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Exoplanet map reveals Neptunian Ridge separating planetary regions

Spacedaily.com 

London, UK (SPX) Sep 26, 2024
Scientists from the University of Warwick have revealed a detailed "map" of distant planets, highlighting a newly identified area in deep space called the Neptunian Ridge. This ridge separates two distinct regions, known as the Neptunian desert and the Neptunian savannah. The team, including researchers from Warwick and other institutions, focused on Neptunian exoplanets, which share simil

Webb Telescope Discovers Possible Link to Early Star Formation

Spacedaily.com 

Paris, France (SPX) Sep 26, 2024
In a remarkable discovery, astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have identified a galaxy with an unusual light pattern, which may offer critical insights into the evolution of the first stars in the Universe. The galaxy, named GS-NDG-9422 (9422), is situated about one billion years after the Big Bang and could represent a key stage in galactic development, bridging the g

Robots prepare to handle cargo on Moon as part of Artemis program

Spacedaily.com 

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 26, 2024
As NASA advances toward establishing a long-term presence on the Moon through the Artemis campaign, the ability to move cargo from landers to the lunar surface autonomously has become a critical need. This cargo, referred to as payloads, could include anything from small scientific instruments to large components for building lunar infrastructure. However, with no crew on the surface to manage t

Martian rocks shed light on planet's ancient climate

Spacedaily.com 

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 26, 2024
Mars' ancient landscape was shaped by wind and water, with these forces sculpting the planet's sand and sediment into patterns such as dunes and ripples, known as bedforms. Over billions of years, many of these formations hardened into rock, becoming what scientists call paleo-bedforms. These features, largely frozen in time, have only been altered by slow erosion from wind, ancient lava flows,

OSIRIS-REx, 1 year later

Spacedaily.com 

Tucson AZ (SPX) Sep 26, 2024
It's been a year since NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully delivered the largest-ever asteroid sample to Earth on Sept. 24, 2023. Since then, intriguing clues about the early solar system and potential origins of life on Earth have emerged from study of the sample, under the leadership of OSIRIS-REx principal investigator Dante Lauretta, a Regents Professor of planetary sciences at t

New EO platform on ISS to boost climate and environmental research

Spacedaily.com 

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 26, 2024
The International Space Station (ISS) is poised to enhance its environmental monitoring capabilities with a new payload supported by the ISS National Laboratory and developed by Airbus U.S. Space and Defense, Inc. Installed on the Bartolomeo platform, the system aims to broaden access to the station's unique perspective for research and technology demonstrations. "Airbus is improving our a

CAS Space completes fourth successful Kinetica 1 rocket flight

Spacedaily.com 

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 26, 2024
CAS Space, a rocket manufacturing company owned by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has completed the fourth flight of its Kinetica 1 rocket model on Wednesday morning. The rocket, designated Kinetica 1-Y4, launched at 7:33 am from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert, successfully placing five satellites into orbit. The flight marked the latest in the series, with "Y4" i

Chinese startup anticipates improved performance in upcoming rocket recovery tests

Spacedaily.com 

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 26, 2024
Chinese rocket startup Deep Blue Aerospace (Deep Blue) has announced plans for another high-altitude vertical recovery test in November, following a recent setback with its reusable rocket, Nebula-1. The vehicle encountered an issue during the final landing phase of a test flight, resulting in damage to its structure. Nebula-1, powered by a liquid oxygen and kerosene engine, completed 10 o

Leaf Space signs with Maritime Launch Services for Nova Scotia ground station

Spacedaily.com 

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 26, 2024
Leaf Space, a leader in ground segment as-a-service (GSaaS) solutions, has announced a new contract to install and manage a cutting-edge ground station at Spaceport Nova Scotia in Canada. This launch facility is owned and operated by Maritime Launch Services (Cboe CA: MAXQ, OTCQB: MAXQF). The agreement is a significant step in Leaf Space's expansion of its global ground station network, su

Voyager Space executes key Bishop Airlock operations in Starlab mission prep

Spacedaily.com 

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 26, 2024
Voyager Space (Voyager) has announced the successful completion of commercial payload operations using the Bishop Airlock on the International Space Station (ISS). This operation, done in partnership with Airbus, represents a critical step in preparing for joint operations on the upcoming Starlab commercial space station. During this mission, Voyager transferred two ArgUS multi-payload car

Radian Aerospace Successfully Completes First Taxi Tests for Prototype Flight Vehicle

Spacedaily.com 

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 26, 2024
Radian Aerospace (Radian), known for developing the world's first fully reusable, horizontal takeoff and landing, single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) spaceplane, has successfully completed the initial round of ground taxi tests for its prototype flight vehicle, PFV01. These tests represent a significant step in the company's progress toward realizing the Radian One spaceplane. The ground tests, c

Europe en route for Moon with new simulator, says astronaut Pesquet

Spacedaily.com 

Paris (AFP) Sept 27, 2024
Europe has embarked on the mission to put humans back on the Moon with a new lunar simulator launched in Germany, French astronaut Thomas Pesquet told AFP. Pesquet was at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Cologne on Wednesday to test out LUNA, a facility built to resemble the surface of the Moon. The 46-year-old astronaut, a national icon in France for his missions to the Internationa

Asteroid Ceres is a former ocean world that slowly formed into a giant, murky icy orb

Spacedaily.com 

West Lafayette IN (SPX) Sep 30, 2024
Since the first sighting of the first-discovered and largest asteroid in our solar system was made in 1801 by Giuseppe Piazzi, astronomers and planetary scientists have pondered the make-up of this asteroid/dwarf planet. Its heavily battered and dimpled surface is covered in impact craters. Scientists have long argued that visible craters on the surface meant that Ceres could not be very icy.

SpaceX docks at ISS to take Starliner astronauts home next year

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Washington (AFP) Sept 30, 2024
The SpaceX crew that will ferry back in February two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station docked with the orbiting laboratory on Sunday, a live stream of the mission showed. The Falcon 9 rocket took off at 1:17 pm (1717 GMT) from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Saturday, with the Crew-9 mission aboard a Dragon spacecraft making contact with the ISS at 5:30 pm Sunday. After d

Urgent need for climate-friendly aircon: UN report

Energy-daily.com 

Nairobi (AFP) Sept 25, 2024
An explosion in demand for cooling systems in developing countries could worsen climate change unless sustainable solutions are prioritised, according to a United Nations report published Wednesday. By 2050, demand for air conditioning, refrigerators and refrigerated transport will increase seven-fold in Africa and four-fold in Asia, according to the UN Environment Agency (UNEP) and the Wor

Hurricane Helene is the Climate Crisis in Action

Common Dreams 

Over the weekend, Hurricane Helene wreaked widespread devastation in the Southeast, with high winds and unprecedented flooding killing at least 100 people with hundreds more missing and millions without power. The storm fed off record warm water temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico, supercharging the storm’s power. The National Weather Service identified Helene as “one of the most significant weather events to happen in the [area] in the modern era.”

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