Paris (ESA) Jun 14, 2022 - Entrepreneurs, fledgling firms and established space companies are to receive a boost with the launch of the European Centre for Space Economy and Commerce. The ESA centre aims to create jobs
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 14, 2022 - While we are disappointed in the loss of the two TROPICS CubeSats, the mission is part of NASA's Earth venture program, which provides opportunities for lower-cost, higher risk missions. Despite a l
Karlsruhe, Germany (SPX) Jun 14, 2022 - Were Earth's oceans completely covered by ice during the Cryogenian period, about 700 million years ago, or was there an ice-free belt of open water around the equator where sponges and other forms
Noordwijk, Netherlands (SPX) Jun 14, 2022 - Clouds and aerosols are still considered the great unknowns in understanding our climate. With the EarthCARE Earth observation satellite, Airbus has made the finishing touches to the crucial 'key' t
Boston MA (SPX) Jun 14, 2022 - Imagine a more sustainable future, where cellphones, smartwatches, and other wearable devices don't have to be shelved or discarded for a newer model. Instead, they could be upgraded with the latest
New York (AFP) June 13, 2022 - Google said on Sunday that it was very pleased to be settling, without admission of wrongdoing, a class-action lawsuit that argued it underpaid female employees and assigned them lower-ranking positions.
San Francisco (AFP) June 11, 2022 - Meta on Friday said that it is adding the ability to easily socialize in virtual reality with an update to its Quest 2 headsets in another step toward the metaverse.
Leipzig, Germany (SPX) Jun 10, 2022 - The Sentinel-2 space mission began with the launch of Earth observation satellite Sentinel-2A in June 2015, and Sentinel-2B was launched in March 2017. Since then, these two satellites have been orb
Boston MA (SPX) Jun 10, 2022 - When Mark Drela first set foot in Cambridge to study aerospace engineering at MIT in 1978, he was no stranger to wind tunnels. Just two years before, he constructed a 1-foot-by-1-foot wind tunnel fo
Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Jun 10, 2022 - Researchers at the University of Queensland have found a species of worm with an appetite for polystyrene could be the key to plastic recycling on a mass scale. Scientists discovered the commo
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 10, 2022 - DARPA has selected multiple teams of university researchers for the Recycling at the Point of Disposal (RPOD) program. RPOD will evaluate the technical feasibility of recovering multiple low-volume
Pompeii, Italy (AFP) June 10, 2022 - Under the amused gaze of many tourists, a robot dog wanders the ancient stone alleys of Pompeii's famous archaeological park.
Falda Del Carmen, Argentinia (SPX) Jun 10, 2022 - ReOrbit and VENG, an Argentinian-based company, signed an agreement to manufacture satellites in Argentina to serve the Latin America market. The directors of both organisations met at the Argentina
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 10, 2022 - Twenty years after the retirement of the Concorde, several industrial and research projects want to make supersonic flight a reality again. However, supersonic planes produce sonic booms loud enough
Boston MA (SPX) Jun 10, 2022 - Researchers have pioneered a technique that can dramatically accelerate certain types of computer programs automatically, while ensuring program results remain accurate. Their system boosts th
Konstanz, Germany (SPX) Jun 10, 2022 - Have you ever noticed when moving furniture that heavy objects are easier to move if you rotate them at the same time as you push? Many people intuitively do this right. An international research te
