To conduct a comprehensive demographic study of microlensing planets, it is essential to detect all planetary signals that exceed a predefined threshold through a detailed analysis of survey data. We reanalyzed previous data from the Korea…
Category: 2. Space
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Four Planets Found through Microlensing Events Involving Faint Source Stars
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A Decentralized Framework for Radio-interferometric Image Reconstruction
The advent of large aperture arrays, such as the ones currently under construction for the SKA project, allows for observing the Universe in the radio-spectrum at unprecedented resolution and sensitivity. To process the enormous amounts of data…
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NASA’s SPHEREx Space Telescope Begins Capturing Entire Sky
After weeks of preparation, the space observatory has begun its science mission, taking about 3,600 unique images per day to create a map of the cosmos like no other.
Launched on March 11, NASA’s SPHEREx space observatory has spent the…
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U.S. Space Force taps 12 firms for $237 million small-satellite procurement
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force has selected 12 companies for a 10-year, $237 million contract to develop and deploy small satellites under a new procurement initiative aimed at advancing military space technology through…
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Lohmeier defends qualifications for Air Force post as senators question past remarks
WASHINGTON — Matthew Lohmeier, President Trump’s nominee for undersecretary of the Department of the Air Force, faced pointed questioning during his confirmation hearing May 1 before the Senate Armed Services Committee, as…
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NASA’s Chandra Diagnoses Cause of Fracture in Galactic “Bone”
Astronomers have discovered a likely explanation for a fracture in a huge cosmic “bone” in the Milky Way galaxy, using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and radio telescopes.
The bone appears to have been struck by a fast-moving,…
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EBAD’s Spacecraft Dispensing Mechanisms Propel Amazon’s Project Kuiper into Orbit
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Simsbury, CT — May 1, 2025 — Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense (EBAD) has once again demonstrated its unparalleled expertise in spacecraft dispensing with the…
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Gaia spots odd family of stars desperate to leave home
The European Space Agency’s Gaia mission has spotted an unusual family of stars all strangely eager to leave home — a family we couldn’t have discovered without the star-surveying spacecraft, and one unlike all others we have spotted to date.
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