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18 SPCS now predicts debris-on-debris collisions in space, enhancing Space Domain Awareness for all

Sep 29, 2020 (AFNS)

Previously, the 18 SPCS only released debris-on-active satellite conjunction prediction data publically due to limited conjunction screening and reporting capac...

AFRL repairs next generation composite materials with light

Sep 29, 2020 (SPX)

This is a joint collaboration between the United States and South Korea with participation of AFRL and Hanyang University through collaborative sponsorship of t...

Radiation levels on Moon 2.6 times greater than ISS: study

Sep 25, 2020 (AFP)

Though the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s proved it was safe for people to spend a few days on the lunar surface, NASA did not take daily radiation meas...

Squeezed light makes Virgo's mirrors jitter

Sep 23, 2020 (SPX)

The quantum mechanical world of probabilities and uncertainties also governs the behavior of the kilometer-sized gravitational wave detectors Advanced LIGO, Adv...

Chromium steel was first made in ancient Persia

Sep 23, 2020 (SPX)

The discovery, published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, was made with the aid of a number of medieval Persian manuscripts, which led the researchers ...

Hyperbolic metamaterials exhibit 2T physics

Sep 22, 2020 (SPX)

According to Igor Smolyaninov of the University of Maryland, "One of the more unusual applications of metamaterials was a theoretical proposal to construct a ph...

Arianespace to resume OneWeb constellation deployment

Sep 22, 2020 (SPX)

The next Soyuz launch is planned as soon as December 2020 from the Vostochny Cosmodrome. Pursuant to an amended launch contract with OneWeb, the London-based co...

Marine sponges inspire the next generation of skyscrapers and bridges

Sep 22, 2020 (SPX)

In a new paper published in Nature Materials, the researchers showed that the diagonally-reinforced square lattice-like skeletal structure of Euplectella asperg...

Microsoft steps up Xbox game with ZeniMax Media buy

Sep 21, 2020 (AFP)

The deal will give the US tech giant the parent-company of Bethesda Softworks, publisher of hit game franchises including Dishonored, Doom, Fallout and Elder Sc...

Palantir listing may shine light on secretive Big Data firm

Sep 20, 2020 (AFP)

Created after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks with initial funding from a CIA venture-capital unit, Palantir and its predictive analytics platform reporte...

Could PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X be swan song for consoles?

Sep 18, 2020 (AFP)

Both companies have been dripping out information for months about the PlayStation 5 (PS5) and the Xbox Series X to build excitement, and now have announced the...

Mesh reflector for shaped radio beams

Sep 18, 2020 (ESA)

"This is really a first for Europe," says ESA antenna engineer Jean-Christophe Angevain. "China and the US have also been working hard on similar shaped mesh re...

How Algorithmic Darwinism is propelling space evolution

Sep 17, 2020 (SPX)

The key to unraveling this complexity lies in a phenomenon observed by Charles Darwin in the Galapagos Islands nearly 200 years ago; species evolve by mastering...

Government backs UK companies tackling dangerous 'space junk'

Sep 17, 2020 (SPX)

The UK Space Agency and Ministry of Defence have also announced the next step in their joint initiative to enhance the UK's awareness of events in space. Estima...

Physicists make electrical nanolasers even smaller

Sep 17, 2020 (SPX)

Light signals revolutionized information technologies in the 1980s, when optical fibers started to replace copper wires, making data transmission orders of magn...

Zombie satellites and rogue debris threatening existence of ISS

Sep 17, 2020 (Sputnik)

"If we don't take action now, low-Earth orbit could become too perilous for satellites or even humans on the International Space Station", warned the UK Busines...

PlayStation 5 launch sets up Xbox head-to-head

Sep 17, 2020 (AFP)

The competing consoles will be released within two days of each other ahead of the Christmas rush, both aiming to capitalise on a rare bright spot in the econom...

Making waves in space

Sep 16, 2020 (ESA)

Developed by French space agency CNES and co-funded by Airbus Defense and Space, the Fluidics or Fluid Dynamics in Space experiment is probing how fluids behave...

Slippery when wet: Fish, seaweed to help cargo ships reduce fluid friction

Sep 15, 2020 (UPI)

To reduce drag, fish and seaweed secrete lubricants that form a slippery layer, helping their bodies move efficiently through the ocean. Researchers suggest car...

Planets take virtual shape on Earth with NASA knowledge and imagery

Sep 15, 2020 (SPX)

PDS is a long-term archive of digital data products returned from NASA's planetary missions, actively managed by its scientists for the worldwide planetary scie...