When the American Society of Cinematographers hosts its 37th annual awards bash on March 5 at the Beverly Hilton hotel, the lucky people in the room will rub shoulders with an astonishing assemblage of motion imaging artists. Hanging over the proceedings will be the ghost of the generation that invented visual storytelling. Although they’re gone, […]
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Oxford UK (SPX) Mar 06, 2023
Scientists have long been intrigued by X-ray binary star systems, where two stars orbit around each other with one of the two stars being either a black hole or a neutron star. Both black holes and neutron stars are created in supernova explosions and are very dense - giving them a massive gravitational pull. This makes them capable of capturing the outer layers of the normal star that orbits ar
Buenos Aires, Argentina (SPX) Mar 06, 2023
We have come a long way in understanding the universe around us, thanks to current technological advances, such as the construction of huge telescopes or satellites with increasingly powerful instruments. However, it is disturbing that most of the universe components (matter and energy) are still unknown to us. In the "recipe" to "build" a universe like ours, we have to put two ingredients that
La Laguna, Spain (SPX) Mar 06, 2023
X-ray binaries are systems formed by a compact object, a neutron star or a black hole, and a star of a similar size to the Sun. The compact object swallows matter from the companion star through a disk that emits large amounts of light, especially in X-rays. This process in which the compact object attracts matter, known as accretion, usually occurs in violent eruptions during which the system b
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 06, 2023
"We are living in an extraordinary moment in history," says Didier Queloz, who directs ETH Zurich's Centre for Origin and Prevalence of Life and the Leverhulme Centre for Life in the Universe at Cambridge. While still a doctoral student Queloz was the first to discover an exoplanet - a planet orbiting a solar-type star outside of Earth's solar system. A discovery for which he would later receive
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 06, 2023
On February 9, 2023, an ozone-measuring instrument on the recently launched NOAA-21 satellite opened its doors and, over the course of a week, gathered data for its first global image. The Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) consists of three sensors that monitor Earth's ozone layer and track its recovery.
The map above, created using OMPS data, shows total ozone concentrations in the
Boston MA (SPX) Mar 06, 2023
On Sept. 26, 2022, at precisely 6:14 p.m. ET, a box-shaped spacecraft no bigger than a loveseat smashed directly into an asteroid wider than a football field. The planned impact knocked the space rock off its orbit, showing for the first time that an asteroid can potentially be deflected away from Earth.
The spacecraft was the key part of DART, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test, whic
Tucson AZ (SPX) Mar 06, 2023
House hunting on Mars could soon become a thing, and researchers at the University of Arizona are already in the business of scouting real estate that future astronauts could use as habitats. Researchers in the UArizona College of Engineering have developed technology that would allow a flock of robots to explore subsurface environments on other worlds.
"Lava tubes and caves would make per
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 06, 2023
Ever wondered how your phone knows exactly where you are? Or how it can provide directions from one place to another?
In the United States, we rely on the Global Positioning System (GPS) - a satellite constellation orbiting Earth that provides precise location and timing information. What a lot of people don't know is that GPS is just one constellation of location and timing satellites. Th
Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Mar 06, 2023
The first ever Canadian rover to set wheels on the moon is currently under construction for a mission set to launch as early as 2026. The rover will explore the south polar region of the moon in a search for water ice in the lunar soil.
Rovers are simply "mobile robotic vehicles that allow us to explore the surfaces of other planets," explains Chris Herd, a professor in the Department of E
Weihai, China (SPX) Mar 06, 2023
A joint research team led by Dr. Xiaohui Fu and Dr. Zhongchen Wu from Shandong University, China, proposed a new carbonate formation mechanism in Martian dust activities based on simulation experimental studies.
Carbonates are general products of aqueous processes on Earth. For Mars, carbonate minerals have been considered a sink for an early dense CO2 atmosphere. Orbital spectroscopic inv
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 06, 2023
Seven university teams were selected to develop concepts supporting metal production on the Moon in NASA's 2023 annual Breakthrough, Innovative and Game-Changing (BIG) Idea Challenge: Lunar Forge.
The awards total about $1.1 million, with values between $120,000 and $180,000 based on each team's proposed concept. The challenge is a unique collaboration between NASA's Space Technology Missi
Munich, Germany (SPX) Mar 06, 2023
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captured a series of photos of rapid changes to the asteroid Dimorphos when it was deliberately hit by a 545-kilogram spacecraft on 26 September 2022. The primary objective of the NASA mission, called DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test), was to test our ability to alter the asteroid's trajectory as it orbits its larger companion asteroid, Didymos. Though D
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 28, 2023
Today we planned a single sol plan. We are in the middle of the Tapo Caparo drill campaign. In yesterday's plan we delivered 2 portions of sample to our CheMin instrument for mineralogy. That analysis will run overnight on Mars which corresponds to the middle of the day Tuesday, on Earth. That meant we did not have any new information to react to this morning for planning.
We still have pl
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 03, 2023
Curiosity is in the middle of a drill campaign at Tapo Caparo to characterize the rhythmically laminated unit of the Marker Band. Earlier this week CheMin got a first taste of this sample, and now it is SAM's turn.
The focus of the 3-sol weekend plan is to drop off some sample to SAM, and then perform an Evolved Gas Analysis (EGA) - which involves heating up the sample to very high tempera
Paris (AFP) March 3, 2023
The failed launch of a Vega-C European rocket in French Guiana last December was due to the deterioration of a key engine component that resulted in a rapid loss of boosting power, European Space Agency officials said Friday.
The launching from the Kourou space port would have been the first commercial launch for the Vega-C and presented a new option for European space payloads after numerou
Beijing (AFP) March 3, 2023
As China gears up for a meeting of its rubber stamp National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, lawmakers have made a slew of announcements about issues they will raise.
With voting tightly controlled and no legislation likely to pass without the approval of the country's top leadership, lawmakers have no scope to enact major changes.
It can take years for a proposal to become law, with
San Francisco (AFP) March 2, 2023
TikTok is closing in on streaming giant Netflix when it comes to the amount of time US adults spend on the platforms, according to a report released Thursday by Insider Intelligence.
TikTok use eclipsed that of YouTube two years ago and has continued to grow faster than the Google-owned video sharing platform, particularly among US adults in their prime earning years, the report indicated.
United Nations, United States (AFP) March 3, 2023
UN countries will try to overcome their differences on Friday to finally agree a treaty to protect the high seas, a fragile and vital treasure that covers nearly half the planet.
After more than 15 years of informal and then formal talks, negotiators are coming to the end of two more weeks of discussions, the third "final" session in less than a year.
"I would ask for all delegations to
Whitehaven, United Kingdom (AFP) March 3, 2023
In the 37 years since the last coal pit closed in Whitehaven, the once-proud mining town on northwest England's remote Cumbrian coast has hit on hard times.
Vacant premises litter the main shopping street. Jobs are hard to come by, locals say, with a recently decommissioned nuclear power plant nearby the only big regional employer.
Now, plans to open the country's first new mine in deca
Beijing (AFP) March 3, 2023
China will likely set one of the country's lowest growth goals in decades at the annual National People's Congress next week, experts told AFP, hit by long-running property woes, a sluggish global economy and geopolitical tensions.
Thousands of party delegates from across China will converge on Beijing for a rubber stamp conclave set to confirm key personnel appointments and make policy for
New York (AFP) March 2, 2023
Ford will resume production on its F-150 Lightning electric truck on March 13, more than five weeks after a battery fire brought operations to a halt, the company said Thursday.
Ford suspended production soon after the February 4 fire, which involved a pickup truck that was undergoing standard inspection.
A Ford spokeswoman said there was no timetable to resume deliveries of the trucks t
The nation was defrauded by over €300 million in taxpayers’ money willingly paid by Robert Abela, inset, and his government. Photos: Matthew Mirabelli/Chris Sant Fournier