NASA’s Deep Space Network can detect a signal as weak as a billionth of a billionth of a watt from spacecraft billions of kilometres away — using 70-metre dishes to pull a technological whisper out of the noise of space
Space Technology 3 months ago
NASA’s Deep Space Network can detect a signal as weak as a billionth of a billionth of a watt from spacecraft billions of kilometres away — using 70-metre dishes to pull a technological whisper out of the noise of space

By the time a spacecraft’s radio signal reaches Earth from the outer Solar System, it is no longer a broadcast in any everyday sense. It is closer to ...

Source: Space Daily

Interstellar Objects 3 months ago
Chemistry Reveals the Origins of an Interstellar Comet

Somewhere in the Milky Way Galaxy is an old star that has lost one of its comets. By some quirk of orbital mechanics, that frozen nucleus of ice and d...

Source: Universe Today

Russia's launching a NASA astronaut and 2 cosmonauts to the International Space Station on July 14: Watch it live
NASA & Space Agencies 3 months ago
Russia's launching a NASA astronaut and 2 cosmonauts to the International Space Station on July 14: Watch it live

NASA astronaut Anil Menon and two cosmonauts will launch toward the International Space Station atop a Russian rocket on Tuesday (July 14), and you ca...

Source: Space.com

These mysterious exoplanets may have clouds of vaporized rock and grounds of scorching magma oceans
Astronomy Research 3 months ago
These mysterious exoplanets may have clouds of vaporized rock and grounds of scorching magma oceans

Sub-Neptune exoplanets could have atmospheres so dense and crushing that rock is vaporized to form clouds that trap heat at the surface of the planet.

Source: Space.com

SpaceX Starship Flight 13 launch updates: SpaceX sets target date for next Starship rocket launch
Space Technology 3 months ago
SpaceX Starship Flight 13 launch updates: SpaceX sets target date for next Starship rocket launch

SpaceX is progressing toward Starship's next big test launch.

Source: Space.com

Space Technology 3 months ago
Launch Preview: Soyuz to launch crew to ISS, Starship to fly another test flight

Seven launches are scheduled worldwide this week, including the 13th flight test of SpaceX’s Starship… The post Launch Preview: So...

Source: NASASpaceFlight

Artemis Program 3 months ago
L3Harris, Sierra Space to build 36 satellites to expand U.S. missile-tracking network

The Space Development Agency awarded the companies a combined $1.75 billion for next batch of missile-tracking satellites The post L3Harris, Sierra Sp...

Source: SpaceNews

NASA & Space Agencies 3 months ago
NASA Study Points to Smoother Air Taxi Rides

No one wants to get into an uncomfortable aircraft. NASA research could help the emerging industry of air taxis —small, vertical-takeoff-and-landing a...

Source: NASA

Elon Musk Says SpaceX Would Be Worth More Than Earth if It Achieves Its Goals Amid First AI Satellite Reveal
Space Technology 3 months ago
Elon Musk Says SpaceX Would Be Worth More Than Earth if It Achieves Its Goals Amid First AI Satellite Reveal

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. CEO Elon Musk says that the commercial space flight giant could potentially become worth more than the entire pla...

Source: Yahoo Entertainment

The James Webb Space Telescope reveals a striking image of Centaurus A
Astronomy Research 3 months ago
The James Webb Space Telescope reveals a striking image of Centaurus A

NASA has recently unveiled an image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope showing the merger of two galaxies. Thanks to this instrument, astronomers...

Source: Notebookcheck.net

J.P. Morgan Called a Potential Elon Musk SpaceX-Tesla Merger "Strategically Coherent"
Space Technology 3 months ago
J.P. Morgan Called a Potential Elon Musk SpaceX-Tesla Merger "Strategically Coherent"

Now that Elon Musk's rocket and satellite company Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX) trades publicly, Wall Street has started hunting ...

Source: Biztoc.com

Prediction: SpaceX Shares Can Reach $220 by End of 2026
Space Technology 3 months ago
Prediction: SpaceX Shares Can Reach $220 by End of 2026

Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX) has become one of the market's most closely watched stocks after its rapid entry into the Nasdaq-10...

Source: Biztoc.com

Astronomy Research 3 months ago
The 25 Best James Webb Space Telescope Photos - PetaPixel

The 25 Best James Webb Space Telescope PhotosPetaPixel NASA Webb Uncovers Unusual Galaxy Shaped by Cosmic CollisionNASA Science (.gov) James Webb tele...

Source: Slashdot.org

Artemis Program 3 months ago
Are We Missing the Universe's "Noosignatures"?

Astrobiology has long been split into two camps: a search for "biosignatures" and a search for "intelligence." These look for very...

Source: Universe Today

Astronomy Research 3 months ago
How the SKA Will Use Fast Radio Bursts to Decode the Universe

There are parts of the universe that are extremely hard to see, even for our most advanced telescopes. Gas and dust don’t emit any light, and are only...

Source: Universe Today

Space Technology 3 months ago
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch a flight-proven Falcon booster for 600th time

The Starlink 10-45 mission will add another 29 broadband internet satellites to SpaceX’s low Earth orbit constellation. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Ca...

Source: Spaceflight Now

NASA & Space Agencies 3 months ago
Poland to host new ESA center as government boosts investments in space

WARSAW, Poland — Poland will host the first European Space Agency (ESA) center located in an eastern flank member state, one that will be focused on c...

Source: SpaceNews

Artemis Missions 3 months ago
NASA’s Artemis III Flight Hardware Stacks Up at Kennedy

It is full steam ahead at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida as teams process and assemble flight hardware in preparation for the upcoming crewed ...

Source: NASA Artemis Blog

Space Exploration 3 months ago
embodied-ai-architect 1.3.0

Hardware/Software Codesign Space Exploration and Optimization Environment for Embodied AI systems

Source: Pypi.org

SpaceX targets July 16 for Starship Flight 13, reveals what went wrong on previous launch
Space Technology 3 months ago
SpaceX targets July 16 for Starship Flight 13, reveals what went wrong on previous launch

SpaceX is targeting no earlier than July 16 for the next launch of its massive Starship rocket. Flight 13 will be the second launch of the vehicle...

Source: Space.com