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Thursday, 14 July 2022 09:00
Swarm dodges collision during climb to escape Sun’s wrath
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Tuesday, 21 June 2022 06:51
easyJet signs up for Iris space-enabled digital skies
Passengers on board commercial airline easyJet will speed to their destinations faster and greener, thanks to an ESA-backed initiative to digitalise the skies.
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Thursday, 14 July 2022 11:08
Scientists find oldest Martian meteorite's original home
Paris (AFP) July 12, 2022
Scientists announced Tuesday they had found the crater from which the oldest known Martian meteorite was originally blasted towards Earth, a discovery that could provide clues into how our own planet was formed.
The meteorite NWA 7034, nicknamed Black Beauty, has fascinated geologists since it was discovered in the Sahara Desert in 2011.
It fits easily in the hand, weighing just over 300
Scientists announced Tuesday they had found the crater from which the oldest known Martian meteorite was originally blasted towards Earth, a discovery that could provide clues into how our own planet was formed.
The meteorite NWA 7034, nicknamed Black Beauty, has fascinated geologists since it was discovered in the Sahara Desert in 2011.
It fits easily in the hand, weighing just over 300
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Thursday, 14 July 2022 11:08
DataFarming bringing Pixxel's hyperspectral imaging to Australian farmers
Palo Alto CA (SPX) Jul 10, 2022
Toowoomba, Australia (SPX) Jul 10, 2022
Pixxel has announced an early adoption partnership with Australian cloud-based agritech company DataFarming. Using Pixxel's hyperspectral dataset, DataFarming will be able to monitor crop health at new speeds and greater resolutions compared to the multispectral imaging on behalf of tens of thousands of farmers.
Pixxel's constellation of hyperspectr
Toowoomba, Australia (SPX) Jul 10, 2022
Pixxel has announced an early adoption partnership with Australian cloud-based agritech company DataFarming. Using Pixxel's hyperspectral dataset, DataFarming will be able to monitor crop health at new speeds and greater resolutions compared to the multispectral imaging on behalf of tens of thousands of farmers.
Pixxel's constellation of hyperspectr
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Thursday, 14 July 2022 11:08
Northrop Grumman completes PDR for a 300-kilowatt class high energy laser
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 12, 2022
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) recently completed the preliminary design review for a high-energy laser prototype that will feature an architecture scalable to more than a megawatt for the U.S. Department of Defense. The review establishes the company's technical approach for precise, low-cost, speed-of-light technology for military operations.
"This is an important step in the a
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) recently completed the preliminary design review for a high-energy laser prototype that will feature an architecture scalable to more than a megawatt for the U.S. Department of Defense. The review establishes the company's technical approach for precise, low-cost, speed-of-light technology for military operations.
"This is an important step in the a
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Thursday, 14 July 2022 06:46
Did you see it? Supermoon graces skies worldwide
Did you catch the supermoon?
There was a full moon Wednesday night, and at the same time, the moon was closer to Earth than usual. That combo is called a supermoon.
The closer proximity to Earth can make the moon appear slightly bigger and brighter, weather permitting.
One name for Wednesday's full moon is the "Buck moon"—a reference to the time of year when new antlers are growing on male deer, or bucks.
The supermoon on June 14 was the "Strawberry moon" because it's the full moon at strawberry harvest time.
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Thursday, 14 July 2022 06:29
Webb delivers deepest image of Universe yet
Paris (ESA) Jul 14, 2022
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has delivered the deepest, sharpest infrared image of the distant Universe so far.
Webb's image is approximately the size of a grain of sand held at arm's length - and reveals thousands of galaxies in a tiny sliver of vast Universe. This sharp near-infrared view has brought out faint structures in extremely distant galaxies, for an unprecedented
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has delivered the deepest, sharpest infrared image of the distant Universe so far.
Webb's image is approximately the size of a grain of sand held at arm's length - and reveals thousands of galaxies in a tiny sliver of vast Universe. This sharp near-infrared view has brought out faint structures in extremely distant galaxies, for an unprecedented
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Thursday, 14 July 2022 00:42
ETH researchers remeasure gravitational constant
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 14, 2022
Researchers at ETH Zurich have redetermined the gravitational constant G using a new measurement technique. Although there is still a large degree of uncertainty regarding this value, the new method offers great potential for testing one of the most fundamental laws of nature.
The gravitational constant G determines the strength of gravity - the force that makes apples fall to the ground o
Researchers at ETH Zurich have redetermined the gravitational constant G using a new measurement technique. Although there is still a large degree of uncertainty regarding this value, the new method offers great potential for testing one of the most fundamental laws of nature.
The gravitational constant G determines the strength of gravity - the force that makes apples fall to the ground o
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Thursday, 14 July 2022 00:42
New radio astronomy survey peers through cosmic dust to investigate the Milky Way
Manchester UK (SPX) Jul 14, 2022
The first results from a mammoth astronomy project aimed at mapping out the origins of our 13.8 billion year old universe have been announced.
An international team of astronomers from around the globe taking part in the project named, COMAP (CO Mapping Array Project) will offer us a new glimpse into this epoch of galaxy assembly, helping to answer questions about what really caused the un
The first results from a mammoth astronomy project aimed at mapping out the origins of our 13.8 billion year old universe have been announced.
An international team of astronomers from around the globe taking part in the project named, COMAP (CO Mapping Array Project) will offer us a new glimpse into this epoch of galaxy assembly, helping to answer questions about what really caused the un
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Thursday, 14 July 2022 00:42
From "i" for "inspiral" to "g" for "gamma-ray burst"
Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Jul 14, 2022
Using supercomputer calculations, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Potsdam and from Japan show a consistent picture for the first time: They modeled the complete process of the collision of a black hole with a neutron star. In their studies, they calculated the process from the final orbits through the merger to the post-merger phase, in which according to thei
Using supercomputer calculations, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Potsdam and from Japan show a consistent picture for the first time: They modeled the complete process of the collision of a black hole with a neutron star. In their studies, they calculated the process from the final orbits through the merger to the post-merger phase, in which according to thei
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