People will communicate up to a thousand times faster using high-capacity optical links between satellites, thanks to a partnership agreed today between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Space Compass Corporation in Japan.

The first of the new generation of MetOp satellites, MetOp-SG Satellite-A, together with the instrument for the Copernicus Sentinel-5 mission, are now ready to be shipped to their launch site. But before the last leg of their terrestrial journey, they were on display to the media at Airbus’s facilities in Toulouse, France.

Image: Moon tools to the test at LUNA

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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 01, 2025
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Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 03, 2025
In a major advance for antimatter research, scientists from CERN's AEgIS collaboration have engineered a groundbreaking imaging system by adapting the image sensors found in mobile phone cameras. The innovation aims to provide unprecedented spatial resolution in tracking the annihilation of antihydrogen particles, a vital step toward precisely measuring how antimatter responds to Earth's gravity

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 03, 2025
In a breakthrough study, researchers backed by NASA have explored the remarkable cooperative behavior of a rare form of bacteria that function as if they were a unified multicellular entity. These organisms, known as multicellular magnetotactic bacteria (MMB), are the only bacteria currently known to display this specific type of obligate multicellularity, offering a compelling model for how com

London, UK (SPX) Apr 03, 2025
New findings from the University of Bristol suggest that mammals had begun transitioning from arboreal habitats to terrestrial ones several million years prior to the asteroid strike that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs. Published in the journal Palaeontology, the research highlights that numerous mammalian species were already adapting to life on the ground before the catastrophic

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 03, 2025
Applied physicists at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a photon-routing device that could significantly enhance the interface between optical and microwave quantum systems, potentially enabling large-scale, modular quantum computing over existing telecom networks. This innovation could pave the way for quantum computers that are n

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 01, 2025
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