This week, at the International Aeronautics Congress in Milan, ESA officially kicked off a new project called Ciseres, a small satellite mission designed to significantly improve crisis response times using artificial intelligence (AI). Part of ESA's Civil Security from Space (CSS) programme, Ciseres aims to enhance satellite capabilities to alert first responders and government officials within minutes of the occurrence of a disaster – such as floods, fires, landslides. The project is led and co-financed by Deimos, a European space tech company specialising in small satellite missions.
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Hubble and New Horizons Look at Uranus at the Same Time
Ever since the advent of space exploration we have seen some amazing images of the planets. New technology often brings with it a new perspective and we have been reminded of this again just recently with images from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and New Horizons spacecraft. The two objects simultaneously imaged Uranus from different perspectives in an attempt to predict what astronomers would see when they look at exoplanets orbiting other stars.
Pollution from rocket launches and burning satellites could cause the next environmental emergency
The growing number of rocket launches and satellites burning up in Earth's atmosphere could trigger the world's next big environmental emergency.
ESA's Moonlight programme: Pioneering the path for lunar exploration
Imagine a near future where services such as satellite navigation, video conferencing, and file sharing are as seamless on the Moon as they are on Earth.
Contract secures build for ESA’s Harmony mission
ESA has awarded a contract valued at over €280 million to OHB in Germany to build ESA’s two Harmony Earth Explorer satellites.
Comet C/2023 A3 brightens SOHO’s week
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From 7 until 13 October 2024, ESA/NASA’s SOHO spacecraft recorded Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS), the second brightest comet it has ever seen. Meanwhile, large amounts of material were being spewed out by the Sun (covered in the centre), and planet Mercury is visible to the left.
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 20 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB
A stack of SpaceX Starlink satellites, which included the first six featuring Direct to Cell capabilities. The batch launched on the Starlink 7-9 mission, which lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Jan. 2, 2024. Image: SpaceX
SpaceX is looking to complete a double launch day on Tuesday with a Starlink mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The Starlink 9-7 mission is scheduled just a few hours after the Starlink 10-10 mission is set to conclude after launching from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
SpaceX notches 100th launch of 2024 with Starlink mission on Falcon 9 rocket
File: A Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to launch a Starlink mission. Image: SpaceX
Update 2:31 a.m. EDT: SpaceX launched the Starlink 10-10 mission at 2:10 a.m. EDT (0610 UTC).
'Predator: Hunting Grounds' scores a striking makeover for PS5 and Xbox X/S
A preview of the upgraded "Predator: Hunting Grounds" release for PS5 and Xbox X/S.
James Webb Space Telescope takes center stage in 'Infinite Cosmos'. Author Ethan Siegel explains it all (exclusive)
An exclusive interview with "Infinite Cosmos'" astrophysicist author Ethan Siegel.
HTC threw us into the Squid Games to preview their new VR headset — the Vive Focus Vision
Does HTC's latest VR headset get the red light, or the green light?
William Shatner's iconic phaser headlines the 'Bid Long & Prosper' 'Star Trek' auction (Video)
A video preview of Julien's "Bid Long & Prosper" "Star Trek" exhibition and auction.
Europa Clipper Begins Odyssey to Assess Jovian Moon’s Habitability
NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft today began its six-year cruise to the Jupiter system, with the goal of determining whether one of the giant planet’s moons has the right stuff in the right setting for life.
NASA extends tiny CAPSTONE probe's moon mission to December 2025
NASA has extended its CAPSTONE moon mission through December 2025, allowing the cubesat to continue its pioneering exploration work.
NASA wants to send humans to Mars in the 2030s − a crewed mission could unlock some of the red planet’s geologic mysteries
Scientists know quite a bit about the surface of Mars from robotic missions, but there are still many unexplored geologic features that could tell researchers more about the solar system’s formation.
It’s Like Looking into a Mirror, 13 Billion Years Ago
The early Universe continues to offer surprises and the latest observations of infant galaxies are no exception. Astronomers found a surprisingly Milky Way-like galaxy that existed more than 13 billion years ago. That was a time when the Universe was really just an infant and galaxies should still be early in their formation. A well-formed one in such early history is a bit of a surprise.
NASA's $5 billion Europa Clipper had a rocky road to space. How it switched rockets and more to launch to Jupiter
NASA's $5 billion Europa Clipper probe overcame huge obstacles, including a switch to an entirely different rocket, to launch toward Jupiter. Here's how it happened.
SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launches NASA's Europa Clipper probe to explore icy Jupiter ocean moon (video)
Europa Clipper launched today (Oct. 14) atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Florida, kicking off a highly anticipated astrobiology mission to the Jupiter ocean moon Europa.
How Gravitational Waves Could Let Us See the First Moments After the Big Bang
Cosmology has had several ground-breaking discoveries over the last 100+ years since Einstein developed his theory of relativity. Two of the most prominent were the discovery of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) in 1968 and the confirmation of gravitational waves in 2015. Each utilized different tools, but both lent credence to the Big Bang Theory, which relates to the universe’s formation. However, we still don’t understand a vital part of that formation, and a new review paper by Rishav Roshan and Graham White at the University of Southampton suggests that we might be able to make some headway on our one-second “gap” in knowledge by using our newfound understanding of gravitational waves.
Can an Asteroid's Movements Reveal a New Force in the Universe?
There are four fundamental forces in the Universe. These forces govern all the ways matter can interact, from the sound of an infant’s laugh to the clustering of galaxies a billion light-years away. At least that’s what we’ve thought until recently. Things such as dark matter and dark energy, as well as a few odd interactions in particle physics, have led some researchers to propose a fifth fundamental force. Depending on the model you consider, this new force could explain dark matter and cosmic expansion, or it could interact with elemental particles we haven’t yet detected. There are lots of theories about this hypothetical force. What there isn’t a lot of is evidence. So a new study is looking for evidence in the orbits of asteroids.
Monster black hole is a 'cosmic Michael Myers' killing a star and brutally attacking another
NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescope has spotted the cosmic serial killer that, like Michael Myers, is back for a sequel, killing a star and attacking a second star with its remains.
