Interest in the exploration of Venus has kicked up a notch lately, especially after a contested recent discovery of phosphine, a potential biosignature, in the planet's atmosphere. Plenty of missions to Venus have been proposed, ...
Space Exploration
Mar 17, 2023
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U.S. officials are certain a balloon shot down Feb. 4 off the South Carolina coast was a Chinese spy balloon, but three subsequent flying objects shot over Alaska, the Yukon and Lake Huron are as yet unidentified and scientists ...
Environment
Feb 27, 2023
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A Japanese startup announced plans Tuesday to launch commercial space viewing balloon flights that it hopes will bring an otherwise astronomically expensive experience down to Earth.
Space Exploration
Feb 21, 2023
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On the heels of the Feb. 4, 2023, shooting down of a Chinese balloon suspected of spying on the U.S., American fighter jets have shot down three additional objects in or near U.S. airspace.
Space Exploration
Feb 16, 2023
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Over the past week, the US has realized and revealed that an active fleet of Chinese spy balloons has been operating across the northern hemisphere for several years.
Political science
Feb 14, 2023
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One of the biggest achievements of quantum physics was recasting our vision of the atom. Out was the early 1900s model of a solar system in miniature, in which electrons looped around a solid nucleus. Instead, quantum physics ...
Superconductivity
Jan 10, 2023
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Future wind satellites should increase vertical resolution to better resolve gravity waves in the tropics, writes a team of researchers from the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), the European Space Agency ...
Planetary Sciences
Dec 20, 2022
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At this time of the year, the mention of Lapland conjures up visions of Santa getting his gift-laden sleigh and nine reindeer ready to take to the skies for the most important deliveries of all. However, the skies of Lapland ...
Planetary Sciences
Dec 19, 2022
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A high-altitude scientific balloon containing 1.2-ton payloads was lifted into the sky and reached an altitude of 30km in a demonstration test that helped validate the payload capacity of a near-space balloon platform.
Space Exploration
Nov 1, 2022
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A scaled-down version of the aerobot that could one day take to the Venusian skies successfully completed two Nevada test flights, marking a milestone for the project.
Space Exploration
Oct 11, 2022
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