Researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory are developing the Buoyant Rover for Under-Ice Exploration, a technology that could one day explore oceans under the ice layers of planetary bodies. The prototype was tested in arctic lakes near…
Category: 2. Space
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Yet Another Report On How Broken NASA IT Security Is
Keith’s note: here we go again. A new GAO report: Cybersecurity: NASA Needs to Fully Implement Risk Management is out. Yawn. Once a year GAO, NASA OIG, or some other authoritative body does a review of NASA IT security and they come back and say…
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Smallest Alien World Ever Seen Spotted by JWST in Stunning First : ScienceAlert
JWST has made another breakthrough.
Around a newly formed star just 111 light-years away, the powerful space telescope has officially discovered its first exoplanet. It’s called TWA-7b, and it’s the smallest world that humanity has ever…
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NASA Planetary Defense Ignores Rubin Observatory’s Asteroid Hunting Abilities
Space & Planetary Science…
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Lux Aeterna emerges from stealth with funds for fully reusable satellite platform
TAMPA, Fla. — Denver-based Lux Aeterna emerged from stealth June 25 with $4 million in pre-seed funding to develop a fully reusable satellite slated to launch in 2027, equipped with a heat shield and parachute for safe atmospheric…
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Maxar launches intelligence service focused on ‘persistent monitoring’
WASHINGTON — Maxar Intelligence launched a new monitoring product called Sentry, part of a broader effort to move beyond satellite imagery and become a provider of actionable geospatial intelligence.
The company, based in Westminster,…
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First Rubin Observatory images released amid concerns about budget cuts
WASHINGTON — A celebration of the long-awaited first images from a major new observatory is overshadowed by the fears astronomers have about proposed severe budget cuts at the agency funding them.
At a press conference June 23,…
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