Space News
New mechanism of radio emission in neutron stars released
Phys.org - 24 Apr 2018 16:12
Young scientists from ITMO University have explained how neutron stars generate intense directed radio emission. They developed a model based on the transitions of particles between gravitational states, i.e. quantum sta...
ESA teams ready for space
ESA - 24 Apr 2018 13:42
Tomorrow's launch of Sentinel-3B will complete the Sentinel-3 constellation and represents the culmination of months of training to fly Europe's latest Copernicus satellite.
Dark Photons Probably Don't Exist, and If They Did, They'd Be Super Weird
SPACE.com - 24 Apr 2018 13:23Space smash: simulating when satellites collide
ESA - 24 Apr 2018 10:49
Satellites orbiting Earth are moving at many kilometres per second - so what happens when their paths cross? Satellite collisions are rare, and their consequences poorly understood, so a new project seeks to simulate the...
Watch Gaia Data Release
ESA - 24 Apr 2018 10:20
Gaia's new star catalogue will be unveiled tomorrow. Watch the media briefing live from ILA at 09:00 GMT/11:00 CEST
Speedcast posts 136 percent revenue jump, seeks debt refinancing
Space News - 24 Apr 2018 04:47
Speedcast's revenues more than doubled in 2017 as the satellite network operator began leveraging its acquisitions of U.S. companies Harris CapRock and UltiSat. SpaceNews.com
To keep foothold in government market, satellite imaging companies have to gain trust
Space News - 24 Apr 2018 03:18
NGA Director Cardillo: "I want the market to work ... but government shouldn't be their first customer. We should be their second customer." SpaceNews.com
Bridenstine sworn in as NASA administrator
Space News - 24 Apr 2018 01:00
NASA's new administrator said he's "very excited" about leading the space agency as he takes office after an extended confirmation process. SpaceNews.com
Vice President Pence Swears in New NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine
NASA Breaking news - 24 Apr 2018 00:28Can artificial intelligence help U.S. SOCOM track weapons of mass destruction?
Space News - 24 Apr 2018 23:20
Countering WMDs is a major intelligence fusion challenge. Thomas: "Even for an organization that prides itself in agility, which we do, this is some incredibly problem solving." SpaceNews.com
Tycho Crater As Seen From Lunar Orbit
SpaceRef - 24 Apr 2018 22:45
For scientists, parts of the Moon's Tycho crater remain a mystery....
Cuba Seen From Orbit
SpaceRef - 24 Apr 2018 22:40
This view of Cuba looks from east to west and reaches the cities of Santiago de Cuba on its west coast and Havana on its east coast. The sun's glint is reflected off the Caribbean Sea on Cuba's southern coast....
Spring Snow Across The Upper Midwest United States
SpaceRef - 24 Apr 2018 22:35
Spring arrived in the United States on March 20, but that did not stop a winter storm from dropping snow across the Upper Midwest a month later....
Milky Way May Harbor Several Supermassive Black Holes That Roam the Galaxy
The Daily Galaxy - 24 Apr 2018 22:18
"We estimate that a close approach of one of these wanderers that is able to affect our solar system should occur every 100 billion years or so, or nearly 10 times the age of the universe." In a new study...
Avio eyes larger chunk of smallsat launch market
Space News - 24 Apr 2018 22:14
The light-lift Vega rocket is Europe's vehicle of choice for small satellites, but has mainly launched spacecraft weighing hundreds of kilograms. While that's smaller than what Arianespace normally launches on an Ariane ...
Facial Recognition Deep Learning Software is Surprisingly Good at Identifying Galaxies Too
Universe Today - 24 Apr 2018 20:59
An international team of astronomers recently used deep learning to identify patterns in images of galaxies taken by the Hubble Space Telescope The post Facial Recognition Deep Learning Software is Surprisingly Good at I...
What Uranus Cloud Tops Have in Common With Rotten Eggs
PTTU - 24 Apr 2018 20:56
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features:
Lockheed Martin confident about winning GPS 3 competition
Space News - 24 Apr 2018 20:09
Lockheed Martin executives said April 24 they are confident they will win an Air Force competition for the next set of GPS 3 navigation satellites as questions swirl about what other companies, if any, submitted proposal...
NASA teams study the agency's future in astrophysics; tackle formidable technology challenges
Phys.org - 24 Apr 2018 19:30
What does NASA's future look like? Will the next-generation telescope investigate the first black holes in the distant universe or will it look for life on an Earth-like planet light-years away? As in past decades, the a...
Milky Way's supermassive black hole may have 'unseen' siblings
Phys.org - 24 Apr 2018 19:21
Astronomers are beginning to understand what happens when black holes get the urge to roam the Milky Way.
Today's "Planet Earth Report" --MIT's Technology Review Sees Three Ways Bitcoin Could Be Brought Down, Co-opted, or Made Irrelevant
The Daily Galaxy - 24 Apr 2018 19:21
Bitcoin's early adopters have held fast to the dream of a single world currency that is private, free for all to use, and under the control of the masses. But the seven billion people not yet using Bitcoin might not... �...
Arianespace cancels Ariane 5 launch over ISRO satellite issue
Space News - 24 Apr 2018 17:42
An Ariane 5 launch has been cancelled after an unexplained problem with an Indian space agency satellite that was supposed to ride on the mission. SpaceNews.com