Using lensed gravitational waves to measure cosmic expansion
Sunday, 02 July 2023 09:34
The universe is expanding; we've had evidence of that for about a century. But just how quickly celestial objects are receding from each other is still up for debate.
It's no small feat to measure the rate at which objects move away from each other across vast distances. Since the discovery of cosmic expansion, its rate has been measured and re-measured with increasing precision, with some A quantitative analysis of the in-orbit collision risks
Sunday, 02 July 2023 09:34
The amount of space debris has not stopped increasing since the first satellite was launched in 1957. The European Space Agency (ESA) estimates that there are more than 131,000,000 useless space waste objects, between 1 millimeter and 10 centimeters, currently orbiting around the Earth at an average speed of 36,000 kilometers per hour, which come from different sources such as last stages of roc Rivada Space Networks joins Astra Carta Initiative for Global Space Sustainability
Sunday, 02 July 2023 09:34
Rivada Space Networks has joined the #Astra Carta initiative to accelerate space sustainability. Launched by the Sustainable Markets organization, Astra Carta brings to reality a vision for space sustainability outlined by His Majesty King Charles III, when he was the Prince of Wales, at the UK Government's Summit for Space Sustainability in 2022.
Following the Global Leaders on Space Sust ESA unveils its comprehensive, high-resolution image library in a revamped platform
Sunday, 02 July 2023 09:34
The European Space Agency (ESA) has recently re-introduced its specialized photo platform, 'ESA Photolibrary for Professionals', enhanced with a sleek new user interface, advanced search capabilities, and added download options. Users who sign up for an account on this platform can gain access to an extensive selection of professional, high-resolution images - the largest compilation available f Beyond Gravity's computer powers Europe's Euclid Space Telescope
Sunday, 02 July 2023 09:34
The European Space Agency's (ESA) Euclid telescope, equipped with a computer from space supplier Beyond Gravity, successfully launched on July 1 aboard a SpaceX Falcon9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA. The mission of the telescope is to delve into the dark universe's composition and evolution, projecting a large-scale map of the Universe across time and space by observing billions of ga China's FAST in the Hunt for Nanohertz Gravitational Waves
Sunday, 02 July 2023 09:34
A recent breakthrough in the field of gravitational wave detection has been achieved by scientists in China, who have found vital evidence of nanohertz gravitational waves, thanks to pulsar timing observations performed with the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST).
The study was spearheaded by the Chinese Pulsar Timing Array (CPTA), a collaborative group of researc Flight software for Artemis II meets testing checkpoint
Sunday, 02 July 2023 09:34
The first Artemis astronauts have begun crew training for their Artemis II mission around the Moon, and teams at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, are testing and configuring the flight software for the mega Moon rocket that will launch them on their journey.
When NASA's SLS (Space Launch System) launches NASA's Artemis II crew aboard the Orion spacecraft, it will Lunar rover prototype conquers steep, scary lander exit test
Sunday, 02 July 2023 09:34
NASA's lunar rover VIPER recently completed another successful round of rigorous tests of the agency's first robotic Moon rover's ability to drive off the Astrobotic Griffin lunar lander and onto the lunar surface. Called an egress, this hours-long operation is one of the most critical and trickiest parts of VIPER's 100-day mission. It could be even trickier if VIPER's off-ramps onto the Moon ar Imagine walking on Hera's asteroid
Sunday, 02 July 2023 09:34
September NASA's DART mission returned images of the boulder-strewn Dimorphos moonlet just before impacting it, in an audacious and ultimately successful attempt to shift its orbit around its parent asteroid Didymos.
Following on from DART, Hera will carry with it a pair of shoebox-sized 'CubeSats' that conclude their own observations by landing on Dimorphos. Team members have been using D JUPITER 3 arrives at Cape Canaveral for launch
Sunday, 02 July 2023 09:34
Hughes Network Systems reports that its JUPITER 3 ultra high-density satellite has arrived in Cape Canaveral, FL, for its upcoming launch. JUPITER 3, also known as EchoStar XXIV, was built by Maxar Technologies in Palo Alto, CA, and is engineered to deliver gigabytes of connectivity to customers across North and South America. Last night, the satellite was carefully loaded onto an Antonov aircra Europe's on a mission to explore the dark universe with the launch of the Euclid Telescope
Saturday, 01 July 2023 22:01
A 6-year mission to shed light on the 'dark universe' dominated by dark matter and dark energy started with the liftoff of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Euclid Space Telescope for the European Space Agency (ESA) on July 1st at 11:12 a.m. EDT (1512 UTC) from Florida's Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS). The telescope will take roughly four weeks Falcon 9 launches ESA’s Euclid space telescope
Saturday, 01 July 2023 18:48
A European mission to unravel some of the biggest mysteries in the universe is underway thanks to a launch from an American rocket.
Euclid launch broadcast replay
Saturday, 01 July 2023 16:00
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Watch a replay of the launch broadcast for ESA’s Euclid.
ESA’s Euclid mission was launched into space on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral in Florida, USA, on 1 July 2023. It is now on its way to Sun-Earth Lagrange point L2.
By observing billions of galaxies out to 10 billion light-years, the space telescope will create the most detailed 3D-map of the Universe, with time as the third dimension.
The launch broadcast programme includes live segments from the launch site and ESA’s European Spacecraft Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany.
Watch the replay of the liftoff.
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Launch broadcast replay
Saturday, 01 July 2023 16:00
Video:
01:45:00
Watch a replay of the launch broadcast for ESA’s Euclid.
ESA’s Euclid mission was launched into space on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral in Florida, USA, on 1 July 2023. It is now on its way to Sun-Earth Lagrange point L2.
By observing billions of galaxies out to 10 billion light-years, the space telescope will create the most detailed 3D-map of the Universe, with time as the third dimension.
The launch broadcast programme includes live segments from the launch site and ESA’s European Spacecraft Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany.
Watch the replay of the liftoff.
Access the related
Europe's space telescope launches to target universe's dark mysteries
Saturday, 01 July 2023 15:54
Europe's Euclid space telescope blasted off Saturday on the first-ever mission aiming to shed light on two of the universe's greatest mysteries: dark energy and dark matter.
The telescope successfully took off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 11:12 am local time (1512 GMT) on a Falcon 9 rocket from the US company SpaceX.
The European Space Agency was forced to turn to billionaire Elon Musk's firm to launch the mission after Russia pulled its Soyuz rockets in response to sanctions over the war in Ukraine.
After a month-long journey through space, Euclid will join its fellow space telescope James Webb at a stable hovering spot around 1.5 million kilometers (more than 930,000 miles) from Earth called the second Lagrange Point.