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Chen Fan: China’s answer to SpaceX’s giant constellation Starlink also threatens astronomy
Artist’s impression of the Qianfan satellite mega-constellationsurveillance camera China has begun construction on a giant constellation that will eventually consist of about 14,000 satellites, but the…
Current laws do not provide any protection for civilians in space if something goes wrong.
If you saw the live video of billionaire Jason Isaacman popping his head out of a SpaceX spacecraft (see “Polaris Dawn Mission is a Giant Leap…
The hole at the top of this image is a vertical shaft to an underground waterway called a qanat.Nazari Bwavka et al. Most of the ancient…
The February Juno image (right) shows a new volcano that wasn’t present in the 1997 Galileo image (left).Galileo/JunoCam/NASA A new volcano has appeared on Jupiter’s moon…
“I call LunaNet a big umbrella,” Gramling says, “It’s an architecture that defines the standards that will be used for interoperable communications, location, navigation and timing…
“I call LunaNet a big umbrella,” Gramling says, “It’s an architecture that defines the standards that will be used for interoperable communications, location, navigation and timing…
“Being able to connect with friends and family gives sailors a few minutes to relax and therefore be more efficient,” says Richard Hanninger. Ford”This isn’t just…
An illustration of three of the four satellites that make up the Cluster mission, which monitors Earth’s magnetic fieldESA – CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO Scientists will…
Radio telescope at Green Bank Observatory in West VirginiaJ. Seymour/Green Bank Observatory Radio telescopes observing space face increasing challenges from electromagnetic interference from thousands of satellites…
Set against the backdrop of Jupiter’s dramatic, swirling atmosphere, Europa may look a bit drab at first glance — its gray-white surface might even resemble well-worn…