.
The Falcon 9 rocket carrying the payload was launched just after 6:51 p.m. EDT.
It was the 18th mission for the first-stage fuel booster, which landed on the drone ship Just Read the Ins Astronauts complete needed tasks during 6-hour ISS space walk
Friday, 02 May 2025 09:28
Washington DC (UPI) May 1, 2025
Two NASA astronauts have completed a nearly six-hour spacewalk to perform maintenance and upgrades on the International Space Station, the agency announced Thursday.
Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers relocated a space station communications antenna and improved the ability to generate power on the ISS.
"Additionally, the astronaut pair completed a pair of get-ahead tasks, including
Two NASA astronauts have completed a nearly six-hour spacewalk to perform maintenance and upgrades on the International Space Station, the agency announced Thursday.
Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers relocated a space station communications antenna and improved the ability to generate power on the ISS.
"Additionally, the astronaut pair completed a pair of get-ahead tasks, including Earth from Space: World’s biggest iceberg
Friday, 02 May 2025 07:00
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The Ocean and Land Colour Instrument on Copernicus Sentinel-3 captured this image of Earth’s biggest iceberg, A23a, on 5 April 2025. ‘ELOPE’ with ESA’s moon landing guidance competition
Thursday, 01 May 2025 10:53
Mapping the descent of a lunar lander, using nothing but data from an ‘event camera’ – this is the next challenge presented to the space community by the European Space Agency’s Advanced Concepts Team (ACT).
China pioneers daytime satellite laser ranging in Earth moon space
Thursday, 01 May 2025 09:27
Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 01, 2025
Chinese researchers have made a landmark achievement in space navigation by successfully conducting the world's first daytime satellite laser ranging in the Earth-moon region. The breakthrough overcomes long-standing challenges associated with solar interference.
The milestone was reached by a team led by Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), who on Sunday captured
Chinese researchers have made a landmark achievement in space navigation by successfully conducting the world's first daytime satellite laser ranging in the Earth-moon region. The breakthrough overcomes long-standing challenges associated with solar interference.
The milestone was reached by a team led by Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), who on Sunday captured Two astronauts plan 6 hour spacewalk for ISS upgrades
Thursday, 01 May 2025 09:27
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 30, 2025
Two NASA astronauts plan to participate in a 6-hour, 35-minute spacewalk Thursday to upgrade the International Space Station's power generation capabilities and relocate a communications antenna.
Expedition 73 Flight Engineers Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers are scheduled to leave the ISS at 8 a.m. EDT, according to NASA. NASA will begin live coverage at 6:30 a.m. on NASA+.
They w
Two NASA astronauts plan to participate in a 6-hour, 35-minute spacewalk Thursday to upgrade the International Space Station's power generation capabilities and relocate a communications antenna.
Expedition 73 Flight Engineers Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers are scheduled to leave the ISS at 8 a.m. EDT, according to NASA. NASA will begin live coverage at 6:30 a.m. on NASA+.
They w Firefly Aerospace's first stage explodes before satellite's deployment
Thursday, 01 May 2025 09:27
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 30, 2025
A Firefly Aerospace rocket launched from California crashed into the Pacific Ocean north of Antarctica, failing to place into low-Earth orbit a satellite for Lockheed Martin.
This was the latest in Alpha rocket failures for the Texas-based private company. It has two successes, two failures and two partial failures since its debut in September 2021.
The mission was called "Missio
A Firefly Aerospace rocket launched from California crashed into the Pacific Ocean north of Antarctica, failing to place into low-Earth orbit a satellite for Lockheed Martin.
This was the latest in Alpha rocket failures for the Texas-based private company. It has two successes, two failures and two partial failures since its debut in September 2021.
The mission was called "Missio Meditation Under the Stars: How Stargazing Reduces Stress and Brings Inner Peace
Thursday, 01 May 2025 09:27
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 01, 2025
Those into stargazing would tell you that even just a quick glance at the stars can calm you down, ease your stress, and leave you feeling at peace that you might struggle to find in your hectic life. With everything else getting more frantic and tech-heavy, we're seeing more and more people turning to the old-school vibe of stargazing as a free way to improve your mood. And it actually does won
Those into stargazing would tell you that even just a quick glance at the stars can calm you down, ease your stress, and leave you feeling at peace that you might struggle to find in your hectic life. With everything else getting more frantic and tech-heavy, we're seeing more and more people turning to the old-school vibe of stargazing as a free way to improve your mood. And it actually does won NASA moon instrument to return for subsurface volatile survey
Thursday, 01 May 2025 09:27
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 30, 2025
NASA will once again send its Mass Spectrometer Observing Lunar Operations (MSOLO) instrument to the Moon, this time aboard a commercial rover under a new Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with Magna Petra Corp. The collaboration aims to study gases trapped beneath the lunar surface, with a focus on rare isotopes such as Helium-3.
Following its successful performance during th
NASA will once again send its Mass Spectrometer Observing Lunar Operations (MSOLO) instrument to the Moon, this time aboard a commercial rover under a new Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with Magna Petra Corp. The collaboration aims to study gases trapped beneath the lunar surface, with a focus on rare isotopes such as Helium-3.
Following its successful performance during th Juno reveals subsurface secrets of Jupiter and Io
Thursday, 01 May 2025 09:27
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 30, 2025
NASA's Juno mission has delivered unprecedented insights into the subsurface dynamics of both Jupiter and its volcanic moon, Io. The spacecraft's latest observations have unveiled the temperature structure beneath Jupiter's cloud cover and mapped residual volcanic heat beneath Io's surface.
Using its Microwave Radiometer (MWR) and Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM), Juno captured data
NASA's Juno mission has delivered unprecedented insights into the subsurface dynamics of both Jupiter and its volcanic moon, Io. The spacecraft's latest observations have unveiled the temperature structure beneath Jupiter's cloud cover and mapped residual volcanic heat beneath Io's surface.
Using its Microwave Radiometer (MWR) and Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM), Juno captured data Inouye Solar Telescope activates powerful new spectro polarimeter for detailed Sun studies
Thursday, 01 May 2025 09:27
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 30, 2025
The Inouye Solar Telescope, the world's largest solar observatory, has reached a critical milestone with the activation of its most advanced instrument to date: the Visible Tunable Filter (VTF), a massive spectro-polarimeter now operational atop Hawaii's Haleakala volcano. With a four-meter primary mirror, the telescope has delivered remarkable solar images since 2022, and the VTF dramatically e
The Inouye Solar Telescope, the world's largest solar observatory, has reached a critical milestone with the activation of its most advanced instrument to date: the Visible Tunable Filter (VTF), a massive spectro-polarimeter now operational atop Hawaii's Haleakala volcano. With a four-meter primary mirror, the telescope has delivered remarkable solar images since 2022, and the VTF dramatically e Magnetar flares emerge as possible source of early cosmic gold
Thursday, 01 May 2025 09:27
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 30, 2025
as gold, get created and distributed throughout the universe?
"It's a pretty fundamental question in terms of the origin of complex matter in the universe," said Anirudh Patel, a doctoral student at Columbia University in New York. "It's a fun puzzle that hasn't actually been solved."
Patel led a study using 20-year-old archival data from NASA and ESA telescopes that finds evidence f
as gold, get created and distributed throughout the universe?
"It's a pretty fundamental question in terms of the origin of complex matter in the universe," said Anirudh Patel, a doctoral student at Columbia University in New York. "It's a fun puzzle that hasn't actually been solved."
Patel led a study using 20-year-old archival data from NASA and ESA telescopes that finds evidence f Nearby molecular hydrogen cloud discovered using far ultraviolet light
Thursday, 01 May 2025 09:27
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 30, 2025
An international team led by Rutgers University has uncovered one of the closest known molecular hydrogen clouds to our solar system, using far-ultraviolet light to detect what had long been hidden. Named "Eos," this massive crescent-shaped structure lies just 300 light years from Earth and spans an area roughly 40 times the size of the full moon in the night sky.
Eos is among the largest
An international team led by Rutgers University has uncovered one of the closest known molecular hydrogen clouds to our solar system, using far-ultraviolet light to detect what had long been hidden. Named "Eos," this massive crescent-shaped structure lies just 300 light years from Earth and spans an area roughly 40 times the size of the full moon in the night sky.
Eos is among the largest