by OGL News | Oct 5, 2024 | news-hub
Astronomers have used the wide-field view of the Dark Energy Camera to confirm that supermassive-black-hole-powered quasars in the early universe were packed into dense neighborhoods. However, it seems these cosmic beasts weren’t exactly the best neighbors. The...
by OGL News | Oct 4, 2024 | news-hub
The Allen Telescope Array (ATA), the first radio telescope to be designed from the ground up to be used for SETI searches. (Image credit: Linus Platt/Getty Images) A leading astrobiologist melds her passion with the weighty nature of trying to grasp for answers to two...
by OGL News | Oct 3, 2024 | news-hub
GPS satellite illustration. Credit: L3Harris WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force selected four companies to develop concepts for smaller, more cost-effective GPS satellites based on commercial designs, aiming to augment the existing Global Positioning System...
by OGL News | Oct 2, 2024 | news-hub
Firefly’s Alpha rocket. Credit: Firefly Aerospace SAN FRANCISCO — Firefly Aerospace won a contract to launch Quicksounder, a prototype for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s next-generation of environmental satellites in low-Earth orbit. The...
by OGL News | Oct 1, 2024 | news-hub
WASHINGTON — The House passed a new NASA authorization bill Sept. 23 that would largely keep the agency on course in its human spaceflight and science programs while directing it to prepare several reports. The House passed the NASA Reauthorization Act of 2024,...
by OGL News | Sep 30, 2024 | news-hub
Render of the Tianwen-2 near-Earth asteroid/comet orbiter spacecraft. Credit: CNSA HELSINKI — China will launch the Tianwen-2 mission to sample a near-Earth asteroid next year, an official with the country’s space agency said Tuesday. Tianwen-2 is scheduled to...
