Ithaca NY (SPX) Apr 06, 2023
Ursa Space Systems, a global satellite intelligence infrastructure provider, has announced that Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, will join its Virtual Constellation and Partner Network. The addition of Planet provides Ursa Space customers with access to daily satellite data that unlocks solutions to some of the most pressing challenges

Beijing, China (SPX) Apr 04, 2023
With the advancement of global civilization, monitoring and managing dumpsites have become essential parts of environmental governance worldwide. However, dumpsite locations are difficult to pinpoint in a timely manner by local government agencies and environmental groups. A study published in Nature Communications describes an efficient and intelligent dumpsite detection technique and ana

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 06, 2023
Apex, the Los Angeles-based spacecraft mass manufacturing company, announced its flagship product, the Aries satellite bus, will fly for the first time on SpaceX's Transporter-10 mission, which is targeted for no earlier than January 2024. Apex builds productized satellite buses, starting with their flagship Aries spacecraft, capable of a maximum 200kg wet mass. Apex spacecraft are produce

Fino Mornasco, Italy (SPX) Apr 06, 2023
Space logistics and orbital transportation company D-Orbit signed a 26-million euro contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) for IRIDE, a space-based observation program initiated by the Italian government that will leverage national competencies and responsibility with the support of the European Space Agency (ESA), which will manage the project, and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) under th

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 06, 2023
An international team of astrophysicists and cosmologists at various institutes including NAOJ and the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe have submitted a set of five papers, measuring the value for the "clumpiness" of the Universe's dark matter, known to cosmologists as S8. The reported value is 0.76, which aligns with values that other gravitational lensing surveys

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 06, 2023
Deloitte, a multinational professional services network, has launched a new division, Deloitte Space, to help organizations achieve their space ambitions. With over 15 years of experience advising clients on space-related initiatives, the new division will provide access to a global network of advisors, technologists, and scientists dedicated to helping businesses and governments connect the unc

Baltimore MD (SPX) Apr 06, 2023
The early universe was a rambunctious place where galaxies often bumped into each other and even merged together. Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and other space and ground-based observatories, astronomers investigating these developments have made an unexpected and rare discovery: a pair of gravitationally bound quasars, both blazing away inside two merging galaxies. They existed when the u

Washington DC (SPX) Apr 06, 2023
Both scientists and the public can navigate a new global image of the Red Planet that was made at Caltech using data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Cliffsides, impact craters, and dust devil tracks are captured in mesmerizing detail in a new mosaic of the Red Planet composed of 110,000 images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). Taken by the veteran spacecraft's black-a

Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 06, 2023
After spending over 700 sols (Martian days) exploring the crater floor and delta front, Perseverance is making tracks up the front of the Jezero fan, climbing across stratigraphic layers, up and out of the ancient Jezero lakebed. This ascent begins the extended portion of the Mars 2020 mission, where Perseverance will continue on to the rim of Jezero Crater and beyond, collecting samples along t

Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 06, 2023
The Universe is expanding - but how fast exactly? The answer appears to depend on whether you estimate the cosmic expansion rate - referred to as the Hubble's constant, or H0 - based on the echo of the Big Bang (the cosmic microwave background, or CMB) or you measure H0 directly based on today's stars and galaxies. This problem, known as the Hubble tension, has puzzled astrophysicists and cosmol