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Friday, 06 October 2023 18:01
Amazon's challenge to Musk's Starlink to have first launch
Amazon is set to launch two satellites on Friday, in its first test mission as part of its plan to deliver the internet from space and compete with Elon Musk's Starlink service.
The launch window for the Atlas V rocket from the United Launch Alliance (ULA) hub at Kennedy Space Center in Florida is scheduled to open for two hours at 2:00 pm local time (1800 GMT).
Once up and running, the company founded by Jeff Bezos says its Project Kuiper will provide "fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world," with a constellation of more than 3,200 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO).
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Friday, 06 October 2023 17:18
Amazon's Project Kuiper takes flight with first satellite launch
Space Coast FL (SPX) Oct 06, 2023
Amazon's expansive ambitions to delve into satellite-based broadband have taken a concrete form. On October 6, 2023, the e-commerce behemoth successfully launched KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2, the initial pair of its projected constellation of more than 3,200 satellites. The launch, executed from Launch Pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, utilized the reliable United Launch Alliance Atl
Amazon's expansive ambitions to delve into satellite-based broadband have taken a concrete form. On October 6, 2023, the e-commerce behemoth successfully launched KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2, the initial pair of its projected constellation of more than 3,200 satellites. The launch, executed from Launch Pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, utilized the reliable United Launch Alliance Atl
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Friday, 06 October 2023 12:00
ESA and Axiom Space forge partnership for future space exploration
The European Space Agency ESA and Axiom Space signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 1 October in Paris to explore collaborative opportunities in human spaceflight, science, technology, and commercialisation.
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Friday, 06 October 2023 11:19
Superconductivity at room temperature remains elusive
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Oct 04, 2023
by David D. Nolte | Professor - Physics and Astronomy, Purdue
On April 8, 1911, Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes scribbled in pencil an almost unintelligible note into a kitchen notebook: "near enough null."
The note referred to the electrical resistance he'd measured during a landmark experiment that would later be credited as the discovery of superconductivity. But first, he
by David D. Nolte | Professor - Physics and Astronomy, Purdue
On April 8, 1911, Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes scribbled in pencil an almost unintelligible note into a kitchen notebook: "near enough null."
The note referred to the electrical resistance he'd measured during a landmark experiment that would later be credited as the discovery of superconductivity. But first, he
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Friday, 06 October 2023 11:19
Instant evolution: AI designs new robot from scratch in seconds
Evanston IL (SPX) Oct 04, 2023
A team led by Northwestern University researchers has developed the first artificial intelligence (AI) to date that can intelligently design robots from scratch.
To test the new AI, the researchers gave the system a simple prompt: Design a robot that can walk across a flat surface. While it took nature billions of years to evolve the first walking species, the new algorithm compressed evol
A team led by Northwestern University researchers has developed the first artificial intelligence (AI) to date that can intelligently design robots from scratch.
To test the new AI, the researchers gave the system a simple prompt: Design a robot that can walk across a flat surface. While it took nature billions of years to evolve the first walking species, the new algorithm compressed evol
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Friday, 06 October 2023 11:19
Last September was hottest on record by 'extraordinary' margin: EU monitor
Paris (AFP) Oct 5, 2023
Last month was the hottest September on record by an "extraordinary" margin as the world flirts dangerously with breaching a key warming limit, the EU climate monitor said on Thursday.
Much of the world sweltered through unseasonably warm weather in September, in a year expected to be the hottest in human history and after the warmest-ever global temperatures during the Northern Hemisphere s
Last month was the hottest September on record by an "extraordinary" margin as the world flirts dangerously with breaching a key warming limit, the EU climate monitor said on Thursday.
Much of the world sweltered through unseasonably warm weather in September, in a year expected to be the hottest in human history and after the warmest-ever global temperatures during the Northern Hemisphere s
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Friday, 06 October 2023 11:19
CfA-SwRI heliophysics mission selected for Phase A mission definition study
San Antonio TX (SPX) Oct 04, 2023
NASA has selected a new SwRI-managed heliophysics mission focused on investigating the Sun's middle corona - an enigmatic region of the Sun's atmosphere driving solar activity - for a Phase A, mission definition study. Southwest Research Institute's Dr. Dan Seaton is deputy principal investigator of the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian-led EUV CME and Coronal Connectivity Observ
NASA has selected a new SwRI-managed heliophysics mission focused on investigating the Sun's middle corona - an enigmatic region of the Sun's atmosphere driving solar activity - for a Phase A, mission definition study. Southwest Research Institute's Dr. Dan Seaton is deputy principal investigator of the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian-led EUV CME and Coronal Connectivity Observ
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Friday, 06 October 2023 11:19
Does lightning strike on Venus? Maybe not, study suggests
Boulder OC (SPX) Oct 04, 2023
Venus may be a (slightly) gentler place than some scientists give it credit for.
In new research, space physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder have jumped into a surprisingly long-running debate in solar system science: Does lightning strike on the second planet from the sun?
The team's results add strong new evidence suggesting that, no, you probably wouldn't see bolts of
Venus may be a (slightly) gentler place than some scientists give it credit for.
In new research, space physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder have jumped into a surprisingly long-running debate in solar system science: Does lightning strike on the second planet from the sun?
The team's results add strong new evidence suggesting that, no, you probably wouldn't see bolts of
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Friday, 06 October 2023 11:19
Colliding neutron stars provide a new way to measure the expansion of the Universe
Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Oct 04, 2023
In recent years, astronomy has seen itself in a bit of crisis: Although we know that the Universe expands, and although we know approximately how fast, the two primary ways to measure this expansion do not agree. Now astrophysicists from the Niels Bohr Institute suggest a novel method which may help resolve this tension.
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In recent years, astronomy has seen itself in a bit of crisis: Although we know that the Universe expands, and although we know approximately how fast, the two primary ways to measure this expansion do not agree. Now astrophysicists from the Niels Bohr Institute suggest a novel method which may help resolve this tension.
b>The Universe expands br> /b>
We've known this ever since Edwin Hu
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Friday, 06 October 2023 11:19
NASA selects Umbra for their CSDA Program
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 05, 2023
Umbra, a leader in advanced space radar technology, announced it has been selected by The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as a commercial provider for its Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program. The CSDA Program will acquire Umbra Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data under a five-year, multiple-award, Indefinite delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract in su
Umbra, a leader in advanced space radar technology, announced it has been selected by The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as a commercial provider for its Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program. The CSDA Program will acquire Umbra Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data under a five-year, multiple-award, Indefinite delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract in su
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