Category: 2. Space
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Astræa Launches New Satellite Tasking Capabilities With Major Satellite Imagery Providers
Astraea, Inc., a platform for spatiotemporal data and analytics, announces a new ordering service offering access to advanced satellite imagery sources from providers like Planet Labs PBC, among others. With… Continue Reading News Source: spaceref.com
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PickNik Robotics and Motiv Space Systems Announce Partnership for Development of Advanced Robotics Capabilities
PickNik Robotics and Motiv Space Systems Announce Partnership for Development of Advanced Robotics Capabilities … Continue Reading News Source: spaceref.com
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Eutelsat Joins The GSOA, Driving the Satellite Communications Ecosystem of the Future
Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) (Paris:ETL) announces that it has become a full member of the Brussels-based Global Satellite Operators Association (GSOA), the global CEO-driven association… Continue Reading News Source: spaceref.com
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Researchers reveal early results in sky-brightness measurements in Antarctica
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A research team led by the researcher Wang Jian from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), collaborating with the Polar Research Institute of China, developed the Near-Infrared Sky Brightness Monitor (NISBM) for measurements at DOME A. Their work was published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society…
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Government calls for greater responsibility by satellite operators
COLORADO SPRINGS — Government officials say satellite operators need to take greater responsibility for safe operations of their spacecraft in increasingly congested orbits. Speaking during a session of the 38th Space Symposium here April 20, Richard DalBello, director of the Office of Space Commerce, said companies and organizations will need to be better able to…
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NASA scientific balloon prepares to cross South America
Map of SuperBIT Crossing Pacific Ocean. Credit: NASA A NASA super pressure balloon carrying the SuperBIT scientific payload has crossed the Pacific Ocean after just 5 days of flight and is on track to reach South America Thursday, April 20, at approximately 9:30 p.m. EDT (Friday, April 21, at 1:30 a.m. UTC). The scientific balloon,…
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The first light in the universe helps build a dark matter map
A view of Stephan’s Quintet, a visual grouping of five galaxies from the James Webb Telescope. Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI In the 1960s, astronomers began noticing a pervasive microwave background visible in all directions. Thereafter known as the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), the existence of this relic radiation confirmed the Big Bang theory, which posits that all…
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NASA’s Chandra Unmasks New Cosmic Threat to Planetary Life
A new study has examined the possible impact X-rays could have on planets within a certain distance of supernova explosions. Data from Chandra and other telescopes suggest that planets within about 160 light-years could be subjected to an intense wave of X-rays, which may significantly damage their atmospheres. This artist’s illustration shows such an affected…
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New Stellar Danger to Exoplanets Identified by Chandra X-ray Observatory
This artist’s illustration shows a young supernova remnant that is having an effect on a nearby Earth-like planet. (Illustration: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss) … Continue Reading News Source: astrobiology.com
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Two Warm Super-Earths Transiting the Nearby M Dwarf TOI-2095
There are only two transits for TOI 2095.01 and only one for TOI 2095.02 in this sector, all with fairly low SNR, but there are no indications for false positives. Left: The difference image for TOI-2095 planet 1 for… Continue Reading News Source: astrobiology.com