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An artist’s conception of Mors-Somnus, a binary duo comprised of a pair of icy asteroids bound by gravity, is shown. UCF researchers recently used the James Webb Space Telescope (also depicted) to analyze their surface compositions for the first time. Credit: Angela Ramirez, University of Central Florida A ring of …

ESA’s Autonomous uLtrasound Image Improvement SyStEM, ALISSE, offers astronauts the on-the-spot ability to capture diagnostic quality ultrasound images as if they were expert radiologists, thanks to the assistance of AI and machine learning. Credit: ALISSE consortium Ultrasound devices are commonplace in modern orbital medical kits, helping to facilitate rapid diagnoses …

Simplified block diagram of a generic pulse-doppler radar system and consequent digital processing, with the introduction of YOLO-based moving target detector after the matched filter. Credit: IET Radar, Sonar & Navigation (2024). DOI: 10.1049/rsn2.12547 An increasing number of space objects, debris, and satellites in Low Earth Orbit poses a significant …

This image from Webb’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) instrument shows a portion of the GOODS-North field of galaxies. At the lower right, a pullout highlights the galaxy GN-z11, which is seen at a time just 430 million years after the Big Bang. The image reveals an extended component, tracing the GN-z11 …

Credit: Pixabay from Pexels Three US astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut arrived Tuesday at the International Space Station for a six-month mission on board the orbiting laboratory. During their stay, in which they are rotating in to replace departing crew, some 200 scientific experiments are scheduled to be carried out. …

Astronaut graduates from the United States and United Arab Emirates during a ceremony at the NASA Johnson Space Center. After two years of rigorous training, ten Americans officially became astronauts on Tuesday, and are now eligible for planned NASA missions to the International Space Station, the moon, and—if all goes …

Collage of The Earthling Project and Odysseus’s lunar landing. Credit: Intuitive Machines The moon lander Odysseus, known as Odie, touched down on the moon’s surface on February 22, becoming the first time the U.S. has landed on the moon in more than 50 years and the first commercial moon lander …

A pair of disk galaxies in the late stages of a merger. Credit: NASA. When they are active, supermassive black holes play a crucial role in the way galaxies evolve. Until now, growth was thought to be triggered by the violent collision of two galaxies followed by their merger; however, …

SpaceX and NASA recently performed full-scale qualification testing of the docking system that will connect SpaceX’s Starship Human Landing System (HLS) with Orion and later Gateway in lunar orbit during future crewed Artemis missions. Based on the flight-proven Dragon 2 active docking system, the Starship HLS docking system will be …

A look at the Apollo 12 landing site. Astronaut Alan Bean is shown working near the Modular Equipment Stowage Assembly (MESA) on the Apollo 12 Lunar Module (LM) during the mission’s first extravehicular activity (EVA) on Nov. 19, 1969. Credit: NASA Before the end of this decade, NASA plans to …