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On October 25, The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) issued a revised prediction.

Paris (ESA) Nov 20, 2023 - The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced the selection of three prospective space missions. Among these missions, the Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) takes the lead in managing the sci

While the spotlight has shined on Folsom Field, we at CU Boulder know most of the university’s greatest feats happen away from bright lights and fanfare.

Washington DC (SPX) Nov 16, 2023 - NASAs IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) telescope has captured the first polarized X-ray imagery of the supernova remnant SN 1006. The new results expand scientists understanding of the re

Philippine Canadian Inquirer Scientists suspect there’s ice hiding on the Moon, and a host of missions from the US and beyond are searching for it

Lancaster UK (SPX) Nov 16, 2023 - A Lancaster University PhD student has measured the optical depth of Saturns rings using a new method based on how much sunlight reached the Cassini spacecraft while it was in the shadow of the rin

<p>A Lancaster University PhD student has measured the optical depth of Saturn’s rings using a new method based on how much sunlight reached the Cassini spacecraft while it was in the shadow of the rings.</p> <p>The research, led by Lancaster University in collaboration with the Swedish Institute of Space Physics, is published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.</p> <p>The NASA-ESA Cassini spacecraft was launched in 1997 and reached S...

Some dark craters on the Moon are never exposed to light − ice could be hiding in these permanently shadowed regions, and India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission marked a big step toward finding it.

The hunt is on to find ice on the Moon, which would be key to setting up any sort of sustainable lunar infrastructure.

<p>HONG KONG SAR - <a href="https://www.media-outreach.com/">Media OutReach</a> - 14 November 2023 - A team of international scientists, including Drs Stephen NG and Yi-Jung YANG from the Department of Physics at The University of Hong Kong (HKU), collaborated with NASA on research led by Nanjing University, utilising NASAs IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) telescope to capture the first polarised X-ray imagery of the supernova remnant SN 1006.</p>