Defunct NASA satellite reenters
Saturday, 07 January 2023 14:28
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A defunct NASA satellite, launched nearly four decades ago, is predicted to reenter late Jan. 8 with a very small risk to people on the ground.
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Old NASA satellite falling from sky this weekend, low threat
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Once in 50,000-year comet may be visible to the naked eye
Saturday, 07 January 2023 09:55 Write a comment
A newly discovered comet could be visible to the naked eye as it shoots past Earth and the Sun in the coming weeks for the first time in 50,000 years, astronomers have said.
The comet is called C/2022 E3 (ZTF) after the Zwicky Transient Facility, which first spotted it passing Jupiter in March last year.
After traveling from the icy reaches of our Solar System it will come closest to the Sun on January 12 and pass nearest to Earth on February 1.
It will be easy to spot with a good pair of binoculars and likely even with the naked eye, provided the sky is not too illuminated by city lights or the Moon.
The comet "will be brightest when it is closest to the Earth", Thomas Prince, a physics professor at the California Institute of Technology who works at the Zwicky Transient Facility, told AFP.
Senators seek funding boost for NASA and NSF astrophysics programs
Friday, 06 January 2023 23:50 Write a comment
Five senators are asking the White House to add at least $300 million in the next budget proposal for NASA and the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support priorities from the astrophysics decadal survey.
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Delta throws down the gauntlet with free Wi-Fi plan
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Plans by Delta Airlines to start offering free inflight Wi-Fi next month increase pressure on other major airlines to follow suit, driving up more demand for satellite capacity.
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Aiming for instantaneous Earth-observation data
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Hedron's goal is automatic networking in space. Satellite operators would pass packets to a network that moves data almost instantaneously to the ground.
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NASA faces budget crunch for extended Earth science missions
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NASA will allow three aging Earth science missions to participate in an upcoming senior review of extended missions even as the agency warns of budget pressures on its overall portfolio of missions.
Independent review warns of cost growth on key Earth science mission
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An independent review warned of potential cost overruns on a future major NASA Earth science mission, prompting NASA to consider removing some instruments from it.
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Putin sends missile ship to train in Atlantic, Med
Friday, 06 January 2023 08:33 Write a comment
President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday presided over the launch of a warship armed with new hypersonic cruise missiles on a training mission to the Atlantic and Indian Oceans and the Mediterranean.
"I am sure that such powerful weapons will make it possible to reliably protect Russia from potential external threats and will help ensure the national interests of our country," Putin was quoted Raytheon Intelligence and Space awarded Missile Track Custody development contract
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Raytheon Intelligence and Space has been awarded a prime contract to develop a prototype Missile Track Custody system for the U.S. Space Force. MTC is the service's first Medium Earth Orbit missile tracking system.
Under this contract, Raytheon Intelligence and Space will serve as the prime contractor, developing and delivering a space vehicle, hosting a state-of-the-art missile tracking m Australia buys Ukraine-tested US missile system
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Australia said Thursday it has snapped up a US offer to obtain the same long-range, mobile rocket system Ukraine has deployed on the battlefield against invading Russian forces.
The government said the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) would deter attacks on Australia but could also be transported by plane for deployment worldwide.
"The effectiveness of the HIMARS system in Deadly Ukraine strike reveals Russian tech weakness
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Russia has blamed the deaths of scores of its soldiers in a New Year missile strike on its troops using unsecured, traceable mobile phones on the battlefield.
But if Ukrainian forces did use geolocation of phones to target its strikes, it also reveals the Russian army's operational carelessness in the field, say analysts.
"It is already obvious that the main reason for what has happened Black carbon aerosols accelerate loss of glacial mass over the Tibetan plateau
Friday, 06 January 2023 08:33 Write a comment
Black carbon aerosols are produced by the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels and biomass, and are characterized by strong light absorption. Black carbon deposition in snow/ice reduces the albedo of snow/ice surfaces, which may accelerate the melting of glaciers and snow cover, thus changing the hydrological process and water resources in the region.
The South Asia region adjacent to the Stellantis to build electric aircraft with Archer and provide strategic funding for growth
Friday, 06 January 2023 08:33 Write a comment
Stellantis N.V. (NYSE / MTA / Euronext Paris: STLA) and Archer Aviation Inc. (NYSE: ACHR) have agreed to significantly expand their partnership by joining forces to manufacture Archer's flagship electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, Midnight.
Stellantis will work with Archer to stand up Archer's recently announced manufacturing facility in Covington, Georgia at which the Webb reveals Milky Way-like galaxies in early universe
Friday, 06 January 2023 07:08 Write a comment
New images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveal for the first time galaxies with stellar bars - elongated features of stars stretching from the centers of galaxies into their outer disks - at a time when the universe was a mere 25% of its present age. The finding of so-called barred galaxies, similar to our Milky Way, this early in the universe will require astrophysicists to ref