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NASA picks a commercial partner to visit the far side of the moon

NASA has contracted Firefly Aerospace to deliver payloads including a radio telescope to the far side of the moon, which minimizes radio noise coming from Earth......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsMar 18th, 2023

NASA will try bringing the Hubble telescope back online on Friday

The Hubble Space Telescope recently suffered a glitch that made it go into safe mode. On Friday, NASA will attempt to get the telescope up and running again......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated News8 hr. 50 min. ago

China scores a big win in race with US for influence on the moon

China notched a diplomatic victory in its race against the U.S. for influence in space, with Egypt agreeing to support Beijing's plan for a proposed project on the moon......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News15 hr. 50 min. ago

Psyche gamma-ray instrument hums to life, marking next generation for space exploration

Set 6.5 feet (2 meters) away from NASA's Psyche spacecraft on the tip of a boom, the mission's gamma-ray spectrometer (GRS) hummed to life on Nov. 6 for the first time since launch in mid-October. The GRS is one half of the Gamma-Ray and Neutron Spec.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News19 hr. 22 min. ago

For its final trick, Chandrayaan-3 brings its propulsion module to Earth orbit

On August 23, ISRO's Vikram lander detached from its propulsion module and made a soft landing near the moon's south pole region. The lander then deployed its Pragyan rover, and for two weeks the endearing little solar-powered rover performed marvelo.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News19 hr. 22 min. ago

The best movies on Peacock right now (December 2023)

The best movies on Peacock in December include The Exorcist: Believer, Requiem for a Dream, Man on the Moon, Jumanji, and even more of your favorite films......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated News19 hr. 22 min. ago

The Milky Way will probably devour all the tiny galaxies that surround it

The rapid disruption of smaller galaxies suggests they lack a bit of dark matter. Enlarge / An infrared image of one of the Milky Way's satellite galaxies. (credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/STScI) We are not alone—at least as.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated News20 hr. 22 min. ago

PACE testing and preparation continues for launch in early 2024

Engineers are executing a comprehensive performance test to ensure the PACE spacecraft is ready for launch. NASA's Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission will study what makes Earth so different from every other planet we study: life.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated News22 hr. 22 min. ago

1Kosmos partners with AWS to offer MFA for customer use cases

1Kosmos announced it has completed the integration of its 1Kosmos BlockID platform with Amazon Cognito. As an AWS Advanced Technology Partner, 1Kosmos enables Amazon customers to seamlessly add passwordless multi-factor authentication (MFA) to their.....»»

Category: securitySource:  netsecurityRelated NewsDec 7th, 2023

Four eruptive young stellar objects discovered

By analyzing the data from the SPICY catalog and from NASA's WISE spacecraft, an international team of astronomers has discovered four new eruptive young stellar objects (YSOs). The finding was presented in a research paper published in the December.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 7th, 2023

Crossed wires led to high drama as NASA returned asteroid samples to Earth

"I was trying to mentally prepare myself to deal with a crashed capsule in the desert." Enlarge / The OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule, with its main parachute nearby, shortly after landing in Utah on September 24, 2023. (credit:.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsDec 7th, 2023

Intel, of all companies, knocks AMD’s CPU numbering in now-deleted presentation

When it comes to recycling and rebranding old chips, no one's hands are clean. Enlarge / A now-deleted Intel presentation makes a good point, but with a side of disingenuousness. AMD changed the way it numbers its Ryze.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsDec 6th, 2023

NASA’s asteroid mission struck its target, but then dodged a bullet

"I was trying to mentally prepare myself to deal with a crashed capsule in the desert." Enlarge / The OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule, with its main parachute nearby, shortly after landing in Utah on September 24, 2023. (credit:.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsDec 6th, 2023

Digging deeper to find life on ocean worlds

In February 2023, researchers from around the country gathered at a NASA-sponsored workshop to discuss the latest developments and a roadmap for a cryobot mission concept to drill through the icy crusts of Europa and Enceladus and search for life......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 6th, 2023

New approach to drug discovery: Developing pain medication with fewer side effects

People with chronic pain are often dependent on drugs from the class of opioids with sometimes considerable side effects. Accordingly, in recent years the search for safer alternatives has been the focus of new drug discovery......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 6th, 2023

NASA"s Psyche delivers first images and other data

NASA's Psyche spacecraft is on a roll. In the eight weeks since it left Earth on Oct. 13, the orbiter has performed one successful operation after another, powering on scientific instruments, streaming data toward home, and setting a deep-space recor.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 6th, 2023

How a citizen science initiative recruited a diverse group to identify lead pipes in homes

Recruiting participants for a citizen science project produced a more diverse group when people were signed up through partner organizations, such as schools and faith-based organizations, than when they joined on their own. We used this approach to.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 6th, 2023

NASA finds likely cause of OSIRIS-REx parachute deployment sequence

NASA's OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule landed under parachute in the Utah desert on Sept. 24, 2023, and safely delivered a cannister of rocks and dust collected from near-Earth asteroid Bennu. Although the delivery was successful, the landing sequen.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 6th, 2023

The most innovative tablets of 2023

2023 was a surprisingly strong year for tablets — including many innovative ones! Here are our picks for the most innovative tablets of the year......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsDec 6th, 2023

The most innovative smartphones of 2023

2023 was an incredible year for smartphones. But which ones really stood out as something special? Here are our picks for the most innovative phones of 2023......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsDec 6th, 2023

Daily Telescope: A super-hot jet 1,000 light-years from Earth

Molecules in the outflows from the young stars are excited by the turbulent conditions. Enlarge / This image reveals intricate details of the Herbig Haro object number 797 (HH 797). (credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, T. Ray (Dublin I.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsDec 6th, 2023