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Dec 11, 2017
NASA Hosts Media Teleconference to Announce Latest Kepler Discovery
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: robotics/AI, space
NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST Thursday, Dec. 14, to announce the latest discovery made by its planet-hunting Kepler space telescope. The discovery was made by researchers using machine learning from Google. Machine learning is an approach to artificial intelligence, and demonstrates new ways of analyzing Kepler data.
The briefing participants are:
Dec 10, 2017
What’ll happen when 3200 Phaethon sweeps past Earth?
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space
This mysterious rock-comet is the parent body of this week’s Geminid meteor shower. It’ll brush closely past Earth on December 16, just a few nights after the Geminids’ peak. Will 2017 be a fantastic year for the Geminids?
Dec 10, 2017
Bigelow Aerospace Unveils What It’s Space Stations Will Look Like
Posted by Montie Adkins in category: space
Dec 8, 2017
Huge Asteroid Headed Towards Earth Tomorrow
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space
NASA has released a warning that a huge asteroid is headed towards Earth tomorrow. While it’s likely that the huge asteroid may pass us by, it’s set to be the closest encounter with an object of that size this year.
The 2017 W12, a newly discovered asteroid, is expected to pass us by at around 9:45 pm. Fortunately, it seems as if the huge asteroid will pass us by at a distance of 1.32 million kilometers. While that’s not a very big distance when you’re talking about space, it’s definitely far enough away that we shouldn’t have to worry about it. Experts predict that there’s currently no threat of 2017 W12 hitting out planet.
After discovery by the Pan-STARRS survey in Hawaii last month, the asteroid was recently listed on the “Earth lLose Approaches” page as a near-Earth object (NEOs). Scientists are expecting that within a year, we’ll see three major near-misses. The 2006 XY asteroid will soon pass Earth as well, on December 14.
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Dec 8, 2017
Researchers Created a Platform That Prints With Living Matter
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: 3D printing, biotech/medical, space
3D printing has come a long way. In a new study, scientists explore the potential of using bacteria-laced ink to print living materials.
From pizza to urine-based space plastic and even blood vessels, it seems there’s no limit to what can be 3D printed. A new 3D printing platform, created by ETH researchers led by Professor André Studart, head of the Laboratory for Complex Materials, is advancing the process by working with living materials. The specially designed material is actually an ink infused with bacteria. The machine is then able to print living biochemical designs for a wide variety of purposes, which vary depending on the bacteria used. Their research has been published in Science Advances.
Dec 1, 2017
The Colorado School of Mines Wants to Launch the First-Ever Space Mining Program
Posted by Nancie Hunter in category: space
The first-ever graduate program for space miners-in-training is set to launch next year. And the inaugural class is already taking lessons.
Nov 27, 2017
SEC Filing: SpaceX Gets Additional $100 Million in Funding — By Dana Bartholomew | Los Angeles Business Journal
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: space, space travel
Nov 27, 2017
Could ghost imaging spy satellite be a game changer for Chinese military?
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: military, quantum physics, space
Quantum ghost imaging can achieve unprecedented sensitivity by detecting not just the extremely small amount of light straying off a dim target, but also its interactions with other light in the surrounding environment to obtain more information than traditional methods.
A satellite equipped with the new quantum sensor would be able to identify and track targets that are currently invisible from space, such as stealth bombers taking off at night, according to researchers.
Scientists are developing a probe to track stealth bombers at night.
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Nov 25, 2017
New systems must be put in place that can detect missile containers
Posted by John Gallagher in categories: military, policy, space
ANALYSIS/OPINION:
We have recently seen evidence of how our national security was compromised by the Obama administration’s approval of the Uranium One deal that gave Russia 20 percent of our uranium reserves. We are now learning more about the serious security compromise at Port Canaveral and its adjacent military infrastructure.
The container port is not only close to U.S. Air Force facilities and NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, but more importantly, it is adjacent to our strategic ballistic missile nuclear submarine base. A Nov. 2 Center for Security Policy updated “occasional paper” exposes this “perfect storm” of a threat tied to Russia’s Club-K container missile system.
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