Square Kilometre Array project frets about satellite interference
There are worries that satellite mega-constellations could interfere with the Square Kilometre Array.
Oct. 7, 2020 • ~6 min
Tags: astronomy broadband space-exploration spacex oneweb communications-satellites
5G may lead to less accurate weather forecasts
5G wireless networks will improve phone service and make communications a whole lot faster. But 5G could also screw up weather forecasts, researchers say.
Sept. 25, 2020 • ~4 min
Tags: internet phones weather satellites mobile-devices science-and-technology
Vera Rubin: Super telescope's giant camera spies broccoli
The camera detector for the Vera Rubin Observatory takes its first test images in the laboratory.
Sept. 8, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: astronomy space-exploration spacex communications-satellites
Cold War spy satellite captures threat to marmots
When an American pilot went down over the Soviet Union in the 1960s, the US launched a spy satellite. Its data now helps monitor the bobak marmot.
Aug. 6, 2020 • ~4 min
Tags: conservation agriculture rodents ecosystems satellites earth-and-environment
OneWeb: Minister overrode warning about £400m investment
MPs will probe a £400m investment in the satellite firm after a top civil servant warned of financial risk.
July 22, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: oneweb satellite-navigation communications-satellites
MoD contracts Airbus for Skynet telecoms satellite
UK forces will get a new satellite as the MoD looks to overhaul its space communications provision.
July 20, 2020 • ~4 min
Tags: telecommunication british-space-programme airbus-group ministry-of-defence communications-satellites
In a first, astronomers watch a black hole’s corona disappear, then reappear
A colliding star may have triggered the drastic transformation.
July 15, 2020 • ~8 min
Tags: physics astrophysics space astronomy nasa research black-holes school-of-science kavli-institute satellites astronomy-and-planetary-science
OneWeb sale to UK-Bharti group gets court approval
A New York court hearing accepts the plan to pull the OneWeb satellite company out of bankruptcy.
July 10, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: space-exploration galileo-project satellite-navigation communications-satellites
Rocket Lab: Latest mission from New Zealand lost in flight
An Electron rocket launched from New Zealand's North Island fails in flight, destroying its satellites.
July 5, 2020 • ~3 min
Tags: new-zealand space-exploration british-space-programme earth-observation communications-satellites
TESS mission discovers massive ice giant
Neptune-sized planet may be remnant core of a much larger planet.
July 1, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: astrophysics space astronomy exoplanets nasa research school-of-science planetary-science satellites eaps astronomy-and-planetary-science
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