A robotic real-time strategy game in space
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NASA astronaut Jonny Kim operates European robots from the International Space Station MSBAI wins DoD contract to accelerate OrbitGuard for space situational awareness
Wednesday, 03 September 2025 05:34
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 03, 2025
MSBAI (Microsurgeonbot Inc.) has received a Direct-to-Phase II SBIR contract worth $1.2 million to advance its OrbitGuard hybrid-intelligence system for space domain awareness. The Department of Defense CDAO originated the opportunity, with selection by the Office of the Secretary of Defense and execution by the Air Force Digital Transformation Office. The 18-month effort positions OrbitGuard fo
MSBAI (Microsurgeonbot Inc.) has received a Direct-to-Phase II SBIR contract worth $1.2 million to advance its OrbitGuard hybrid-intelligence system for space domain awareness. The Department of Defense CDAO originated the opportunity, with selection by the Office of the Secretary of Defense and execution by the Air Force Digital Transformation Office. The 18-month effort positions OrbitGuard fo Metop SGA1 begins delivering atmospheric data weeks after launch
Wednesday, 03 September 2025 05:34
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 03, 2025
Less than three weeks after its 13 August launch, the Metop Second Generation A1 (Metop-SGA1) satellite is already transmitting data from two of its six instruments. Early readings from the Microwave Sounder (MWS) and the Radio Occultation Sounder (RO) mark the beginning of a new era in European meteorological and climate monitoring.
Metop-SGA1 is the first satellite in the EUMETSAT Polar
Less than three weeks after its 13 August launch, the Metop Second Generation A1 (Metop-SGA1) satellite is already transmitting data from two of its six instruments. Early readings from the Microwave Sounder (MWS) and the Radio Occultation Sounder (RO) mark the beginning of a new era in European meteorological and climate monitoring.
Metop-SGA1 is the first satellite in the EUMETSAT Polar NASA Scientists Map Plant Productivity with Data from Ocean Satellite
Wednesday, 03 September 2025 05:34
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 02, 2025
NASA scientists have developed a new set of tools to monitor plant growth under various conditions throughout the growing season. The hope is that land managers could use these tools to detect sudden drops in plant productivity and to respond earlier to events like heat stress, droughts, and cold snaps.
Monitoring the productivity, or how efficiently plants are producing energy through pho
NASA scientists have developed a new set of tools to monitor plant growth under various conditions throughout the growing season. The hope is that land managers could use these tools to detect sudden drops in plant productivity and to respond earlier to events like heat stress, droughts, and cold snaps.
Monitoring the productivity, or how efficiently plants are producing energy through pho Scientists track lightning "pollution" in real time using NASA satellite
Wednesday, 03 September 2025 05:34
College Park MD (SPX) Sep 02, 2025
Picture this: You're stuck in traffic on a summer afternoon, checking the weather app on your phone as dark storm clouds roll in. You might think about power outages or possible flooding, but you probably don't think about how every lightning bolt that flashes across the sky also emits a gas, nitrogen oxide (NO), that is also emitted in the exhaust from your car's engine.
Yet, that's exact
Picture this: You're stuck in traffic on a summer afternoon, checking the weather app on your phone as dark storm clouds roll in. You might think about power outages or possible flooding, but you probably don't think about how every lightning bolt that flashes across the sky also emits a gas, nitrogen oxide (NO), that is also emitted in the exhaust from your car's engine.
Yet, that's exact Bulgaria won't probe suspected Russian GPS jamming of EU chief plane: PM
Wednesday, 03 September 2025 05:34
Sofia, Bulgaria (AFP) Sept 2, 2025
Bulgaria will not open an investigation into the GPS jamming that hit a plane carrying EU chief chief Ursula von der Leyen as it readied to land in the Balkan nation, its prime minister said Tuesday.
The European Commission said on Monday that Bulgarian authorities believed Moscow was responsible for the weekend incident but it was not clear whether the aircraft was deliberately targeted as
Bulgaria will not open an investigation into the GPS jamming that hit a plane carrying EU chief chief Ursula von der Leyen as it readied to land in the Balkan nation, its prime minister said Tuesday.
The European Commission said on Monday that Bulgarian authorities believed Moscow was responsible for the weekend incident but it was not clear whether the aircraft was deliberately targeted as NASA opens student competition for 2026 human lander innovations
Wednesday, 03 September 2025 00:49
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 03, 2025
NASA has launched the 2026 Human Lander Challenge (HuLC), inviting student teams across the United States to propose new solutions for advancing human landing system technologies. The initiative supports NASA's Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate in preparing for lunar missions under the Artemis program.
The competition seeks innovative ideas in known technology development
NASA has launched the 2026 Human Lander Challenge (HuLC), inviting student teams across the United States to propose new solutions for advancing human landing system technologies. The initiative supports NASA's Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate in preparing for lunar missions under the Artemis program.
The competition seeks innovative ideas in known technology development Pixxel expands Firefly fleet advancing global hyperspectral satellite imaging
Wednesday, 03 September 2025 00:49
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 03, 2025
Pixxel has added three new Firefly satellites to orbit aboard SpaceX's NAOS Mission, doubling its commercial constellation to six. The company says this expansion delivers humanity's first daily, high-resolution hyperspectral view of Earth, enabling detailed environmental monitoring and predictive analytics at planetary scale.
The Fireflies operate collectively as the most advanced commerc
Pixxel has added three new Firefly satellites to orbit aboard SpaceX's NAOS Mission, doubling its commercial constellation to six. The company says this expansion delivers humanity's first daily, high-resolution hyperspectral view of Earth, enabling detailed environmental monitoring and predictive analytics at planetary scale.
The Fireflies operate collectively as the most advanced commerc Magnetic fields in the young universe revealed as incredibly faint
Wednesday, 03 September 2025 00:49
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 03, 2025
The first magnetic fields that emerged after the Universe's birth may have been billions of times weaker than the pull of a refrigerator magnet, with intensities comparable to the magnetism created by neurons in the brain. Despite their weakness, researchers have found that these fields left detectable traces in the cosmic web that spans the Universe.
The conclusions come from a collaborat
The first magnetic fields that emerged after the Universe's birth may have been billions of times weaker than the pull of a refrigerator magnet, with intensities comparable to the magnetism created by neurons in the brain. Despite their weakness, researchers have found that these fields left detectable traces in the cosmic web that spans the Universe.
The conclusions come from a collaborat A Sharper Image of the Early Universe
Wednesday, 03 September 2025 00:49
Medford MA (SPX) Sep 03, 2025
What was the universe like in the first few hundreds of millions of years after it came into existence? How did the first stars and galaxies form? Those are questions that astronomers now have a better chance of answering, thanks to a new research program using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which came online in 2022.
The MINERVA program, co-led by a Tufts astronomer, will give res
What was the universe like in the first few hundreds of millions of years after it came into existence? How did the first stars and galaxies form? Those are questions that astronomers now have a better chance of answering, thanks to a new research program using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which came online in 2022.
The MINERVA program, co-led by a Tufts astronomer, will give res Advancing Single-Photon Sensing Image Sensors to Enable the Search for Life Beyond Earth
Wednesday, 03 September 2025 00:49
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 03, 2025
A NASA-sponsored team is advancing single-photon sensing Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (CMOS) detector technology that will enable future NASA astrophysics space missions to search for life on other planets. As part of their detector maturation program, the team is characterizing sensors before, during, and after high-energy radiation exposure; developing novel readout modes to mitigat
A NASA-sponsored team is advancing single-photon sensing Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (CMOS) detector technology that will enable future NASA astrophysics space missions to search for life on other planets. As part of their detector maturation program, the team is characterizing sensors before, during, and after high-energy radiation exposure; developing novel readout modes to mitigat Hypervelocity white dwarfs traced to explosive stellar mergers
Wednesday, 03 September 2025 00:49
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 03, 2025
In a new study published in Nature Astronomy, scientists have identified a clear origin for hypervelocity white dwarfs - stellar remnants racing through space at more than 2000 km/s.
The research, led by Dr. Hila Glanz of the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, used advanced three-dimensional hydrodynamic simulations to model the merger of two rare hybrid helium - carbon - oxygen wh
In a new study published in Nature Astronomy, scientists have identified a clear origin for hypervelocity white dwarfs - stellar remnants racing through space at more than 2000 km/s.
The research, led by Dr. Hila Glanz of the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, used advanced three-dimensional hydrodynamic simulations to model the merger of two rare hybrid helium - carbon - oxygen wh Massive stars in low metal galaxies frequently form binaries
Wednesday, 03 September 2025 00:49
Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Sep 03, 2025
Astronomers have confirmed that massive stars in galaxies with low metal content often exist in binary systems, much like their counterparts in the Milky Way. An international team of seventy researchers from Belgium, the Netherlands, and Israel used the European Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile to monitor massive stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud. Their findings appear in Nature Astronomy.
Astronomers have confirmed that massive stars in galaxies with low metal content often exist in binary systems, much like their counterparts in the Milky Way. An international team of seventy researchers from Belgium, the Netherlands, and Israel used the European Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile to monitor massive stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud. Their findings appear in Nature Astronomy. Enhanced CHARA Array to Gain Full Spectrum Observing Power with NSF Grant
Wednesday, 03 September 2025 00:49
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 03, 2025
A $1.39 million award from the National Science Foundation will significantly upgrade Georgia State University's Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA) Array, enabling observations across the entire visible and near-infrared spectrum.
A $1.39 million award from the National Science Foundation will significantly upgrade Georgia State University's Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA) Array, enabling observations across the entire visible and near-infrared spectrum. International collaboration doubles detection of cosmic collisions
Wednesday, 03 September 2025 00:49
London, UK (SPX) Sep 03, 2025
LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration detects 128 black hole collisions, doubling the known gravitational-wave events and advancing our understanding of the Universe.
An international team of researchers has announced a significant advancement in gravitational-wave astronomy, with the detection of 128 new cosmic collisions involving black holes and neutron stars.
This discovery more than do
LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration detects 128 black hole collisions, doubling the known gravitational-wave events and advancing our understanding of the Universe.
An international team of researchers has announced a significant advancement in gravitational-wave astronomy, with the detection of 128 new cosmic collisions involving black holes and neutron stars.
This discovery more than do