The 22 member states of the European Space agency pledged Thursday to boost their funding to support more missions and research projects, including a new generation of satellites to monitor climate change. The agency’s director-general, Jan Woerner, said at the conclusion two-day ministerial meeting in Seville, Spain, that member states pledged a record three-year budget
Month: November 2019
Getty A new mouse study suggests another reason why extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) may improve brain health and decrease risk of cognitive decline. A few caveats apply, as they do with all research of this kind, and we’ll circle back to those in a moment. As one of the main components of the Mediterranean
To receive FIRST UP Satcom, a weekly SpaceNews newsletter for satellite and telecom professionals, sign up here. TOP STORIES Globalstar is borrowing $199 million through a loan arranged by its controlling shareholder Thermo and fleet operator EchoStar. Globalstar said it will use the funds to pay off a $66 million loan arranged in June, and to make
A visual history of the expanding Universe includes the hot, dense state known as the Big Bang and… [+] the growth and formation of structure subsequently. The full suite of data, including the observations of the light elements and the cosmic microwave background, leaves only the Big Bang as a valid explanation for all we
In December, Cloud Constellation was finalizing receipt of a $100 million investment that would help the startup deploy a ring of secure data-storage satellites in low Earth orbit. By spring, Cloud Constellation had walked away from the deal, citing a review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, or CFIUS, as one
Illustration of a black hole. A black hole is a region of spacetime where the gravity is so powerful … [+] that not even light can escape them. They are created when massive stars die. This one is surrounded by an accretion disc of material, the light from which is warped by the strong gravity.
SEVILLE, Spain — Italy, one of the largest contributors to the European Space Agency, is pleased with the outcome of the recent ministerial meeting that provided funding for a number of its priorities, including a reusable spacecraft. In a finally tally of contributions provided by ESA at the end of the Space19+ ministerial meeting here
Israeli researchers have developed bacteria fed only with carbon dioxide, the Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS) in central Israel reported on Wednesday. These bacteria, which build the entire biomass of their body from the carbon in the air, may help to develop future technologies to reduce greenhouse gas accumulation in the atmosphere and in the
Simple 2019 November monthly calendar on table with a pumpkin. Thanksgiving day marked. Getty As 2019 winds down, we’re seeing a lot of stories offering wrap-ups of “the 2010’s,” with best-of lists of albums, movies, tv shows, and pretty much any other pop-culture phenomenon that exists in more than one example. (Strictly speaking, the new
RBC Signals sees ground infrastructure business following path forged by cellular network expansion Ron Faith is well acquainted with high-tech startups. Before becoming president and chief operating officer of RBC Signals in 2018, Faith co-founded and served as chief operating officer of Clonefone, a mobile web services company. He was also the CEO of enterprise
This ultra-detailed view of the Milky Way spans many different wavelengths of light, and as such it… [+] can reveal gas, charged particles, many types of dust, and many other signals that appear in the microwave and millimeter wavelength ranges. The Planck satellite provides us with our best all-sky view of the cosmos in this
For Telespazio Vega Deutschland, a subsidiary of the spaceflight services company Telespazio of Rome, the challenges faced by a new generation of space companies present enticing opportunities. Based on its experience helping space agencies, institutions and commercial customers conduct space operations, Telespazio Vega has developed Enable, a cloud-based platform for space operations. At the 2019
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Mountain plants with a very restricted habitat, like here Saxifraga facchinii, found only on debris … [+] in the Dolomites, face extinction due to climate change. David Bressan According to the State of the World’s Plants report published in 2016, almost 20 percent of all known
SEVILLE, Spain — The European Space Agency’s member states agreed to provide nearly 12.5 billion euros ($13.8 billion) for the next three years, giving the agency nearly all that it requested. At the conclusion of a two-day ministerial meeting, called Space19+, here Nov. 28, ESA said it was able to get all the initiatives it
Astronomers have discovered a black hole in the Milky Way so huge that it challenges existing models of how stars evolve, researchers said Thursday. LB-1 is 15,000 light years from Earth and has a mass 70 times greater than the Sun, according to the journal Nature. The Milky Way is estimated to contain 100 million
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Shipworms are not worms at all, but bivalve mollusks and closely related to clams. Their shells have been modified into hard plates located near the head of the animal. They feed digging their burrows into driftwood, using their reduced shell as a sort of drill. Before
SEVILLE, Spain — NASA announced Nov. 26 that it is interested in buying a seat on a future commercial mission to the International Space Station, the latest move in the agency’s broader low Earth orbit commercialization efforts. In a procurement filing, NASA said it seeks to buy a seat on a short-duration commercial mission to
A galaxy that was governed by normal matter alone (L) would display much lower rotational speeds in… [+] the outskirts than towards the center, similar to how planets in the Solar System move. However, observations indicate that rotational speeds are largely independent of radius (R) from the galactic center, leading to the inference that a
SAN FRANCISCO – A decision made at the recent World Radiocommunication Conference could undermine the accuracy of weather forecasts by interfering with meteorological satellite observations, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). “The race to release 5G technology threatens to squeeze out other radio-frequency dependent technologies, including
A blue whale dives within a busy shipping highway off southern Sri Lanka. Asha de Vos/Oceanswell Sri Lanka is an island nation with more than 8000 square miles of territorial waters, home to 29 documented species of marine mammals, including five large whale species – but until Asha de Vos came along, very little was
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A long-awaited international deal governing how the world’s technology companies should roll out 5G technology poses serious risks to weather forecast accuracy, according to data from federal agencies and the World Meteorological Organisation. Negotiators from around the world announced a deal Friday at a meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, for how to roll out 5G
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Plastiglomerates, a new kind of rocks made partially from burned plastic, were described for the first time in 2014 from a beach on the Big Island of Hawaii. Most likely, the plastiglomerate there formed from melting plastic in fires lit by humans who were camping or
SEVILLE, Spain — Representatives of ESA’s member states gathered here Nov. 27 for the start of a two-day meeting that will end with decisions on what programs to fund, and at what levels, for the next three years. Ministers from ESA’s 22 member states, along with those of cooperating and observer states, provided an overview
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Hundreds of billions of gallons of untreated sewage contaminates oceans, rivers, lakes and streams … [+] every year in the U.S. Aleksandr Kurganov – stock.adobe.com Every year, around 900 billion gallons of untreated sewage escapes aging wastewater systems in the U.S. alone, contaminating oceans, rivers, lakes and streams. Eek factor aside, this appallingly common problem
Boeing verified the performance of WGS-10 and handed control of the satellite to the Air Force on July 10. WASHINGTON — U.S. Space Command on Nov. 19 accepted the 10th and newest satellite of the Wideband Global Satcom constellation, the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Centers announced Nov. 26. The $424 million WGS-10 was
Researchers in Canada have found a new compound which may re-sensitize antibiotic-resistant bacteria … [+] to the drugs. Getty Scientists in Canada have identified a new compound which has killed even the toughest types of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in lab tests. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are a huge threat to public health, with around 120,000 blood-borne cases of
Artist’s conception of a multitude of tiny diamonds next to a hot star. NASA/Caltech Spitzer On a recent gorgeous autumn afternoon high above Nice, France, my Uber driver screeched to an abrupt halt at the storied entrance to the Observatoire de la Cote d’Azur. It’s the kind of exotic setting that evokes visions of Hollywood on
HOUSTON — Commercial spaceports are increasingly portraying themselves as centers of economic development, including those without any launch activity. This increased focus of spaceports as part of broader aerospace and other industry development strategies was on display at the Nov. 19 meeting here of the Global Spaceport Alliance, a spaceport industry group whose members include
Vasant Narasimhan, MD, MPP, CEO of Novartis, is betting on RNA interference by acquiring The … [+] Medicines Company. (Photo by ERIC PIERMONT/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Novartis AG is paying $9.7 billion to buy The Medicines Company. For what? Its medicines, of course. Actually make that medicine singular. Yes, Novartis Chief
WASHINGTON — Eutelsat Communications, having already left the C-Band Alliance of satellite operators pushing for a private spectrum auction, told the FCC it supports the commission’s pan to run a public auction, but still wants satellite operators to get some of the auction proceeds to cover costs associated with losing the spectrum. The FCC announced
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Using a bright orange electrocardiogram machine attached with suction cups to the body of a blue whale, scientists for the first time have measured the heart rate of the world’s largest creature and came away with insight about the renowned behemoth’s physiology. Researchers from Stanford University’s Goldbogen Lab, Cascadia Research, Scripps Institution
3d rendering of astronaut walking on the moon and admiring the earth. Elements of this image … [+] furnished by NASA. Getty Universal health care is a buzzword. So is Medicare for All. What about Recycling That’s Not Complicated? Maybe there’s a better way to put it. But new research shows that nearly eight in
French propulsion startup ThrustMe unexpectedly made it into orbit early this month with its innovative propulsion system placed aboard a Chinese cubesat. Dianfeng, or Xiaoxiang-1 (08), a six-unit cubesat developed by privately owned Spacety, was a secondary payload on the launch of the Gaofen-7 civilian Earth observation satellite Nov. 2, along with a first satellite
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the USA recently displayed a new underwater robot for a mission that could one day search for life in ocean worlds beyond Earth. The robot, known as Buyant Rover for Under-Ice Exploration (BRUIE), is being developed for underwater exploration in extra-terrestrial, icy waters by engineers at NASA’s
Double burial from Huigou, Henan Province, China. Zhou Yawei / Zhengzhou University Death in childbirth in the past was likely common, archaeologists assume, because of the lack of modern medicine and because women tended to have far more children than they do today. But it is extremely rare for archaeologists to find clear evidence that
According to Euroconsult’s Government Space Programs 2019 report, global government space budgets totaled $70.9 billion in 2018, posting a five-year compound annual growth rate of 5.75%. The increase extends the last few years of recovery that global space budgets have experienced since the 2015 low of $62.5 billion, the lowest figure since 2007. This historic
The Arch on Historic North Campus at the University of Georgia, adjoining downtown in Athens, … [+] Georgia Getty A freshwater spring percolates over a one-block, daylighted stretch as an open creek alongside Spring Street in Athens, Georgia. Historically known as the town spring and the founders’ spring, the natural watercourse was one of the
TUUSULA, Finland — A successful Chinese Long March 3B launch of a pair of Beidou satellites Friday had severe consequences downrange with a spent stage destroying a home. A Long March 3B lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 7:55 p.m. Eastern Friday, with a Yuanzheng-1 upper delivering two Beidou satellites into medium
IBM Quantum Graham Carlow Let’s say you’re interested in buying a car, so you visit a new car dealership. Imagine your disappointment if you learned that the only information the salesperson can give you is the number of seats in each vehicle. How crazy would that be? Of course, to make sure a car fits your requirements,
HOUSTON — Nearly a month after Virgin Galactic’s debut on public markets, the investment community is largely taking a wait-and-see approach to whether it will be a model for other space companies seeking to go public. Virgin Galactic started trading on the New York Stock Exchange Oct. 28, three days after it closed its merger
The biggest explosions since the Big Bang set the universe in motion some 13 billion years ago produced even more energy than first thought, scientists said Wednesday. In a study published in Nature, two international teams describe how they searched for the Gamma-ray Bursts (GRB) produced when neutron stars collide or giant suns collapse into
Mic445 / Flickr Hardiness is a personality trait defined by an individual’s ability to manage and respond constructively to stressful life experiences. But how important is hardiness in the workplace? New research forthcoming in the journal Personality and Individual Differences examined this question in a sample of naval sailors. Specifically, a team of researchers led
With ESA set to convene its triennial ministerial later this month, SpaceNews spoke with ESA Director General Jan Woerner about his hopes for Space19+ In a conference room at the Washington Convention Center, site of the 70th International Astronautical Congress, Jan Woerner slouches a bit in his chair. As director general of the European Space
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The LSST is being built on Cerro Pachón in Chile. Jamie Carter Will Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starlink project end ground-based astronomy as we know it? Despite only 122 of a planned total of 42,000 broadband internet satellites being in orbit so far, astronomers are now gravely concerned about the mega-constellation’s effect on the US$466 million
BREMEN, Germany – Spacety and ThrustMe reported success in initial on-orbit testing of an iodine-fueled cubesat thruster at the Space Tech Expo Europe here. “It all operates as expected but we cannot give you data on the performance because we have just thrusted a little bit,” ThrustMe CEO Ane Aanesland told SpaceNews. ThrustMe’s I2T5 cold
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