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Space ISAC establishes LEO satellite operators group
Space News - 17 Apr 2024 23:07
A group of low Earth orbit satellite operators are banding together to share information about natural and human-made threats to their spacecraft. The post Space ISAC establishes LEO satellite operators group appeared fi...
NASA's Dragonfly rotorcraft mission to Saturn's moon Titan confirmed
Phys.org - 17 Apr 2024 21:44
NASA has confirmed its Dragonfly rotorcraft mission to Saturn's organic-rich moon Titan. The decision allows the mission to progress to the completion of the final design, followed by the construction and testing of the ...
The rising flood of space junk is a risk to us on Earth--and governments are on the hook
Phys.org - 17 Apr 2024 17:57
A piece of space junk recently crashed through the roof and floor of a man's home in Florida. Nasa later confirmed that the object had come from unwanted hardware released from the international space station.
NASA Photographer Honored for Thrilling Inverted In-Flight Image
NASA Breaking news - 17 Apr 2024 19:37
Riding in the back seat of a car can be boring. Riding in the back of a NASA aircraft is exhilarating, especially for photographers capturing NASA's story. Jim Ross, photo lead at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center ...
Multi-Drug Resistant Bacteria Found on ISS Mutating to Become Functionally Distinct
NASA Breaking news - 17 Apr 2024 00:15
In a new scientific paper funded by an Ames Space Biology grant, Principal Investigator Dr. Kasthuri Venkateswaran of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory strains of the bacterial species Enterobacter bugandensis isolated fr...
Space Life Science Highlights
NASA Breaking news - 17 Apr 2024 00:40
Spaceflight Atrophy Studied with Machine Learning Multi-Drug Resistant Bacteria Found on ISS Mutating to Become Functionally Distinct On-demand Nutrient Production System for Long-duration Missions A Clinical Decision Su...
Astronauts to patch up NASA's NICER telescope
Phys.org - 17 Apr 2024 23:02
NASA is planning to repair NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer), an X-ray telescope on the International Space Station, during a spacewalk later this year. It will be the fourth science observatory in orbit...
Ingenuity team says goodbye to pioneering Mars helicopter
SPACE.com - 17 Apr 2024 23:00
The Ingenuity Mars helicopter team met one last time on Tuesday (April 16) to oversee a transmission from the little rotorcraft.
NASA to hoist its sail: Solar sail mission gets ready for launch
Phys.org - 17 Apr 2024 22:34
A NASA mission testing a new way of navigating our solar system is ready to hoist its sail into space--not to catch the wind, but the propulsive power of sunlight. The Advanced Composite Solar Sail System is targeting la...
The Solar Eclipse Like We've Never Seen it Before
Universe Today - 17 Apr 2024 22:23
You had to be in the right part of North America to get a great view of the recent solar eclipse. But a particular telescope may have had the most unique view of all. Even though that telescope is in Hawaii and only expe...
Boom's XB-1 test plane gets FAA green light for supersonic flight
SPACE.com - 17 Apr 2024 22:00
Boom Supersonic's XB-1 experimental jet has been cleared for supersonic flight by the FAA.
The Marshall Star for April 17, 2024
NASA Breaking news - 17 Apr 2024 21:25
The Full Experience: NASA, Marshall, and Arkansas Celebrate Total Solar Eclipse By Celine Smith More than 100,000 people from across the world gathered April 8 in Russellville, Arkansas, to witness an astronomical syzygy...
NASA's near space network enables PACE climate mission to 'phone home'
Phys.org - 17 Apr 2024 21:21
The PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission has delivered its first operational data back to researchers, a feat made possible in part by innovative, data-storing technology from NASA's Near Space Networ...
Saturn's 'Death Star' moon Mimas may have gotten huge buried ocean from ringed planet's powerful pull
SPACE.com - 17 Apr 2024 20:59
The discovery of vast subsurface seas on Saturn's tiny moon Mimas has redefined our view of what an ocean world can be. We may now know how this buried ocean was formed, revealing it is shockingly young.
Peptides on interstellar ice: Study finds presence of water molecules not a major obstacle for formation
Phys.org - 17 Apr 2024 20:50
A research team led by Dr. Serge Krasnokutski from the Astrophysics Laboratory at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy at the University of Jena had already demonstrated that simple peptides can form on cosmic dust par...
On-demand nutrient production system for long-duration space missions
Phys.org - 17 Apr 2024 20:36
When astronauts embark on long space missions, they'll need to grow their own food because pre-packaged meals from Earth lose their nutritional value over time. The BioNutrients project at Ames Research Center's Space Bi...
Species of Ichthyosaur Is Largest Known Marine Reptile at 80 Feet Long
Discover - 17 Apr 2024 20:10
A father and daughter duo found the jawbone of the species and the research team named the new marine reptile species Latin for 'giant fish lizard of the Severn.'
Underground Lava Tubes Were Desert Pit Stops for Humans 7,000 Years Ago
Discover - 17 Apr 2024 20:05
Researchers determined underground lava tubes in the Saudi Arabian desert served as a shepherd way station.
Mysterious dark matter may leave clues in 'strings of pearls' trailing our galaxy
SPACE.com - 17 Apr 2024 19:59
Starting in late 2025, the Vera C. Rubin observatory will image the outskirts of our galaxy in search of dark matter clues.
NASA's Near Space Network Enables PACE Climate Mission to 'Phone Home'
NASA Breaking news - 17 Apr 2024 19:53
The PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission has delivered its first operational data back to researchers, a feat made possible in part by innovative, data-storing technology from NASA's Near Space Networ...
'Tube map' around planets and moons made possible by knot theory
Phys.org - 17 Apr 2024 19:35
Just as sat-nav did away with the need to argue over the best route home, scientists from the University of Surrey have developed a new method to find the optimal routes for future space missions without the need to wast...
The Milky Way's Most Massive Stellar Black Hole is Only 2,000 Light Years Away
Universe Today - 17 Apr 2024 19:34
Astronomers have found the largest stellar mass black hole in the Milky Way so far. At 33 solar masses, it dwarfs the previous record-holder, Cygnus X-1, which has only 21 solar masses. Most stellar mass black holes have...