WASHINGTON Astroscale US, a provider of in-orbit services to extend the life of satellites, has signed an agreement with the US Space Force to co-invest in an in-orbit refueling vehicle. Space Systems Command project manager Col. Joyce Bulson said the contract includes $25.5 million in government funding and about $12 million from Astroscale. The company … Read more
Louisiana officials are in a race against time as salty water from the Gulf of Mexico threatens drinking water supplies in New Orleans and surrounding areas due to unusually low water levels in the drought-stricken Mississippi River. New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell signed an emergency declaration Friday in response to concerns that salt water entering … Read more
BSimple, dramatically colored and with poisonous spikes, barbed wire not only looks dangerous, but has proven to be a serious threat to all other fish in the Caribbean. William Álvarez, who lives in Chichiriviche de la Costa Bay on Venezuela’s central Caribbean coast, has made it his mission to take care of the threat. … Read more
Research report “Reagents market for reproductive genetics” for the period 2023-2032 offers both qualitative and quantitative insights into the key drivers, restraints, opportunities and challenges influencing the growth of the global market. The study provides in-depth statistical market data of leading players along with revenue forecasts. It also provides information on the revenue growth … Read more
Sample geometry and integrated Brillouin spectrum analysis at room temperature. aAn artist’s view of a LiCOF sample with a laser. bMeasured spectrum (blue) and simulation (red) of the SBS spectrum with a core diameter of 1.125 m. c, geometry of a LiCOF sample bonded on both sides to a UHNA fiber for bonding and … Read more
BENGALURU: Like Aditya-L1India’s first solar mission heads to final destination, Isro has done a location, L1 point situational awareness analysis. There are currently four spacecraft in L1 halo orbit: NASA has WIND, the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE), and Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVER), while the fourth, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), is a … Read more
Winged visitors from outside the area have recently cast their large shadows over Contra Costa and Stanislaus counties. The conservation group Save Mount Diablo said in a statement Monday that it had tracked the tracks of six California condors flying through the skies over the Round Valley and Morgan Territory Regional Reserves, with one … Read more
A new species of tarantula found scurrying around Thailand’s forests shines with dazzling blue highlights. Its discoverers have named the beast Chilobrachys natanicharum, saying it is the first tarantula ever identified living in Thailand’s mangroves. Finds like these highlight the value of conserving these natural habitats, where unique species have carved out small but … Read more
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As new and powerful telescopes gather new data about the universe, they reveal the limits of older theories. Credit: Shutterstock Einstein’s theory of gravity general relativity has been very successful for more than a century. However, it has theoretical shortcomings. This is not surprising: the theory predicts its own failure at spacetime singularities inside … Read more