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NATO chief slams 'reckless' Russian satellite strike
Nov 16, 2021 (AFP)
"This has created a lot of debris, which is now a risk to the International Space Station and also to the Chinese space station -- so this was a reckless act by...
ISS changes orbit to avoid collision with Chinese debris
Nov 15, 2021 (Sputnik)
The International Space Station had to perform a manoeuvre in order to avoid a collision with space junk, left by the Chinese Fengyun-1C satellite, the Russian ...
Game over for Fortnite in China as developer pulls plug
Nov 15, 2021 (AFP)
Epic had announced two weeks ago that it would shut down the Chinese version of the game on November 15, noting that "Fortnite China's Beta test has reached an ...
UK Space Agency funds further research into new laser-based satellite communications system
Nov 15, 2021 (SPX)
Currently satellites use radio frequency to transmit data, but this is limited in terms of speed, capacity and data security. However, researchers at Northumbri...
Eutelsat joins the 'Net Zero Space' initiative to combat space debris
Nov 15, 2021 (SPX)
Taking this opportunity, Eutelsat reiterates its commitment to a safe and uncluttered orbital environment. This is notably reflected in the adoption of a Space ...
Astronauts shelter in space capsules as debris comes close to ISS
Nov 15, 2021 (UPI)
While the debris eventually moved away from the ISS, NASA's mission control in Houston advised the astronauts to seek refuge to avoid a collision that might req...
Facebook whistleblower: 'I want to start a youth movement'
Nov 13, 2021 (AFP)
Facebook has faced stinging criticism over the whistleblower's document drop, not least the revelations that the company knew its Instagram photo app had the po...
First rhino horn NFT sold at auction in South Africa
Nov 12, 2021 (AFP)
Cape Town businessman Charl Jacobs paid 105,000 rand (6,850 dollars, 6,000 euros) for the digital horn, which he said he plans to place into a trust for his chi...
Russia successfully tests 'space radiation shield'
Nov 12, 2021 (Sputnik)
Specialists from the Russian Space Systems holding (RSS) have successfully tested a miniature device designed to protect the electronic onboard systems of state...
LeoLabs Australia announces Aussie Space Radar Project
Nov 12, 2021 (SPX)
Under the ASRP, LeoLabs Australia - in collaboration with three leading Australian electronics manufacturers (Lintek, SRX and Ampcontrol Australia) - will manuf...
Arianespace signs Net Zero Space agreement, reflecting its proactive commitment to sustainable space
Nov 12, 2021 (SPX)
This agreement is the result of an international effort by many players in the space sector, including Eutelsat Planet, Astroscale and the French space agency, ...
Extracting high-quality magnesium sulphate from seawater desalination brine
Nov 12, 2021 (SPX)
Speaking about the motivation behind the study, Prof. Kim exclaims, "Since we have already developed a sophisticated seawater desalination process to address th...
China's Tencent buys Japanese game designer: report
Nov 12, 2021 (AFP)
Tencent has taken about a 90 percent stake in Wake Up Interactive for more than 5 billion yen ($44 million), Bloomberg News reported, quoting unidentified peopl...
Nuclear radiation used to transmit digital data wirelessly
Nov 11, 2021 (SPX)
Radio waves and mobile phone signals relies on electromagnetic radiation for communication but in a new development, engineers from Lancaster University in the ...
LEOcloud to offer space edge cloud services on Orbital Assembly Space Stations
Nov 10, 2021 (SPX)
This will enable researchers and commercial entities on board Orbital Assembly's facilities to run their services or application workloads locally in a hybrid c...
Facebook whistleblower 'extremely concerned' by metaverse as deals worth billions emerge
Nov 10, 2021 (AFP)
Faced with a barrage of bad publicity due to Haugen's revelations, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced plans late last month to create a digital world where ...
Mystery object detected near China's space debris cleaner fuels fears of 'satellite-crushing weapon'
Nov 09, 2021 (Sputnik)
US space tracking has detected a mysterious object orbiting along with China's Shijian-21 satellite, launched on 23 October to "test and verify space debris mit...
Digantara and OrbAstro announce service agreement for space debris tracking mission on 6U satellite
Nov 09, 2021 (SPX)
The mission will focus on demonstration of a novel LiDAR-based technology developed by Digantara, and will serve as the pilot for their LEO constellation provid...
Tiny grains, severe damage: Hypervelocity dust impacts on a spacecraft produce plasma explosions and debris clouds
Nov 09, 2021 (SPX)
New research by scientists at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado, Boulder and the Johns Hopkins University Ap...
Healable carbon fiber composite offers path to long-lasting, sustainable materials
Nov 08, 2021 (SPX)
In a paper published Nov. 2 in the journal Carbon, a team of researchers describes a new type of carbon fiber reinforced material that is as strong and light as...
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