The image shows a star very much like our own Sun, only far younger, in the top left-hand corner. The two exoplanets—gas giants that are each several times larger than Jupiter—are the two bright dots in the middle and bottom right of the image.
Notably, both planets are very far away from their star: one is orbiting at 160 times Earth-Sun distance, and the other at about 320 times Earth-Sun distance. But while this image doesn’t show a system similar to ours in the present day, scientists hope that images like this one may shed some light on the early history of our solar system. For the rest of us, they’re just incredible to look at and at least try to fathom.
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Space wars: How future battles will be fought in orbit
When the US first caught a Russian satellite tailing its own spacecraft in January, there was reason to be suspicious.
But after a near-identical Kosmos 2543 satellite fired a missile-like projectile on July 15, that suspicion turned into public alarm and anger.
General John Raymond of Donald Trump's newly-minted US Space Force claimed the move was "consistent with the Kremlin's published military doctrine to employ weapons" that threaten its hi-tech gear in space.
First image of 2 exoplanets orbiting a sun-like star released - CNN
(CNN) About 300 light-years away from us, two giant exoplanets are orbiting a young sun-like star.
Podcast: Low Earth Orbiting Satellites (LEOS) may have significant impact on the last mile of
Communications competition at the edge is heating up. 5G seems to be the rage right now, but what about WIFI 6? It professes to have similar features to 5G and can be a serious contender for the edge market. Shrihari Pandit, CEO of Stealth Communications, speaks with Don Witt of The Channel Daily News, a TR publication, about the Pros and Cons of both and then provides some good insight into the LEOS technology being deployed by SpaceX.
Could low earth orbiting satellites (LEOS) be a viable solution to helping with the digital divide and providing better connectivity options in remote/rural areas? Shrihari explains some of the options and discusses the current FCC LEOS concerns. One of the concerns is latency – how will SpaceX address the issue? Does SpaceX mesh network support inter-satellite communications? Listen in to find out more!
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China launches 3 satellites into orbit, including a 'lobster-eye' to hunt dark matter | Space
China launched a trio of satellites into orbit Saturday (July 25) on separate missions to study the Earth, hunt dark matter with an X-ray "lobster-eye" and collect commercial data.
A Long March 4B rocket successfully launched the Ziyuan III 03 Earth-observation satellite and two other payloads from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in the northern province of Shanxi. Liftoff occurred at 11:14 a.m. Beijing Time.
Video of the launch showed debris raining from the rocket during liftoff, but the event (in which insulation tiles fall from the booster) is normal occurrence. Social media images also showed some debris from the rocket that had fallen in the Yunyang district of Shiyan city, Hubei, according to space reporter Andrew Jones.
The US says Russia just tested an "anti-satellite weapon" in orbit | MIT Technology
The US Space Command has announced it's found evidence that Russia recently conducted a test of anti-satellite weapons, albeit one that did not destroy or harm any objects. SpaceCom claims that on July 15, Russian satellite Kosmos 2543 deployed a new object into its own orbit, similar to a previous anti-satellite demonstration in 2017.
What does that mean? According to SpaceCom's report as well as information provided to MIT Technology Review by a SpaceCom spokesperson, the US spotted Russian satellite Kosmos 2543 operating "abnormally close" to a US government satellite in low Earth orbit. At some point, Kosmos 2543 quickly maneuvered away and rendezvoused with another Russian satellite. Kosmos 2543 then released a small object within its own orbit that came in very close proximity to the Russian target satellite.
1st direct image of 2 giant exoplanets orbiting a sunlike star | Space | EarthSky
For the 1st time ever, astronomers have photographed more than one giant exoplanet orbiting a sunlike star. The planetary system is similar to our solar system, but younger.
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How would our solar system look from the vicinity of another star? Using technologies similar to ours, alien astronomers would have a tough time photographing our small, rocky Earth. They might more easily manage to capture images of our solar system’s biggest planets, the large gaseous worlds Jupiter and Saturn. Of the thousands of exoplanets discovered so far orbiting distant stars, earthly astronomers have captured direct images of only a very few.
Virgin Orbit traces cause of LauncherOne engine failure to propellant line – Spaceflight Now
An engine failure that cut short the first test flight of Virgin Orbit’s air-dropped LauncherOne rocket in May was caused by a faulty propellant feed line, the company’s CEO said this week.
Virgin Orbit’s first orbital launch attempt May 25 ended seconds after the rocket’s release from a Boeing 747 carrier jet over the Pacific Ocean. Dan Hart, Virgin Orbit’s CEO, said Wednesday that engineers traced the cause of the premature shutdown of the first stage’s engine to a break in a propellant feed line.
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