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No additional radiation at cruising altitude off the coast of Brazil
Jul 08, 2023 (SPX)
The South Atlantic Anomaly is caused by a displacement of Earth's magnetic field. The axis of this field does not pass exactly through Earth's centre and is sli...
The chore of packing just got faster and easier
Jul 08, 2023 (SPX)
While that settled the issue of uniform sphere packing, the more general problem, regarding the optimal way of positioning 3D objects of varied sizes and shapes...
China says critical metals curbs 'not targeting' any country
Jul 06, 2023 (AFP)
This week, Chinese authorities said exports of gallium and germanium -- crucial for the manufacturing of semiconductors -- will require a license and declaratio...
Mountain of strategic metals stranded in DR Congo begins to shift
Jul 06, 2023 (AFP)
As many as 13,000 tonnes of cobalt powder are thought to be hoarded in the Chinese-owned Tenke Fungurume mine -- equivalent to seven percent of the world's prod...
iQPS initiates a full-scale study to leverage SkyCompass-1 optical data relay service
Jul 06, 2023 (SPX)
iQPS has successfully accomplished the development of a compact, high-resolution SAR satellite that weighs only one-twentieth of conventional SAR satellites. Th...
SmartSat CRC Pledges $7M for Autonomous AI Spacecraft Development
Jul 04, 2023 (SPX)
SCARLET-a aims to create a set of autonomous algorithms that will enable small and distributed spacecraft to make decisions independently, optimise the use of a...
EU 'concerned' about China's curbs on rare metals
Jul 04, 2023 (AFP)
China's trade ministry on Monday said exports of gallium and germanium would need a licence from August 1 in the name of "security and national interests". But ...
China Achieves Milestone in Satellite-to-ground Laser Communications
Jul 03, 2023 (SPX)
The experiment obtained good-quality satellite payload data, which will meet the requirements of high-standard commercial applications. This experiment demonstr...
Rivada Space Networks joins Astra Carta Initiative for Global Space Sustainability
Jul 03, 2023 (SPX)
Following the Global Leaders on Space Sustainability Symposium held in London this week, Ann Vandenbroucke, Chief Regulatory Officer at Rivada Space Networks, a...
A quantitative analysis of the in-orbit collision risks
Jul 03, 2023 (SPX)
"Any piece larger than 1 centimeter is potentially lethal in case of collision", says the Professor at the University of Malaga Jose Luis Torres, who, together ...
Beyond Gravity's computer powers Europe's Euclid Space Telescope
Jul 03, 2023 (SPX)
"Andre Wall, CEO of Beyond Gravity, states, "Euclid will help humankind to better understand some of the universe's greatest mysteries. As a key supplier, we ha...
Changguang achieves milestone in satellite laser communications
Jun 30, 2023 (SPX)
This achievement denotes a significant advancement in China's utilization of space-to-ground high-speed laser communications technology. According to the compan...
Australia-first communications network paves the way for high-speed data in space
Jun 30, 2023 (SPX)
It's called 'free-space optical communications', and it's 1000 times faster than the radio communications currently used to communicate in space. Project leader...
NASA's laser communications relay: a year of experimentation
Jun 30, 2023 (SPX)
The Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) uses infrared light, or invisible lasers, to transmit and receive signals rather than radio wave systems con...
Unveiling the secrets of liquid iron under extreme conditions
Jun 28, 2023 (SPX)
The problem is that certain predictions about liquid iron's properties are difficult to experimentally verify due to the extreme conditions required to ascertai...
Hong Kong high-rise aims to become 'village' of the dead
Jun 27, 2023 (AFP)
Hong Kong's 7.3 million residents share some of the most densely populated neighbourhoods on earth, and in the past, mourning families had to wait years to secu...
Astroscale expands operations to France and secures contract with CNES
Jun 27, 2023 (SPX)
Astroscale's growth into France and its collaboration with CNES represent a pivotal stride in the quest for a safe and sustainable space environment. Moreover, ...
Astroscale's ELSA-d Prepares for Controlled De-orbit in Final Mission Phase
Jun 27, 2023 (SPX)
The ELSA-d mission has been dedicated to testing and demonstrating technologies critical to space debris removal. Over the last two years, 2021 and 2022, it has...
Surprise! Weaker bonds can make polymers stronger
Jun 24, 2023 (SPX)
Working with a type of polymer known as polyacrylate elastomers, the researchers found that they could increase the materials' resistance to tearing up to tenfo...
NASA engineers help create a virtual world of data
Jun 24, 2023 (SPX)
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California has been trying to improve data visualization for decades. When pictures come back from an alien world, ...
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