WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The second interstellar object ever spotted passing through the solar system is a comet that appears quite like those formed in our neighborhood of the cosmos, providing fresh evidence that other planetary systems may be very similar to our own. A two-color composite image shows comet 2I/Borisov captured by the Gemini North
Month: October 2019
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — The former head of the Federal Aviation Administration’s commercial space office says the government should create a policy that promotes the development of spaceports as not just launch sites but also as hubs for economic development. In an Oct. 10 presentation at the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS)
We can look arbitrarily far back in the Universe if our telescopes allow, but there’s no optical way to probe farther back than the ‘last-scattering-surface’ that is the CMB, when the Universe was an ionized plasma. The cold spots (shown in blue) in the CMB are not inherently colder, but rather represent regions where there
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian politicians and academics cheered the Nobel economics prize awarded on Monday to Indian-born American Abhijit Banerjee, whose proud mother told visitors crowding into her apartment that he came from “a family of economists”. Nirmala Banerjee, mother of Abhijit Banerjee, one of the winners of 2019 Nobel Economics Prize, speaks on
Gen. Murray: “We have to have multiple ways of getting PNT in the future battlefield because of the threat of jamming.” WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army has to become less dependent on GPS-enabled devices as adversaries field increasingly more advanced electronic jammers , a senior Army official said Oct. 14. “What we are trying to
The image was taken with Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3. JEWITT ET AL/DANIEL BAMBERGER, HST Astronomers have used NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to capture new images of comet 2I/Borisov, the second confirmed interstellar object to be found in our Solar System, in search of some of its greatest secrets. Led by David Jewitt from the
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – U.S.-based economists Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer won the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize on Monday for work fighting poverty that has helped millions of children by favouring practical steps over theory. French-American Duflo becomes only the second woman to win the economics prize in its 50-year history, as well as
SAN FRANCISCO – LeoLabs, the Silicon Valley space mapping startup, announced Oct. 14, initial operation of the Kiwi Space Radar, the firm’s third space surveillance radar and first with updated technology to track debris as small as two centimeters in low Earth orbit. “We founded the company on the promise that we would deliver this
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Magnetar neutron star with high magnetic field in a deep space. Artist’s conception illustration Getty A magnetar is a special kind of neutron star. Neutron stars form when a star collapses under its own weight. Gravity squeezes the star to the point that only the pressure
WASHINGTON — The president of International Launch Services is out a day after the company’s successful Proton launch. Khrunichev, the owner of ILS, announced Oct. 10 that Kirk Pysher was no longer president, but did not give a reason for his departure. John Palme, COO of ILS, will serve as interim president until a permanent
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Plateau taught physics at Ghent University later in his career. Google Monday’s Google Doodle shines a light on the work of physicist Joseph Antonine Ferdinand Plateau, who discovered that a series of still pictures could create the illusion of movement. If you’ve seen a movie or
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — While NASA continues to wait to set a new official date for the first launch of its Space Launch System, an agency official said Oct. 10 that the launch could slip as late as the middle of 2021. NASA’s formal estimate of the first launch of SLS, a mission called Artemis
This aerial view shows a damaged train bridge over the swollen Chikuma river in the aftermath of Typhoon Hagibis in Ueda, Nagano prefecture on October 13, 2019. – At least 26 people were killed by powerful Typhoon Hagibis, local media reported on JIJI PRESS/AFP via Getty Images It’s the worst storm to hit Tokyo and
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — NASA expects to buy at least one more Soyuz seat from Russia to provide assured access to the International Space Station should commercial crew vehicles suffer additional delays. In a media briefing after a visit to SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, Oct. 10, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said NASA was in
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin If we knew how to get out of the maze, we wouldn’t need science. Free for commercial use (via Pixabay) I suppose science could be a fast thing to do if we didn’t really care about all the things that make science important. The thing is,
SAN FRANCISCO — Within a year, Astroscale plans to begin a complex series of demonstrations to show the startup’s spacecraft can grab a piece of space debris and dispose of it in the atmosphere. If the 2020 End-of-Life Service by Astroscale-demonstration (ELSA-d) mission is successful, it could prompt satellite operators to begin designing spacecraft for
Yes, I could make you feel better. Yes, I realize that I am quite cute. But before we establish a relationship, there are some things that you should know. (Photo by Owen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images) PA Images via Getty Images You dog! Two studies just published in the journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and
Blind people who use echoes to map their surroundings, akin to how bats or dolphins navigate, have an adapted brain region that allows them to ‘see’ with sound, a new study suggests. The primary visual cortex is where the human brain normally interprets signals from the eyes, but that doesn’t mean it can only process
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany should aim to be a leader in technologies needed to make and utilize hydrogen, which offers a green alternative to fossil fuels in the shift toward a low carbon economy, the economy minister said on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier attends a joint news conference after a meeting
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk eased two weeks of tension between them Oct. 10, saying they were on the same page regarding development of commercial crew systems. Bridenstine toured SpaceX’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California, and told media afterwards that development of vehicles to carry astronauts to
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