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This image shows the irregular galaxy NGC 6822, which was observed by the Near-InfraRed Camera (NIRCam) and Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI) mounted on the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. As their names suggest, NIRCam and MIRI probe different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. This allows the instruments to observe different components of the same galaxy, with MIRI especially sensitive to its gas-rich regions (the yellow swirls in this image) and NIRCam suitable for observing its densely packed field of stars.

NGC 6822 lies about 1.5 million light-years away, and is the Milky Way’s nearest galactic neighbour that

Bengaluru, India (SPX) Jul 28, 2023
SatSure, a global leader in EO space data applications, is pleased to announce its partnership with Rabo Partnerships. This strategic collaboration aims to drive the access to cash-flow based lending for smallholder farmers globally. The alliance aligns with SatSure's Banking Solution, SatSure Sage, a suite of applications designed to empower lending institutions for farmer financial inclusion,

Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 28, 2023
This summer, as wildfire smoke blankets large swaths of North America and heat-stoked summer haze reaches its seasonal peak, NASA and its partners are deploying several new tools to observe air quality and pollution from the street to the stratosphere. Launched into orbit earlier this spring, TEMPO, short for Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution, is the first satellite instrumen

Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany (SPX) Jul 27, 2023
Agile Justin knows how to grasp objects correctly - even if it does not recognise them yet. The humanoid robot can also turn these items in its hand in any desired direction - without looking. This is commonplace for humans, but extremely difficult for robots. A team from the German Aerospace Center has now trained a robot to acquire these highly complex skills. To do this, the researchers used

Reading UK (SPX) Jul 28, 2023
The world is unprepared for the next big storm from outer space, an overwhelming majority of scientists agree. Nine in ten space weather experts said that without accurate forecasting of space weather, Earth would suffer serious damage to its infrastructure. Of the 144 scientists surveyed on the dangers of geomagnetic storms, just over half said current forecasting capabilities were not go

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 31, 2023
Amidst its epic journey into the cosmos, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft has temporarily lost contact with the blue planet. An accidental deviation of the antenna's alignment on July 21 has caused an unexpected silence in the spacecraft's interstellar communications. Voyager 2, nestled over 12.3 billion miles (19.9 billion kilometers) away from Earth, slightly misaligned its antenna by 2 degre

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 31, 2023
Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS), the space technology firm, announced that it has successfully launched and deployed all payloads from its Vigoride-6 mission. The mission was carried out via the SpaceX Transporter-7 mission in April 2023. Since last year, Momentus has had three successful missions, deploying a total of 15 customer satellites, along with placing three of its Vigoride Orbital S

London, UK (SPX) Jul 31, 2023
In an unprecedented move, a research team at the University of Oxford has successfully trained a machine learning model aboard a satellite in outer space. This groundbreaking achievement has the potential to significantly enhance the functionalities of remote-sensing satellites, making real-time monitoring and on-the-spot decision making possible for a host of applications. Remote-sensing

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 31, 2023
The successful deployment of Hughes Network Systems' JUPITER 3 ultra-high-density satellite, also known as EchoStar XXIV, has marked a significant leap forward in the field of satellite internet connectivity. The mission was carried out with the assistance of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, launching from the iconic Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39A in Florida. The EchoStar subsidiary comm