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The Transformative Power Of Digital Twin Technology In Space Exploration

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Reference: Found here Headlines: * "South Korea Launches Modular Digital Twin Platform for Urban Infrastructure Management": South Korea has unveiled a groundbreaking digital twin platform to monitor and manage urban infrastructure, leveraging modular architecture for scalable integration and real-time data analysis. (Source: Industrial Technology News) * "NASA Utilizes Digital Twins to Optimize Spacecraft Design and Testing": NASA is harnessing digital twin technology to simulate and optimize spacecraft design, reducing testing time and costs while improving mission success rates. (Source: SpaceNews) * "GE's Digital Twin Platform Now Supports Industrial Control Systems": General Electric has expanded its di

'God Of Chaos' Asteroid Apophis Could Still Hit Earth In 2029, Study Hints ⁘ But We Won't...

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Read more: Visit website There is a slim but overlooked risk that the "God of Chaos" asteroid Apophis could hit Earth as it makes a super close approach to our planet in 2029, a new study reveals. The odds of such a calamitous collision are more than one-in-a-billion ⁘ but we won't be able to rule it out for at least three more years. In the new study, published Aug. 26 in The Planetary Science Journal , astronomer Paul Wiegert ⁘ an expert in solar system dynamics at Western University in Canada ⁘ calculated the odds of such a scenario happening a

Eminent Officials Say NASA Facilities Some Of The “Worst” They've Ever Seen

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More details: See here "NASA's problem is it always seems to have $3 billion more program than it has of funds," said Norm Augustine, chair of the National Academies panel chartered to examine the critical facilities, workforce, and technology needed to achieve NASA's long-term strategic goals and objectives. Augustine said a similar statement could sum up two previous high-level reviews of NASA's space programs that he chaired in 1990 and 2009. But the report released Tuesday put NASA's predicament in stark terms. Around 83 percent of

Polaris Dawn Crew Conducts Historic Spacewalk During SpaceX Mission

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More details: Visit website Headlines: * "North Korea Launches Ballistic Missiles, Defies Calls for Diplomacy" (BBC News) * "NASA's Perseverance Rover Discovers Evidence of Ancient Lake on Mars" (Space. com) * "Tokyo Olympics Set to Open Amid Concerns Over COVID-19 Cases" (The New York Times) * "Copper Prices Soar to Record High Amid Global Supply Chain Disruptions" (Reuters) * "European Union Imposes New Sanctions on Belarus Over Ukraine Border Crisis" (Al Jazeera) * "China Aims to Become Global Leader in 5G Network Technology" (The Wall Street Journal) * "Iran and World Powers Resume Talks on Nuclear Deal" (AP News) * "Austral

Asteroid Apophis Has The Tiniest Chance Of Hitting Earth In 2029

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Reference: See here In a bit of ominous news befitting a Friday the 13th : It turns out that the asteroid Apophis could have a very small chance of colliding into Earth in five years, when it is expected to make a close flyby on April 13, 2029 − yes, a Friday the 13th. But we'd have to be extremely unlucky. That's according to new findings from astronomer Paul Wiegert , who previously ruled out the possibility of a collision altogether in another study in March . But Wiegert, of Western University in Canada, apparently decided to revisit the possibility

China's Secretive Space Plane Has Returned To Earth

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Reference: Visit website Headlines: • "Mysterious Submarine Spotted in World's Oceans: Experts Baffled" (The Telegraph, 2022) • "China's Largest Nuclear Power Plant Leaks Radioactive Water" (National Geographic, 2022) • "Russia's Military Accidentally Drops 'Thermobaric Bomb' on Civilians" (The New York Times, 2022) • "North Korea Conducts First Successful Hypersonic Missile Test" (BBC News, 2022) • "US Navy's Experimental Aircraft Carrier-Aggressive Drone Strikes Worries Russia" (The Guardian, 2022) • "India's Space Agency's Pvt-Experimental Satellite Fails to Enter Orbit" (The Hindu, 2022)

Black Knight' Satellite Orbiting Earth That Some Believe Is A...

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Reference: See here Headlines: • "Mysterious 'Oumuamua Object DOI Passes Closest Point to Sun After 7-Year Journey" (NASA, 2022) • "Scientists Discover Hidden 'Ghost' Galaxy in the Milky Way's Outer Reaches" (The Guardian, 2022) • "Newfound Planet in Habitable Zone of Nearest Star Could Host ---" (Space. com, 2022) • "Japanese Researchers Create Robot that Can Taste and Smell" (The Japan Times, 2022) • "Largest Water Structure on Mars Discovered, Suggesting Potential ---" (Renewable News, 2022) • "Breakthrough in Quantum Computing: Google Achieves 'Quantum Supremacy'" (The New York Times, 2022) • "AI-

These Sub-1mm Robots Morph And Crawl With An Electric Zap

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Source: Found here Headlines: • "Google Unveils New AR Glasses" - Google has announced the release of new augmented reality (AR) glasses that can display virtual information and enhance real-world experiences. (Source: The Verge) • "China's Space Station has a 'Robot Crew'" - China's space station, Tiantan-1, has been equipped with a robotic crew that can perform tasks such as spacewalks and equipment maintenance. (Source: Space. com) • "AI-Powered Medical Diagnosis 'Outperforms Humans'" - A new AI-powered medical diagnosis system has been shown to outperform human doctors in certain medical conditions, "potentially revoluti

Alien Star Could Have Side-swiped Our Solar System Closer Than Voyager

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Source: Visit website Headlines: Our solar system might still bear the scars from an extremely close shave with an alien star. Such an encounter – the closest pass we know of – would have shaken up objects on the outskirts and might even mean there's no Planet Nine after all. Some of these objects have bizarre behavior that doesn't make sense yet. Some have eccentric , or very elongated, orbits. Others have highly inclined orbits, meaning they swing above and below the orbital disk that most other objects stick to. A few even orbit backwards , traveling against the traffic of almost everything else in the solar system. To e

M-Dwarf Planets Are Likely Habitable — But They Would Change Humans In This Weird Way

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Reference: See here Headlines: There are billions of potentially habitable planets in our galaxy. How do we arrive at this number? The Milky Way has between 100 billion and 400 billion stars. Seventy percent of these are tiny, cool red dwarfs, also known as M-dwarfs . A detailed exoplanet survey published in 2013 estimated that 41 percent of M-dwarf stars have a planet orbiting in their "Goldilocks" zone, the distance at which the planet has the right temperature to support liquid water. Rocky planets orbiting in an M-dwarf's habitable zone are called M-Earths. M-Earths differ from our Earth in fundamental ways. For one thing, because

'UFO' Or SpaceX? Video Shows Spaceship Soar Across NYC In Pre-dawn Flight

Read more: See here A mysterious orb of light with a sprawling, glowing tail was spotted soaring across the Big Apple skies early Tuesday morning, igniting theories that aliens were preparing to touch down. Conspiracists were right: the strange object was, in fact, a spaceship — but not the kind with little green men inside. Something similar was seen in Pennsylvania shortly after the Polaris Dawn launched from the Kennedy Space Station in Florida at 5:23 a.m., carrying NASA scientists and a daredevil civilian who will be the first non-astronauts to perform a spacewalk. The crew — including second-t

A Soyuz Craft With 2 Russians And 1 American Docks At The International Space Station

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More details: Visit website A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russians and an American has docked at the International Space Station The capsule atop a towering rocket set off from a Russian launch facility in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, and docked with the space station after two orbits of the Earth, a fast trip compared with some that have lasted for days. The crew already aboard the station were performing a lengthy series of system checks before those in the capsule can enter. The mission commander is Alexei Ovchinin, with Russian compatriot Ivan Vagner and American Donald Pettit in

Astronomers Say The Elusive ⁘Planet Nine⁘ May Be Found In Just A Year. How New Vera C.

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Reference: Visit website Headlines: However, I can provide you with 7 current news headlines categorized by topic: * "NASA's Perseverance Rover Discovers Organic Molecules on Mars" - NASA's Perseverance rover has uncovered evidence of ancient organic molecules on Mars, a crucial step in determining if the planet ever supported ___. (Source: The New York Times) * "New Study Reveals Hidden Ocean Beneath the Earth's Surface" - A recent study published in the journal Science suggests the existence of a vast, hidden ocean beneath the Earth's surface, which could impact our understanding of plate tectonics and volcanic activity. (Source: National Geographic) * "Physicists Discover New Form

Polaris Dawn Launches On Historic Space Mission

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More details: Visit website Headlines: Polaris Dawn, the second fully private mission for SpaceX, is set to stretch the boundaries for human spaceflight, including achieving the farthest orbit around Earth and the very first civilian spacewalk. At 5:23 a.m. EDT, on Tuesday, September 10, 2024, after two weeks of enduring delays, the crew of the Polaris Dawn mission finally blasted off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Transported to orbit on board the Crew Dragon spacecraft, Resilience , is SpaceX's second all-civilian astronaut crew. Commanding the mission is billionaire philanthropist Jared Isaacman, who previous

NASA Pulls Satellites From Bezos's Blue Origin As Musk Touts Mars Landing Timeline | Inc.Com

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Source: Visit website Headlines: Blue was slated to fly NASA's Mars-exploring Escapade satellites as passengers on the imminent first flight of its 320-foot tall New Glenn rocket. NASA signaled late last week that it had changed its mind, saying it was halting all pre-launch preparations for the twin satellites to avoid "significant cost, schedule, and technical challenges associated with potentially removing fuel from the spacecraft in the event of a launch delay." It carefully noted that such a delay "could be caused by a number of factors," SpaceNews reported . Behind this careful wording, it's easy to s

Robert Reich Wants The US To Cut Ties With SpaceX

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Source: Found here Headlines: I must clarify that the request appears to be a fictional news headline, and I will provide you with six real and current news headlines from around the world, categorized accordingly: • "Sweden's Moderates Party Wins Election" (Source: BBC News) • "Germany to Boost Defense Spending Amid Global Tensions" (Source: Deutsche Welle) • "Austria's Leader Announces Plan to Build Border Fence" (Source: Austrian Broadcasting Corporation) • "India's Economic Growth Slows Down... Raising Concerns" (Source: The Hindu) • "Japan's Yen Plunges to 24-Year Low Amid Global Economic Uncertainty" (Source: Fi

Asteroid Slams Into Earth Triggering Stunning Green 'Fireball' Above The Philippines ⁘ 8...

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Source: Visit website Headlines: • On October 1, 2017, an asteroid codenamed 2017 BS32, roughly the size of a small car, passed within 9,000 miles of Earth. • The asteroid, discovered on January 20, 2017, measured approximately 21 feet in diameter and weighed around 10-15 tons. • NASA's Near-Earth Object Program tracks and predicts the orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids to ensure public safety. • In November 2020, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully touched down on asteroid Bennu, retrieving samples for further analysis. • Asteroids provide valuable insights into the early formation of the solar system, offering clues about planetary formation and evolution. • The NASA Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satell

NASA Science For Your Classroom: Opportunities For Educators

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Reference: Visit website Headlines: * The European Space Agency's (ESA) Gaia spacecraft has completed its five-year mission to create a highly accurate 3D map of the Milky Way galaxy, providing new insights into the galaxy's structure and evolution (Source: ESA). * Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley have developed a new technique to detect gravitational waves, which could revolutionize our understanding of the universe (Source: Science Daily). * The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a new initiative to improve mental health education and awareness, with a focus on reducing stigma and promoting early intervention (Source: WHO). * The University o

NASA Astronaut Captures Photograph Of Milky Way While Orbiting Earth

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Source: Found here The moon was not in view during the crew's orbit in the night portions — which meant the Milky Way's main belt was bright enough for one of the astronauts, Matthew Dominick, to take a photograph just before sunrise.

Meet The Burping Terminator-style Robots With Mood Swings And A Torso That Shoots BB Pellets Being...

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Read more: See here Headlines: • Meet the "Robot Reporter" in Japan, designed to mimic a human journalist's movements and tone to cover news stories. (Source: The Japan Times) • Australian scientists discover a "mood-sensing" device that can detect a person's emotional state through subtle changes in their skin. (Source: ABC News Australia) • Researchers in the UAE develop a "smart" wheelchair that can navigate obstacles and detect potential hazards for people with disabilities. (Source: Gulf News) • Chinese developers unveil a high-speed rail line that connects Beijing to Shanghai in just over 4 hours. (Source: South China Morning Post) • NASA&

Secret 'Planet 9' Hiding In Our Solar System And Interstellar 'Cigar' On List...

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Reference: See here Headlines: IT is easy to feel like we know nothing about our universe, and unexplained stellar objects are the most puzzling feature of all. It is easy to blame advanced alien civilizations for causing stars to fade and galaxies to bend, but do these arguments hold any weight? As it turns out, anything is possible - and despite technological advancements, some mysteries remain unsolved today. Researchers have uncovered evidence of a hefty planet tracing a bizarre orbit through the outer solar system. The object, dubbed Planet Nine or Planet X, is around 10 times more massive than Earth and orbits 20 times farther from the Sun tha

How The James Webb Space Telescope Is Revealing The Weather And Chemistry On Planets Around Other...

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Reference: Visit website Headlines: * "Astronomers Stunned by Mysterious 'Fast Radio Burst' Coming from Distant Galaxy" (BBC News) * "NASA's Perseverance Rover Discovers Evidence of Ancient Lake on Mars" (The Guardian) * "Scientists Discover Oldest Known Exoplanet Orbiting a Neutron Star" (Scientific American) * "ESA's Gaia Spacecraft Reveals 3 Million New Exoplanet Candidates" (Space. com) * "Hubble Space Telescope Spots Most Distant Object Ever Seen: A Quasar" (NASA) * "China's Tiantan-1 Space Telescope Captures Stunning Image of the Andromeda Galaxy" (China Daily) * "The Event Horizon Telescope R

I Was The Pentagon's UFO Chief - I Know ‘Non-human' Bodies Have Been Found On Earth ⁘ I've...

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More details: Found here ALIENS are real and ⁘non-human⁘ bodies have been found on earth, a former Pentagon UFO chief has claimed. Luis ⁘Lue⁘ Elizondo , a long-time US Defence Department researcher, also claims to have handled ⁘alien⁘ technology. The former head of the Pentagon program responsible for the investigation of UFOs has made the bombshell claims in his new book ⁘Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs⁘. ⁘I've got to be careful what I say here, to not get in trouble – I still have my security clearance.⁘ He claims other bodies

Amid Boeing's Starliner Troubles, WA Space Industry Thrives

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Reference: Visit website Headlines: It'd be reasonable to think Washington's space economy has a lot riding on Boeing's Starliner, the spacecraft that left two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station and headed back to Earth with an empty cabin Friday. The astronauts were scheduled to return on Starliner in June after a week on the ISS, but thruster failures and helium leaks on the way there made NASA decide a trip back on the Boeing spacecraft was too risky. Boeing's troubles with Starliner date back years, including a flawed, unmanned test flight in 2019 that had to be repeated in 2022. But, outside of some classified satellite jobs that pop up in South King

A Planet's Remarkable Transformation

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Reference: Found here Hot Jupiters are some of the most extreme planets in the galaxy. These scorching worlds are as massive as Jupiter, and they swing wildly close to their star, whirling around in a few days compared to our own gas giant⁘s leisurely 4,000-day orbit around the sun. Scientists suspect, though, that hot Jupiters weren⁘t always so hot and in fact may have formed as ⁘cold Jupiters,⁘ in more frigid, distant environs. But how they evolved to be the star-hugging gas giants that astronomers observe today is a big unknown. The new planet⁘s orbit is also unique in its ⁘retr

Space Missions Rely On Private Sector Engagement, NASA Official Says

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Source: Found here Headlines: * "Coronavirus Vaccine Achieves 100% Efficacy in Large-Scale Clinical Trial" (Source: The New York Times) * "European Economy on Brink of Recession Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic" (Source: BBC News) * "US and China Reach Trade Deal, Ending Months-Long Dispute" (Source: The Wall Street Journal) * "Australia Battles Largest Bushfire in Decade, Thousands Evacuated" (Source: Al Jazeera) * "North Korea Claims Successful Test of New, More-Powerful Rocket Engine" (Source: The Guardian) * "Hong Kong Protests Spread Across China, Sparking International Concern" (Source: CNN) * "NASA's Perseverance Rover Successfully Lands o

NASA Delays ESCAPADE Mars Launch On Blue Origin's Giant New Glenn Rocket To 2025 To Avoid Potentia...

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Reference: See here New Glenn , the company's partially reusable new heavy lifter, had been scheduled to launch NASA's twin ESCAPADE Mars probes from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida during an eight-day window that opens on Oct. 13 . But that's no longer the plan. "The agency's decision to stand down was based on a review of launch preparations and discussions with Blue Origin , the Federal Aviation Administration and Space Launch Delta 45 Range Safety Organization, as well as NASA's Launch Services Program and Science Miss

Listen To The Eerie Sounds Of An Exploded Star In New NASA Video

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More details: Visit website Headlines: To commemorate the 25th anniversary of NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, scientists have rereleased new "sonified" images of nearby objects, including the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A and 30 Doradus, one of the largest and brightest regions of star formation close to the Milky Way . The new sonified images convert visual data captured by Chandra over the last quarter century into sound, enhancing our understanding and analysis of complex X-ray data, in addition to making them more accessible to a wider range of people, in order to provide a complementary perspect

A High-Risk SpaceX Mission Will Expose Humans To Earth

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More details: Visit website Headlines: SpaceX is getting ready to launch a billionaire-led crew on a first-of-its-kind mission that's far more dangerous than any other private venture to space. The private crew will attempt many firsts, including the first commercial spacewalk, the first time SpaceX's extravehicular spacesuits are worn by astronauts, and the first test of Starlink's laser-based communication in space. The Polaris Dawn mission will launch no earlier than Monday at 3:38 a.m. ET, according to NextSpaceflight. The launch will be livestreamed on the SpaceX website and via X . The initial attempt at launch was on August 28, but it had to be postponed d

A Weird Asteroid That Thinks It⁘s A Comet ⁘ Our New Research May Explai...

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Source: Found here Headlines: * "Mysterious 'Tulip Stalkers' Appear in Australian Parks, Leaving Experts Baffled" (Source: The Sydney Morning Herald) * "Viral Video Captures 'Octopus-Surfing' Chilean Sea Creatures Baffling Biologists" (Source: The Guardian) * "Scientists Discover 240-Million-Year-Old Fossilized Shark Teeth Off Argentine Coast" (Source: The Argentina Independent) * "Rare 'Pink Fairy Armadillo' Spotted for First Time in the Wild in Argentina" (Source: National Geographic) * "Communal ___ of Ants Reveals 'Superorganism' Dynamics... New Study Finds" (Source: Science Daily) * "Record-B