Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 03, 2025
China's Shenzhou-19 mission has reached its midpoint as the three crew members aboard the Tiangong space station share their unique experiences during the Spring Festival. Orbiting 400 kilometers above Earth, the astronauts offered a rare glimpse into their daily work routines and personal moments. Crew commander Cai Xuzhe, returning to the station after nearly two years, described his arrival a

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 30, 2025
York Space Systems, the Denver-based aerospace company specializing in the rapid deployment of space mission solutions, has announced a major expansion of its satellite platform portfolio with the introduction of the M-CLASS platform. This new satellite platform is designed to meet the increasing demand for higher power and greater flexibility in mission planning. With a payload capacity of up t

Boston MA (SPX) Feb 03, 2025
Highly energetic explosions in the sky are commonly attributed to gamma-ray bursts. We now understand that these bursts originate from either the merger of two neutron stars or the collapse of a massive star. In these scenarios, a newborn black hole is formed, emitting a jet that travels at nearly the speed of light. When these jets are directed toward Earth, we can observe them from vast

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 30, 2025
South Australian AI company AICRAFT has announced a strategic partnership with CONTEC Space Optics (CSO) to provide ultra-fast edge computing modules designed to support CSO's state-of-the-art space telescopes. CONTEC Space Optics, a leader in high-resolution Earth observation technologies, is renowned for developing cutting-edge optical payloads used in surveillance, reconnaissance, and E

Rochester BY (SPX) Feb 03, 2025
Long before a NASA spacecraft carrying rocks it extracted from the surface of an asteroid millions of miles from Earth touched down in the Utah desert in September 2023, a team of scientists set about figuring out how to keep the rocks pristine for studying. Central to that team was Kevin Righter, a University of Rochester earth and environmental sciences professor who was the curation lea

Washington (AFP) Feb 1, 2025
A colossal explosion in the sky, unleashing energy hundreds of times greater than the Hiroshima bomb. A blinding flash nearly as bright as the Sun. Shockwaves powerful enough to flatten everything for miles. It may sound apocalyptic, but a newly detected asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has a greater than one percent chance of colliding with Earth in about eight years. Su

Washington DC (UPI) Feb 2, 2025
SpaceX launched 22 more Starlink satellites, this time from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from pad 4E at 3:02 p.m. PST Saturday. About eight minutes later, the first stage returned to Earth and touched down in the Pacific Ocean on the SpaceX's drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You." The upper stage carried the satellites to low Ea

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 03, 2025

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully launched its fifth H-3 rocket on Sunday, carrying the Michibiki No. 6 satellite, a key addition to Japan's independent positioning system. The rocket lifted off from Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture at 5:30 p.m. local time and successfully deployed its payload into the designated orbit. The Michibiki satellite ser

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 03, 2025
The idea of traveling through interstellar space using spacecraft propelled by ultrathin sails may sound like the stuff of sci-fi novels. But in fact, a program started in 2016 by Stephen Hawking and Yuri Milner known as the Breakthrough Starshot Initiative has been exploring the idea. The concept is to use lasers to propel miniature space probes attached to "lightsails" to reach ultrafast speed

A list of the top 10 global regions where natural or anthropogenic sources emit methane on a continuous, ‘persistent’ basis was recently published in a scientific journal.