WASHINGTON — Space startups are becoming more acquainted with the U.S. government as a customer and an investor, though the pathways to both remain difficult, a panel of experts said Jan. 14. “2019 was the year of government,” Carissa Christensen, CEO of analyst firm Bryce Space & Technology, said at a Washington Space Business Roundtable
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WASHINGTON — With its funding secured for the next three years, the head of the European Space Agency is now focused on implementing those key programs while establishing a new cooperative agreement with the European Union. At a press briefing Jan. 15 at ESA’s Paris headquarters, ESA Director General Jan Woerner reviewed the outcome of
Artist’s impression of a solar storm going towards Earth (at right). Earth is surrounded by magnetic … [+] fields that can deflect most solar activity. NASA Every so often, the sun has an epic tantrum — and if Earth’s in the way, bad things can happen. That’s why NASA and Amazon are teaming up with
BOSTON – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration seeks to dramatically increase the supply of radio occultation soundings it feeds into weather forecast models. NOAA currently obtains slightly more than 2,000 soundings daily from its own satellites and those of its international partners. The agency has a target of acquiring 20,000 soundings per day, Steve
I am sitting on a train between Boston and Washington, D.C. I just left the American Meteorological Society’s (AMS) Annual Meeting. It was a week of stimulating science engagement and learning. As fires continue to burn in Australia, NASA and NOAA issued a press release from the AMS meeting announcing that 2019 was the 2nd
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A microorganism scooped up in deep-sea mud off Japan’s coast has helped scientists unlock the mystery of one of the watershed evolutionary events for life on Earth: the transition from the simple cells that first colonized the planet to complex cellular life – fungi, plants and animals including people. A scanning electron
A study by the Aerospace Corporation says ending the New START Treaty could destabilize outer space. WASHINGTON — The military and intelligence community’s space agencies may have to cope with growing instability in outer space if the United States and Russia don’t renew the 2010 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) that is set
Commuters walk past a sign promoting the upcoming 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo, … [+] Japan. (Photo by Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Well, the 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference, otherwise known as COP25, seemed to be a rousing success with lots of concrete changes and
BOSTON – Spire Global shared early data from new Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Reflectometry cubesats at the American Meteorological Society conference here. Spire launch two GNSS Reflectometry cubesats Dec. 11 on an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle. The spacecraft, equipped with bistatic radars to observe how GNSS signals scatter after bouncing off Earth surface
Turns out that “my relative” is on the dinner menu for some hammerhead sharks in Australia! Known for their hammer-shaped head (cephalofoil), the largest of these animals in the Sphyrnidae family is the great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran), attaining a maximum length of 20 feet (6.1 meters). Found worldwide in tropical and warm temperate waters, they can
Pence: “The next year is going to be a busy year and we are going to see literally thousands of Air Force personnel move into the Space Force.” WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence on Jan. 14 administered the oath of office to Gen. John “Jay” Raymond as the first chief of space operations for
David Feinberg at the StartUp Health Festival in 2017. (Photo by Kelly Sullivan/Getty Images for … [+] Geisinger Health System) Getty David Feinberg, head of Google Health, defended the company’s partnership with large Catholic hospital system Ascension Tuesday afternoon in San Francisco. The partnership, nicknamed “Project Nightingale,” recently came under criticism after news outlets revealed
Is the future of spaceflight female? Astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir captured the world’s attention with their historic all-woman spacewalk at the end of 2019. The 2020s is beginning with the duo scheduled to repeat their historic first twice more by the end of January. Is the future of spaceflight female? If popular culture
Julie Bliss Mullen Julie Bliss Mullen Julie Bliss Mullen has always been curious about the world around her. While growing up in Central Massachusetts, she spent much of her childhood exploring the great outdoors, and credits her parents with fostering her love of innovation by letting her discover science through experiments at home. During high
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A climate research organization will offer access to a risk model that predicts the probability of flooding for homes across the United States, giving the public a look at the data institutional investors use to gauge risk. FILE PHOTO: A neighborhood engulfed in the flood waters of the Arkansas River is
BOSTON – Anyone who thinks the international weather community has given up the fight to protect key portions of the radio frequency spectrum from 5G interference is mistaken. After losing a battle at the International Telecommunication Union’s World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 in Egypt, meteorologists, atmospheric scientists, aerospace engineers and radio frequency experts met at the
Melanie trying out Sungod Vanguard goggles in Val d’Isère Robert Hollingworth As an outdoor sport, skiing depends not just on our ability and experience, but also on weather conditions and suitable equipment. I’m an avid skier myself and have been wondering how gear, even less obvious components than the skis themselves, would affect performance on
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A meteorite that crashed into rural southeastern Australia in a fireball in 1969 contained the oldest material ever found on Earth, stardust that predated the formation of our solar system by billions of years, scientists said on Monday. A scanning electron micrograph of a presolar silicon carbide grain, about 8 micrometers in
BOSTON – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is preparing to update its aging space weather fleet with instruments to gather imagery of coronal mass ejection and monitor solar winds. Congress provided NOAA funding in the 2020 budget for Space Weather Follow On (SWFO), a satellite destined for Earth-Sun Lagrange Point 1. The Commerce Department also
A study showed how much time doctors spend with electronic health record systems for each encounter. … [+] (Photo: Getty Images) Getty Your doctor may be spending more time with your electronic health record (EHR) than with you. A study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine found that on average a physician spent 16